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TripIt goes First Class with new universal app for iPad

by Steven Sande (May 3rd, 2011)

For those of us who use the TripIt service and app to keep track of our upcoming travel plans, the lack of an iPad version of the app was somewhat annoying. You could always load the iPhone app onto your iPad and use the 2X button to expand the size, but it just didn't look or feel right. ...

Keeping your Mac apps up-to-date without the Mac App Store

by Michael Grothaus (Jan 7th, 2011)

One of the great features of the Mac App Store is the notification system that tells you when there is an update to one of you apps. However as we've seen, unless you buy all your apps through the Mac App Store, you won't receive notice of updates to apps purchased or download outside the store. ...

VersionTracker.com officially 'absorbed' by CNET

by Mel Martin (Sep 8th, 2010)

Have you been to VersionTracker.com lately? If you try today, you'll be redirected to the CNET site, where you'll get a brief explanation that the venerable VersionTracker site is now a branded part of the CNET empire. VersionTracker Pro, a paid feature, will be discontinued after the current ...

Widget Watch: App Update

by David Chartier (Sep 18th, 2006)

I could've sworn we've blogged this, but a peek at our extensive archives turned up nothing: App Update, like Widget Update, is a widget that acts like Software Update for all your non-Apple apps. It allows you to specify any extra directories where you store your apps if, like me, you put them ...