Wednesday Recap: Tweetbot for Mac, Apple on EPEAT, Parallels Hearts Retina

Seems as if any time a notable iOS developer makes the leap to the Mac, it's worthy of headlines -- and that's certainly true with the alpha version of Tweetbot for Mac introduced today. If you've already sworn your allegiance to Tweetbot on the iPhone, iPod touch or iPad, it's pretty much of a no-brainer. So let's not waste any time here, you'll want to read all about it so you can get to downloading that much quicker on this Wednesday, July 11, 2012.

Tweetbot for Mac Public Alpha Now Available

Despite Tapbots' earlier objections to porting its popular Twitter client from iOS to Mac, the developer surprised many today by releasing an alpha version of Tweetbot for Mac, available today as a free download for anyone willing to give it a test drive. "Developing for the Mac is no easy task, especially a full-featured Twitter client," the company notes in its blog. "However, we’ve gotten to a point where while not complete, it is useable. We’ve decided to release it as a public alpha to a) motivate us to finish faster, and b) get feedback to help us build the best Mac incarnation of Tweetbot we can make." It's important to note that this is just a preview of what's to come -- in addition to creepy, crawly bugs being present, a number of features like multiple windows and iCloud sync are also still absent. The alpha is free for now, but when version 1.0 hits the Mac App Store, you'll have to pony up an as-yet unannounced amount. Also, the release version will be the first app we've heard of to be OS X Mountain Lion exclusive, although the alpha runs just fine on OS X Lion today.

Apple Issues Statement on EPEAT Withdrawal

The Loop managed to wrangle a response out of Apple about its recent decision to withdraw from EPEAT, a voluntary list of green electronics. The move caused the city of San Francisco to lash out against Apple, denying city employees from buying Cupertino's computers with city dough.

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Friday Recap: Airfoil App Store Removal, Seas0nPass, Apple Hearts Nest?

Hey, the weekend is here! And for those of you in the United States, it’s probably a three-day extravaganza, thanks to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday. Although we’re not sure getting an extra day off work is really showing appreciation for those in the Armed Services who keep us safe, we’ll take it where we can get it. The daily recap will be taking Monday off as well, so we’ll see you back here on Tuesday -- in the meantime, enjoy the day’s news for Friday, May 25, 2012!

Apple Speaks Out on Airfoil Speakers Touch App Store Removal

The iOS App Store is again under fire for yanking Rogue Amoeba’s Airfoil Speaker Touch app, which has been comfortably sitting on its virtual shelves since 2009. According to The Verge, Apple has gone on record stating,

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Wednesday Recap: Seagate Hearts LaCie, HP Slashing 27,000 Jobs, DigiTimes Rumors

Krikey, what a day for the tech world! On top of the jury siding with Google over the Oracle lawsuit, we’ve got Seagate buying up LaCie, HP slashing eight percent of its workforce over the next two years and Apple CEO Tim Cook failing to cut a deal with Samsung CEO Choi Gee-sung over their long-standing patent dispute. Oh, and DigiTimes says they’ll work harder to make Apple rumors more accurate. Yes, seriously. Read on to check out all the news for Wednesday, May 23, 2012!

Seagate Plans to Acquire Controlling Interest in LaCie

One would think with all of the hard drives in the world, the market would be strong, but the announcement today that Seagate intends to acquire controlling interest of LaCie certainly gives one pause. The storage titan has offered to purchase LaCie CEO Philippe Spruch’s 64.5 percent ownership, which pins the value of the deal at $186 million USD. Spruch plans to join Seagate and lead the company’s consumer product division when the deal closes.

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