The Breakroom
Category: Apps
Making of the 7R Mobile App
November 23, 2015
7R is short for DRD4-7R, a gene associated with the hunger to explore. Also known as the “adventure gene,” some scientist claim people with this gene are more likely to embrace change and novelty, explore new places and take risks. Suunto – a leading designer and manufacturer of sports instruments – approached us to develop […]
Keeping A Spooky Eye on iPulse
October 29, 2015
The recent update to our venerable OS X system monitoring utility, iPulse, has been receiving rave reviews. iPulse lets you track what’s happening under the hood of your Mac in a single, elegant and infinitely adjustable desktop window. One of our favorite iPulse features are customizable appearances called jackets. Today we’re releasing a fun and […]
Cultivating a New Willow App for iOS
October 20, 2015
Evolving a popular app from version 1 to version 2 is always a challenge, and so it was with the recent update of the Willow app for iOS. Willow connects users around the world via meaningful conversations, posed by simple questions. The Iconfactory was charged with updating the popular 1.0 version of Willow, modernizing both […]
A Clicker for your Ticker
October 13, 2015
It’s well documented that I love my Apple Watch and use it daily to keep track of my activity. While the built-in apps do a fantastic job of keeping track of your health, I wanted something different. One of the things I noticed early on was how a simple number like “Longest Move Streak” could […]
A New Life for iPulse
October 7, 2015
With Apple’s announcement of System Integrity Protection in El Capitan, I feared that end had come for our beloved iPulse app. This app for tracking system status was originally released in 2002 for use with Mac OS X 10.3. It was also my first Cocoa app and taught me a lot about how to do […]
Twitterrific 5.13.2 Lands with iOS9 Improvements
September 21, 2015
Ollie makes himself at home in iOS 9 with the latest release of Twitterrific. Version 5.13.2 now supports iPad split-screen and slide-over multitasking in iOS 9. We’ve also added the option to reply to mentions and DMs directly from push notification banners in iOS 9’s notification center. Other new features include the ability to send […]
Twitterrific 5.13.1 Fixes Accessibility Bugs, Improves General Usability
September 1, 2015
Today’s release of Twitterrific v 5.13.1 is an incremental but important one that fixes several annoying bugs and improves overall usability of the iOS app.
Introducing Flare 2.2
July 21, 2015
Today we’re updating Flare, our award-winning photo editing application. We’re also updating its companion app for iOS, Flare Effects with support for the new filters and features in the Mac app. Important: We’re aware of the problems with Flare on the El Capitan public beta and working to fix things. Flare 2.2 does not address […]
Twitterrific’s new facial recognition feature helps keep users faces front and center in image previews.
Twitterrific 5.12 adds quoted tweets, bottom-based navigation options, muffle sharing, a re-designed in-app push notification system & much more.
