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The Story Of How Spotify Forced An Unofficial iPad App To Turn To Kickstarter

The Story Of How Spotify Forced An Unofficial iPad App To Turn To Kickstarter

Spotify has kept this app from seeing the light of day.

Back in March, Max Petriv tweeted some images of a Spotify iPad app he had been working on. Not only was the app optimized for the iPad’s larger display (at that time there had not been a Spotify client even teased for the iPad), but the design and interface of Petriv’s app looked downright gorgeous.

The New York-based designer had no clue that his pictures would cause such a stir, with many publications, including Cult of Mac, reporting that an unofficial Spotify app was finally in the works. You see, Spotify had been promising the world an official iPad client for months and months, but when pressed, the music streaming juggernaut would only give vague hints, like “it’s definitely coming.” Hardly a satisfactory answer for iPad users wanting their own Spotify experience.

After showing off his early work on a Spotify iPad app, Petriv was blindsided by Spotify suddenly coming out of the woodwork to release its highly anticipated official app in May. The timing of Spotify’s announcement was interesting given that Petriv had just asked for help developing his own app less than two months prior.

Petriv is now publicly working on his own Spotify app again, but due to the restrictions Spotify imposes on developers, he needs your help.

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Sparrow Coming To The iPad: “We Are Preparing Something Bigger”

Sparrow Coming To The iPad: “We Are Preparing Something Bigger”

Good news for fans of the popular Sparrow Mac/iPhone email client: the app is coming to the iPad. The makers of Sparrow have posted a new teaser page for their iPad app with the tagline, “We are preparing something bigger.”

Everyone is encouraged to enter their email and signup to know when the app will be released. No other details have been provided about the app. A jailbreak tweak

Sparrow caused quite the stir recently when it announced that it would have to charge users for push notifications on the iPhone. Sparrow is available in the Mac App Store for $10 and on the iPhone for $3.

Learn How To Build Apps With The iPad Programming Course [Last Chance]

Learn How To Build Apps With The iPad Programming Course [Last Chance]
If you’ve ever wanted to build apps on the iPad, then keep reading, because we’ve searched high and low for a solid iPad development course…and we’ve finally found a great match. Cult of Mac Deals is offering an informative iPad programming video course is amped up with more than 9.5 valuable hours of iPad development training.

And we’re offering it to you for a limited time for only $49.

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Microsoft To Debut Office For iPad On November 10th [Rumor]

Microsoft To Debut Office For iPad On November 10th [Rumor]

Will we finally see Microsoft's productivity suite on the iPad this fall?

Echoing a report from last week, the The Daily has followed up its original scoop by saying that Microsoft will launch Office for iPad on November 10th, 2012. The Daily originally leaked images of the iPad app, but Microsoft denied the report by saying that it was “based on inaccurate rumors and speculation.”

Today The Daily gives a specific launch date for Office on the iPad. According to the report, the app is in the “hands of a usability team” at Microsoft and will be submitted to the App Store soon.

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The Best iPad Note Apps [Best Of]

The Best iPad Note Apps [Best Of]

One of the first things about the iPad that caught people’s attention was the touch screen, and it goes without saying that some of the first apps to start taking advantage of that touch screen were handwriting/note taking apps. Apps that let you write, draw, sketch—-and sometimes type–notes on your iPad. Something that combined technology with the age-old practice of scribbling notes on paper.

Since there are so many apps to choose from, and I’ve tried virtually all of them over the past couple years, I thought I’d give you a jump start on switching to virtual paper with my top 5 favourite note taking apps.

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Coda 2 For Mac And Diet Coda For iPad Launching On May 24th

Coda 2 For Mac And Diet Coda For iPad Launching On May 24th

The future of coding is here.

Panic, the company behind popular Mac app Coda, has announced the second major version of its prized web development tool. Coda 2 for Mac will launch on May 24th alongside a new app for the iPad called Diet Coda. Version 2.0 of Coda is “better at everything,” according to Panic, and Diet Coda will allow you to preview your code live on the iPad as you write on the Mac. The iPad app will also let you make quick edits to your code on the go.

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Upcoming SlideWriter iPad App Brings Enhanced Text Editing Concept To App Store

Upcoming SlideWriter iPad App Brings Enhanced Text Editing Concept To App Store

Editing text in iOS could be so much easier...

When Daniel Chase Hooper posted the concept for his simple text editing technique on the iPad, he most likely had no clue it would snowball into something so huge. After nearly every tech site on the internet posted the concept, a jailbreak tweak was made available a couple days later. Jailbroken iPad owners can use the editing techniques Hooper outlined right now (yes, they’re that good), and we’re hoping that Apple will add the functionality in a future version of iOS.

Now Hooper’s concept is making its way to the App Store in the form of an upcoming iPad app called SlideWriter.

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Apple Updates iMovie, iPhoto, Garageband, Cards, And iTunes U For iOS

Apple Updates iMovie, iPhoto, Garageband, Cards, And iTunes U For iOS

All of these apps have been freshly updated for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

Apple released a slew of iOS app updates today in the App Store. iMovie, iPhoto, Garageband, Cards and iTunes U were all updated with various improvements and bug fixes.

All of the updates can be downloaded for free and are available now.

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Tweetbot Updated With New Gestures, Improvements, Storify And Droplr Integration

Tweetbot Updated With New Gestures, Improvements, Storify And Droplr Integration

Tweetbot just got updated with some nice new features.

Popular iOS Twitter client Tweetbot has been updated with several new features and improvements in the App Store. Version 2.3 for iPhone and iPad is available now with more gestures, added timeline thumbnail support, and more. Storify and Droplr integration has also been included for sharing Twitter conversations and media/links with followers.

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Cargo-Bot Is The World’s First Game To Be Made Entirely On An iPad

Cargo-Bot Is The World’s First Game To Be Made Entirely On An iPad

Meet Cargo-Bot, the first game to ever be made on the Apple tablet it was created for.

App studio Two Lives Left has launched its first App Store game for the iPad, called Cargo-Bot. What makes this release different from the thousands of other iPad games that came before it? Well, Cargo-Bot is the world’s first game to be coded entirely on an iPad itself.

Using a coding app for the iPad they created prior to Cargo-Bot, the guys from Two Lives Left designed and coded their new game on the iPad’s 9.7-inch screen.

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