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Today’s can’t miss deals:

Last Call Updates:

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Bose updates its best-sounding Soundlink Mini II portable Bluetooth speaker with (almost) everything we asked for

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MFi Lightning Cables: Spigen 5-ft $5 shipped (Reg. $20), 3-Pack of 3.3-ft Poweradd $16 Prime shipped (Reg. $23), more

VicTsing iPhone 6 MFi 3100Ah Battery Case $30 Prime shipped (Reg. $37)

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2Do task management app for iOS and Apple Watch goes free for the first time (Reg. $15)

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Apple iPad Air 2 Wi-Fi 64GB in all colors: $500 shipped (Reg. $599)

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Apple’s all-new 12-inch MacBook is available to ship today, Gold model included + small discounts and potential tax advantages

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Father’s Day Gift Guide: top picks, exclusive discounts and a $482 giveaway

More new gear from today:

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Klipsch Quintet 5-Channel Home Theater System: $160 shipped (orig. $550)

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V-MODA’s popular Crossfade LP2 Limited Edition Over-Ear Headphones are on sale for $100 shipped (Reg. $140+)

More deals still alive:

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Get ready for a workout w/ this Mpow Armband for iPhone 6 or 5/s: $7 Shipped (Reg. $12)

New products & more:

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Logitech’s new Anywhere 2 wireless mouse follows the design of the popular Master MX

Quick Review: Tweetbot for Mac finally arrives in public alpha, download now!

We reported late last month that Tweetbot for Mac, a desktop version of the popular third-party iOS Twitter client, would likely come soon after the company’s graphic designer, Mark Jardine, tweeted an image of the client running on a MacBook. Today, Tweetbot developers decided to make things official with the release of a public alpha, and we recently got a chance to play around with it. (Blog post here.)

The Tweetbot alpha, which at this point runs on 10.7+ and 10.8 Mountain Lion, has a lot going for it despite warnings of “Bugs! Lots of them.” According to Tapbots, the main goal of the alpha was to replicate the core functionality of the iOS client. Like tapping a tweet in the iPad app, hovering over a tweet in the Mac client provides you with the same Reply, Retweet, Favorite, Share, and Actions button to get access to details, conversations, retweets, and etc.

In addition, like the iPad app, you will find a button to quickly switch lists in the upper right, while a Lists button on the left sidebar will let you manage and edit your lists within the app. The app also bakes in the familiar “Mute Filters” for your main timeline. However, only the ability to mute “Clients” appears to be an option now—with the option for muting keywords greyed out. You will also get Twitter, bit.ly, CloudApp, and Droplr URL shortening options, and all the same image and video-uploading options as on iOS, including: CloudApp, Droplr, img.ly, Lockerz, Mobypicture, Pikchur, Posterous, Twitgoo, TwitPic/TwitVid, and yfrog. Syncing options only feature Tweet Marker currently (iCloud coming soon), while all the Read Later services are present such as bitly, Instapaper, Pinboard, Pocket, and Readability.

We have had a lot to say about the Twitter experience on the new Retina MacBook Pros. The official Twitter for Mac app is unfortunately not Retina-ready and almost unusable on the new Retina displays. Fortunately, we have a Retina update to Twitterific to tie us over, but the Alpha Tweetbot release today is also built for the new Retina display. We have no complaints. It looks great, but Tapbots said further improvements are coming…


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