The numbers can be shocking and scary to parents. 63 percent of tech-savvy teens say they know how to hide what they do online from their parents—either by clearing browser history (32 percent) or creating private email addresses and social networking profiles (16 percent)—while another 11 percent of young users report having successfully disabled parental controls intended to block access or filter content, according to a Harris Interactive-McAfee study. As kids become increasingly savvy in thwarting ... Read More
Apple® today announced that iPad sales have topped two million in less than 60 days since its launch on April 3. Apple began shipping iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK this past weekend. iPad will be available in nine more countries in July and additional countries later this year. “Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We appreciate ... Read More
Blue Wind has introduced Zombie Shock 1.0, its bloody action/horror/adventure game for the iPhone, iPad, and iPhone touch. Its 22nd app accepted to the iTunes Store, the highly detailed shooter is based on the story of a genius biochemist who has contracted the FEAR virus and must escape from NYC. He must battle zombies, get money, buy better weapons, and upgrade his status. The elaborate manga-style graphics illustrate a story line that includes 50 different scenarios, 11 kinds of zombies, and 18 unique ... Read More
Mozilla has announced plans to launch a free iPhone Application that will allow access to most of Firefox browser data on the iPhone. Called Firefox Home, it is based on the Firefox Sync (formerly Weave Sync) technology and will give iPhone users instant access to their Firefox browsing history, bookmarks and the set of tabs from their most recent browser session. It will not be a full iPhone browser. No date for the release of Firefox Home has yet been set. More info: ... Read More
Zimusoft, Inc. has created a product to build a bridge between Windows and the iPhone: DragonFireSDK.com (SDK: Software Development Kit). For the first time, Windows developers can fully code and debug iPhone Apps without ever leaving Windows. Apple published an SDK for the iPhone, but it only runs on a Mac and it requires programmers to learn a variant of the C/C++ language called Objective-C. Of the 5 million programmers worldwide, over 80% work in Windows and do not know Objective-C. With DragonFireSDK, C/C++ ... Read More
Rapidsoft Systems, Inc, the pioneer in global outsourced & offshore software product development, announced today launch of NavTime application on iTunes. This application was developed for Maxelar Inc, a technology development company based in Maryland, USA. NavTime is a unique application with many useful features. The NavTime application provides weather, location and other navigation information; all within a single application automatically and regularly updated in a simple and easy to understand ... Read More
WorldLink Apps announced the launch of their newest application, My Natural Healer, now available on iTunes. WorldLink’s My Natural Healer is the most comprehensive Natural Healing app on iTunes, containing over 1000 natural remedies from the world of herbalism, homeopathy, nutrition, aromatherapy, hydrotherapy, massage therapy, lifestyle, diet and others. Start by selecting one of more than 100 common illness categories such as allergies, acne, back pain, cough, heartburn, high blood pressure, and many ... Read More
New York, USA, May 18, 2010. Video-Recorder.net has released Easy Video Recorder for Mac v1.2, an affordable, versatile screen to video capture application for Mac OS X that makes it easy to record your desktop screen activity quicktime movies for later playback, Any application that runs on your Mac can be recorded, both video and audio. You can use Easy Video Recorder for Mac to Create demo videos to demonstrate how to use your software, Record web cams from AIM, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Record ... Read More
Retina-X Studios, LLC, has released Mobile Spy for the Apple iPad. Using this groundbreaking iPad technology, users can silently view all email messages, web site visits and other information of children or employees – even if histories are deleted. The new version for the iPad is now on the market. Mobile Spy runs in total stealth mode and no mentions of the program are shown inside the iPad. After the software is set up on the device, it silently records the contents of all emails sent or received. The ... Read More
SMEStorage, the multi-cloud data access provider, today releases the second beta of a Mac Cloud Drive which enables up to 10 commercial storage providers to be accessed directly from a virtual drive in Mac Leopard and Snow Leopard Operating Systems. CEO Ian Osborne states, “We are really pleased to announce the second beta of our virtual cloud drive for the Mac. This drive enables users to access their cloud storage files directly from their shell or Mac Finder” “The drive brings cloud ... Read More
After previous success on Apple App Store Apalon released another great gallery application Aliens and UFOs. This app represents a collection of secret, spy and user photos depicting aliens and their ‘flying saucers’ as well the evidences of investigations carried out on crash sites. Users will be amazed to discover striking evidences about extraterrestrial contacts and see how hard engineers from different countries tried to reproduce hi-tech crafts. And their ingenuity will surely surprise ... Read More
Orange announced that it is extending its partnership with Apple to offer new iPad plans for customers in the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Switzerland. The partnership between Orange and Apple, which has already seen iPhone launch with Orange in 30 countries across Europe, Middle East and Africa, will extend later in 2010 with the launch of iPad in additional Orange markets. Orange UK will offer tailored 3G data plans for iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, from 10th May, and will launch a pre-registration site for SIMs at ... Read More
Xokin LLC, a leading provider of Web site hosting, announced the release of the Xokin Mobile iPhone application today. Xokin Mobile was designed to provide users the capability to manage their Web site on the go. Available for free at the iPhone App Store, Xokin Mobile allows users to enhance their experience by having more control, no matter where they are. “Our users are finding the Xokin Mobile application to be invaluable in managing their Web sites, on the go” said Tin Pham, President of Xokin LLC. ... Read More
FileMaker, Inc. today announced the latest FileMaker Business Productivity Kit, an easy way for businesses selling both goods and services to become more productive and tackle everyday business tasks. Optimized for FileMaker Pro 11, the new Business Productivity Kit offers ready-to-use templates for businesses that streamline a variety of operations, from managing contacts and suppliers to tracking projects to processing sales and service orders. Two versions are available: a Standard Edition for companies that ... Read More
Seagate has introduced the next evolution of the company’s award-winning FreeAgent® external hard drives—its new GoFlex™ storage solutions. This new family of external drives and accessories introduces a new level of flexibility to traditional USB 2.0 storage that will change the way people store, access, enjoy and share their digital content. The FreeAgent® GoFlex™ storage family includes easy, plug-and-play portable and desktop drives, with an array of interchangeable cables and desktop adapters ... Read More
Nice article inc, walk-through by TJ Luoma on using msmtp, a free tool to send email from Terminal on OS X. “It completely eliminates the need to store your Gmail password in a plain text file on your computer. msmtp uses the Mac OS X Keychain instead. Although configuring msmtp took about 30 minutes, it was well worth it, and now that you have these handy instructions, it should take you even less time” Full article: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/05/04/msmtp-a-free-tool-to-send-email-from-terminal/ Share ... Read More
D-Zed Softwarehas announced Dragon Stop Motion 2.1, an update to their professional stop motion animation software for Mac OS X and Windows. Designed by animators for animators, it is a complete capture system for stop-frame animation, motion design, and special effects, and is widely used in feature film, TV commercial, and TV series production. The 2.1 upgrade includes support for the new DDMX-S2 Lighting Controller and the new IOTA 3D Stereoscopic Slider, in addition to other exciting features. Embraced by ... Read More
Island-Apps.com an American owned Philippines based Mobile software development company has released its first App Garden Buddy on the iTunes App store this week, Garden Buddy is a tool that helps math challenged Gardeners with some of the most common Garden Math needed for ordering bulk gardening materials planning ponds, and many other common tasks. Matthew Trachtenberg CEO and Founder of Island Apps had the following to say, “Island Apps is proud to have our first App approved by Apple in just a few ... Read More
iSkysoft, a professional developer of Mac multimedia software, has expanded its family of Mac Video Converter products to include iSkysoft iPad Video Converter and iSkysoft DVD to iPad Converter. The new iPad Converter toolss offer a quick and simple way to help Mac users to convert their digital video content for Apple’s new iPad portable media player. iSkysoft iPad Video Converter and DVD to iPad Converter are especially designed for the Apple’s new tablet. They take much of the guesswork out of preparing ... Read More
Paynet Systems ‘Credit Card Machine’ is an application that makes it possible to accept credit card payments right through your iPhone. In a sense, the application turns your phone into a mobile virtual terminal allowing you to securely accept credit cards. Paynet System’s iPhone credit card processing app is designed specifically for iPhone and iPod Touch, and is capable of working over any network connection available. This app allows for seamless credit card processing for all major credit cards and ... Read More