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TUAW Review: Bento for iPhone

by Steven Sande (May 12th, 2009)

FileMaker, Inc. provided one of the surprise announcements of the last couple of weeks with the introduction of Bento for iPhone and iPod touch. Designed a both a standalone database management application and companion app to the Mac version, Bento for iPhone is an inexpensive, well-designed, and ...

First Look: Bento for iPhone and iPod touch

by Steven Sande (May 5th, 2009)

iPhone owners who are searching for an easy-to-use database management app for their iPhones can stop looking. Today, FileMaker Inc. announced the immediate availability of Bento for iPhone and iPod touch (click opens iTunes), a US$4.99 portable edition of Bento for Mac. The app comes with 25 ...

Twitter and Skype and FileMaker, oh my! FMWebSchool integrates them

by Steven Sande (Apr 26th, 2009)

FileMaker Pro fans can now tweet and make Skype calls directly from databases, thanks to a pair of free files from FMWebSchool. There are a couple of movies that demonstrate how these files work, which you can view by clicking the links below. The FMSkype file allows you to import your Skype ...

FileMaker announces version 10 of flagship database app

by Robert Palmer (Jan 5th, 2009)

FileMaker, Inc. has released FileMaker Pro 10, the latest in its long line of database applications for Mac OS X, featuring a new interface and design. FileMaker Pro 10 introduces the Status Toolbar, which it says is similar to most browser toolbars, that takes commonly used options out of the menus ...

Filemaker's Bento goes 2.0

by Michael Rose (Oct 14th, 2008)

When Filemaker introduced Bento, the 'relational database for the rest of us,' at Macworld Expo this year, the response from the marketplace was pretty solid; as of August, the $49 multipurpose data organizer had been downloaded over 400,000 times. Still, the product was a clear 1.0 with a lot of ...

Functions and Operators Card for FileMaker Pro

by Steven Sande (Jul 7th, 2008)

Remember those days in high school when you'd frantically write all of the facts and figures you were supposed to memorize onto your arm with a Bic pen? If you've grown up and are now a FileMaker Pro developer, Steve Wilmes Consulting has just the thing to help you remember all of the functions and ...

Filemaker releases Bento 1.0v2

by Dave Caolo (Mar 9th, 2008)

Bento is the end user database software from Filemaker that was released as a beta a couple of months ago. We took a look at Bento in November. If you're coming from Filemaker Pro development, you'll find Bento a bit limiting, but the number of users who could potentially find it useful, like ...

FileMaker Bento is shipping

by Michael Rose (Jan 8th, 2008)

Having run through a couple of beta releases, it's now prime time for FileMaker's consumer-level organizer DB: Bento is shipping today in advance of Macworld Expo. The "database for soccer moms" product is $49 for a single user license, $99 for a family pack. We've got screen shots from Bento in our ...

Filemaker releases Bento preview update

by Dave Caolo (Dec 8th, 2007)

Filemaker have released a new beta version of Bento, their easy to use database application (we took an early look at Bento last month). I've been playing with it for a while, and I'm enjoying it. I use Filemaker Pro at work, so I miss some things like defining my own relationships, scripting, ...

TUAW first look: FileMaker announces Bento organizer app

by Michael Rose (Nov 13th, 2007)

When you've been creating and selling the same application for 20 years -- the most successful database on the Mac platform, and a contender on Windows -- and you're a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, Inc. with plenty of customers in business, education and SOHO markets... well, what do you do for ...

FileMaker 9.0v2 updated for Leopard, instant web publishing still busted

by Michael Rose (Nov 1st, 2007)

Funny, isn't it, how the in-house projects are the last to get fixed for the new OS? Apple subsidiary FileMaker announced version 9.0v2 today, which provides Leopard compatibility on most features. The IWP web sharing feature, however, remains incompatible with Safari 3 (and Safari 3 beta on Tiger), ...

FileMaker 9 released

by Michael Rose (Jul 11th, 2007)

You'd be forgiven for thinking, especially reading our coverage and stories elsewhere, that the only new product to come out of Apple, Inc. in the past two weeks was some sort of bizarre chimera mutant love child of an iPod and a cellphone. Not true! Hardworking and underappreciated subsidiary ...

Filemaker Campus Productivity Kit

by Scott McNulty (Aug 29th, 2006)

FileMaker has just made available, for free, a set of 5 pre-made modules for the college student. The 'College Productivity Kit' consists of modules that allow you to: Manage your contacts Organize your notes Track group work Coordinate events Prioritize To-Do's Each is a special ...

FileMaker ships Universal binaries

by Scott McNulty (Jul 10th, 2006)

Filemaker, today, released FileMaker Pro 8.5, FileMaker Pro 8.5 Advanced, FileMaker Server 8.0v4 and FileMaker Server 8.0v4 Advanced as Universal Binaries. Now, I know most people don't get too excited about database software, however, Filemaker claims that FileMaker Server is 116% faster on Intel ...

Automator Action Packs galore

by David Chartier (Jun 20th, 2006)

In my newsreader today I saw an 'iPhoto Action Pack' from Automator World that adds a handy action for workflows involving iPhoto: "Find iPhoto Item Path". While debating whether that was TUAW-worthy, my newsreader became bombarded with more headlines like System Action Pack, TextEdit Action Pack, ...