http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/02/app.expected.to.hit.beta.stage.by.end.of.week/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/tweetiesml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Following the recent release of Tweetie 2.0, developer Loren Brichter is almost ready to launch the next update, v2.1, which adds a variety of bug fixes and several new features. The app will support the new-style retweets, along with geolocation information, according to a preview posted by TechCrunch. Both features will only work with the select accounts Twitter has enabled for the additional fu... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/02/app.expected.to.hit.beta.stage.by.end.of.week/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/minor.update.to.precede/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/facebookicon.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The next major version of the official Facebook iPhone app, v3.1, will add push notifications, says developer Joe Hewitt. The title lets users view and update news feeds, as well manage photos, and browse profiles and other content. It is not known when v3.1 will become available; coming "soon" however should be v3.03, a minor update providing only bugfixes.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/minor.update.to.precede/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/adds.state.caching.threaded.conversations/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/tweetie2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />atebits has released Tweetie 2, an update to the company's Twitter client for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app is said to have been completely rewritten, and now features state caching. Users can not only read and compose tweets offline, but return to their last known position in the interface after quitting or receiving a phone call.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/09/adds.state.caching.threaded.conversations/ Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/program.built.for.twitter/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/echofonsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Naan Studio has released a public beta of its Echofon desktop app for Mac systems. The software works in conjunction with the company's Echofon Pro app for the iPhone and iPod touch, allowing users to sync unread tweets between their mobile device and computer.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/29/program.built.for.twitter/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/app.awaiting.approval.for.entry.into.app.store/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/tweetiesml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Atebits has announced additional details of its upcoming Tweetie 2 iPhone app. The update is promised to be a complete overhaul, rather than a cosmetic revision with only a few small changes. The app will allow users to send and receive video tweets, while tweet streams can be live-filtered in a similar way to the Mail utility.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/28/app.awaiting.approval.for.entry.into.app.store/ Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/11/independently.developed.software/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/gallery/sep2009/fbdestopnotifications-story-10.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Software developers Lee Byron and Owen Yamauchi have released Facebook desktop notification software for the Mac. An independent release, it places a Facebook icon in the Mac OS Menu Bar, with drop-down notification feeds and Growl-style alerts. It is considered experimental software and has only been tested in Mac OS X 10.5.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/11/independently.developed.software/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/27/apple.contact.list.patent/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/iphone-distribution-10.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A newly-published Apple patent application suggests that the company may have a deeper interest in social networking than previously recognized. Titled Event-based contact list methods, the application describes a public website intended to organize an event, such as a wedding or school reunion. As with many such social networking sites, visitors could add personal contact information in order t... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/27/apple.contact.list.patent/ Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/20/realplayer.sp.update/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/realsml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Real has announced an update to its media player, RealPlayer SP, which adds a variety of new functions for sharing content or transferring videos to portable devices. Users can download videos from the Internet, and then select their particular mobile device from a drop-down list.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/20/realplayer.sp.update/ Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/11/itunes.9.social.ties/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0908/itunes9-leak.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />(Updated with images) The social networking aspects of iTunes 9 could be more elaborate than previously suggested, says a source responsible for... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/08/11/itunes.9.social.ties/ Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/25/mac.trojan.hits.twitter/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/twittergoogle.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A Mac and PC Trojan is being perpetuated through Twitter, accounts say. Guy Kawasaki, a well-known venture capitalist, is said to have accidentally retweeted a link to a porn video, claiming to contain footage of Gossip Girl actress Leighton Meester. Should users actually click the link, they are taken to a website asking to install a video codec; the file is in reality the OSX/Jahlav-C Trojan, ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/25/mac.trojan.hits.twitter/ Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:50:00 GMT