Below are posts from September 2008

Weekend Update – Mac news edition

Some hot headlines and links for you today my friends, as I recover from a week of virtualization and boring seminars about how expanding the bus speed in a processor can provide up to 9 gigawatts of bandwidth in a virtual machines performance gain and make your liver spots disappear.

Gesture 1.0 by Big Stone Phone – Photos to Paintings on iPhone/Touch
nova media unveils new wireless USB modem with memory stick function
Kenaxis 3 Releases with New Features for Laptop Musicians

MildMannered Industries announces Bakelite rotary dialer for the iPhone
Apple reseller now includes British Infovox iVox voices with …

What happens in Vegas…

I’m tied up in the back of a car, somewhere in the Vegas desert, but that’s not going to stop me from posting the latest news from the Mac community. The $5 prime rib special might, but that’s a different story altogether. :)

Announcing Exibia 1.3: Video Scheduling Software for Mac OS X
Marware announces C.E.O. Flip Vue for the Apple iPod touch 2G
Marware announces the C.E.O. Premiere for the iPod touch 2G

Marware announces C.E.O. Sleeve for the Apple iPod touch 2G
The Escapers release first iPhone/iPod Touch game
Toolbox 0.8.1 – …

Stone Design ships Twittelator Pro 1.3 for iPhone/Touch

Stone Design today shipped a major update to Twittelator Pro, a feature packed native iPhone Twitter client. With many expert features including multiple accounts, Trending Topics, and Nearby Search for Tweeters, Twittelator Pro is the culmination of the expanding Twittelator customer base’s wishes, desires and bug fixes. Version 1.3 fixes issues with Apple’s iPhone/iPod Touch OS 2.1 which affect previous versions of Twittelator.

Stone Design’s CEO and lead computer scientist Andrew Stone remarked “We have not been idle! In the last few weeks we received such positive response from mobile twitter users on what exactly would make it so …

TrailRunner – Route planning for Garmin GPS or Nike+ S...

Berbie Software announces an update for TrailRunner, the outdoor oriented route-planning and journaling software for Mac OS X. Among other improvements, Release 1.8 has a reworked overall application design to match the current state of the art for applications on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Routes and Workouts are now directly accessible in the main window. Numerous improvements and bugfixes increase the stability and user experience.

For members of the Nike+ online community, TrailRunner integrates with nikeplus the online service for the Nike+ SportBand and the Apple Nike+iPod Sport Kit running devices. Nike+ users can display their collected workout …

WaterField Designs Creates Cases for New Apple iPod Touch 2G...

San Francisco, CA – WaterField Designs, a leading maker of custom-fitted computer bags and cases for digital gear, announces Ultrasuede(TM) Suede Jacket cases for Apple’s upgraded iPod nano and iPod Touch announced Tuesday. Each case is custom-fitted to the respective iPod dimensions and can double as a screen cleaner. The ultra-slim cases are designed for scratch protection, accessibility and style.

“I love the Suede Jacket because it’s so simple; I can slip it in my pants pocket and my iPod won’t get dinged by my keys,” explained owner and chief designer, Gary Waterfield. “It’s almost weightless and adds no …

NetworkLocation Launches using Skyhook Wireless location

NetworkLocation, a Mac OS X app that automatically adjusts user settings, launched today integrating Wi-Fi Positoning from Skyhook Wireless.
With Network Location you can pre-define your own settings in a bunch of useful ways – like lowering your volume at the Library, switching between default printers between work and home, set a iChat message status, and many more options. Check it out at http://networklocationapp.com/.
Skyhook provides the Wi-Fi Positioning on the iPhone and iPod Touch. You can learn more http://www.skyhookwireless.com/

Findley Designs updates iPod Access with iTunes 8.0 support

Encino, CA – Findley Designs, Inc. announces the immediate availability of iPod Access v4.2.3 for Mac OSX and Windows Vista/XP. Version 4.2.3 adds improved support for the iPod touch and iPhone, improved iTunes integration and numerous bug fixes. iPod Access works with all past and present iPod models.

New in v4.2.3:
1) Compatibility with iTunes v8.
2) Improved iTunes integration.
3) Fixed some registration issues.
4) Fixed iTunes XML errors.
5) Improved library loading.

iPod Access is the leading iPod/iPhone music and video transfer application for the Mac and Windows. With iPod Access you have instant access to …

Fantasktik 1.1 for Mac OS X adds Auto-Hide and Spaces suppor...

London, UK – Dockland Software has announced Fantasktik 1.1, an update to their innovative taskbar application for Mac OS X Leopard. Displaying a clean and sleek user interface, Fantasktik is a powerful tool allowing users to easily switch between open windows and applications.

Among Fantasktik’s unique features are the large document previews created with Leopard’s Core Animation technology. Just hover on a window and Fantasktik will display a smooth animation to show the window contents, making window identification easy and fast.

Inspired by the new multitouch interfaces, Fantasktik introduces Click and Slide to browse through open windows. Click …

New Version of RAGE WebCrusher Adds One-click MobileMe Suppo...

Toronto, Ontario – RAGE Software announced today the immediate availability of RAGE WebCrusher 1.1, a major update to the website optimizer for Mac OS X. RAGE WebCrusher is a utility for website owner’s to reduce their website’s load time, providing a better experience for their visitors and customers. RAGE WebCrusher scans entire websites, including webpage files and image files, to intelligently remove all unneeded code and making websites load as fast as possible in a web browser.

On average, visitors will wait up to 8 seconds for a website to fully load before closing their browser window or pressing …

Just for the record: people are stupid

I’ve gone on a few times before about how screwed up the iTunes App Store review system is, but this example pretty much nails it.
The app in question is Tap Email, which let’s you click a persons picture to send them email. The comments and ‘reviews’ are inane and useless.

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