News Anchor for Mac OS X

News Anchor 2.5.1 Release Notes

Sasmito Adibowo — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 06:10:13 +0000

This is a direct-download release only, since we're currently having review issues in releasing the App Store version. We are currently working to get the App Store counterpart approved. If you're an App Store customer, you can download the non-sandboxed version directly from us. As long as you have successfully ran the App Store version [...]

News Anchor and OS X Lion’s Sandboxing

Sasmito Adibowo — Thu, 31 May 2012 04:22:22 +0000

Hello Information Enthusiasts! Apple have confirmed the final due date of applying sandboxing to Mac App Store applications at June 1, 2012. I’m glad to say that News Anchor have met the original deadline and the App Store version have been sandboxed ever since. However sandboxing means that we had to remove a number of [...]

News Anchor 2.4.7 Release Notes

Sasmito Adibowo — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:51:59 +0000

Release 2.4.7 is a free update to all News Anchor 2.x customers. You can now download News Anchor 2.6.7 from the App Store or directly from our website. What’s new in this release: Compatibility with a future version of OS X. Yes, this means News Anchor is ready for Mountain Lion. Increased stability by disabling [...]

RSS Readers for Mac OS X

Sasmito Adibowo — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:37:15 +0000

The first month of 2012 is passing by and it’s high time we see what the Mac App Store have in store for us news junkies. Read on for a glimpse of the latest current crop of feed readers for the Mac. In this post you can find a handpicked list of the more interesting [...]

Apple Hot News 30-Jan-2012

Anna Wijaya — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:45:05 +0000

News Anchor Tessa reads out Apple Hot News episode 30 January 2012

Podcasting your RSS feed?

Aireen Deviani — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:10:43 +0000

With a world streaming with information, gushing from all over the place, you would ask, who needs another one? But the internet is not created equally in all parts of the world, especially in third world countries. While I was visiting my family in Indonesia. I realized how awful the internet connection there, except when [...]

News Anchor 2.4.4 Release Notes

Sasmito Adibowo — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 06:14:24 +0000

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 [...]

News Anchor and Lion’s Sandboxing

Sasmito Adibowo — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:00:36 +0000

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

Sasmito Adibowo — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:21:00 +0000

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 [...]

News Anchor 2.4.3 Release Notes

Sasmito Adibowo — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:38:28 +0000

News Anchor is now ready for Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” and the update is available via the usual channels (the “Check for Updates” menu option for direct-download users and the “Updates” tab for App Store customers). If you are considering to upgrade to Lion, please update News Anchor as soon as possible. In addition, [...]

News Anchor 2.4.2 release notes

Sasmito Adibowo — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:09:27 +0000

You will be pleased to know that News Anchor 2.4.2 is now available for download. Mac App Store customers can use the App Store application to update News Anchor whereas direct-download customers This version is primarily bug fixes and performance enhancements. The Growl notifications are better: it properly notifies how many new episodes that you [...]

News Anchor 2.4 Release Notes

Sasmito Adibowo — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 02:19:58 +0000

We’re happy to say that News Anchor 2.4 is now available for you to download. Mac App Store customers can open the App Store application and have a look at its Update section whereas direct-download customers can simply choose the “Check for Updates” menu option under the application menu. Summary of changes in this version: [...]

Indonesia supportive for entrepreneurs? Yeah, right.

Sasmito Adibowo — Tue, 31 May 2011 20:19:35 +0000

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. Why? One reason is high tax rate. The last time I check the corporate tax rate is about 20%, income tax about 15% and value-added [...]

How to create a news show from a Twitter stream.

Sasmito Adibowo — Sat, 28 May 2011 13:06:54 +0000

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.

News Anchor 2.3.1 release notes

Sasmito Adibowo — Sat, 21 May 2011 05:44:56 +0000

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?

Aireen Deviani — Thu, 12 May 2011 13:57:30 +0000

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

Anna Wijaya — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:00:51 +0000

How to speak like a professional and improve your speech by training yourself the American English accent using News Anchor.

Doing Chores While Reading Your Favorite Feeds

Anna Wijaya — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 07:01:41 +0000

With News Anchor you can now listen to your favorite news feeds while doing household chores. Its text-to-speech voice frees you up from having to stare at the computer screen to read RSS news.

News Anchor coverage by Tim Brown

Sasmito Adibowo — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:43:14 +0000

An episode of My Apple Podcast covering News Anchor. Special thanks to Tim Brown for volunteering to cover News Anchor on his video podcast. Check out his other episodes on My Apple Podcast.

Does the world need another RSS app?

Sasmito Adibowo — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:28:30 +0000

In response to Andy Brice: Does the world *really* need yet another Twitter client, RSS reader, ToDo list or backup application? I’d have to say yes, but if it is not just a “me-too” application. Just take a look at the current breed of RSS readers, most are just clones of the FeedDemon or NetNewsWire [...]