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Firefox 18, with Retina Support, Enters Beta Channel
Finally. FYI, new Firefox builds support the proposed new dppx unit for resolution media queries, so if you want to target this new Firefox for serving hi-dpi images, use this: @media only screen and (min-resolution: 1.5dppx) {}
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Marco Arment reviews the Retina MacBook Pro
He calls it the best computer he's ever used. And he's a hardcore Mac Pro devotee, one of those guys who wants a 12-core monstrosity at home and the tiniest possible Air on the go. Last week work surprised me with an upgrade to a souped-up rMBP (not even the…
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Windows 8 To Be Priced At $199, Then $69, Also Maybe $99
The Verge: Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro software will be priced at $199 after a promotional price of $69.99 expires on January 31st 2013, according to one source familiar with Microsoft's plans. The software maker will also offer a Windows 8 to Windows 8 Pro upgrade option at retail stores for…
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Tapbots: Don’t Panic
Paul Haddad explains what Twitter's new guidelines (which I discussed a bit in my last post) mean for the future of Tweetbot. If the title wasn't enough indication, while Haddad doesn't sound thrilled, in short they're not worried about it.
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What Twitter’s API Announcement Could Have Said
Anil Dash polishes Michael Sippey's pre-announcement of Twitter's new API v1.1, which has the entire internet throwing a tremendous (if possibly justifiable) hissy fit: We have awesome news for Twitter developers: Today we're announcing the upcoming release of the biggest new set of features and changes to the Twitter API…
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TextMate is now open-source
OMFG. This isn't just an interesting move, it was probably the only way the TextMate 2 story could end, apart from the whole project—and TextMate's six-year legacy as the first great OS X-native editor—being abandoned and dying out. Though, as Marco Arment points out, this is more or less the…
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Steve Klabnik on Ruby testing with factories
Steve Klabnik writes about how the popular pattern of using object factories (via a library such as FactoryGirl or Fabrication) to build and save objects in tests has, in his opinion, set Ruby testing practices back two years or more. I wholeheartedly agree with Steve that there's a problem, but…
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Google Chrome for iOS
Those are four words I never thought I'd use in the same sentence, unless that sentence went on to say "will never happen". Announced today at Google I/O, Chrome is — like nearly every other third-party browser for iOS — just a wrapper around Apple's standard UIWebView component, which uses…
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Apple Releases “Podcasts” App
Finally. Podcasts is a standalone podcast-listening app similar in concept to Instacast, only instead of 99 cents this one costs nothing. And being from Apple, it's officially the only podcatcher or music app on the App Store that can download content directly into the iPhone's music library, so your podcasts…
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Shawn Blanc Reviews Reeder 3
I've been beta testing this new version for weeks, and pretty much everything Blanc writes is accurate. This is a major upgrade that makes reading RSS feeds on your iPhone a lot nicer. Available now on the App Store for $3; current users can upgrade for free.