Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for October 27, 2008:

• MileBug LITE tastes great on the iPhone, less filling on the iPod touch.
• Wage the final war between Heaven and Hell with Rescue Angels 60 for the iPhone and iPod touch. Because, if you ask me, armageddon should center around a gentle action/puzzler.
• Can a measurement conversion app really claim to be the most accurate? Does that imply that my current conversion app has been lying to me?
• Find out just how much you haven’t done at work with TimeTable.
• Decipher the PEC plastic codes at the bottom of your recyclables with Recycler, then throw them all in the same bag anyway like the rest of us do.
• Walt Mossberg talks about the new MacBook Pro. And seriously, why wouldn’t he?
• With a name like Grantwood Technology, doesn’t it sound like the company should making something cooler than iPod nano accessories? Like robotic spinal columns or jet propulsion systems?

Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for October 6, 2008:

• Moto Chaser, the mojo racer for iPhone, is temporarily available for $0.99.
• Find and share hiking/running/biking routes with TrailRunner…because moving forward and just occasionally turning left or right can get really confusing.
• And personally, rather than go running, I prefer to spend my time defending my towers from people running at them, as in Fieldrunners.
• They sure made color sound simple in kindergarten, right? Thankfully, Color Expert is here to help you sort through the mess of options that color really is.
• Toolbox 0.8.2 is now user friendly, which is good, because user spiteful apps never really do that well.
• The Dream Apps has announced Dream Capture 2.2. I wonder if it can capture that dream I just had about the shopping carts and Jessica Simpson.
• Dragoman is here to once again make the world safe for dragging!
• I climbed Big Stone Phone when I spent that summer backpacking across Europe. And I have some TalkingPics to prove it.
• I also left some iGraffiti while I was up there, but I’m not proud of that.
• If you put an infinite number of monkeys in a puzzle lab with an infinite amount of time, eventually they’ll burn it down.

Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for September 23, 2008:

• It’s the iPhone’s destiny to have dozens of hidden object games before long. Here’s the first.
• Drive Genius now includes DriveSlim, but it won’t help your Mac lose weight while it sleeps.
• For those who remember what a VCR is, MacVCR brings that functionality to your desktop.
• New bold options for iPhone synching? Well, aren’t we a little full of ourselves.
• A whole archive of iPhone ringtones to annoy and frustrate your friends and clients.
• You released You Control: Desktops 1.3, but don’t expect to get paid.
• Did you know you need more folder creation options? Well, you do.
• Share your Bonjour services from anywhere in the world with just one click…if you dare!
• It may not be real, and it may not be basic, but REALbasic is updated, that’s for sure.
• Protect your iPhone 3G from all of life’s little nasties? Do they mean, like, those flat bugs with all the legs in my basement…cause them’s nasty!
• DEVONthink and DEVONnote have been updated. Maintenance, you know.
• Trouble organizing info on your Mac? Just Shove it in a Box (the info, not your Mac).

Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for September 19, 2008:

• Bone up on your Japanese with your iPhone. Then, translate Go!Go!7188′s lyrics for me, please.
• Learn to program for iPhone using Objective-C? You may as well try to teach me Japanese.
• Macgamestore has announced FATE, a 3D fantasy action role-playing game for Mac OS X that you’ll end up playing no matter what you do to avoid it.
• Hey, wait a minute. I thought Macs didn’t need support…
• Nuclear Nova, ignoring its cool space battle sim name, has given us another golf game, this time for the Mac.
• Three guesses as to what Filemailer is for. Awww, you only needed one!
• I’m just looking for some Touch. ‘Em. Touch ‘Em. The game. For the iPhone. Man…can someone open a window?
• iWebTemplate announces 11 new Rapidweaver themes with really bad names.
• Some guy has made it easier for you get iPhone/iPod touch wallpapers.
• Transmitter power? Antenna gains? Radio links? Where was RF Toolbook when I was in junior high science class?

Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for September 18, 2008:

• I have to question an iPhone golf game that claims to have “realistic physics.”
• Get over 660 interactive e-mail designs for Mac OS X Leopard Mail…and watch your e-mails go right to my junk folder.
• Get Marware’s Sport Grip, because your iPod nano 4G needs more than words to show it that your love for it is real.
• LaCie has announced 4big Quadra, which, curiously enough, was the character I played in the 4th grade Thanksgiving pageant.
• As if web developers weren’t already hopped-up enough, they can now build sites with Espresso.
• Why do I have the feeling the G.O.P. won’t like that all those slacker liberal Apple fanboys can use their iPhones to register to vote?

Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for September 15, 2008:

• Too many letters and numbers on the those business cards for you type in? You could always just scan it, you know.
• Speck doesn’t have cases ready for the new iPods touch and nano, but they’d like for you to know they’re working on them.
• MacCover, on the other hand, has some sleeves ready now.
• Will you play 21 Pro: Blackjack for free with ads, or will you gamble and lay down some chips for the paid version?
• Marware has announced three new C.E.O. cases for the updated iPod line, but despite the name, Democrats can use them, too.
• World of Warcraft players will face the Wrath of the Lich King on November 13th.
• Plyxim moves from fighting Superman to developing video scheduling software for Mac OS X.
• Use GrandTotal to invoice your customers…but make sure you provide a service, first. It’s only fair.

Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for September 12, 2008:

• It may be frightening and ungodly in science, but on the iPhone, mixing faces is tremendous fun!
• Get your music, talk, weather, and traffic on your iPhone. Okay? Please?
• Spend real money to win fake money on your iPhone or iPod touch with Black Jack Pro.
• I once got my face slapped for saying “Twittelator Pro” in Sunday School.
• Manage your bookmarks visually with Webbla…you know, in case doing it by sound hasn’t been working out for you.
• MacSupportJobs is all well and good, but what about MacSupportGroup, for when your Mac is feeling sad and unattractive?
• BBedit has been upupdated to v9.0.1.
• In case real life isn’t enough life for you, you can now play The Game of Life on your Mac.
• Ultracool = great name for 50s greaser, Ultravelvet = great name for 70s pimp, Ultrasuede = great name for 00s iPod nano/touch cases.

Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for September 4, 2008:

• Wait…what? You don’t have solitaire on your iPhone? Do you have a power button? Sheesh.
• IBS-Palooza: just like Woodstock, only without all the mud and granola.
• I was more excited about EarthDesk 4.4 when I though it was a low-budget 70s sci-fi flick.
• Sync’Em: your own personal mediator for Exchange, Google and Apple contact and calendar information.
• Well, those who just can’t go snorkeling without the pop stylings of the Jonas Brothers finally have the iPod case they’ve been demanding.
• BdPricer…for those who want to know just how badly their grocer is ripping them off.
• Design your own website with Sandvox. But please remember…your cats really aren’t all that funny to anyone but yourself.
• ZeusDraw is on sale. And I’m told you can draw more stuff with it than just Zeus. Which I think was a great development decision.
• XChange International has released four more QuarkXPress 9 XTensions. Guess how many feature the letter X.
• I’d be more apt to buy AroundMe for iPhone if it showed the location of truly useful businesses, like pinball halls and bubble tea vendors, not hospitals, gas stations and junk.
• Live, from San Jose, it’s iPhone conference!
• Can someone tell me whether these Kaplan Test Prep games from Aspyr have anything to do with Welcome Back, Kotter’s Gabe Kaplan? Because he always told those funny jokes to his hot wife.

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Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for August 28-29, 2008:

• Jade Plugin 1.0.2 for Aperture is now available. My friend tells me Jade 1.2 is way jealous.
• Give to me your leather, take from me my case…iPhone 3G QuickFlipCase, that is!
• Speed Download 5! Like the Speed Racer Mach 5! Only for the Mac! Mac 5! Yeah!
• I can’t get nearly as excited about Speed Download Lite. Wannabe.
• YazSoft is giving away 10 iPhones 3G, but…how are you going to activate them?
• Fade.
• Are you a student? Have friends? Convince them to buy Parallels Desktop for $49.99 and you’ll get a $10 iTunes gift card. Or, convince them to give me $49.99 and I’ll give you a $10 iTunes gift card.
• My iPhone’s so bright it has to wear shades.
• Ambrosia’s Aperion and Bubble Trouble games get their features polished and their binaries universalized.

Macintosh and iPhone software updates and announcements for August 19, 2008:

• Tangrams has 10 grams of iPhone gaming goodness.
• Send out bulk e-mails from your very own Mac!
• Let’s hope moving Age of Empires to Asia is more successful than it was with that mummy movie.
• ClipWrap converts m2t files to QuickTime HDV files…and I think it’ll keep your sammich fresh in the fridge.
• It’s because of names such as Fantasktik that I’m glad I report about this stuff on the web, not the radio.
• Well, seriously…when was the last time you “touched” your database?

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