Issue in detail:
The current version (1.1) of TweetMag will show a blank screen after logging in to Twitter. If this happens to you, please fully quit the app via the multitasking bar and relaunch. The app will then work as expected. Existing users who are logged in are not affected unless they log out.

We’ve submitted the 1.1.1 update to the App Store, it will be available as soon as it has been approved by Apple.

While we were pushing this minor update, we made some other changes too:
- all Twitter communication is now secure using HTTPS
- improved handling of long page content
- mags for users and lists with international characters in their names now supported
- memory leak fixes

TweetMag started with some ideas of how content can be aggregated and consumed on today’s devices and platforms. One thing we always wanted to explore was not only new browsing and consumption patterns but also how content producers could be compensated for their work. We believe that exploring new revenue models is as important as new consumption models. Readability allows us to incorporate a way for content producers to be paid.

We worked very close with Readability on this release. Their code has allowed us to dramatically speed up the rendering of stories and the integration allows us to support offline reading and multi-device access to your favourite content.

TweetMag 1.1 is big step forward not just in features and performance for us, but also a step forward in beginning to find new ways to create value for users and content creators. Here’s a bit more detail about what’s changed in 1.1.

Speed
TweetMag 1.1 is fast. It creates real-time mags of articles based on the people, lists and searches in seconds. Thanks to an entirely new back-end it takes only a few seconds, even from initial launch, to begin displaying articles.

Readability
You can now use your Readability subscription to create a TweetMag out of your saved articles. Anytime you bookmark something (in our app or other Readability enabled apps) it’ll automatically become part of your “Read Later” TweetMag. What’s best, is your Read Later mag saves your articles locally so you can read them offline. We like Readability because it promotes a sustainable publishing ecosystem. Every time you use it on an article, a portion of your Readability subscription fees go right to the content creators.

Favourites
This update gives you the ability to create a TweetMag out of your Twitter favourites. It also lets you mark favourites right from the app.

Article Views
There are now three ways to view articles within TweetMag.
1) Web view
2) Simple article with related unique tweets
3) Simple article without tweets
You can choose the one that best suits your reading style in the settings area.

Some other enhancements
You can modify your own TweetMag on the fly by following (or unfollowing) people. To do this, simply, tap on any username (the grey pill buttons) to bring up their Twitter profile. From here there will be a follow/unfollow button in the top right. It’s a great way to modify your mags on the fly.

You can also tweet from the app now. Just hit the user icon in the top right of the app and you’ll see your own profile, “new tweet” is in the top right. (hint: you can access all your lists from here too)

Also new is the addition of a “Featured” category. This area is a great place to explore new streams of content.

TweetMag 1.1 is available now in the app store

Have a question, problem or idea for TweetMag? visit TweetMag Support.

Slow loads can occur for two reasons. The first is when the app tries to create a mag from a feed that has few, or no links in it. Looking at individual users or obscure search terms is typically where it’s most susceptible to slow load times. Your own feed or Twitter lists tend to load much faster – but still not as fast as we’d like. The second and more important reason is on us. Speed is our focus for the forthcoming point release. The solution for the speed enhancements resides both on the server and client side and is taking some time to get right. We appreciate your patience and look forward to sharing the next version of TweetMag with you.

1) Force quit TweetMag. To do this double click your Home button while on the Home screen. You should see all running applications. Press and hold the TweetMag app until they begin to shake and a “-” symbol appears. Press the “-” icon.

2) Restart your iPad

If problems persist please let us know by reporting a problem on our Get Satisfaction forum. Please include in your post

1. What action are you doing when problems occur?
2. What Twitter feed you are looking at when the problem occurs?

If you are getting full crashes please include the crash log.

To get crash logs…

- Sync your iPad
- Locate the log file for the app:

Mac OS X
~/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/MobileDevice/

Windows XP
C:\Documents and Settings\Application Data\Apple computer\Logs\CrashReporter\

Windows Vista
C:\Users\AppData\Roaming\Apple computer\Logs\CrashReporter\MobileDevice\

- look for logs that start with “TweetMag”
- email them to support [at] tweetmagappdotcom

Performance and stability is very important to us and we want to push out an update to deal with as many performance issues as soon as possible.

We will deal with support as promptly as we can but hey it’s the holidays… we may be drunk.

We’ve noticed in talking with users that people will sometimes create a mag from a Twitter account that has very few or sometimes no links. TweetMag will try and process the account and it will appear like it’s just processing or nothing comes back.

This will often happen with trending hashtags where people are sharing thoughts more than links to content.

A good example of an account with very few links is the comedian Sarah Silverman’s Twitter feed.

Here is a screenshot from this morning…

Here is the TweetMag… (note: it will eventually pull something but it takes a while since TweetMag needs to parse every tweet until it finds a link.)

If your TweetMags are returning blank or processing for a long time it may be because the feed you are trying to create it from is low in content.

Using Lists or Twitter feeds with a lot of links will give you much better TweetMags.

I wanted a TweetMag that contained all the links the New York Times are tweeting. Right now the NYT spreads these across multiple Twitter accounts. I wanted to read them in a single TweetMag.

Here’s how I did it.

I went to Twitter.com and searched for “NYTimes” (I used the People Search).

I then created a list called NYT Complete Edition:

I added the NYTimes Twitter Accounts to the NYT Complete Edition list I created:

I then went to my iPad and opened TweetMag. Inside my mag I selected the Twitter icon in the nav:

Selected Lists:

Selected NYT Complete Edition:

Added it to my rack:

That’s it! Build lists of anything you want. If you want to use my NYTimes list you can find it through TweetMag by searching for @jlax.

Another source for Twitter lists is Listorious

We’re incredibly thankful to everyone who has followed along. Especially to those who helped us test and refine TweetMag over the past few weeks of beta. We have refinements in the works and big plans on the horizon. Right now TweetMag is in its infancy and we can’t wait to share new features and improvements in future releases.

A little info about TweetMag
TweetMag transforms Twitter into beautiful magazines of articles and media that people are tweeting about most. It’s like making a personal editorial team out of the people, lists and tags you follow. It’s not just for your own feed either. TweetMag’s curated categories make it easy to explore and discover content outside your social network.

Features
• Explore your own TweetMag based on the people you follow
• Search hashtags and lists to explore content outside of your network
• Browse curated TweetMags and trending terms
• Full articles stream into the application and can be tweeted, emailed or added to Instapaper
• Play video seamlessly from feeds
• Related tweets can be viewed and interacted with in context of articles
• Add any TweetMag to a rack that’s accessible with one simple swipe
• Save as many Mags as you like
Learn more about it

Available now in the app store

Support
The best way to let us know about the issues you’re having is to use our support page.