The first month of 2012 is passing by and it’s high time we see what the Mac App Store have in store for us news junkies. Read on for a glimpse of the latest current crop of feed readers for the Mac. In this post you can find a handpicked list of the more interesting [...]
This release is about supporting Lion’s sandboxing requirement that will be mandatory for all 3rd party applications sold via the Mac App Store (MAS). Because of limitations of the sandbox, we have no choice but to remove two features from the MAS edition of News Anchor: Apple Infrared Remote Silent Refresh (silently refreshing feeds and [...]
I’m both happy and sad in writing out this announcement. Happy for finally have completed tweaking News Anchor to adhere to Apple’s new sandboxing requirement. Sad that I had to drop a couple of features from News Anchor. Namely dropping support for the Apple Infrared Remote and the ability to refresh feeds in the background [...]
By now you probably have heard of the online filter bubble. You probably feel unease by the sheer number of people being encased in a filter bubble and concerned that you yourself might be trapped in one and would like to get out from your filter bubble. Let me tell you that the filter bubble [...]
News Anchor is now ready for Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” and the update is available via the usual channels (the “Check for Updates” menu option for direct-download users and the “Updates” tab for App Store customers). If you are considering to upgrade to Lion, please update News Anchor as soon as possible. In addition, [...]
You will be pleased to know that News Anchor 2.4.2 is now available for download. Mac App Store customers can use the App Store application to update News Anchor whereas direct-download customers This version is primarily bug fixes and performance enhancements. The Growl notifications are better: it properly notifies how many new episodes that you [...]
We’re happy to say that News Anchor 2.4 is now available for you to download. Mac App Store customers can open the App Store application and have a look at its Update section whereas direct-download customers can simply choose the “Check for Updates” menu option under the application menu. Summary of changes in this version: [...]
Recently the BBC wrote that Indonesia is a good country for entrepreneurs. As an Indonesian, I found the article hard to believe, primarily from the viewpoint of a technology entrepreneur.
You can add a Twitter stream or any search result as a feed source for News Anchor channels. This is done by exporting a Twitter search result as an RSS feed.
This version is primarily a maintenance release containing bug fixes and small enhancements. Fixed the crashing bug when you play a channel, pause it, and then immediately stop the playback. We’re really sorry for this to slip our testing. Fixed the issue when creating podcast files from a channel that has filename-unsafe titles. Added the [...]
