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Instacast for Mac beta now available

by Steven Sande (May 1st, 2013)

Fans of Instacast 3 (US$4.99), Vemedio's feature-packed iOS podcast client, are doing the happy dance today. The company has announced an open public beta of Instacast for Mac if you want to get your hands dirty with pre-release software and check out your favorite podcasts at the same time. The ...

FlightPath from TestFlight features realtime analytics for developers

by Mike Schramm (Mar 21st, 2013)

TestFlight has long been known by developers as a very useful tool for testing iOS apps (even outside of Apple's distribution system), and for a while now there's also been a TestFlight SDK, which developers can insert into their app code to track various testers and their actions in the app. ...

TestFlight hits 300,000 iOS apps uploaded, going Android compatible

by Mike Schramm (Feb 20th, 2013)

I've used the TestFlight digital testing and distribution system for mobile apps a few times, both as an end-user (when companies want to send me their apps to try out), and as a developer (when I've passed an app I'm working on to someone else for testing). Apple's app distribution and ...

Rabbit video chat beta kicks off

by Michael Rose (Feb 7th, 2013)

Late in December we told you about the upcoming Rabbit video chat and screensharing service, aimed specifically at Mac users in the near term. Rabbit's team has been cranking away since then, and today the service begins welcoming invited testers to the closed beta. Rabbit's aim is to ...

iOS 6.1 Beta 5 now available for download

by Erica Sadun (Jan 26th, 2013)

Numbuh. Five. Is. Alive. (Yes, people, Short Circuit.) iOS 6.1 Beta 5 is up and ready for download, just days before Beta 4 is due to expire. Go grab your copy at the Apple developer site and, as usual, make sure to read the yellow release notes with the exclamation point. Hat tip to Mike ...

Beta test reveals Logitech planning to support OS X

by Mike Schramm (Jan 22nd, 2013)

OnlineBeta.com lists callouts for beta testers. A recent listing has revealed that accessory maker Logitech is planning to expand its support for OS X. In the listing, Logitech asks for help testing out its various gaming keyboards and mice on OS X, offering up public software for more ...

BlueStacks App Player for Mac in beta: run Android apps on Mac

by Steven Sande (Dec 27th, 2012)

Want to run over 750,000 Android apps on your favorite Mac? [Hey, it takes all kinds. --Ed.] BlueStacks is a startup that figured out a way to run Android apps on Windows machines through its App Player. The company released an alpha version of App Player for Mac in June, and today announced ...

Radeon HD 7000 series support in 10.8.3 beta points to new Mac Pro

by Randy Nelson (Nov 27th, 2012)

Here's another possible piece in the puzzle that is the long-hoped-for Mac Pro refresh. When digging around in the recently posted OS X 10.8.3 beta, a user on Netkas.org found that Apple had included video card drivers for AMD's top-end Radeon HD 7000 series, pointing to its possible inclusion in ...

SugarSync 2.0 now available as a public beta

by Steven Sande (Nov 13th, 2012)

SugarSync 2.0 is now available as a public beta to anyone who currently uses the cloud service or is thinking about moving to the platform. SugarSync has been redesigned across the board, from the desktop Mac app to the web app, and (soon) the iOS app will be available. At this point in time, ...

New betas of iOS 6, Apple TV software arrive in Dev Center

by Kelly Guimont (Nov 12th, 2012)

Another beta of iOS 6.1 has dropped today, and it's available to all developers in the iOS Dev Center. Not only is there a new beta for iOS, but there is a pre-release version of Apple TV software available as well. So far the most notable changes appear to be a new "Reset Advertising ...

Lord of the Rings Online gets a Mac client

by Mike Schramm (Oct 31st, 2012)

Lord of the Rings Online is a massively multiplayer game run by Turbine Entertainment based on JRR Tolkien's popular fantasy fiction series. The game first went live back in 2007, but a few years ago transitioned over to a free-to-play model, aiming to bring in a large audience of free players ...

Deepworld officially launches on Mac, coming soon to iOS

by Mike Schramm (Oct 11th, 2012)

I saw Deepworld in action in March at GDC in San Francisco. It's a Minecraft-style 2D sandbox game, with lots of fun steampunk elements and mechanical contraptions to make. A little while later, the game's developers held a Kickstarter to try and get a Mac beta off of the ground, and though ...

Guild Wars 2 Mac beta available now

by Mike Schramm (Sep 18th, 2012)

Guild Wars 2 was released earlier this month -- it's a very popular sequel to a great (subscription-free) MMO game, and it offers up a lot of interesting innovations in regards to online massively multiplayer RPGs. When the game arrived, it was a PC-only title, but the developers have now ...

Apple switches on Genius recommendations in iOS 6

by Steven Sande (Sep 4th, 2012)

In a sign that iOS 6 is inching ever closer to general release, Apple flipped the switch on Genius recommendations in the App Store on Friday. The feature had been, according to developers familiar with the new OS, responding with a comment that it was unavailable. Now asking for Genius ...

Friday Favorite: Bartender

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 31st, 2012)

There comes a time in a power user's life when the number of his menu bar applications exceeds the amount of real estate in the menu bar, a condition made worse by primary applications with a lot of menus. The cure for this? A handy little app, which is still undergoing testing, called ...