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Twitterrific for iOS updated to 5.1, brings 'Muffling,' inline Flickr previews and more

by Matt Tinsley (Feb 21st, 2013)

There are more Twitter client updates this week. Today it's Twitterrific for iOS, updated to version 5.1. The update brings some new features, which are sure to enhance the Twitterrific experience. Alongside a plethora of bug fixes and improvements, Twitterrific has added the following new ...

TUAW Talkcast: Tim Cook's media day, Twitterrific new look

by Michael Rose (Dec 9th, 2012)

Last week NBC delivered a pretty big scoop: Tim Cook's first television interview since taking over the top spot at Apple. He also had an extensive interview/profile in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, where he went into a bit more depth on some of the same topics covered on TV. The interview with anchor ...

Twitterrific 5 for iOS gives the classic Twitter app new wings

by Randy Nelson (Dec 6th, 2012)

The original Twitter app for iPhone has undergone an extreme makeover. Iconfactory has launched Twitterrific 5 (US$2.99 for a limited time, $5.99 regular price) on the App Store, ushering in a comprehensive interface overhaul that I've become absolutely smitten with since I started using the app ...

Twitterrific 4.1 for iOS released, includes username auto-complete and spam reporting

by Dana Franklin (Apr 22nd, 2011)

Here's something to write up to 140 characters about. The Iconfactory deployed version 4.1 of its award winning Twitter client, Twitterrific, to the App Store on Thursday. The new version offers users a smorgasbord of enhancements and bug fixes. Macworld's "Twitter Client of the Year" in 2010 ...

Use TextExpander and Twitterrific to avoid Twitter spam

by TJ Luoma (Mar 21st, 2011)

If you post to Twitter and say the word "iPhone" or "iPad," you are likely to get hit with one of the rash of Twitter spammers who search through Twitter for people who post about those terms and @reply to them with some "deal" (usually offering you a chance to "win" a "free" iPad or ...

The best iOS apps I used in 2010

by TJ Luoma (Dec 29th, 2010)

After looking back over Mac and Mac/iOS hybrid apps, it's time to look at the best iOS apps of 2010. As before, this list comes from my particular experience over the past year with these apps. 1) iCab Mobile (US$1.99, universal) is a replacement for mobile Safari. While it is hindered by the fact ...

Iconfactory gives a sneak peek at Twitterrific 4

by TJ Luoma (Oct 25th, 2010)

Iconfactory has given a sneak peek at its upcoming Twitterrific version 4 for the Mac. There's no information yet on pricing or release date, but it will require Snow Leopard "...because of some new features." The announcement includes a screenshot but not much more. In fact, if you look carefully ...

Twitterrific 3 for the iPad: change, tough love, and better

by TJ Luoma (Sep 2nd, 2010)

Here's a good sign that you've made some pretty significant changes to your application: three different people from the company write three different posts about the new design. That's what the folks from Iconfactory did about Twitterrific 3. David Lanham wrote about Redesigning Twitterrific, not ...

Official Twitter app updated for iPad

by TJ Luoma (Sep 2nd, 2010)

A few months ago, Twitter announced that they had acquired Tweetie and the web (I refuse to use the word "blogosphere" because it is a stupid word) exploded with predictions that they had effectively killed off the market for 3rd party Twitter applications by offering a free alternative. With the ...

Five apps I love on my iPad, and three that need more work

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Apr 8th, 2010)

We've had the iPad available for the better part of a week now; here are a few apps that have risen to the top, along with a few more that have sunk to the bottom. 1. GoodReader. Despite Air Sharing going iPad (I had the iPhone version) and MobileStudio providing a nifty universal binary (so the ...

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 ...

Iconfactory's Twitterrific charity toy auction closes today

by Kent Pribbernow (Dec 7th, 2009)

The Iconfactory is giving you the chance to help a worthy charitable cause this holiday season, and own a rare collectible in the process. The company has placed an original set of 4 Vinyl Toy Prototypes of its Twitterrific icon mascot, "Ollie," up for auction on eBay. These figures, designed by ...

The loot from the recent MacHeist

by Josh Carr (Nov 6th, 2009)

As Kevin pointed out on Wednesday, MacHeist has a new bundle for us at the moment -- but this one is what they consider a "nanoBundle" and it's free. I can't speak for everyone here at TUAW, but when I see the word "free" next to software, I horde it. They've decided to just give away this bundle ...

Twitpocalypse aftermath and "incident" fixes on the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Jun 16th, 2009)

I didn't really take last week's Twitocalypse that seriously, but as you probably know by now, it turned out a little worse than expected -- we'd been told that Twitterrific (and, we assumed, most other Twitter apps) would be fine, and of course, as Craig Hockenberry explains on his blog, things ...