TidBITS News

1990年代からAppleの製品、ソフトに関して、ニュースを提供してくれてきた TidBITS NewsがiPhoneでも読めるようになりました。メールやWebで10年以上愛読してきましたが、専用リーダだけあって、記事単位で読みやすく、しかも持ち運べでどこでも読めるようになったので、とても便利で満足です。 アプリとしては、TidBITS News専用のシンプルなRSSリーダです。記事よっては、音声での記事朗読(オーディオ)や、外部リンクもあるので楽しめます。現在(v1.0)は英語版ですが、日本語版もでるといいですね。希望としては、後で再度チェックしたい記事を、ブックマークできると尚良いです。 TidBITS News自体は、単にAppleの製品の紹介だけでなく、その使い方や辛口な評価、などもあり、Appleの新製品だけでなく、Mac、iPod、iPhone関連の周辺機器、アプリなどのレビューなど、とても有用なニュースです。こうした情報に興味のある方にはお勧めです。

In the past week the TidBits app has stopped updating on my iPhone. I deleted and reinstalled but that hasn’t fixed it.

I don’t see any recent reviews and I wanted to let you know I appreciate the app and continued updates!

"Error: failed to download latest Tidbits feed." That's all, folks.

I reported a bug, TidBITS didn’t work with voiceover. They fixed it, fantastic! It works wonderfully now. Really appreciate that.

Still unable to download page since upgrade

I’ve been reading this site for the past 10 years. It never has the feel of it’s editorial policy being driven by purchase of X sponsor’s gadgets. I get solutions to problems I didn’t know I had yet. It’s on my morning Must Read list.

Thanks for fixing the one irritating issue I had with this app. It irked me that my music would stop when I would check TidBITS News. No longer! Yeah!!

This app doesn't work very well with VoiceOver. The buttons when you hit the back button are unlabeled. If you like send me an email and I can try to help out.

Okay, five stars, really? It's not the handsomest app, being no more than a set of containers for the updates on their site. So yes, not for looks or interaction. It used to have the option of listening to the articles being read aloud which, in an era of polished podcasting, was just a step above goofily endearing. Didn't quite merit the amount of work, I'd say. It has news and updates keeping some measure of lockstep with the Apple universe. But it's no Ars Technica or Verge or MacNewsSiteDuJour. But no five stars for any of that. It's TidBITS, the oldest continuous Internet publication focussed on all things Apple. And what you read here is good stuff. Consistently. For a very long time. In depth articles, useful features, intelligent commentary. For that Five Stars. If that's your bag and apps (over email or websites) are your thing, then download this. Tidbits rocks old school, fine by me.