<s>
NetNewsWire	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
for	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetNewsWire	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Brent	O
and	O
Sheila	O
Simmons	O
for	O
their	O
company	O
Ranchero	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
July	O
12	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
with	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
Lite	I-Application
,	O
a	O
free	O
version	O
missing	O
some	O
advanced	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
(	O
then	O
commercial	O
)	O
version	O
,	O
introduced	O
some	O
weeks	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
it	O
included	O
custom	O
feed	O
views	O
,	O
custom	O
downloading	O
and	O
opening	O
of	O
podcasts	B-Operating_System
,	O
synchronization	O
of	O
feeds	O
and	O
feed	O
status	O
between	O
computers	O
,	O
Bloglines	B-Application
support	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
built-in	O
tabbed	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2005	O
,	O
NewsGator	O
bought	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
,	O
bringing	O
their	O
NewsGator	O
Online	O
RSS	O
synchronization	O
service	O
to	O
the	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brent	B-Application
Simmons	I-Application
was	O
hired	O
by	O
NewsGator	O
to	O
continue	O
developing	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetNewsWire	B-Application
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
5	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
added	O
Spotlight	B-Application
indexing	O
of	O
news	O
items	O
,	O
integration	O
with	O
iCal	B-Language
,	O
iPhoto	B-Operating_System
,	O
Address	B-Operating_System
Book	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
VoodooPad	O
,	O
Growl	B-Operating_System
support	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
performance	O
enhancements	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
was	O
originally	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
but	O
became	O
free	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
3.1	O
on	O
January	O
10	O
,	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetNewsWire	B-Application
Lite	I-Application
was	O
discontinued	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetNewsWire	B-Application
3.2	O
moved	O
to	O
an	O
advertisement-supported	O
model	O
with	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
purchase	O
the	O
application	O
to	O
remove	O
ads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
with	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
and	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
first	O
day	O
of	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetNewsWire	B-Application
Lite	I-Application
4.0	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
March	O
3	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
misses	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
advanced	O
features	O
included	O
in	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
3.2	O
,	O
it	O
includes	O
a	O
completely	O
rewritten	O
codebase	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
app	O
and	O
for	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
4.0	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
by	O
Black	O
Pixel	O
was	O
announced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
24	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
4.0	O
was	O
announced	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
open	O
beta	O
by	O
Black	O
Pixel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
release	O
of	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
4.0	O
occurred	O
on	O
September	O
3	O
,	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
support	O
of	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
Feed	I-General_Concept
was	O
added	O
into	O
the	O
code	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Black	O
Pixel	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
returned	O
the	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
intellectual	O
property	O
to	O
Brent	B-Application
Simmons	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Brent	B-Application
Simmons	I-Application
released	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
5.0d1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
renamed	O
version	O
of	O
his	O
open	O
source	O
Mac	O
RSS	B-Application
reader	I-Application
,	O
"	O
Evergreen	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Almost	O
a	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
5.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
26	O
,	O
2019	O
as	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
22	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
Brent	B-Application
Simmons	I-Application
started	O
a	O
public	O
beta	O
for	O
the	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
iOS	B-Application
app	I-Application
which	O
was	O
distributed	O
through	O
TestFlight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
5.0	O
was	O
released	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
27	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Brent	B-Application
Simmons	I-Application
released	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
6.0	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
along	O
with	O
a	O
public	O
beta	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
which	O
,	O
again	O
,	O
was	O
distributed	O
through	O
TestFlight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
22	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
Brent	B-Application
Simmons	I-Application
released	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
6.0	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetNewsWire	B-Application
has	O
been	O
well	O
regarded	O
by	O
many	O
users	O
and	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
FeedBurner	B-Application
,	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
was	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
desktop	O
newsreader	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ars	O
Technica	O
called	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
's	O
built-in	O
browser	O
"	O
hands-down	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
any	O
Mac	O
newsreader	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
Walter	O
Mossberg	O
,	O
technology	O
columnist	O
for	O
The	O
Wall	O
Street	O
Journal	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
is	O
his	O
favorite	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NetNewsWire	B-Application
5.0	O
was	O
also	O
received	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacStories	O
praised	O
the	O
RSS	B-Application
reader	I-Application
's	O
search	O
engine	O
and	O
general	O
stability	O
,	O
but	O
lamented	O
that	O
some	O
advanced	O
features	O
and	O
customization	O
options	O
had	O
not	O
made	O
it	O
into	O
the	O
release	O
,	O
calling	O
5.0	O
"	O
a	O
solid	O
foundation	O
for	O
the	O
future	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gizmodo	O
wrote	O
that	O
NetNewsWire	B-Application
5.0	O
was	O
off	O
to	O
a	O
promising	O
start	O
,	O
but	O
agreed	O
that	O
it	O
lacked	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
that	O
might	O
be	O
expected	O
by	O
a	O
power	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
