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Those on the Mac are finding out about the usefulness of syncing iCal events via iTunes and/or MobileMe to various computers, iPhones and iPod Touches. Don Mayer from SmallDog reported in their newsletter “Kibbles and Bytes” that there are lots of free calendars you can subscribe to via iCal that you will find useful. Continue reading »

Certainly there probably is “an app for that.” But how do you know which one to pick. There are untold number of some apps and of course they are not the same. If you tried all the ones you MIGHT be interest in, you could spend ages looking at them. Continue reading »

Independent iPhone developer 220 Software today announced Pocket Stats: NFL 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch. Football fans can now settle arguments easily, with the career statistics of over 4500 current and former NFL players right in their pockets. In addition to being a statistical reference, Pocket Stats: NFL contains useful links to Youtube clips related to players, as well as links to their bio information on Wikipedia. Pocket Stats: NFL is poised to become the football fan’s best friend. Continue reading »

Blue Lightning Labs last Friday announced that their popular iPhone application Mathemagics has been picked as an AppStore Essential. Mathemagics, an application for learning to mentally calculate math problems at phenomenal speeds, has garnered outstanding reviews and continues to amaze users. Aspiring Mathemagicians learn and then practice any of the 20 math tricks while progressively moving to higher levels of proficiency. Continue reading »

UsingMac.com posted this article last July 4th. Of course, Adium is a free instant messenger that links with all or nearly all message networks out. It connects to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, Google and more. Continue reading »

This is quite a web site. It is a great idea. Wish I had thought of it first. What if you need an alternative to Office, Photoshop, etc. Continue reading »

There are 75,000+ apps in the iPhone Apps store for the iPhone and the iPod touch. Wouldn’t it be nice to be part of that business. Continue reading »

TimeStream Software has announced the release of the new “Walt Disney World Secrets Gold!” Notescast for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new iPhone App reveals over 200 secrets of Walt Disney World Resort, and, for the first time, includes colorful photos, as well as a magical Hidden Mickey tour of over 80 Hidden Mickeys and an added bonus of over 200 Fun Facts. Continue reading »

According to this article in AdAge, Facebook has obtained profitability. However, they quote CEO Mark Zuckerberg of saying that it has become “cash-flow positive” in the second quarter. I am not sure that “cash-flow positive” means profit. Continue reading »

The Apple Keynote or Special event took about an hour and 15 minutes. But here is a summary version that last 1.5 minutes. Continue reading »

Barebones Software developed an email client by the name of Mailsmith. It is a pretty good one, but it is hard for anyone to supplant Apple’s Mail as their primary client. Therefore they really haven’t spent much time updating it recently. Continue reading »

Freehand was originally developed here in the metroplex. If I remember correctly, when Adobe purchased Altus, they decided to maintain Illustrator as their package and spun off Freehand back to the developer, Altsys. Altsys was planning on marketing it themselves. They even had the packaging all planned. Continue reading »

Earlier this month, Volitans software announced SMART Utility 2.1, a significant update to the hard drive diagnostic application. The new features include scanning drives at a specified time interval, ability to ignore a failed test unless its new, and estimated time remaining for tests. Continue reading »

friedEgg Limited announced last week the release of version 1.4 of friedEgg Touch, an interactive data analysis tool for Mac OS X. This latest release introduces support for Quick Look previews and Spotlight searching, plus compatibility with Snow Leopard. Continue reading »