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Google rolls out Chrome Canary to Mac

by Samuel Gibbs (May 4th, 2011)

Good news for Google Chrome enthusiasts: Chrome Canary is now available for Mac. Windows users have had the option to download the pre-developer, experimental builds of the Chrome browser, dubbed Canary, for some time now. But now Mac Chrome enthusiasts can also throw caution to the wind and ...

Cultured Code releases Things Cloud Sync beta

by Steven Sande (May 2nd, 2011)

Of the many to-do apps available in the App Stores, one of the perennial favorites is Things from Cultured Code (US$9.99 for iPhone/iPod touch, $19.99 for iPad, $49.99 for Mac). While the cross-platform app has been lauded for its beautiful user interface and ease of use, there have been ...

Group video chat coming to iPhone via fring

by Chris Rawson (Apr 5th, 2011)

fring is working on a group video chat implementation for its iOS and Android apps. The update will eventually allow users to chat with up to four participants on-screen at once; fring's developers are allowing users to sign up for a beta version so that they can test it out before it's officially ...

Boxcar Beta for Mac available, brings notifications to Mac

by Chris White (Mar 31st, 2011)

Today brings a delightful surprise for Mac users with Boxcar joining the Mac family. Boxcar has been the standard for getting push notifications from your social networks, email, RSS and other services on iOS devices since it launched in July of 2009, and it has been one of my favorite iPhone ...

Seventh Mac OS X 10.6.7 beta seeded to developers

by Steven Sande (Mar 8th, 2011)

Wow. It seems like only two weeks ago that the sixth beta of Mac OS X 10.6.7 was seeded to developers. Wait - it WAS two weeks ago. Well, today Apple has released the seventh (and hopefully final) beta of the next version of Snow Leopard to developers. According to Mac developers we've talked ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: How do I install a Lion partition on my MacBook Air?

by Erica Sadun (Feb 25th, 2011)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I'm in the Mac Developer program and I'd really like to be able to install Lion on my MacBook Air as a second OS. What are the best strategies to do this? Is it worth going out and buying a second SSD drive and swapping that out with my primary Snow Leopard system? Thanks for ...

iOS 4.3 beta 3 and SDK beta now available

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Feb 1st, 2011)

Apple has released the iOS 4.3 beta and SDK beta 3. Both are available through the iOS Dev Center. Boy Genius Report had said earlier today that this would most likely happen. Beta 2, released January 19, is rumored to have iPad FaceTime, PhotoStream, PhotoBooth for iOS and more. ...

Apple rumored to release iOS 4.3 beta 3 today

by Dave Caolo (Feb 1st, 2011)

Boy Genius Report suggests that Apple will be releasing iOS 4.3 beta 3 today to developers. According to their sources, the release will be build number 8F5166b and, as BGR mentions, will be the third release in so many weeks if it appears today. Apple must be keen to get this update out the ...

Skype 5 for Mac out of beta, group video calling part of Premium subscription

by Mike Schramm (Jan 27th, 2011)

Skype has released the latest version of its communication software; it's out of beta and ready for download. The beta version of Skype 5 for Mac has been available for a little while now, but this is the final version they've settled on, featuring a more minimal interface with simpler views, less ...

TestFlight helps developers to prepare their apps for takeoff

by Michael Jones (Jan 24th, 2011)

I remember the good old days of software distribution for mobile phones, when having an "app" on your phone meant you had to scour the depths of the internet to find and download the app that you wanted -- most of which were written in Java and built for specific groups of devices. For a developer, ...

iOS 4.3 Beta 2 ready for download

by Erica Sadun (Jan 19th, 2011)

Apple posts beta. Beta by Apple. Do you like green eggs and beta? Will you download over here? Or will you download over there? You will not download over here. You cannot download over there. The servers are all crazy there. You cannot download betas there. I will download with my ...

Find My Friends MobileMe feature found in iOS 4.3 beta release

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 13th, 2011)

Yesterday, Apple rolled out iOS 4.3 beta to developers, and the first look at the latest iOS version yielded up some gems, including multi-touch gestures, hotspot functionality, a return of the orientation lock and new camera effects. Earlier today, MacRumors uncovered settings for a feature called ...

New iOS beta released offering new gestures, Xcode updated with AirPlay services for apps (updated)

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 12th, 2011)

Well hello there, here's something new. On Apple's developer page for iOS 4.3 beta there's this gem: "Test Multi-Touch Gestures for iPad This beta release contains a preview of new Multi-Touch gestures for iPad. You can use four or five fingers to pinch to the Home Screen; swipe up to reveal the ...

Skitch leaps out of beta, 1.0 available now

by Brett Terpstra (Dec 7th, 2010)

Since it debuted in beta form at Macworld Expo in 2007, Skitch has become a favorite Mac utility for many, many people. It's great at grabbing screenshots, adding annotations and notes, and sharing them on Skitch.com, Flickr, Mobile.me or even your own server. We've waited three years for a 1.0 ...

Adobe announces 10.2 beta of Flash Player

by Michael Rose (Nov 30th, 2010)

For those who crave being on the bleeding edge of browser plug-in technology, this is your lucky day -- Adobe's Flash Player 10.2 beta is now downloadable for the Mac, as well as for Windows and Linux machines. The big advance in this build is preliminary support for Stage Video, the new playback ...