Category Archives: Mac News

Pittsburgh based LeftRight Studios today introduces MYPAL Coco Cow 1.1, its first character of the MYPAL collection for iOS devices. Taking talking apps to a whole new level, MYPAL Coco Cow is the first of its kind to sing a song. MYPAL Coco repeats everything a user says in her voice, does a cow girl dance, eats corn, meets aliens in space, and she sings the US National Anthem Star Spangled Banner in the most adorable voice that will be sure to entertain children and adults.

Texas based Pocket Watch, LLC. today announces ActivePrint 8.0, their popular, AirPrint enabled productivity solution for iOS devices. With ActivePrint you can print any document to any print that your PC can print to over a Wi-Fi network or over the internet. Document types that you can print with ActivePrint include all of your popular office document types such as word processor documents, spreadsheets, presentations, PDF files, and all of your popular image files.

Keeping track of memories, thoughts, and details in a travel journal isn’t a novel idea, but wouldn’t it be great if you could easily share the whole entry, with photos, on Facebook, right from your iPhone? Creative Algorithms is pleased to announce the release of A Journal for Trip Boss travel manager, for iPhone and iPod touch. Keep a journal, add photos, then publish to Facebook, email, or print. Multiple authors makes a fun way to record family travel memories from all family members.

California based Anishu, Inc. today introduces Networth with Direct Connect 1.0, a new personal finance app for iOS devices. Networth with Direct Connect helps users track all their finances in a single application. It connects directly to users’ investment, bank, and credit card accounts, and helps track their account balances and transaction details. Users can graphically track how their networth changes over time, and see pie/bar chart breakdown of account balances and portfolio holdings.

Nektony today introduces Nektony Disk Inspector, the company’s first product for Mac OS X. Disk Inspector is a fast, intuitive and efficient disk space analysis and organization tool with a beautiful and eye-catching interface. The program scans any supported drive and generates a colorful chart representing the file system. This visual representation helps identify the largest files and take further steps for optimizing the content of the drive and freeing up disk space.

Actor! 1.0 for iOS is the must-have job tracker software tool for every part-time and full-time working actor to have on their iPhone. Actor! allows them to keep track of acting jobs and payments without the paperwork actors hate so much. By using Actor! on their iPhone, the actor can quickly store a list of people they get work from regularly and any related expenses in the Referrers section.

Zephyr Games today introduces Lumi’s Book of Eyes 1.0 for iOS, the ebook version of the best-selling paperback for kids 3-12, which also includes the I Spy an Eye mini-game. Originally written by ophthalmologist Dr. Robert Abel Jr., the book uses illustrations of different animals to make educational health a fun experience for kids. The ebook targets an international audience and features animals from around the world that teach us the importance of good eye health and the value of eyeglasses.

Independent software developers Francesco Chessari and Nicola Pacini have released Stamp Art Fever 7.0, an update to their popular simulation game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. In Stamp Art Fever you trade and collect artistic stamps, build and manage your Gallery, compete against players of over the world for the most valuable collection. Version 7.0 introduces new themed sets, new game modes and new features.

adnX today released CheckUp 3, an update to their innovative tool that allows you to check the health and monitor the behavior of a Mac computer. CheckUp is able to detect common problems with a Mac & OS X, and will also provide useful tips to help you fix them. It’s as easy as looking at the dashboard of your car. It allows you to access all of your Mac’s basic information from your Main IP address to your specific Operating System. It also allows you to view the performance of your processor.

Wichita base innovator, QuickerTek Inc. today announced that their second generation higher gain 5dBi Tri-Band Antenna upgrade kit was tested with the newly released Apple 802.11n Extreme Base Station MD031LL/A model A1408. The new Apple Extreme Base Station is more powerful which carries the signal at a greater distance with significant improvement. You can never have too much signal strength.