Category: Apps
Are you the type of person who has their entire life written down or are writing a book about it? If so, then you will want to look at the new version of Mariner Software’s MacJounral. Version 6.0 was released with over 100 improvements and changes to the journaling program. Complete with new blogging tools, MacJournal allows you to write and entry and share it with the world if that is what your life is about. MacJournal’s efficiencies are the…
These are the daily specials from the Electronic Arts website as specified by them at press time. Hot Deal of the Day: Spy Mouse – iPhone — Snack your way through the more than 70 levels and 6 different worlds, outwitting the cats as you move along munching on the snacks. Other Free Items: Restaurant City: Gourmet Edition — iPad / iPhone — Puts the user in charge of a gourmet restaurant and gives 30 gourmet dishes to serve. Pogo…
Microsoft has released their iPad version of their organizational management software OneNote. Version 1.3 of the OneNote software is a free download from the Apple App Store and allows the user to create up to 500 notes. After that mark, the user would need to purchase the full package of the OneNote program with the in-app purchase option. The full package of OneNote for iPad is $14.99. The package for the iPhone is $4.99. Changes between version 1.2 and 1.3…
It took a letter from a US Senator to get Apple to take down an App which allows users to create a high quality fake Drivers License. According to a story about the App in the LA Time, “Senator Bob Casey (D-Penn.) sent a letter to Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook requesting that the tech company immediately remove the “License” app from its App Store” claiming that the App had national security issues. While there have been many such novelty…
Donut Games has just released their free iPhone game of the week and this week’s game is the a very “just in time for Christmas” type game, Ruberth’s Kick n’ Fly. The game puts the player as Santa in the position of being kicked into the air by a reindeer. Using various platforms to bounce higher or bounce mushrooms to really get a kick, Santa much collect as many of the ornaments on the particular stage as possible. Each stage…
These are the daily deals from Electronic Arts as per their deals website: Today’s Hot Deal — Mirror’s Edge – iPad Free Games: Flight Control – iPhone Pogo — iPhone (Upgrade to Premium for $.99 or 70% off) Flight Control HD — iPad Mirror’s Edge – iPhone The above deals were available in the US store at the time of press.
These are the daily deals from Electronic Arts as per their deals website: Today’s Hot Deal —Flight Control for the iPhone Free Games: Flight Control HD — iPad Mirror’s Edge – iPhone Mirror’s Edge – iPad The above deals were available in the US store at the time of press.
Program : Google Currents Price: Free Platform: iPhone, iPad, Android URL: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-currents/id459182288?mt=8 Website: https://www.google.com/producer/home When Google Currents was announce yesterday, we were initially a bit skeptical that the app would do what it said it would. But then we have seen so many supposed publishers come and go quickly due to the fact that they did not do the job as advertised. As for Google Currents, the app works well and for those who bothered to read the instructions on…
MacUpdate is offering 12 major Mac applications for $49.00 for a limited time. The Applications in this bundle include: Tech Tool 6 Icon Box (only to the first 15,000 customers) Total Finder Postbox 3 Fontpack Pro Master Labels & Addresses Mac DVDRipper Pro 3 Back In Focus NeverWinter Nights 2 Hear iClip 5 FoldersSynchronizer The entire suite of apps would normally cost $741, however for the next 13 12 days, they are selling them for $49.00 for the entire suite. …
Michael Mahon and Seth Sternberger have released a new percussion sequencer software package for the Apple ][. They posted the following release information about the software package on CSA2: With inspiration and musical mentoring provided by Seth Sternberger of _8-Bit Weapon_, I’ve impemented a percussion sequencer/synthesizer for the Apple II. It allows a user to create sequences as long as 255 patterns, where each pattern is one of a set of 16 musical measures. Within each of these patterns, any…
Donut games has changed their free games of the week, now making Action Buggy available. Action Buggy is a very difficult high action game, similar in concept to Moon Patrol from the 1980’s. Normally the game is a .99 cent download but Donut games is making it available for a limited time for free. The game can be downloaded from the Donut Games App Store page at: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=364025671&mt=8 Jungle Crash Land, another fun game and one of last weeks free…
Egan Ford has released a new update to his Codebreaker program for the Apple-1. The new program now includes three levels of play; Normal, Master, and Pro. Also changed in the program is the following items: Added “Master” level–same as “Pro” but with 60 second time limit. Added a score board on exit. Fixed a memory(stack) leak. Built for 8K Apple 1. To Load and Execute the Codebreaker program on an Apple-1 or Apple-1 Emulator, use the following commands: C100R…
Game: CrazyMoto HD Version: 1.0 Publisher: Hare URL: http://itunes.apple.com/app/crazymoto-hd-special/id476870574?mt=8 When we went searching for a new game of the day, we were pleasantly surprised at what we found. CrazyMoto HD by Hare is a game that offers the best iPhone gamer a bit of a challenge in control. The game itself while simply a motorcycle game, offers features that are first class including Realistic physics. Destructible motor bike. Realistic shocks. Challenge mode. Practice mode. 80 levels, in FOUR distinct worlds….
Donut Games, the publisher of the popular Rat on a Skateboard app is currently offering two of their games for the iphone for free. Parachute, which is a serious game of control skills and Jungle Crash Land, one of our favorites, are both on tap for free download for “a limited time”. Donut games occasionally offers some of their games in a “Free Game of the Week” promotion. You can download Parachute at: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=313734044&mt=8 Jungle Crash Land is available at:…
Game: Tap Tap Muppets Version: 1.0 Publisher: Disney / Tapulous URL: http://itunes.apple.com/app/tap-tap-muppets/id478167642?mt=8 For those of us who refuse to grow up or those who loved the Tap Tap series of games, there is now the ultimate laughing time Tap Tap game available from Disney and Tapulous. Tap Tap Muppets features all of those lovable characters from the popular TV and movie series. The game comes with two tracks initially another 4 tracks are available for download immediately. The game has…
One of our favorite games of the previous months has come back in a new incarnation. Game Claw Halloween is a new play on the popular iPhone game Game Claw, but instead of prizes, you collect ghosts and goblins. With Halloween right around the corner, this is the perfect game to get you Scare on. The best part of the download is that it is free. However, like other Game Circus LLS games, there are in-app purchases which allow you…
Maze+, the three dimensional maze game by Secret Headquarters, Inc. is available for free download from the App store. The game runs on both the iPhone and iPad and is quite an addicting little game. The game features running of characters through the mazes, beginning with a character named Kolo Jones. As you gain experience and complete mazes, collecting gems for wins, the other characters can be acquired by converting the gems into coins. You can download the game from…
A few minutes ago I downloaded and tried out a free music player called aTunes. They had a version update to 2.1.0. My impression is it is a good try. There are a couple of features which iTunes doesn’t have but (on the Mac at least) the interface is a little clunky. For the moment Apple doesn’t have much to worry about. However I can see where this project is going so it may be worth considering in the future….
Jomic is another comic book reader. It is written for the PPC, so the Intel folks will need to install Rosetta (allows the Intel machines to run PPC code). The version I have appears to be a demo. Many of the items in the menu are greyed out. However, I found by a bit of experimentation some of these items do function. Since the program was written for slower machines I’ve observed it is very fast on a faster machine….
When an app is installed via MacPorts, or one of the other programs used to bring Linux apps to the Mac, it is stored as a program requiring a terminal program to run. This is fine for some programs such as 7zip but not for others such as pan (a GUI newsreader) and gftp (a GUI based ftp program). I use these programs enough so I’d want them on the dock. After hunting around I found some discussion in a…
