A Penguin in the Orchard

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This is the biggest update Instapaper has ever had in one version, and I’m proud to finally show it to you.

It is a very impressive update. Full featured native sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinboard, and Evernote. You can browse for your Instapaper using friends on Facebook and Twitter and easily subscribe to the things they “like” (formerly “starred”). There is a new Editor’s Picks section featuring some of the best curator on the web (A group I, surprisingly, was not included in). Even a much improved in-app web browser. 

This is one of those times when I could not imagine how an app I thought was so perfect could be greatly improved upon but then the developer goes and gives me things I had no idea I even needed. 

I’m not sure about the iPhone updates. Minimalism has always been the forte of Instapaper, but the new interface adds some new buttons within the reading area. I’d prefer that that area, in particular, remain unchanged.

(Source: patrickrhone)

IS Drive slipped by the Apple censors by making no reference to BitTorrent, connecting instead to the ImageShack service, which provides server-based torrent downloads to paying members. In this way, IS Drive could provide access to BitTorrent content without running the protocol on an iPhone, enabling it to slip past Apple.

via The Register

This use of the word “censor” annoys me to no end. Censorship is an act of government to prevent citizens from gaining information. The decision to remove an app from the app store is a business decision, hardly worthy of the concern and outcry appropriate for censorship.

No BitTorrent apps in the app store? BFD. Get over it. And stop calling it censorship.

These 10 apps, all of which are compatible with iOS 3.0 and higher, are among the best out there for working with others. Best of all, most of them leverage the cloud to let you shift seamlessly between your phone and your desktop as you move in and out of the office.

via PCWorld

The Holy Grail of App marketing is still getting featured on Apple’s own App Store. All new products get a few days in the marketing sunshine that is the “New and Noteworthy” section of iTunes. And once that period is over your app’s sales can sink like a rather heavy stone in a deep dark pool, no matter how good or bad your product is.

via TouchReviews