We are pleased to roll out this new release which has a single new feature: Twitter sync service. You can now easily harvest web links in tweets into your reading list.

To use it, setup the sync service for reading list the same way as Delicious or RSS Feed. You can now see a new “Twitter” option. You can specify the source of tweets using one of four options:

• Tweets from a user

  Enter the Twitter username to retrieve links tweeted by this user. For example, enter “engadget” if you would like the reading list to retrieve web links mentioned by tweets from Engadget.

• Tweets mentioning a user

  Enter the Twitter username with an “@” in front, for example @twitter. This is a convention in Twitter world for mentions such as a reply.

• Tweets containing a hashtag

  Enter the hashtag (for example #iphone) and Littera will retrieve tweets containing the specified hashtag.

• Tweets from query string

  Enter a query string supported by Twitter search API. This will allow you to specify advanced operators for filtering the tweets. For example entering “#iphone AND #apps” will retrieve tweets containing both #iphone and #apps hashtags. Check out Twitter Search Operator page for list of available options.

Please note that tweets without any web links will be filtered off. This is designed so that you can focus on tweets containing links only.

It is common for tweets to shorten web address due to Twitter’s 140 characters limit. Littera will expand the shortened URL to full address when retrieving the tweets into reading list.

Please download the free version of Littera to try out this new feature. We hope you will find the app useful.

Version 1.3.1 is a bug fixes release and is now available on the App Store.

Coming up next is version 1.4 release which will add Twitter support. Look for it near end of the month.

We have created our Facebook page. A bit long overdue we must admit, but better late than never. So become a fan today and get our news and updates directly on Facebook.

Google Buzz is the new social networking platform that allows you to update status, start conversations and has tight integration with GMail. Public Buzz updates are available as Atom RSS feed, which is one of the supported service in Littera. It is easy to setup Littera to read Google Buzz public updates.

Public Buzz updates feed URL is in the form:

where {user} is the user id.

Some URL examples:

To setup a reading list under Littera to display the feed, add a new reading list and select the “RSS Feed” sync service. Select the option “Enter feed url” and enter the Buzz public updates URL.

Once setup, you can read the updates by syncing Littera with the feed service.

Littera 1.3 is now on the App Store. This release comes with a new Auto-Delete feature, making it easier ever to manage your reading on iPhone and iPod touch. You can now setup a reading list to automatically delete articles based on article read status and/or created date. For example, delete articles 3 days after the articles are read; or delete articles in the reading list for articles older than 7 days. You setup the Auto-Delete settings for a reading list under the edit reading list properties screen.

We have also made several improvements in this release:

• RSS Feed sync service is improved with the aded support for feed in Atom format.

• We are making it easier for you to setup reading list by giving you the options to setup sync service when adding a new reading list. This saves a few taps.

• There is an option now to hide to “All” and “Starred” system reading lists on the home screen. You access this option under Settings > System Lists.

• Web reader is enhanced to improve the speed of loading article.

• A new “All/None” toggle button added to select multiple articles screen. One tap to select all articles in a reading list or select none.

View Littera Release Notes for more changes in this release.

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