Tweetbot developer Tapbots has announced that it has pulled its very popular alpha Mac app from release due to the new caps on maximum users that Twitter recently said it would begin enforcing. The developers have tried to work with Twitter to come up with a way to have the alpha not eat up the limited amount of slots available to them, but says that Twitter has been uncooperative.
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Apple to Build Next Mars Rover⇢
Ulysse Merou:
Searching for organic carbon compounds buried in soil 35 million miles from home? There’s an app for that.
Faced with severe budget cutbacks, NASA has turned to Apple for help with its next Mars lander.
Man, I love Scoopertino.
On The Avett Brothers and Brain Cancer⇢
Bob Crawford and I (along with our wives) spoke together on a panel at St. Jude earlier this summer. They are an amazing family.
One Giant Leap⇢
Kyle beat me to writing this article.
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies at 82⇢
There are a handful of historical achievements that truly blow my mind. Armstrong stepping off the lunar lander on to the dusty surface of the moon is one of them. America lost a hero today.
Apple Wins Samsung Trial⇢
Nilay Patel:
Perhaps most importantly, the jury ruled that many of Samsung’s infringements were “willful” — that is, the company deliberately copied Apple’s patents. That’s how they got to that $1.051 billion damage award; they punished Samsung for doing it on purpose.
August 2012 System Extension
In this month’s System Extension, I take a look at the history of Apple’s mice and the PowerMac G4 Cube.
You can download the 17 MB PDF here.
If you are interested in sponsoring System Extension, let’s chat.
10.8.1 Released⇢
Here are the fixes:
- Resolve an issue that may cause Migration Assistant to unexpectedly quit
- Improve compatibility when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server in Mail
- Address an issue playing audio through a Thunderbolt display
- Resolve an issue that could prevent iMessages from being sent
- Address an issue that could cause the system to become unresponsive when using Pinyin input
- Resolve an issue when connecting to SMB servers with long names
- Address a issue that may prevent Safari from launching when using a Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) file
- Improve 802.1X authentication with Active Directory credentials
Drafts 2.0 — and 1.0 for iPad — Released⇢
Drafts 2.0 for iPhone and Drafts for iPad are out.
Building on the excellent 1.0, the new version of Drafts adds features like more font selection, more output options and a neat full-screen mode.
The most interesting feature is syncing, though. Using the Simperium engine, Drafts for iPad and iPhone can share text via the cloud. It’s crazy fast.
If you’re a Drafts user, buying the iPad version is a no-brainer. If you’re not using Drafts yet at all, shame on you. You really are missing out on a great little app.
The Minimal Rubber Wallet⇢
On Writing and Tools
Justin Blanton, in a piece about moving away from WordPress:
Frankly, I’m just tired of having to upgrade WordPress (and then make all of my little one-off modifications each time I upgrade), tired of having to manage memory on the web server, tired of having to think about whether something I do is going to break the site in some fatal way that I simply don’t have the time these days to fix. The list goes on and on and on. I just want to write.
The Icon Bronco Visits Leno⇢
I’ve linked to this truck several times in the past, and I can’t stop. I simply love this thing.