Iconfactory Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Check-in from an Apple Store on Gowalla, get entered to win an Ollie

by Kelly Guimont (Apr 3rd, 2010)

Iconfactory have a long history of lovely Mac things, including the spectacular Twitterrific iPhone app. When they created Twitterrific, they gave it an adorable icon of a little blue birdie. His name is Ollie. His popularity is always increasing. Of course, he is super cute, which helps. So super ...

Holiday giveaways: Ollie the Twitterrific bird

by Michael Rose (Dec 21st, 2009)

Yes, it's that time of year when we empty out the TUAW swag vaults and pass the savings on. Our candidate today: He's avian, he's blue, and he might be coming to you.... Yes, it's the icon come to life who chirps his way into your heart, Ollie the Twitterrific bird. The Iconfactory's chatty ...

Live chat tomorrow: Application Development for the (mythical) Apple Tablet

by Erica Sadun (Dec 17th, 2009)

From a developer's point of view, what do these rumors mean? Is it enough to assume that App Store products will "just work" out of the box on a new device class? Will adherence to Apple's resolution independence design principles allow well-built iPhone applications to adapt to new window sizes? Or ...

Ramp Champ adds to ramps, challenges

by Dave Caolo (Oct 5th, 2009)

Red paper tickets are the currency of childhood. On the shore of Oneida Lake, New York is Sylvan Beach, a small-town resort and amusement complex not unlike thousands of others that dot the country. To a parent, it's a fun day out. Just put the kids in the car and after a short drive set them ...

Twitterrific 2.0: It's real, and it's SPECTACULAR.

by Kelly Guimont (May 8th, 2009)

I'll be honest, I adore Twitter. I don't mean "Oh it's so cute and Oprah's on it," I mean in a way that is likely unhealthy. It was just another technology I had an account for but only sort of used until I found out that the Iconfactory created an application for my desktop called Twitterrific that ...

Twitterrific 2 for iPhone and iPod touch available

by Dave Caolo (May 8th, 2009)

The Iconfactory's Twitterrific was one of the first Twitter applications for the iPhone and iPod touch. Since its introduction, The Twitter App Wars have begun in earnest. If Twitter is the Belle of the Ball, there's a long line of suitors who want to be her beau. The new Twitterrific makes a ...

Twitterrific 3.2 squashes bugs, adds small features

by Robert Palmer (Jan 30th, 2009)

Twitterrific, from our friends at the Iconfactory, has been updated to version 3.2: the first update for the desktop version of the small-footprint Twitter client in nearly a year. This new version accurately marks old tweets as read when the software starts, and adds "in reply to" IDs to @ ...

Slide to Play plays games at Macworld, because I didn't

by Mike Schramm (Jan 13th, 2009)

Felt a little bit of acid in my posts lately? Getting an icy vibe off of my writing for the past week? There's no hard feelings to Rose, Christina, or any of the other TUAWers at Macworld (they did an awesome job covering everything), but yes, I was a little bummed that I didn't get to go. This ...

Macworld 2009 Day One: In Pictures

by Christina Warren (Jan 6th, 2009)

The Keynote might not have had everything we were expecting, but Macworld 2009 is still off to a super start. We're still busy hitting booths and rendering video, you can take a look at some of the fun we've been having. Highlights: The Delicious Monster booth looks just like Delicious Library ...

Hockenberry, Maheux respond in exclusive TUAW talkcast interview

by Robert Palmer (Dec 15th, 2008)

On last night's talkcast, the Iconfactory's Gedeon Maheux and Craig Hockenberry joined us to discuss their concerns with the App Store, and they noted that Friday's layout changes are a step in the right direction. "It's another of many steps that Apple's making to make the iTunes infrastructure ...

App Store changes layout, threat of the fleshy palm still looms

by Robert Palmer (Dec 12th, 2008)

TouchMeme notes that the App Store has changed layout to separate free and paid applications, perhaps in response to developer grumbling about competition in a crowded market. Free apps and paid apps now occupy sidebars to the right and left, respectively, of a major category index page. The ...

$1.7 million for Greensboro Apple Store

by Mike Schramm (Nov 30th, 2008)

I'm not exactly sure why there's so much excitement centered around the upcoming Greensboro Apple Store (my guess is it's because our friend Ged of the Iconfactory can't wait for it to open), but the excitement is there, and Ed Cone has some insight into how the store's deal got put together. ...

Iconfactory debuts Frenzic for iPhone

by Robert Palmer (Nov 20th, 2008)

Iconfactory and ARTIS Software have released Frenzic for iPhone, a fast-paced puzzle game that matches the piece and color combination skills of Bejeweled with a series of pie-shaped game boards. The game is an ideal timewaster -- my favorite kind of game -- perfect for waiting in line or on the ...

Iconfactory releases Twitterrific 1.1 for iPhone

by Robert Palmer (Sep 5th, 2008)

The Iconfactory and its chief typist, Craig Hockenberry, have been hard at work on Twitterrific 1.1, a substantial update to their mobile Twitter client for the iPhone and iPod touch. The update features much smoother scrolling, larger tweet capacity, the ability to save pictures to the camera roll ...

Twitterrific released in two flavors for iPhone

by Robert Palmer (Jul 10th, 2008)

The friendly friends at The Iconfactory have released two editions of Twitterrific for the App Store: one is a free version supported by advertising, and the other is a paid version that omits the ads. Twitterrific (the free version) periodically shows ads via The Deck, similar to its free ...