Archive for October, 2008

Live life on the farm in Pony World Deluxe

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Anawiki Games has released Pony World Deluxe, a game featuring the adventures of ponies. Gamers create their own pony and decide the roles it will play in life, whether it is family, work, farming or fun. Pony World Deluxe includes mini-games that allow ponies to compete in races, beauty contests and memory games. The game challenges players to earn money for building and decorating the farm, and ...

Jumsoft offers free Goodies themes for customers

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Jumsoft has announced Goodies, a new product line of themes and animations for Apple software. Goodies will be free downloads for customer, including infrequent customers, featuring a variety of themes or animations for Keynote, iWeb and Mail. They will be available around national holidays. The first three goodies are Halloween and Teddy, for iWeb, along with ten Mail Stationery designs. Each the...

Conference Call for iPhone shares call info

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Ifbyphone has released its latest app for the iPhone or iPod touch, Conference Call, that allows users to schedule outbound conference calls from their mobile device. After the invited contacts and time are chosen, the app will call the attendees and automatically connect them as they answer instead of waiting for them to dial in. The app shares contact groups and account minutes with Ifbyphone's ...

Microsoft appoints new head of MacBU

Friday, October 31st, 2008
In the latest staff restructuring at Microsoft, Eric Wilfrid has been appointed to be the new general manager of its Mac Business Unit (MacBU), as announced on the Mac Mojo blog. He will serve as a replacement for Craig Eisler, who has taken a position within the Entertainment and Devices division as the Corporate Vice President, Premium Mobile Experiences. Eric was one of the original team member...

Tunewear releases new colors for leather iPhone cases

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Tunewear has announced new colors for its Prie Ambassador and Leathershell case lines for the iPhone 3G. The Prie Ambassador case is constructed from nappa leather, with a removable hook placed at the top for attaching the phone to belt looks or bags. A side latch holds the phone, allowing it to be released when needed. The Prie Ambassador is now available with white leather and white stitching or...

New MacBook Air arriving, unboxing photos

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Apple's recently upgraded MacBook Air is now arriving at customers' doorstops, a week earlier than originally promised. One reader has sent in unboxing photos of the notebook, showing new packaging, a new video out port and two disks, one featuring the Mac OS and one full of applications....

Microsoft puts “I’m a PC” kiosk near Apple store

Friday, October 31st, 2008
Microsoft has taken to placing its own physical presence in front of Apple's retail stores to drive home its "I'm a PC" marketing campaign, an AppleInsider reader has shown through a photo. The Windows developer has put a kiosk in front of at least the Apple Store Bullring in Birmingham, UK that lets users record their own "I'm a PC" segment for contribution to the campaign, which is entering a n...

First Look: Simplifi, dock, card reader, and USB hub

Friday, October 31st, 2008
One of the biggest flaws of Macs is that they donĂ­t include built-in media card readers. This makes sense, given the bewildering array of different media cards available and the fact that media card readers offer more slots than anyone could possibly want or use, hence wasting space and marring the uncluttered appearance of the computer. Another problem with any computer is the limited number of a...

Spector Pro for Mac 2009 adds password capture

Friday, October 31st, 2008
SpectorSoft has announced Spector Pro for Mac 2009, its surveillance and monitoring application for the Mac. Intel support and password capture have been added in the most recent update. The software takes hundreds of snapshot hour-to-hour, creating a video-like playback of what is taking place during a user's session. It also records each website visited, keystrokes, chats instant messages and e-...

iSkin releases Vibes and Duo cases for iPod touch 2G

Friday, October 31st, 2008
iSkin has released its latest cases for the iPod touch 2G, the Vibes and Duo. The vibes case is constructed of a soft, high-gloss material featuring several artistic pattern options. All buttons and controls are protected without inhibiting function. A docking port protector is included with the package to keep out dirt or dust and a clear film screen protector is also provided. The Vibes case is ...