time-saving tech
Marco Arment just released a public beta of his new podcast encoder
Marco Arment's new podcast encoder, Forecast, allows users to embed artwork, chapter markers, and other metadata more easily than ever before.
Overcast
Listen to your watch
Finally: Offline podcasts are available on Apple Watch, thanks to Overcast
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Overcast's latest update lets you transfer offline podcast episodes to your Apple Watch. Apple Podcasts... does not.
Playing with a new deck
Overcast adds some cards to its deck and refreshes its style in version 3.0
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Popular podcast app Overcast has reached version 3.0, getting some style updates and usability enhancements.
Mastering Overcast
How to manually reorder playlists
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Whether you're on an airplane, in the middle of traffic, or halfway through your housework, playlists are a great way to make sure that when your current podcast finishes playing there's another one queued up and ready to go. Sometimes, however, you want more control than a preset playlist provides. Some podcast apps include an "up next" feature that lets you override the playlist and...
Apps Made For the Big Screen!
Looking for 6 and 6 Plus apps? Try these!
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Now that you've got your iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus in your hand, you'll probably want to load up on the best apps that take advantage of the larger screen real estate. While all App Store apps work on the 6 and 6 Plus thanks to scaling, we all know that the ones that are optimized look loads better. That's why we've done the dirty work for you in order to find the ones we think look...
Best Apps
Best podcast apps for iPhone and iPad
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Look for the best iPhone apps or best iPad apps to keep up with your favorite podcasts? Depending on who you ask, podcasts are either fringe media for geeks, the future of radio and television, or something in between. Apple embraced them years ago, providing an entire section in iTunes dedicated to making podcasts easy to find and easy to follow. They also created the iPod, and then...
Mobile must-haves!
Best iPhone and iPad apps of July
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We're back with the latest and greatest iPhone and iPad apps that launched in the last month. There are some big-name games and surprising utilities to come out of the woodwork over the last 30 days. Whether you're looking for action games or strategy games, photography apps or business apps, July had a little bit of everything. Sit back, boot up the App Store, and get downloading...
Debug 43: Marco Arment on Overcast
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Debug is a casual, conversational interview show featuring the best developers in the business about the amazing apps they make and why and how they make them. On this episode Marco Arment joins Guy and Rene to talk about his new podcast client, Overcast, getting low level with Core Audio, writing downloaders, and many, many other things. Support Debug: Go to lynda.com/debug to start...
Must Have Apps
Best iPhone and iPad apps of the week
Once again we've gathered together the best iPhone apps and best iPad apps and games released this week! We'll regularly dig up the best, freshest social, music, photography and productivity apps for iOS, not to mention action games, shooter games, puzzle games, and anything in between. Come on and dig in to see our favorite releases over the last seven days! Ingress Ingress is...
Overcast for iPhone review: Podcasts reconsidered
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Overcast is the new podcast manager and player for iPhone by developer Marco Arment, whose previous work included Instapaper and The Magazine. Arment is also an active podcaster who, in addition to numerous guest-spots on other shows, co-hosts the Accidental Tech Podcast, and blogger who's know for, among other things, a — shall we say fastidious — approach to everything from coffee to...