![]() On June 24, 2013, NetNewsWire 4.0 was announced and released as an open beta by Black Pixel. For two years development had been apparently stalled, with a gap in updates from 2011 through the release of the version 4 Open Beta. On June 3, 2011, the acquisition of NetNewsWire by Black Pixel was announced. ![]() While it misses several of the advanced features included in NetNewsWire 3.2, it includes a completely rewritten codebase which was used in the iOS version of the app and for NetNewsWire 4.0 which was released as shareware. ![]() ![]() NetNewsWire Lite 4.0 was introduced on March 3, 2011, on the Mac App Store. It included syncing of unread articles with the desktop version. NetNewsWire 3.2 moved to an advertisement-supported model with the option to purchase the application to remove ads.Īn iOS version of NetNewsWire with support for the iPhone, iPod Touch and later for the iPad was released on the first day of the App Store. NetNewsWire Lite was discontinued at the same time. The application was originally shareware, but became free with the release of NetNewsWire 3.1 on January 10, 2008. The version added Spotlight indexing of news items, integration with iCal, iPhoto, Address Book, and VoodooPad, Growl support, a new user interface, performance enhancements, and more. NetNewsWire 3.0 was released on June 5, 2007. Brent Simmons was hired by NewsGator to continue developing the software. In October 2005, NewsGator bought NetNewsWire, bringing their NewsGator Online RSS synchronization service to the Mac. At that time it included custom feed views, custom downloading and opening of podcasts, synchronization of feeds and feed status between computers, Bloglines support, and a built-in tabbed browser. Version 1.0 was released on February 11, 2003, and version 2.0 was released in May 2005. It was introduced on July 12, 2002, with NetNewsWire Lite, a free version missing some advanced features of the (then commercial) version, introduced some weeks later. NetNewsWire was developed by Brent and Sheila Simmons for their company Ranchero Software. It was introduced by Brent and Sheila Simmons on July 12, 2002, under their company Ranchero Software. NetNewsWire is a free and open-source news aggregator for macOS and iOS. Combined with a companion iPhone app, NetNewsWire is an excellent option for news junkies, especially for Google Reader users. You can pay for an ad-free version, or you can get NetNewsWire for free with a small ad on the lower left side of your interface. ![]() Not surprising for a power-user app, NetNewsWire also comes with many more advanced features, such as automatic downloading for podcasts (with import to iTunes), flexible "clippings" (to save articles for later, even in different categories), search-engine subscriptions (basically, persistent self-updating searches), and more. The interface supports tabs, gives you copious options for sorting and managing your feeds (manually or using "smart" settings), and provides navigation that can be as simple as clicking through all your news with the space bar. This app's three-paned, Mail-like interface presents a shallow learning curve, with an intuitive system for flagging, organizing, and reading news feeds-as simple previews or as full articles with NetNewsWire's integrated browser (or you can set articles to open in your preferred browser). Recent updates leave the interface largely unchanged but notably add the ability to sync with the popular Google Reader service, while eliminating NetNewsWire's old NewsGator service. NetNewsWire is a serious RSS newsreader, a feature-filled desktop app specifically designed for voracious news consumers who want more RSS features than Safari and Mail provide. ![]()
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