Macintosh/iPhone software update roundup – August 28, 2009

Macintosh and iPhone/iPod updates and announcements for August 28, 2009:

Macintosh

• With the release of Snow Leopard, Mac fans are now experiencing a new system which brought simplicity, reliability, and ease of use. At the same time, many users have been wondering whether their current applications will be compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. During the past years, Aimersoft Studio has been widely welcomed by Mac users. They upgrade themselves along with the pace of Mac engineers. After trying every effort and testing at every step, finally they made it. The new release, Aimersoft Total Media Converter for Mac, now gives a fully support to Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Operation System.
• InfoLogic, Inc. today is proud to announce MathMagic Personal Edition 6.5, their award-winning professional level equation editing suite for Mac OS X. With a focus on ease-of-use, MathMagic Personal Edition is a standalone equation editor for mathematical equations and symbols. Version 6.5 adds better CMYK color support, including Spot color separation, automatic installation of Math symbol fonts and default preferences settings, and includes other new or enhanced features.
• KavaSoft has released KavaServices 4.0, a collection of useful commands that transforms the Services menu in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. KavaServices can translate, search the web, encode for HTML, calculate, convert units, sort, change case, execute commands, and much more. Snow Leopard’s redesigned Services menu is context-sensitive and fully customizable. Version 4.0 is a 64-bit universal application, and is designed specifically for Snow Leopard.
• Yazsoft has announced Speed Download 5.2.3, an important update to their popular download manager for Mac OS X. Speed Download 5 redefines the Mac OS X download manager by combining four amazing products: a turbo-charged download manager, a fully featured secure FTP client, a file sharing utility with full encryption, and complete .Mac/iDisk/WEBDAV connectivity, into one small and easy to use application. Version 5.2.3 is updated and tweaked specifically for Snow Leopard.
• Eltima Software has announced SyncMate 2.0, the multitask sync software for Mac OS X. SyncMate enables all users to sync data between Mac OS X computer and a list of devices, such as Windows Mobile devices, Nokia S40 phones and other Macs. SyncMate also supports Google account synchronization. With SyncMate you can back up data to Online Storage Account.
• Creaceed has released version 2.1.2 of Hydra, its HDR photography application for creating images which are closer to what you actually see.
• Acapela Group and AssistiveWare have announced a public beta of Infovox iVox 2.0. Infovox iVox 2.0 brings Snow Leopard compatibility, significantly improves performance and responsiveness and adds a number of new voices for the following languages: Arabic, French, German, Flemish, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese and Turkish. These voices work with virtually any Speech Manager compliant Mac OS X application, including VoiceOver, Preview, and TextEdit.
• Old Jewel Software has released LazyMouse 2.1.9, a minor update to its popular Mac shareware utility. LazyMouse is a Preference Pane that moves the user’s cursor to the default button whenever a dialog box appears on the screen. It saves time moving the mouse to dismiss dialogs. Because this is the last planned version to work in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, LazyMouse is now free on Tiger.
• 360Works has announced the release of updated versions of their entire product line for compatibility with Mac OS X Snow Leopard. These updates are free to current users, and demo versions are available to everybody. The newest versions of the 360Works suite of tools guarantee seamless transition for mac users and can be downloaded from the company’s website.
• Boxee added a slew of new apps this week, the highlights of which include Conde Nast (Wired / Style / Style Photos), eGuiders, Kid Mango, Fora.TV, UNICEF, and Rev 3.
• Indev Software has announced the immediate release of Mail Act-On 2.1. Mail Act-On is a powerful enhancement to Apple’s Mail Application that puts organization at your fingertips. According to Mac-Life and Macworld, Mail Act-On is the “must have” utility for Apple’s Mail Application that gives you the power to manage your email quickly and effortlessly. Version 2.1 is a free update for all Mail Act-On 2.0 users and introduces compatibility with Mac OS 10.6 and several new powerhouse features.

iPhone/iPod

• The iHanWel iPhone development team is celebrating the milestone of 50,000 users of its iDay birthday and event management App. Within just a few months after being launched, iDay has met with a tremendous response at the international App Stores—and just a few days ago, the APP broke the 50,000 user mark. To celebrate this great achievement in a fitting manner, iHanWel will drastically reduce the price of its iDay Deluxe version by 80% for two days.
• idealius.com today has introduced JobsSearch! 1.0, their new job search engine utility for iPhone & iPod Touch. Developed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique abilities and interface, JobsSearch! offers a radically improved approach for job research and gaining employment. From a single search, gain instant access to thousands of open jobs from hundreds of search engines. Tap into thousands of jobs from company websites, job boards, newspapers, blogs and associations.
• idealius.com has introduced LookItUp! 1.0, their new search engine utility for iPhone and iPod Touch. Developed specifically to leverage the iPhone’s unique abilities and interface, LookItUp! offers a radically improved approach for searching anything. From a single search, gain instant access to millions of pages from hundreds of search engines. Tap into thousands of company websites, job boards, newspapers, images, audio, video, articles, blogs and associations.
• Freeverse is announcing a contest to name and describe a planet in their upcoming Warpgate, a 3D space trading and conquest game where players can master the galactic commodities market, battle space pirates, and meet several friendly and hostile alien species. In addition to ground-breaking graphics and unbounded gameplay, it features a fluid and ever changing economy, six warring factions, and a full arsenal of weapons including lasers, missiles, shields and beams. This is all spread over a galaxy of more than 75 planets and space stations in 32 star systems. Which will be yours? Enter today to win!
• Gedgers has announced that within days of the release of their new iPhone application PhotoFame, one customer has been rewarded for his snap of a passing gold plated Ferrari in Cannes along with headlines in the UK’s Daily Star & Scotland Daily Record. PhotoFame is a simple and unique app that enables users to take or attach a photo and then fire the image off to the agency. PhotoFame partnered with a news/picture agency to give customers a chance to earn money from their photo.
• Global Delight has released its first entertainment-based application for the iPhone platform, Wisen Up. Wisen Up aims at keeping its users entertained with its 12 categories of pure fun.