Textie: free text messages you might actually use
An Obvious Problem Over the past several years I’ve seen countless iOS apps that promise the exact same thing: free text messaging for your iPhone....
Braid now available on the Mac App Store for dirt cheap
If you love platformer games as much as I do, you’ve probably already played Braid. It’s on a ton of platforms, and in my opinion,...
Academic discounts and the Mac App Store
Could the emergence of the Mac App Store mean the end of such academic discounts? It certainly looks that way, at least if developers decide to sell their applications exclusively through the store.
Reflections on the Mac App Store
Its been 9 days since the Mac App Store was opened for business, but it already feels like its been around forever. It brings the...
Rage HD: The first truly enjoyable shooter for the iPad
id Software is known for making some of the best first person shooters. They’re the folks behind Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein — beloved classics. Well,...
Todolicious: A deliciously simple to do manager for Mac
Todolicious certainly does what it aims to do. It is elegant and simple and fast. It gets out of your way and lets you focus on getting things done rather than worrying about which contexts or tags to assign to your tasks. If you find yourself overwhelmed by complex task management systems, Todolicious might be just the thing for you.
FileMaker Go for iPad — Stylish, functional, and a delight to use
Like the iPad itself, the iPad version of FileMaker Go is somewhere in between traditional mobile and traditional desktop. This app is as snappy and...
New features added to iWork.com public beta
Apple’s snuck a couple of updates into the iWork.com public beta this morning, and we thought we’d pass it along to you all. I’ve yet...
Daytum: Analytics for your life
Daytum is a simple and elegant way to keep track of the mundane details of your daily life. The sort of application intentionally targeted at...
DropBook for Mac: An elegant, lightning-fast way to update Facebook
DropBook is one of those applications that does one thing and does it exceedingly well. No more manual uploading of pictures to Facebook–just drag, drop, and send. Sharing web pages is a simple as dragging the URL to the DropBook icon and adding a comment, if you wish. You can add screenshots, iSight pictures, text, and photographs without going through Facebook to do it.
Rumor: News Corp’s ‘The Daily’ coming in two weeks
News Corp’s The Daily, an iPad magazine that’s been heralded as the beginning of the digital magazine age, is rumoured to be on route to...
Kindle on Mac App Store
Amazon has released Kindle for Mac on the Mac App Store. The app is free and from my quick testing, runs like a dream. At...
50,000 stolen iTunes accounts for sale in China
A major Chinese website has listed thousands of iTunes accounts for sale. It is believed that these are all hacked accounts. There are around 50,000...
You need an administrator account to delete Mac App Store applications
Protecting your investments is important, but requiring a user to enter administrator level credentials when trying to delete an app from the Mac App Store...
Socialite now available on the Mac App Store
There are a number of apps on the Mac App Store that focus on “social networking,” but none of them, at least to date, allow...
Huge piracy bug arrives alongside the Mac App Store
If the Mac App store is supposed to be a secure and pirate free eco-system, why is it that I can buy an application, send...
FileMaker Go for iPhone — Great looking databases in your Hand
A while back, I reviewed FileMaker Pro 11 for Mac OS X. It’s a great high-octane database application for the desktop, but that is only...
Rumor: Verizon iPhone announcement on January 11, 2011
Apple’s back in the news again: Verizon has sent out invitations to an upcoming “announcement.” The event is scheduled for for Tuesday, January 11, 2011,...