Kyle Van Essen of Vibealicious recently made quite a name for himself and his application, Notify, in the Mac and Objective-C development space. With thousands of users behind Notifiy 1.x, a GMail notifier, Kyle has recently been undergoing a complete rewrite of the application. In doing so, he has been very active in voicing his concerns about the current state of paid versus free software and how much time it takes to create a beautiful piece of software.

Mailplane, an application with a long history of private, public, alpha, and beta, has been upgraded to version 2.0 by Uncomplex. A free upgrade for users who purchased the initial version, Mailplane 2.0 includes many new features that help enhance the overall client experience. New shortcuts have been added to make managing emails quicker and more »