This release is about supporting Lion’s sandboxing requirement that will be mandatory for all 3rd party applications sold via the Mac App Store (MAS). Because of limitations of the sandbox, we have no choice but to remove two features from the MAS edition of News Anchor: Apple Infrared Remote Silent Refresh (silently refreshing feeds and […]
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News Anchor and Lion’s Sandboxing
I’m both happy and sad in writing out this announcement. Happy for finally have completed tweaking News Anchor to adhere to Apple’s new sandboxing requirement. Sad that I had to drop a couple of features from News Anchor. Namely dropping support for the Apple Infrared Remote and the ability to refresh feeds in the background […]
Breaking free from the filter bubble
By now you probably have heard of the online filter bubble. You probably feel unease by the sheer number of people being encased in a filter bubble and concerned that you yourself might be trapped in one and would like to get out from your filter bubble. Let me tell you that the filter bubble […]
Indonesia supportive for entrepreneurs? Yeah, right.
Recently the BBC wrote that Indonesia is a good country for entrepreneurs. As an Indonesian, I found the article hard to believe, primarily from the viewpoint of a technology entrepreneur. (more…)
How to create a news show from a Twitter stream.
You can add a Twitter stream or any search result as a feed source for News Anchor channels. This is done by exporting a Twitter search result as an RSS feed.
Software Bootstrapper’s FAQ – episode one
Are you a software developer or designer looking to launch your own product? These questions and answers may be helpful for you. Q: What is Bootstrapping? A: Bootstrapping is starting your own business from your own money and sweat. That is, all initial funding comes from your savings or your normal job’s salary. Q: Any […]
News Anchor 2.3.1 release notes
This version is primarily a maintenance release containing bug fixes and small enhancements. Fixed the crashing bug when you play a channel, pause it, and then immediately stop the playback. We’re really sorry for this to slip our testing. Fixed the issue when creating podcast files from a channel that has filename-unsafe titles. Added the […]
An Eye for an Eye, Obama grandmother is next?
An African al Qaeda branch issued a personal threat against Obama’s grandmother not long after Bin Laden’s death. Though security had been added to the elder Obama’s house the day after bin Laden was killed in fear of reprisals, the number of patrolling officers has ballooned since Al Shabaab’s threat was issued. One police chief […]
Speak Like a Professional
How to speak like a professional and improve your speech by training yourself the American English accent using News Anchor.