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iOS 6 beta 3 available to developers

by Mike Schramm (Jul 16th, 2012)

The third beta version of iOS 6 has been handed out to developers running the new mobile OS as an over-the-air update this morning. The new versions of Xcode haven't quite made their way out into the world yet, but they should soon, giving iOS and Mac developers the option to test and build ...

Google's Photovine goes live with its photo sharing app

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 18th, 2011)

Photovine is Google's latest iOS app and it's best described as a photo-sharing app with a public twist. Unlike Instagram which lets you share your stylized mobile photos with your friends and followers, Photovine ditches the filters and has a much more public slant. You publish your photo ...

Mac dating site Cupidtino opens beta to the public

by Mike Schramm (Jun 8th, 2010)

Good news, everyone! Cupidtino, the Mac dating site that we posted about a little while ago, has finally moved into open beta. Now anyone can go on over there, make a profile and start meeting Mac-minded single men or women looking for a partner. Anyone with a Mac, that is -- the site is only ...

Steam for Mac beta set for May 12

by Mike Schramm (Apr 29th, 2010)

Steam for the Mac has been given a date: May 12th. We were hoping to see it by the time April ended, but they've pushed back the date to just a few scant weeks from today. So come the second Wednesday in May, you the public will be able to go and pick up the beta and see what the biggest digital ...

Postbox Beta 8 solves issues, adds QuickLook support

by Robert Palmer (Mar 5th, 2009)

If you're in the market for a new email client to try, I mentioned Postbox a few weeks ago. Late yesterday, the Postbox team released beta 8, which features an improved conversation view, and new and improved support for QuickLook, Flickr, Hotmail, and Growl. The beta also fixes many bugs found by ...

TUAW First Look: Postbox Public Beta

by Robert Palmer (Feb 10th, 2009)

Postbox, the email client built for heavy email users, entered Public Beta on Sunday. Postbox is designed to allow you to search, organize, and manage your email more more efficiently. Postbox includes a powerful search tool that lets you use Gmail-style search terms (like "from:Steve" or "before ...

Joost releases beta 1.0 to public

by Mike Schramm (Oct 4th, 2007)

This blew by us earlier in the week, but in case you haven't grabbed it yet, the Joost beta 1.0 is now available for download to the public. So all of us plebians who haven't gotten invites to try it out yet can now inspect the groovy IPTV viewer that everyone's been talking about (and running on ...

MacThemes 2 public voting has begun

by Mike Schramm (Aug 10th, 2007)

Phill Ryu writes in to tell us that public voting has begun for the latest MacThemes contest (in which three of the themes will be chosen to win $1000 in software and become available for ShapeShifter). There are tons of entries (55, to be exact), and they all look pretty darn good in my civilian ...