Posts Tagged ‘push’

Press Release – iTweetReply 2

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Sydney, Australia — Application developer Syncode has today released a significant update to iTweetReply, version 2.0 [App Store]. iTweetReply was one of the very first Twitter-based push notification clients, and has now been rewritten and redesigned from scratch into a universal binary providing an application for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

iTweetReply 2 now focuses on push notifications, offering multiple account support, the ability to push Twitter search terms, unified push history, opening a notification in a Twitter client, advanced Tweetie 2 opening, iPad support and more.

In line with changes to the Twitter API, all interactions between Twitter and iTweetReply are now done through OAuth.

“With Twitter’s upcoming closure of Basic Auth one of the biggest reasons for developing iTweetReply 2 was to enable the use of OAuth (through xAuth), a token system of exchange where user password’s are not stored. The use of OAuth enables for better security and piece of mind all round.” said co-founder and Systems Engineer Matthew Lesh.

iTweetReply 2 is a free upgrade for existing users, providing a cleaner and smoother application that integrates with user’s existing full Twitter clients. iTweetReply provides one complimentary account and two complimentary search terms with further account and search packs available using in-app purchases.

Unified push history provides one view for seeing all incoming replies, direct messages, timeline and search that have been pushed to your account.

“iTweetReply has been totally re-written from the ground up, giving users exactly what they both want and need through a much smoother interface, and with its availability on both the iPhone and iPad, it redefines how 3rd-party Twitter push notification application function.” said co-founder and software engineer Matthew Roberts.

iTweetReply 2 is available from today on Apple’s App Store.

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Background

Syncode is an Australian startup that pushes the boundaries of iPhone development. Started by three high-school students, Syncode has already released iTweetReply, one of the first Push notification providers for popular micro-blogging site Twitter, Syncopy, which takes your clipboard into the cloud and Synotes, the notes system that syncs into the cloud.

Syncode is determined to stand strong as a leading young voice in Australian software development, with plenty of innovative and professional products planned for 2010 and beyond.

PR Contact:
Matthew Lesh
pr@syncode.com.au

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Twitter API Issues and iTweetReply Push

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Many of you will have noticed that Twitter has been intermittently slow and occasionally down altogether in the last 2 days. This is because it was hit with a DDoS attack – an attack where the server is overloaded with many “fluff” requests that cause it to slow down and sometimes even crash – in short, someone was deliberately trying to bring Twitter offline.

Though the Twitter.com web front-end is back up, the API (Application Programming Interface – a method by which third parties such as ourselves can talk to Twitter to send/recieve your tweets) has taken a serious hit on Twitter’s end – we have no doubt that they’re doing their best to get it back up to full potential.

However, until those issues are fixed and the interface is stable again, iTweetReply will remain less reliable than usual – other services have gone down completely, as OAuth, the method used by others for authenticating with Twitter, is completely offline at the moment.

We’re doing our best to keep everything working on our end – you can (oh the irony) follow us on Twitter for status updates.

Update: iTweetReply push now appears to be stable, though this could change in the future relative to the Twitter API.

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Press Release: Latest Twitter push app on the loose

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Australian iPhone development firm Syncode has released the latest version of iTweetReply, one of the rare Twitter applications that pushes @ reply tweets from Twitter straight to your iPhone.

The latest version of iTweetReply incorporates many new features originally planned for the next version of the app including Quick Push and the ability to choose a popular Twitter application to open your Tweets when they’ve been pushed to your iPhone.

The great thing about QuickPush is that “it instantly pushes @ replies and direct messages between iTweetReply users,” said co-founder Matthew Lesh. “This ability should push iTweetReply to a true replacement for those expensive SMS messages,” he said.

“You can even change the notification sound for when you receive a new @ reply,” Lesh said. “You can even customise @ replies to sound like an SMS.”

As well as the general user interface getting a makeover, and subtle changes to the logo, splash screen and timeline, Syncode has made it easier for users to read their Tweets.

The ability to retweet another use has also been added to the app.

“We plan to implement lots of new features of the coming weeks and month,” Lesh said.

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Background

Syncode is an innovative startup that places itself at the leading edge of iPhone development.

Started by three high-school aged teenagers spread across Australia.
Syncode’s goal is to bring you fantastic, innovative and polished products.

Syncode’s flagship product, iTweetReply, provides unique twitter “push” features to iPhone users.

Syncode is planning to continue to innovate with lots of new products planned for the future.

PR Contact:
Matthew Lesh
pr@syncode.com.au

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iTweetReply 1.1 submitted, 1.2 in the works…

Sunday, July 12th, 2009

Since first submitting iTweetReply, we have been busy working on some very cool new features!

Here is an outline of some of the many things, both big and small, we have planned:

Version 1.1: Has already been submitted to Apple has lots of new features, some of which include:

- QuickPush: If you send a reply or direct message to another iTweetReply user, they will instantly receive that reply instead of waiting to be looked for.
- New Timeline design: We’ve updated the timeline to a much prettier UI.
- Small tweaks to views throughout the App
- Stability and minor bug fixes

Version 1.2: which will be submitted once 1.1 is accepted includes:

- New UI and options for the single tweet view including:

Reply
Direct Message
Re-Tweet
Favourite
In-Reply To

- Integration with lots of other twitter apps from push messages (will enable users to directly open other twitter apps when receiving a push notification). This feature is supported for the following apps:

Tweetie

Twitteriffic

TwitterFon

Twittelator Pro

Twinkle
- Many more small and big features


Coming soon: features that will be coming in upcoming versions of iTweetReply:

- Click-able links inside tweets
- Further options for pushing twitter
- More language support
- Twitter search
- Landscape mode
- Multiple account support
- Much More :)

We look forward to with the help of our users continue to add more and more features that you need and want. Any feedback you have about the app we encourage you to send to itweetreply@syncode.com.au

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