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BBEdit 10.1.2 now available

by Mike Schramm (May 10th, 2012)

The latest version of the acclaimed text editor BBEdit is out and available now, and as you can see on the official site, it features a whole host of fixes and updates to existing features. A number of crashing and bug problems have been solved, ...

Astronut for iPad available, use iPhone as controller

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 10th, 2012)

If you enjoy casual games and have both an iPhone and an iPad, then you'll want to check out Astronut from The Iconfactory. The planet hopping game has been available on the iPhone for a few years, but an updated iPhone and a new iPad version ...

Personal Capital announces iPhone app, Universal Checkbook

by Steven Sande (May 8th, 2012)

One of the major issues with financial services apps these days is that there are way too many of them. Every different bank or investment firm seems to have at least one app; many have multiple apps required to access different accounts thanks to ...

Harmon.ie brings SharePoint to iPad and iPhone

by Steven Sande (May 7th, 2012)

It's no secret that Apple's iPad is making great strides in the business market, with Apple CEO Tim Cook reporting during the Q2 2012 earnings call that about 94 percent of the Fortune 500 are either testing or deploying the iPad in business. Now ...

Evernote buys Penultimate app developer Cocoa Box

by Steven Sande (May 7th, 2012)

Evernote is on the move, reporting a US$70 million financing round last week and plans to "grow its user base in new regions, expand its offering into new verticals and enable the company to make strategic acquisitions." One of those strategic ...

Articulate launches Storyline authoring tool, outputs training modules to iPad and HTML 5

by Michael Rose (May 4th, 2012)

Learning professionals have long been familiar with Articulate's Studio line of e-learning tools. The suite allows content developers in both enterprise and educational contexts to easily leverage PowerPoint slideshows in building out ...

Parallels Mobile updated for Retina display

by Steven Sande (May 2nd, 2012)

The Parallels Mobile app (US$4.99 intro price, regular price $19.99) received an update today that provides support for the Retina display on the new iPad. The update is free to all existing users of Parallels Mobile. Parallels Mobile is ...

Financial Times to discontinue iPad, iPhone apps, move to HTML5

by Steven Sande (May 1st, 2012)

The Financial Times has announced that it is killing its iPad and iPhone apps. That doesn't mean that iOS users are going to be left out in the cold in terms of getting the latest financial news; it just means that the company is completing the ...

Alfred updated with new themes, drag-and-drop support

by Dave Caolo (May 1st, 2012)

Alfred for Mac (our review from last year) has been updated to version 1.2. Alfred is a utility that's part app launcher, part navigation tool and part web service. This updated adds two new themes: Dark and Smooth & Pistachio (I prefer the ...

Apple, Microsoft asked to explain pricing to Australian government

by Mike Schramm (Apr 30th, 2012)

Apple and Microsoft are among a few tech companies going before the Australian Parliament this week, asked to explain what many are seeing as price gouging in the Australian market. Here in the US, for example, Apple's Mac OS X Server 10.6 sells ...

Skype for iPad 4.0 offers new video preview option, crash recovery

by Dave Caolo (Apr 30th, 2012)

Skype has released version 4.0 of its app for iPad and iPhone (both free). There are a few nice changes this time around. The app now lets you pre-position your video preview as you like. It also restarts automatically after an "unexpected ...

Oracle providing direct Java support for OS X, updates to be more timely

by Steven Sande (Apr 28th, 2012)

Macworld and Ars Technica reported late yesterday that Oracle has announced direct support of Java for OS X. This appears to be a reaction to the rather widespread outbreaks of malware that took advantage of exploits in Java before Apple was able ...

T.G.I. Friday's to let diners pay with their iPhones

by Steven Sande (Apr 27th, 2012)

In here, it's always Friday®, and you can always pay for your food and booze with your iPhone. Casual dining chain T.G.I. Friday's has announced that iPhone owners can now use a mobile payment option called Tabbedout to pay their bills. The ...

Twitter iOS update adds improved discover, search, notifications

by Dave Caolo (Apr 27th, 2012)

Twitter for iPhone and iPad (free, universal) has been updated to version 4.2. This update introduces a number of changes, including an improved discover feature. Now, the app shows an activity feed displaying which of your tweets have been ...

VoodooPad 5: wiki magic

by Brett Terpstra (Apr 26th, 2012)

For those of us who nerd out about things like desktop wikis, VoodooPad 5 (from the creator of Acorn) is an exciting release. It brings new capabilities so powerful that they should come with a "for good, not evil" warning. If you're not ...

Replacing iDisk with online storage of your own

by Steven Sande (Apr 25th, 2012)

With the June 30, 2012 death of Apple's MobileMe service looming just a little over two months away, some Mac users are still wondering what to do to replace one of the keystone pieces of the service -- iDisk. Macworld's Glenn Fleishman provided ...