“Tweetmate”

By @patrickmandia on 414 days ago Read Later

It brings us great sadness to announce that we will no longer be pursuing Tweetmate.

As much as we want it to come to life, devoting precious resources is too much of a risk right now. The Iconfactory recently announced version 4 of Twitteriffic and we’re sure Loren Brichter has something up his sleeve.

With that said, we think it’s fair to show the full UI, and give a peek at what’s to come. Just to be clear, we aren’t looking for anyone to take the reins and continue development.

UPDATE: The very first mockup (before OS X Lion was introduced) with iOS-like TabBar.

Tweetmate Preview

Now for our future. We’ve been working on an iPad app for over 5 months that will truly change the way you get news. We can’t say much now, but there will be an official announcement in a month or two. Remember to subscribe to our newsletter and follow us on Twitter!

An open letter to Instagram

By @robinraszka on 435 days ago Read Later

Instagram is one of the hottest photo sharing apps on the App Store right now. There’s one problem: it doesn’t look that great. At Tapmates, we take pride in our icons and user interfaces, so we decided to mock-up what it would look like if we made it. Keep in mind that this is for personal reasons—Instagram did not hire us to do so.

If you would like to see a better design as much as we do, please Retweet this post and spread the word! Without further ado.

Click the image to view full size or download Retina-ready mockups. Cheers!

UPDATE: We would like to explain what our intention was.

Link: Instagram Facelift by Tapmates