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Digg owner Betaworks acquires Instapaper

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 25th, 2013)

Betaworks, the company that rescued the faltering Digg, has now acquired Instapaper, says a report in TechCrunch. The news originated from an email sent by Betaworks founder and CEO John Borthwick and was confirmed by Instapaper founder Marco Arment. Arment writes on his blog, I'm happy to ...

Daily Update for July 27, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jul 27th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Marco Arment on the Mac App Store's future

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 27th, 2012)

Marco Arment, the creator of Instapaper, weighed in with his thoughts on the future of the Mac App Store. He argued that, unless Apple changes some of its rigid policies, the Mac App Store is doomed. He pointed to the recent departure of the email client Postbox, which in part was the result of ...

App Store delivering corrupted binaries for some apps (Updated)

by Michael Rose (Jul 5th, 2012)

Update: Per AllThingsD and TechCrunch, Apple has now commented on the binary corruption problem; it says the server issue that was responsible for problematic DRM code has been rectified. There are better ways to spend the 4th of July holiday than answering scores of angry support emails, but ...

Instapaper update introduces automatic background updating

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jun 4th, 2012)

The latest Instapaper update contains a pretty nifty new feature: the ability to update automatically in the background; the app uses geofencing to turn updates on and off. The Instapaper blog describes how the app will download articles whenever you enter a pre-set location, such as your home ...

Daily iPad App: Instapaper 4

by Michael Rose (Oct 17th, 2011)

Like to read? Got an iPhone or iPad? You really ought to have Marco Arment's US$4.99 Instapaper, which just got an upgrade to version 4.0. Instapaper's free web service allows you to flag stories to 'Read Later' with a single click, and you can always get your complete reading list via the ...

Ten things I want Siri to be able to do for me

by Steven Sande (Oct 16th, 2011)

Now that I've had my iPhone 4S for a couple of days, I'm amazed with what Siri can do. I've asked a number of questions -- real ones, not questions like "What is the meaning of life?" -- and have been totally impressed with how my interaction with the iPhone has changed. But there are more things ...

Instapaper usage stats show high iOS 4, iPad adoption

by Chris Rawson (Aug 14th, 2011)

Marco Arment, developer of Instapaper, has provided some intriguing usage stats for his bestselling app. While the numbers aren't representative of the entire iOS ecosystem, the fact that Instapaper is a popular paid app (almost always in the top 5 paid apps in the News category on the App Store) ...

No Comment: Video game systems vs. non-iPad tablets

by Mike Schramm (Aug 12th, 2011)

Marco Arment posted this graph today, which shows some relative sales numbers of what he calls "obscure game consoles" (which presumably just means those outside the Microsoft/Sony/Sega/Nintendo dominion) right up against tablets which aren't the iPad. It's true -- the numbers do kind of put ...

Mac OS X Lion feature 'Reading List' to compete with Instapaper and ReadItLater

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 30th, 2011)

MacRumors has discovered a new Safari feature that will compete with Instapaper and ReadItLater in the latest Mac OS X Lion Developer build. The feature, called Reading List, allows users to save web pages for later reading. It's represented in the toolbar by the eyeglasses icon to the right. ...

Instapaper's free version goes on extended hiatus, dev explains why

by Mike Schramm (Apr 28th, 2011)

Marco Arment has an interesting writeup on his blog about his iOS app Instapaper (and, of course, the web service that runs behind it). Arment says on his blog that he's quietly been removing the free version of the app from the App Store, and that's resulted in a surprising effect: sales of ...

Instapaper updated to 3.0, now includes social features

by Chris Rawson (Mar 10th, 2011)

Instapaper, the iOS app that lets you save online articles for later offline reading, has just hit version 3.0. Already an app featured on many "must have" lists for both the iPhone and iPad, Instapaper has gained a mountain of new features in its latest update. The app and Instapaper website now ...

Instapaper launches API with innovative business model

by Richard Gaywood (Feb 10th, 2011)

Popular iOS app and webservice Instapaper by formerly-of-tumblr Marco Arment today announced a new API offering access to content users have added to their Instapaper account. Instapaper (previous TUAW coverage) is a read-it-later type service born, as so many great apps are, of personal need. ...

The best Mac and iOS apps I used in 2010

by TJ Luoma (Dec 27th, 2010)

Following up on my article about the best Mac apps I used in 2010, here are some of the best hybrid "Mac and iOS apps" I used in 2010. This wasn't an attempt to come up with a specific number, just the results of some careful reflection. You may wonder why some apps appear on this list instead of ...

Instapaper 2.3 adds many new features

by Dave Caolo (Nov 11th, 2010)

As if Instapaper wasn't useful enough, version 2.3 for iPhone and iPad was released late last night and brings with it a long list of stellar features. Instapaper is the web service and iOS app that lets you save articles for later reading quickly and easily. My favorite new feature is OmniFocus ...