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Battle Dungeon goes offline due to piracy

by Mike Schramm (Dec 4th, 2012)

Battle Dungeon is a tactical strategy multiplayer game for iOS that arrived on the App Store about a week ago, but it's no longer there. The developer announced on its website that it has pulled the game from the store due to piracy. The US$4.99 game (also supported by in-app purchases) ...

Twitter acquires Clutch.io, service essentially getting open sourced

by Mike Schramm (Aug 13th, 2012)

Clutch.io is a service that allows iOS and mobile developers to easily and quickly do app testing, which helps them track just how customers use their apps. The service has been helpful in the past for a number of app developers and their products, but Clutch has now flipped over to just one ...

Daily Mac App: SiteSucker

by Samuel Gibbs (Aug 30th, 2011)

Back in the pre-ubiquitous internet days, services like AvantGo allowed you to cache and store websites for offline viewing. These days there's little need for that kind of thing, simply because we're very rarely offline. Having said that, there are times when a solid internet connection just ...

15% of mobile apps launched while offline

by Michael Grothaus (May 10th, 2011)

Real-time analytics firm Localytics has issued a report that says 15 percent of all mobile apps are launched while the device they are running on is offline. That's a clear sign that developers would be serving their users better if they built "offline" modes into more apps, according to Ryan ...

5 productivity tips for Mail.app

by Sang Tang (Nov 8th, 2010)

Like Kelly Taylor from Beverly Hills 90210 and her flings with Dylan, Brandon and Colin, I've been around the block with mail clients, both on the Mac and PC side.That said, I prefer Mail.app. While Mail.app is simple enough for less advanced users, it also contains some niceties for power users. ...

TUAW's Daily App: Phases

by Mike Schramm (Sep 21st, 2010)

Phases is one of those apps that has a lot of information you wouldn't really think of or need -- until you actually have an app available to give it to you. Basically, Phases tells you everything you need to know about the moon, from when it wanes and waxes, rises and sets, and when and where it ...

Box.net's iPad project at D7 Consulting: How the iPad works at work

by Mike Schramm (Aug 24th, 2010)

Here's another update from the folks at Box.net on how the iPad deployment at D7 Consulting is going. Through TUAW, Box.net found a company to give 20 free iPads to. Box.net helped D7 set up a workflow that's built and run around Apple's tablet and their service. The first fruits of that ...

The Apple Store is back online

by Mike Schramm (Feb 9th, 2010)

Yes, as expected, the Apple Store is down for the morning, presumably to update us with brand new MacBook Pros and whatever else Apple has cooked up for a release. We'll keep an eye on the website along with you readers, and when we see what's been updated, we'll let you know. Do be patient -- ...

Google Gears beta for Safari

by Cory Bohon (Aug 28th, 2008)

Google Gears has been around for Firefox on the Mac for quite a while. However, Safari users have been left in the cold. Google Gears allows you to access certain Google services, most notably Docs and Reader, offline (as well as other offline-enabled web services like Remember The Milk). This ...

Byline: Google Reader for your pocket

by Robert Palmer (Jul 16th, 2008)

As someone who manages whole metric scads of information in Google Reader, I was excited to see Byline, from Phantom Fish software, in the App Store. Byline, as you might expect, fetches all your subscriptions from Google Reader and displays them for you to read. It also keeps track of the items ...

Apple Store down

by Cory Bohon (Jul 8th, 2008)

The Apple Store just went offline. The site has been updated to show the yellow sticky note that we've all come to love. What could it mean? Might it mean that MobileMe boxes will be available and ready for shipping? One could only hope. If you notice anything new, be sure to send us a tip! Stay ...

Widget Watch: Stikkit widget

by David Chartier (Apr 17th, 2007)

Last week, Mat Lu found a Quicksilver plugin that plays well with Stikkit, the online personal info organizer that thinks so you don't have to, but there's also another method for all you Dashboard junkies out there: a full-on widget from James Adam. This widget, like its Quicksilver plugin ...

PackRat 0.94 introduces Backpack reminder editing

by David Chartier (Dec 4th, 2006)

Rod Schmidt has released an update to PackRat, quite possibly the only offline Backpack client, that brings a major new and much-requested feature: the ability to add, edit and delete reminders. Now I've mentioned PackRat once or twice before here at TUAW, and this rockin' new feature almost ...

Packrat 0.87 released with page link editing, creation

by David Chartier (Aug 4th, 2006)

Packrat, an offline Backpack client that I just can't say enough about, has been updated to version 0.87. Though it is another minor version point update, it features the ability to edit links, including dragging one page onto another to create a link. With all its other abilities of editing pages, ...

New Packrat version adds true list and note creation

by David Chartier (Jun 5th, 2006)

A new Packrat version (version 0.84 build 220) has enabled 100% edit-ability of lists and notes on pages, including the create of new lists and notes on pages that previously had none. To facilitate this, a new 'Action' button has been added to Packrat's toolbar, containing 'create new note/list' ...