Download Postbox Today: Open Beta

Posted by EsquireMac in Applications on Feb 10th, 2009 | 0 comments
Recently, I posted a review of Postbox, a new email client for Mac and Windows that is based on Mozilla, like Thunderbird. Until yesterday, the application was in private beta. Now, you can go to http://postbox-inc.com/ and download the beta version to try for yourself. If my review wasn’t enough to satisfy your curiosities, check out these reviews below from (arguably) more qualified sources: TUAW First Look: Postbox Public Beta – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) Postbox competes with Thunderbird using Mozilla code | Webware – CNET Downloads: Postbox Collects and Organizes Your...
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Postbox: New Heavyweight Email Contender

Posted by EsquireMac in Applications on Jan 20th, 2009 | 0 comments
Shortly before Christmas, I learned of Postbox, a new cross-platform email application from Postbox, Inc. The new email client is being developed by Scott MacGregor and Sherman Dickman – both men having an extensive background at Mozilla. According to CrunchBase, Scott MacGregor was “a lead engineer at Mozilla Corporation,” and Sherman Dickman was “Director of Product Management at Mozilla Corporation” where he “oversaw market and customer research, analytics and metrics.” Suffice it to say, these guys know something about building an email application. Postbox...
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Prediction: iTunes Will Obliterate Mozilla’s Download Record on Friday [Update: Busted]

Posted by EsquireMac in Apple Applications on Jul 9th, 2008 | 0 comments
Well, Mozilla made a big deal out of serving up over 8 million downloads of Firefox 3 in a 24 hour period on June 17, 2008: and a big deal it was. In fact, I was one of the 8 million who downloaded Firefox 3 on that day, and I had been running the betas prior to that day. However, I can’t help but to think that Apple will obliterate that record on July 11, 2008, when it releases iTunes 7.7 to coincide with the iPhone 3G launch and the release of iPhone and iPod Touch firmware version 2.0. According to Appleinsider, as of June, 2007, “Apple Inc.’s iTunes digital jukebox software is...
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