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(22.Apr.11) Twitterrific 4.1 for iPhone & iPad

Announcing the immediate release of Twitterrific 4.1 for iOS. This latest update to our popular Twitter app includes several great feature enhancements including username auto-completion, advanced options via settings, easy reporting of spammers and much more.

Version 4.1 is also our first, true cross-platform release and will be out shortly on the Mac. In order to bring parity to both platforms, we’ve updated Twitterrific for iOS’s version number to 4 and brought it inline with the Mac. This makes it easier to keep track of for users as well as for us when sending technical support queries.

Some of the notable highlights in Twitterrific 4.1 include:

  • Username auto-completion when composing a tweet
  • Camera support for iPad 2
  • Support for Cloud.app media uploads & URL shortening
  • New Advanced settings (keep scrolled to top & more)
  • Improved loading of multiple tweets in a conversation when selected
  • Multiple bugs squashed (double emoji, YouTube vids, etc)
  • Plus lots more

Twitterrific 4.1 is a universal app for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch and is available from the App Store completely free of charge for use with a single Twitter account. Users can upgrade via an in-app purchase to remove advertising and enable multiple Twitter accounts.

We invite you to visit Twitterrific.com to view the complete list of what’s new, get answers to frequently asked questions and purchase Twitterrific related goodies and gear. Then wing your way to the App Store and download Twitterrific and join the fun!

(15.Apr.11) Take Five 1.0.1 Adds Media Key Support

Take Five, our popular music-pausing utility, has been updated to version 1.0.1 on the Mac. This latest version adds media key support and includes a few other improvements and fixes. Check out the Take Five version history page for a complete list of changes.

Take Five is available on the Mac App Store. Go grab it today – your music can only wait so long!

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(01.Apr.11) Announcing Take Five for Mac

We’re pleased to announce that our handy music pausing utility, Take Five has arrived for the Mac. How many times have you realized your headphones are silent because you’d forgotten to un-pause iTunes? If you’re like us, probably one too many and that’s where Take Five comes in. Take Five, is a simple, elegant Mac utility that automatically fades your iTunes music back in after 5 minutes.

  • Launch the app to pause your tunes for up to 30 minutes
  • Click Take Five’s dock icon to pause/play anytime throughout the day
  • Hot key prefs to play/pause, show/hide iTunes & start/stop the timer
  • Options to display information when changing tracks in iTunes
  • Beautiful, minimal interface that doesn’t get in the way while you work
  • Soft fade in when audio restarts

To celebrate the launch of Take Five for the Mac, we’re offering a special half-off sale price of just $1.99 for a limited time. Later, Take Five will return to its normal price of $3.99 so head on over and take advantage of this great offer today. Ordering from the Mac App Store is quick, easy and means there are no registration codes to keep track of.

We invite you to visit the Take Five homepage for more information including screen shots and answers to some of your more frequently asked questions. Never again let a call from your Mom, lolcat videos or visits from your boss put your music on permanent pause. Your music can only wait so long!

(30.Mar.11) Flare 1.0.1 is Here

Flare, our new photo editing app for Mac OS X, is now even better. Flare 1.0.1 is available in the Mac App Store and adds new features such as the ability to save to your iPhoto library, and the option to customize the color of the Rounded Edges border. It also includes several other improvements and bug fixes.

Check out the full list of changes on the Flare Version History page, or visit flareapp.com to find out more about Flare. Then head over to the Mac App Store to get Flare and see for yourself.

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(29.Mar.11) Kraftwerk 2011

Artist Dave Brasgalla has updated one of his very first icon sets for the iOS generation – a tribute to the pioneering band Kraftwerk. This genre-defining music act has been placing their indelible stamp on our collective culture since 1970, and now they’re coming to your desktop in the popular iOS/Flurry style. Download them today!

(22.Mar.11) The Chameleon Project

We try to keep these news blurbs focused on things that are of general interest: products, icons, desktops and such. Today, we’re going to break with that rule because we’re very proud to announce something of interest to Mac and iOS developers: The Chameleon Project.

Chameleon is an application framework that makes it easier to bring your iOS app into the world of the Mac. We developed it while creating the Mac version of Twitterrific.

If you’re a developer or just curious how we created one of our apps, please take a look. Thanks!

(17.Mar.11) Flare's Special Pricing Extended

Since its release, Flare has been a tremendous hit with amateur and professional photographers alike. Users have lauded Flare’s ease of use while others have enjoyed the power of editing effects and presets. The response has been so great we’ve decided to extend Flare’s special 50% off sales price for the time being. Ordering from the Mac App Store is still the easiest method and means there are no registration codes to keep track of.

We’re also pleased to announce that we’re also bringing the special 50% off purchase price here to the Iconfactory. If you’d rather not purchase Flare from the Mac App Store, or if you’d prefer to pay using PayPal, now you can receive the same discount that Mac App Store users have been enjoying. Before purchasing you can download a trial version that lets you experience all the powerful features of the app. Once the trial period is over Flare limits the size of photos that can be exported.

We invite you to visit FlareApp.com to learn more about the application that reviewers such as TUAW, AppStorm and Daring Fireball have praised. Remember, your photo is just the beginning!

(11.Mar.11) The History of Software at the Iconfactory

You may have noticed we’ve been releasing lots of software updates recently. There’s no doubt we’ve been busy bees and the best news is there’s still lots more to come. With the increased focus on software, Gedeon thought it would be fun to take a look back at where we’ve been in the last five years and where we’re heading.

The result is a timeline snapshot of software development at the Iconfactory from 2005 to present. We’ve pushed a ton of pixels and written more code than we care to admit, but it’s all worth it. We love what we do and we’re gratified that you enjoy our efforts. As always we thank you for your support and look forward to all new journeys together as we move into the future. Onward ho!

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(10.Mar.11) Introducing Flare for Mac

The Iconfactory and ARTIS Software are pleased to announce the immediate release of Flare 1.0 for the Mac. What is Flare? Simply put Flare is a fast, easy, and beautiful darkroom for your desktop.

With Flare, you can apply photographic effects to your photos, then save them to your Mac, upload them to Flickr, or send them in an email. Flare comes with over twenty high-quality presets to easily apply a wide range of different effects. But that’s only the beginning because Flare also gives users the power to edit existing presets or build all new ones completely from scratch.

Create presets using close to one hundred visual effects including dozens of textures, frames, lightleaks, borders and more. Once you’ve created the ultimate look for your photographs, save and share your preset creations with other Flare users quickly and easily.

We encourage you to learn more at the Flare home page, but in the meantime, here are some of the notable highlights of Flare for the Mac:

  • Fine tune effects in real time via live preview
  • High quality 12 Megapixel Textures, Borders and Frames
  • Temporarily save edits as Snapshots for later use
  • Drag and drop images from iPhoto, Aperture, Photoshop & Lightroom
  • Export photos in JPEG, PNG and TIFF formats
  • Share creations on Flickr or by e-mail
  • Unlimited Undos

Flare for the Mac is available now from Apple’s new Mac App Store via their one-click ordering system. To celebrate the launch of Flare, we’re offering a special half off sales price this week of just $9.99. Once the launch sale is over Flare will return to it’s normal price of $19.99. Ordering from the Mac App Store is quick, easy and means there are no registration codes to keep track of.

Before purchasing you can also download a trial version of Flare that lets you experience all the powerful features of the application but limits the size of photos that can be exported.

We invite you to visit FlareApp.com to learn more about the application, download additional presets, browse the online users guide and more. Then head on over to the Mac App Store and pick up the all new digital desktop darkroom that is Flare for the Mac. Your photo is just the beginning!

(28.Feb.11) Twitterrific 4.0.1 Adds Growl & More

Announcing the immediate availability of Twitterrific 4.0.1 for the Mac. This free point release brings some of the most requested features to our recently released desktop Twitter client including Growl notifications, an all-new advanced preferences pane and a bevy of bug fixes. Since its release Twitterrific 4 for the Mac has been received warmly by users and critics alike and was recently featured on the Mac App Store. We’re pleased to bring you this important update today.

Notable highlights from version 4.0.1:

  • Support for Growl notifications of mentions & direct messages
  • Ability to hide the app’s dock icon
  • Ability to hide the menu bar icon
  • New keyboard shortcuts for RT & RT w/comment

Twitterrific 4.0.1 is a free upgrade and is available both from the Iconfactory as well as Apple’s new Mac App Store via their one-click ordering system. Ordering from the Mac App Store means there are no registration codes to keep track of, no ads in the timeline and multiple accounts are enabled by default.

We invite you to visit Twitterrific.com to learn more about the version 4.0.1 for Mac. View screen shots, browse the version history, get answers to your frequently asked questions and more. Then head on over to the Mac App Store and pick up the new and improved version of the desktop twitter client that started it all, Twitterrific for Mac.

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(17.Feb.11) New Horizon & Aquatica Stock Sets

Stockicons.com has released the latest collections in the Horizon and Aquatica family of royalty-free stock icons. The addition of Horizon Database extends the family and adds icons covering such concepts such as records, filters, scripts and many more. The addition of Aquatica Web finally completes the OS X friendly family and brings metaphors for blog, chat, rss, map and others.

Both of these flexible and professionally designed collections contain icons in sizes ranging from 16×16 to 512×512 pixels, as well as scalable vector files. Visit Stockicons.com today for complete pricing of these and other high-quality collections as well as to download free samples.

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(10.Feb.11) Twitterrific 4.0 for Mac is Here

Today we’re pleased to announce the long-awaited release of Twitterrific v 4.0 for the Mac. This major update is available now and CHOCK full of new and exciting features. We’ve taken the best aspects of our award winning mobile client for iPhone and iPad and re-imagined the app for the Mac desktop. Twitterrific is now easier to use than ever before and includes many of the same great features mobile users have been enjoying as they tweet on the go.

There are so many major features of Twitterrific 4 in fact, it’s hard to list them all. We encourage you to learn more at Twitterrific.com, but in the meantime, here are just some of the notable highlights of version 4 for the Mac:

  • True multi-account/multi-window support
  • View mentions, messages and favorites quickly and easily
  • View Twitter trends, searches and lists
  • Browse conversation threads between users
  • Fully customizable toolbar
  • Translate tweets to your native language

Twitterrific 4 for the Mac is available from Apple’s new Mac App Store via their one-click ordering system. Ordering from the Mac App Store means there are no registration codes to keep track of, no ads in the timeline and multiple accounts are enabled by default.

If you’re already a registered user of Twitterrific version 3, you may want to purchase Twitterrific 4 directly from the Iconfactory. Owners of version 3 for Mac and the Macheist Nano bundle qualify for a discounted upgrade, only available at the Iconfactory. Visit our registration lookup page to find your existing version 3 serial number, then head on over and upgrade your existing copy for the Mac. Before purchasing you can also download a trial version of Twitterrific 4 that displays ads in the timeline and is limited to one Twitter account. Purchasing a license with a major credit card or PayPal will remove the ads and enable multiple accounts.

We invite you to visit Twitterrific.com to learn more about the all-new version 4 for Mac. View screen shots, view a quick video overview of the software, get answers to your frequently asked questions and more. Then head on over to the Mac App Store and pick up the new and improved version of the desktop twitter client that started it all, Twitterrific for Mac.

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