Hot on the heels of the announcement of iLife ’11, Apple has posted an update to Aperture, bumping it up to version 3.1. This version contains a number of bug fixes and performance enhancements, along with compatibility for iLife ’11. But don’t write it off a a simple update; Apple has quite a long update list in the Release Notes.

Swearch.me is a clean homepage for your iPhone that allows you to pick from four different search engines just by swiping. You can bookmark this page or even make it an icon on a homepage on your iPhone for quick and easy searching of the web with four of the most commonly used search engines. Swearch.me was clearly created with mobile Safari in mind. Actually, the site is optimized for the Retina Display. After visiting Swearch.me, you’ll be presented with a clean search page for Google. But you can swipe the screen to change to another. Currently, you can swipe between Google, Twitter, Wikipedia and Flickr. That’s not to say that more won’t be added later.

There’s been a hole in Eye-Fi’s wireless memory card lineup for some time now: a truly Pro memory card. The original Pro card just wasn’t fast enough to keep up with a shutter-happy photographer. So Eye-Fi has attempted to answer that issue this year with the Eye-Fi Pro X2 card with 8GB of storage, Class 6 read/write speeds, and RAW support. As if that wasn’t enough, this was the first card to get Endless Memory Mode and wireless N support. So, can they call it Pro now?

Honestly, the only app of note to hit the App Store free of charge this week was Flickr’s official iPhone app. Who would have thought it would have taken them this long to get one in the first place? Anyway, I have a full list for you, mostly game demos, though. You win some, you lose some. Take a look.

Quick! What’s the most used camera on Flickr? You’re probably thinking it’s some sort of cheaper DSLR such as the Nikon D40 or Canon equivalent. Or heck, even the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi, which has been at the top for quite a while now. No? Does it have more than 3MP or a zoom feature? No. That’s right, it’s the 2MP iPhone camera in all of its glory.

While most sites which offer online services are rushing to get into the iPhone hype, the web’s top photo sharing site, Flickr, doesn’t want to join the party yet with a native iPhone app of its own. Instead, Flickr is enhancing its Flickr mobile site to make it more iPhone-friendly. Others who have rushed into more »

I’m not a YouTube kind of guy. I’m just not entertained by kittens falling off things, toddlers explaining the plot to Star Wars in their oh-simple-and-innocent way, or high school kids beating each other up or making out. Or both. Most YouTube users need to learn an important rule of entertainment…just because something’s entertaining to you and your friends, that doesn’t mean it’s actually, you know, entertaining.

That being said, there are a lot of wonderful videos to be found, both amateur and (usually uploaded illegally) professional. Old music videos I’ve long forgotten (Russel Mulcahy, we need you now) top the list, but every now and again I also find something new from a group of budding filmmakers that makes me wonder how so many professionals got (and retain) their jobs. Those are great moments, finding something like that, but to share your find, you’ve no choice but to just e-mail URLs or embed the video in your blog. What if you want to show someone on your iPhone or iPod, or even burn a DVD to pass around? There are various options out there—some easier than others, some more reliable than others, some more legal than others—but one of the best options available to Mac users right now is Web2 Delight.

For those of you who use the FlickrExport plug-ins for Aperture and iPhoto, and who use an iPhone, there is a new great app coming to you at the release of iPhone 2.0. This upcoming app, from Connected Flow, provides iPhone users with a way with which to take photos on their iPhone Camera and send them straight to their Flickr photostream. This program will undoubtedly be quite popular with iPhone users.

Details after the break.

WebKit, the engine behind Safari and all of Mac’s other HTML needs, seems to be looking fairly far into the future. It looks as if they’re anticipating the imminent release of Mac OS X v10.6 (or whatever it may be called, details on that in a bit). Flickr user factoryjoe, famous for his screenshots, has more »

For those of you who are regulars on Flickr, there is a wonderful new image client for Mac. Flickery, from Eternal Storms software, does it all. Well, not everything, but it does most of it. All within this little app, you can view your Photostream, your contact’s Photostream, upload new photos, delete photos, download photos, comment on photos- you name it. I only have a few gripes with the program. Check out the video review.