Tag Archive: Apps
Frames: An iPhone app for making time-lapse and stop motion movies
Mar. 5, ‘12: From the Studio Neat guys who brought us the Glif and Cosmonaut. Looks cool. $2.99 in the App Store.
iPad + Office + Apple + Microsoft: Why It All Makes Sense
Feb. 23, ‘12: In case you missed the craziness this week, Microsoft appears to be making some Office apps for the iPad. Or maybe it’s not. Or whatever. MG Siegler has a good wrapup of the nonsense here. Office for the iPad makes … Continue reading →
MLB At Bat pricing changes: No $15 iOS app fee for MLB.TV Premium subs
Feb. 17, ‘12: Major League Baseball’s pricing structure for its iOS/mobile apps is changing a bit this year. Instead of $15-per-mobile-app fees — iPhone and iPad were separate apps, so $30 for both — MLB.TV Premium subscribers will be able to log in … Continue reading →
Facebook’s Mobile Problem Isn’t Ads — It’s The Product
Feb. 6, ‘12: In a well-circulated New York Times article, Jenna Wortham notes that Facebook doesn’t make any money from mobile. Despite a ton of mobile users — about half of its 845 million monthly users — it’s going to be a significant challenge for … Continue reading →
Where’s iBooks for Mac?
Jan. 19, ‘12: I asked this almost six months ago, and Apple still hasn’t shipped a Mac version of its iBooks e-reader app. Clearly, not a priority. Today, of course, it released iBooks Author, but no iBooks reading/shopping app — that’s still for iOS … Continue reading →
HuffPost CTO Paul Berry on hybrid HTML5-native mobile apps
Jan. 13, ‘12: From my Q&A with Berry — who’s leaving AOL to work on some new ventures — at ReadWriteWeb: Personally, I think people are making a lot of mistakes in developing everything as native apps completely, when you can have a … Continue reading →
Tweetbot rides the NewNewTwitter wave
Dec. 13, ‘11: For a strong take on what people don’t like about the new Twitter iPhone app, read John Gruber’s article, “R.I.P. Tweetie.” And then, you might want to check out Tweetbot, which seems to be the unofficial-Twitter-app-of-choice on the iPhone these … Continue reading →
A look at the Mac App Store, 100 million downloads later
Dec. 13, ‘11: Apple announced yesterday that in less than a year, Mac users have downloaded 100 million apps from the Mac App Store. With around 60 million Macs out there, that suggests the average Mac user has downloaded at least one app, … Continue reading →
The new, new Twitter: 10 big takeaways
Dec. 8, ‘11: Twitter launched a major new version of its service today with many components: A significant redesign; a more common user experience between Twitter-the-website and its various apps; more features for brands; and new versions of TweetDeck for the web, Mac, … Continue reading →
Network effect! Path cracks the iPhone App Store top 25
Dec. 8, ‘11: Mobile social network Path‘s great reviews – and likely its network effects — are kicking in. With its latest push, Path 2.0 has cracked the top 25 free apps on Apple’s iPhone App Store: It’s currently no. 23, up from no. … Continue reading →
