Macintosh/iPhone software update roundup – September 23, 2009
Section: Software + Apps, Miscellaneous, Third-Party, iPod + iTunes, iPod touch, iPhone, iPhone, iPhone SDK & Apps, Mac + Computers, Software
Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for September 23, 2009:
Macintosh
- Devia has announced their first Chapter of CocoaHeads in Belgium. CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer’s Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X and iPhone. During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics.
- iPresentee has released iWeb Themes for Business 5.0 for Apple’s Web site building application. Version 5.0 includes five new excellent themes: Beauty, Solid, Furniture, Lite and Trade. Each iWeb Theme for Business includes eleven templates instead of ordinary eight. The new release extends iPresentee’s iWeb themes collection up to fifty themes. With iWeb Themes for Business, a website can be built in minutes and published on the web.
- Ambrosia Software has announced the release of Soundboard 1.0.3. Like cart machines in broadcast radio studios, Soundboard lets users map sound effects, audio clips, or musical accompaniment to keys on the Mac keyboard, easily triggered with a single tap. Due to popular demand, they are continuing their special upgrade pricing option “Does your software Byte? Jump on Board!” so that registered Sound Byte users may purchase Soundboard for the price of $19.
- Severn Software Limited has announced the immediate availability of Stitchtastic 1.0. Stitchtastic is a fantastic and easy to use cross-stich design application for the Apple Macintosh. It provides a full suite of design tools and also a photo-to-pattern feature to convert any photo to a cross stitch pattern. Stitchtastic has fine control over color and tools to create a design in minimal time. Friends, family and loved ones. Landscapes and pets.
- Mac-Chi has released WhoPaste 3.2, an update to their popular contact grabber utility for Mac OS X. The new Snow Leopard Service in WhoPaste 3.2 makes extracting new contacts from text easier than ever. Version 3.2 adds world-ready phone formatting; new SMS email address options, linked note support in Daylite, match detection in Entourage, and a new post processing option. WhoPaste can create contacts in Apple’s Address Book, Daylite, Google’s Contacts and Entourage.
- Backup options for Mac users have changed radically over the last year, and author Joe Kissell explains the entire field thoroughly in the just-updated Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Fourth Edition. Whether readers want to make backups more easily, at a lower cost, or with more security, Kissell offers advice that goes far beyond the false security of simply turning on Time Machine or copying a few files to CD. The 196-page ebook is available for $15.
- IntelliScanner Corporation has announced IntelliScanner Classic, a smart barcode scanner that automatically organizes, books, movies, and media. By simply scanning the retail barcode, IntelliScanner automatically identifies the items users scan using popular online media databases, pulling down the title, creator, cover artwork, and much more. Everything is in the box to organize your home or classroom.
- Whether you’re new to the Mac or a longtime user, this handy book is the quickest way to get up to speed on Snow Leopard. Packed with concise information in an easy-to-read format, Mac OS X Snow Leopard Pocket Guide by Chris Seibold covers what you need to know and is an ideal resource for problem-solving on the fly.
iPhone/iPod
- Rexi Media has released Presenter Pro, a presentation skills iPhone app for iPhone and iPod touch. Presenter Pro helps you come across as credible, authentic, and confident, whether you present in professional or personal settings. Presentation skills are constantly ranked at the top of the inventory of aptitudes we should have if we want to come across as accomplished business executives, teachers, students, and community members.
- Cinq is now available in the iTunes App Store. The Cinq application offers users the ability to wirelessly access and sync all of their photos stored on their home Macs right from their iPhone or iPod touch. They can save the photos to their phone and upload them to Facebook or Twitpic. There is no other application available that offers the same features as Cinq, and the possibilities are endless as they continue to add many more features and social network integrations into future versions.
- iPhone CAZE has released Argyle Love, a new style of its metallic series for iPhone 3G/3GS. The iPhone case has become part of a fashion for iPhone users. The Argyle Love for iPhone users to dress up his/her iPhone in this season’s Hot Hues and Styles. The Argyle Love features instantly-recognizable Argyle pattern and is available in Silver Black / Silver. This is a true Limited Edition as only 250 cases of each color are available worldwide.
- WhereCloud unveiled today its iPhone development partnership with Tungle Corporation for the design and development of Tungle’s newest offering: the Tungle Accelerate iPhone application. Tungle is also introducing two features exclusive to the iPhone: auto-suggest and at-a-glance network availability. Tungle for iPhone is visually attractive but also enables the user to quickly and efficiently access the Tungle Accelerate platform.
- Boom Brigade is a combination of three game play mechanics: top-down shooter, tower defense, and line drawing. The game is topped up with fierce invading aliens and three different types of tough and heroic troopers. The player is given the command of a brigade poised to take what ever the horde of aliens can throw at them. The goal is simple: Defend the bunker for as long as possible. Boom Brigade features three classes: minigun troopers, shotgun troopers and bazooka troopers. Any combination of classes can be used when assembling the squad. The player starts with one trooper and receives reinforcements and health kits as the alien attack continues. Weapon upgrades and bunker repairs can be bought with the loot the player collects from the aliens.
- WedgeWorks has launched the MovieWedge. The MovieWedge is designed to prop up virtually any mobile media device on just about any surface. Unlike most plastic or hard material stands, MovieWedge does not slip or slide when placed on airplane tray tables, car dashboards, or even the user’s knee. It’s easily adjustable to a wide variety of angles and comes equipped with a front ledge that holds your device in place.
- In response to the overwhelming requests from fans of Robocalypse - Mobile Mayhem for the iPhone, Vogster Entertainment is pleased to announce they have launched additional online multiplayer servers for the game. The new servers, located in New York, Moscow and Chicago, are designed to give players additional higher-response, local network access to the chaotic (and hilarious) online battlefields for Vogster’s recently released strategy game that features robots and a story line by the writing talent behind Spongebob Squarepants and Angry Beavers.
- Compact AC to USB power supply is the perfect accessory for iPod, iPhone, Zune and more. ACpower can be used worldwide (100-240v) and it’s ultra-light weight, portable size and folding blade design fits where others won’t without weighing you down. And ACpower now features two USB ports to power two devices at the same time.
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