Mr Reader 2.0 for iPad iOS

MacStories has a great article on the new version of the iPad RSS reader Mr. Reader 2.0.

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Mr. Reader 2.0 an awesome $3.99 iOS iPad RSS reader, that gives Reeder a run for it’s money, and more so right now since it works with may more services than the iPad REEDER app which has not been updated in a while (though the update is promised).

Mr Reader 2.0 is fast and works with BazQux, Feedbin, FeedHQ, Feedly, Feed Wrangler and Fever. It also works with 1Password if you use that (please add support for SplashID Safe my password record keeping of choice).

Even more imprressive is it’s incredible sharing features! First off you can view the entries in the original RSS, a Full Web Version (far superior to Feedly’s pitiful web browser with no back and forward controls), Instapaper, Readability and Pocket. Then you can use a ridiculous amount of sharing services that you can re-order and do with as you please. You can add other browsers, other apps, like Hootsuite and many others, add mail actions, or even bookmarklets, so if you are viewing the web version you can share to Pinterest which no other RSS reader that I know of lets you do! And you can even download custom color schemes for the app!

This is an awesome program! So awesome I wish they had a paid web browser version that was this good, as I would totally use it, and use another service as my backend. It is so much better than the web interfaces of Feedly, Feedbin, Digg or BazQux!

This is an awesome app, and currently my iOS RSS reader of choice!!! You can get it at the iTunes store.

Bazqux is another Paid reader alternative

So there is a new Paid Google Reader alternative4 called BazQux Reader.
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You get a 30 day free trial, and then you can pay either $9, $19 or $29 a year to use the service.

It promises to be very Google Reader like, supposedly using the exact same API, all that needs to be changed is the address to allow programs to work with it.

It does not have a search function as of yet though.

And it has more sharing options than some allowing you to go to e-mail, twitter, facebook, google plus, tumblr, evernote, delicious, pinboard, pocket, readability and instapaper, though you can’t seem to turn off the share feeds you don’t want to use or re-order them in any way.

It is fast and very google reader like though, and since it is paid they promise not to go away.

Digg Reader Beta is Out

So for people who signed up for the beta, Digg Reader has been released as a desktop web only version (which that link will let you sign up for the beta), which will import your Google Reader feeds directly from Google Reader (while it is still up). I was able to try it out today and it is fast, and it imports your feeds very quickly, though doesn’t seem to care what order you have imported them in, and they are certainly not alphabetical, so you will have to re-order your feeds to use them.
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It has a clean interface, but not many options. You can digg posts, save them for later and share them with Facebook and Twitter and that is it. And they have not updated the mobile app yet, so you can only use it on your desktop computer via a web browser.

Like other alternatives it has no search function as of yet.

It is a decent enough free RSS reader, though not all that impressive as of yet.

New MacPro GeekBench Scores

Well the new MacPro (not the final release version) is showing up in MacBench scores according to MacRumors, and the results are pretty good. Currently getting a 23901.

My MacPro model stock rates an 11970, and mine currently rates at 13510, so it is about the speed of my stock machine faster. Pretty impressive. Still there are Hackintosh’s easily getting 28000 or higher (if overclocked), so it is not as impressive as it could be!

Adobe Encore CS6 is the last version

Rich Young at PVC is reporting on this and how to install it if you have Creative Cloud.

Personally I hate this. DVD Studio Pro is already dead, and ancient and now Adobe’s disc making software is gone too. Sure we can use the old version, but it will never be updated again? That really sucks! This is a very Apple ish move, and I personally don’t like it. Yes digital delivery is huge now, but there is still a time and place for disc based media as it looks better, and with 4K on the horizon, it will be sticking around in one form or another for a long time.