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(03.Jun.08) Tuesday Updates All Around

We’re pleased to offer updates on two fronts today. First, Anthony’s work on the final installment of our four set tribute to Indiana Jones™ is under way. The pixelated treasures are being unearthed as we speak and we hope to have you the final release by the end of the month. Hang in there everyone!

The second update comes in the form of up-sized versions of one of Kate England’s icon collections – iPhonica 2. This popular set based on the home screen icons of Apple’s iPhone now comes with large sizes for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista. Head on over and download the updated version of iPhonica 2 today.

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(09.Jun.08) The Little Blue Bird That Could

Today, at Apple’s World Wide Developer Conference in San Francisco, the computer maker unveiled its plans for the next generation of iPhones as well as a sneak peek into third party applications headed our way. Due to hit public airwaves July 11th, Apple’s new iPhone/iPod Touch “App Store” as it’s being called, will allow users to purchase third party mobile applications directly over the air. After the keynote, we were just as surprised and delighted as you probably were to find our very own application, Twitterrific, featured heavily on Apple’s website.

It seems after flying high and far, sometimes to shady destinations, the little blue bird has finally gone legit. I don’t think any of us at the factory realized just how popular Twitter, and in turn Twitterrific would become in this past year. We’ve been making various software applications for a decade now, and in all that time, none of us would have expected such an unassuming little app to become our most well recognized piece of code. Twitterrific’s success speaks volumes about the fine work of the folks over at Twitter, and the hunger for today’s users to stay in touch with friends, relatives and co-workers via new media like social networks.

We’re very pleased the Mac community took to Twitterrific so well and helped make it the success it is today. We’re looking forward to bringing the application to a whole new generation of users for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and would like to extend our thanks to Apple for giving the blue bird such a fine new home. We feel both excited and privileged to be a part of the new App Store and are committed to bringing our users the best software we can offer. We look forward to these first steps on what is sure to be, a fun journey for both users and developers alike.

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(12.Jun.08) Iconfactory Honored with Apple Design Award

We’re very pleased and honored to announce that Apple generously rewarded our iPhone development efforts at last night’s Apple Design Awards. The beta version of Twitterrific took home one of five iPhone ADAs, winning for Best iPhone Social Networking Application. Created by veteran programmer Craig Hockenberry, Twitterrific for the iPhone lets Twitter users stay in touch with friends and family by “tweeting” on the go. Other winners in the iPhone division included Best Game – Enigmo by Pangea Software, and Best Productivity App – OmniFocus from The Omni Group.

Our very own Craig Hockenberry and Corey Marion were stunned and honored as they stepped on stage to accept “the cube”. Head on over to Flickr to view pictures of the entire event. Congratulations to all 2008 ADA winners, we’re pleased to be included in such great company!

As WWDC 2008 comes to a close, we are hard at work putting the finishing touches on Twitterrific for the iPhone. The “little Twitter app that could” will be available at the launch of Apple’s iPhone App Store this July, so keep your eyes peeled for more information about its arrival in the days and weeks ahead. And, as always, thank you for your generous support!

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(18.Jun.08) Talking about Twitterrific and the iPhone

During our trip to WWDC, I was fortunate to visit the Macworld office and sit down with Macworld editorial director Jason Snell, NetNewsWire developer Brent Simmons and OmniFocus developer Greg Titus. The topic of our conversation? The iPhone and applications, of course!

I hope you enjoy listening in on this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it. Because of the NDA surrounding the iPhone SDK, discussions amongst developers have been limited: I was surprised at some of the things we uncovered during our talk.

Now please excuse me, I need to get back to work on Twitterrific so we have something besides screenshots on July 11th :-)

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