Macintosh/iPhone software update round-up – March 6, 2009

Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for March 6, 2009:

Macintosh

• Eye-Fi Inc. has announced the release of two new wireless SD memory cards that will upload videos directly from a digital camera to a computer and the Web. Videos are growing in popularity, and more than 144 million videos were viewed online in 2008, according to comScore. In addition to automatic photo uploads, the next generation Eye-Fi cards effortlessly deliver their video clips to YouTube or Flickr.
• This weekend—March 7th and 8th—you can pick up Algoriddim’s djay on macZOT for 40% off. djay is an award-winning piece of DJ and music playing software. Created exclusively for the Mac, djay perfectly integrates with your iTunes library and lets you start mixing your music right away. Unprecedented ease-of-use combined with powerful and innovative mixing capabilities make it the perfect tool for beginners and seasoned pros alike.
• ZappTek is proud to announce iPresent It 2.4, their easy to use slideshow-to-iPod utility for Mac OS X. iPresent It allows anyone to easily convert PowerPoint, PDF or Keynote presentations into slideshows that are synced with their iPod. This makes iPresent It particularly suited for doing presentations on the go: never carry a laptop into a presentation again. Version 2.4 adds support for Keynote ’09.
• Gogii Games, in partnership with Macgamestore.com and Mac Games Arcade, have announced the release of Nanny Mania 2, the sequel to the hit nanny game. Nanny Mania is back with a brand new adventure. The sequel to the number one hit puts you in the middle of a celebrity family in need of a super nanny. In Hollywood, being a stay at home mom is a lot of work. Have you got the skills to take care of the house, the kids, and the egos all while keeping the paparazzi at bay?

iPhone/iPod

• Eye-Fi has released a new iPhone application that allows Eye-Fi users to store and share all their photos, from both iPhone and a digital camera, into the same organized computer folder and to one of 25 online photo sharing Web sites. iPhone users who own an Eye-Fi card can download the free application from Apple’s App Store.
• In regards to the French justice department ruling in favor of opening the iPhone market in France, Mobya has launched a call to all iPhone developers (Apple). $10,000 will be awarded to the selected developer(s). For the past few month now, there have been several initiatives to promote the development of new mobile applications in the United States. Mobya kicks it off from Europe by allowing developers from all over the world to submit their own mobile applications. Mobya will select applications that create a new usage and are linked to a sustainable business model.
• Vanilla Breeze has announced the release of its new application, now available from Apple iTunes AppStore. i-Gun, makes a clever use of touch interface and motion sensor to simulate a realistic handgun experience. There are other competing products at AppStore that feature various weapons, but most are mere sound machines, and the rest with poor graphics and animations. i-Gun is, by far, the most realistic handgun simulation app in AppStore, and will for sure give users hours of fun chasing after one another. The developer is planning on adding more weapons and effects in the near future.
• Damabia, in association with RnSK Softronics, has announced Bang! Bang! Original Gangsta for iPhone and iPod Touch. The first power weapon for the iPhone and iPod Touch, is now available in a new version. With the features you know and love in Damabia’s Bang! Bang!, the Original Gangsta version takes you even further, giving you genuine “Gansta-style” side-hand firing. Natural Motion-Controlled Firing and Reload Action.
• Wake!Gently is an alarm and bedside clock that will wake you as you are supposed to be woken…slowly and gently as nature intended. As the alarm rings, the chosen alarm sound starts to play, quietly at first and rises to full volume over one minute…thus allowing you to wake slowly and gently. Wake!Gently provides 6 professionally recorded, licensed, non looped “ambient” sounds to wake up to.
• You won’t need to rely on the luck of the Irish this St. Patrick’s Day when you have the protection of OtterBox. As innovators of protective solutions for mobile handheld technology, OtterBox offers superior quality cases for the top selling tech devices without having to spend a pot of gold.
• Software Ops has announced the release of My Eyes Only 1.5 for iPhone and iPod Touch. My Eyes Only has been heralded as the best selling iPhone application that protects your personal information. MEO uses secure RSA encryption to protect sensitive information from loss or theft, and protects access to all MEO personal information with user chosen passwords. Version 1.5 provides additional features adding two new categories: “Rewards card” and “Passport identity.”