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Five apps for App.net users

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2013)

App.net is a growing social network that promises to be the home for users who want control over their data. Its format is very similar to Twitter, but it is more open and friendlier for developers. To help you get started using App.net, here is a list of five iOS clients and a few desktop ...

Project Amy integrates App.net private messages, Apple's Messages

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 4th, 2013)

If you use App.net and Apple's Messages on OS X, you're going to want to take a look at Project Amy. The project is the brainchild of Steve Streza and was released at the App.net hackathon that took place last night. It allows users to integrate App.net private messaging with Messages on OS ...

Daily Update for February 25, 2013

by Steven Sande (Feb 25th, 2013)

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 ...

Netbot 1.1 offers push notification, post search

by Steven Sande (Oct 29th, 2012)

App.net fans rejoice! The best iOS app for Twitter's competition just got better, as Tapbots, LLC has released an update to their Netbot app (US$4.99 for iPhone, $4.99 for iPad). TUAW reviewed Netbot 1.0 a few weeks ago, and the app provides the familiar Tweetbot user interface to the ad-free ...

First Look: Tapbots releases Netbot App.net clients for iPad, iPhone

by Steven Sande (Oct 3rd, 2012)

Tapbots, the developer behind the wildly successful Tweetbot Twitter app, has just released Netbot (US$4.99 each for iPad and iPhone). The new apps are clients for the App.net social network, seen by many as an ad-free and open alternative to the increasingly restrictive Twitter. I had a ...

AppNet Rhino available for iPhone

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 4th, 2012)

Social network App.net is attracting users who are unhappy with Twitter's recent changes. While these defectors may be pleased with their new social home, many are having a hard time leaving behind iOS clients like Tweetbot. Though it's no Tweetbot, App.net users clamoring for an iOS client ...

IFTTT Recipes: Post to App.net

by Dave Caolo (Aug 31st, 2012)

IFTTT Recipes is a new recurring column featuring recipes developed using IFTTT.com and their favorite IFTTT channels. Come see what TUAW bloggers cook up in the IFTTT labs! Wouldn't you like to post (tweet?) to App.net from the Twitter client you already love with no extra effort? IFTTT ...

Tweet Marker Plus rebranded as Watermark, adds App.net support

by Steven Sande (Aug 29th, 2012)

Developer Manton Reece is the brain behind Tweet Marker Plus, a US$5 monthly service developed to index tweets and provide search and filtering tools. Now Reece is rebranding the service as Watermark in a move to distance it from Twitter and syncing. According to a post about the rebranding ...