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Beta Beat: TweetDeck ripe with potential

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 5th, 2009)

Since it's turned into Twitter Thursday around here... In a moment of sheer frustration with Twitterrific, I sent out a call on my Twitter feed for recommendations of a desktop Twitter client. Several folks replied with a nod to TweetDeck, an Adobe AIR-based client currently in development for OS X, ...

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 @ ...

Macworld 2009: Interview with Iconfactory's Craig Hockenberry

by Chris Ullrich (Jan 8th, 2009)

Twitter is arguably one of the most popular social networking platforms in use today. And, one of the most popular ways to use Twitter is via applications for your Mac and the iPhone. In that space, one particular app seems to dominate -- Iconfactory's Twitterrific. TUAW's own Christina Warren ...

Tweetie: Twitter client with "oomph"

by Christina Warren (Dec 17th, 2008)

Yesterday, Dave published an awesome gift guide for the Twitter addict. It wasn't meant to be an all-encompassing list, nonetheless, the omission of Tweetie [iTunes link] -- one of the newest Twitter clients to hit the iPhone -- generated a ton of response via the comments, our inbox and of course, ...

First Look: Tweetsville brings pro features to Twitter on iPhone

by Christina Warren (Nov 13th, 2008)

There are a number of Twitter apps available for the iPhone and iPod Touch -- and why not? Much like peanut butter and jelly, Twitter and the iPhone are a classic combination. Tweetsville [iTunes Link] from Tapulous is the newest Twitter client available from the App Store, and it offers up an ...

The fantastic At Bat is on sale

by Dave Caolo (Oct 7th, 2008)

When the App Store opened, I went nuts and downloaded a slew of apps. Two weeks later, I listed the 8 I decided to keep, including Major League Baseball's (MLB) At Bat [App Store link]. This week, At Bat has dropped in price from $4.99US to $2.99US. It's on sale because it will "expire" when the ...

The bluebird of happiness

by Robert Palmer (Sep 25th, 2008)

Our friends over at the Iconfactory have a devil of a time protecting one of their more popular icons: David Lanham's blue bird that adorns their Twitterrific software. Turns out there are plenty of people that think the icon is free for the taking, and have used it in all kinds of projects and web ...

iPhone is the place for adware?

by Mike Schramm (Sep 10th, 2008)

Om Malik posted an interesting piece earlier this week about the growing market of ad-supported software on the iPhone -- due to the strange economies of the App Store (which are still developing), lots of app makers have found the prices on their apps driven way down, as most buyers are pretty ...

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 ...

First Look: Twinkle

by Cory Bohon (Jul 18th, 2008)

The iPhone will no doubt see it's fair share of Twitter clients (just as the Mac has). Twitterrific is the big name in the Mac/iPhone Twitter app space, but in a client from Tapulous called "Twinkle" has also been generating some interest. Originally released as a jailbreak application for the ...

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 ...

Craig Hockenberry on iPhone SDK and backgrounding

by Cory Bohon (Mar 17th, 2008)

Craig Hockenberry is the man, the myth, and the legend behind the absolute best Twitter application on the Mac (he works for the Iconfactory). We would all love to see Twitterrific on the iPhone, but Craig offers up a "healthy dose of reality" regarding the iPhone SDK and backgrounding services ...

Talkcast 32 now online

by Michael Rose (Mar 4th, 2008)

Sunday night's talkcast was a delightful discussion, as we were joined by the personable and knowledgeable duo of Craig Hockenberry and Gedeon Maheux from Iconfactory. Ged and Craig gave us the lowdown on the history of the company, the origins of Twitterrific (it's amazing what inspiration comes to ...

Twitterrific 3.1 released; Iconfactory joins us live Sunday night

by Michael Rose (Feb 28th, 2008)

The shiny goodness that is the Iconfactory's Twitterrific has been officially revved to version 3.1, adding new features and bugfixes to the $14.95/ad-supported freeware Twitter client for the Mac. The new version has added 'teh snappy' to improve performance and reduce user kvetching, always an ...

New Twitterrific beta 3.1b3

by Mat Lu (Feb 7th, 2008)

The gang over at Iconfactory has released a new beta of Twitterrific, the slick Mac Twitter client. The update adds some handy new features like more fine grained Growl control (it no longer takes over your entire desktop with a million notifications when you log in after a break), some new keyboard ...