July 27, 2009. This weekend my new 13" MacBook Pro started making a noise so horrible that it woke up my fiancée. (It didn’t stir me the slightest, but not much does.) The sound was awful enough that the first thing I sleepily Googled for was “MacBook Pro death rattle”. Once I was awake and listened a bit more it was clear the fan needed to be replaced. I made an appointment at the local Apple… Read more »
July 11, 2009. The iTunes App Store is one year old today. To celebrate the past year of awesome third-party apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, we’re offering Delivery Status touch for 99 cents, this weekend only. Of course the price will vary in other countries, but it’s on sale for the lowest price everywhere. We’re also very proud to be included in Apple’s “App Store Turns 1” graphic. In several… Read more »
July 7, 2009. We’ve been getting a lot of requests for Push Notifications in Delivery Status touch—so you can see when your package status updates even if Delivery Status is closed. This is something I’d love to have as well, but it’s complicated and it may take some time. In order to handle Push Notifications properly, all of your tracking information would need to be stored on our server. Our server would… Read more »
June 27, 2009. If you log into our Delivery Status sync site on your computer, you will now see tracking links for your deliveries. Just click the tracking number (or item name) and the tracking page will open in a new window. With a couple of services it’s not possible to link directly to the results, but it will work as expected in most cases. This should be a big help when you’re away from your Mac or… Read more »
June 16, 2009. Above: Apple’s live App Store wall at WWDC. It showed icons of 20,000 iPhone apps, organized by color. When an app was purchased, its icon rippled. It was also a great illustration of what WWDC is like: it’s a huge clusterfuck that makes you feel totally insignificant. But it’s also pretty beautiful and inspiring if you step back and take it all in. Last week I went to WWDC for the first… Read more »