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Apple on Monday release an update for its professional photography workflow application, Aperture.
Apple on Thursday released an update for its Web browser, bringing the current version of Safari to 4.0.5.
Whether you’re a seasoned digital photographer or an amateur looking to step up from iPhoto, chances are that Apple’s Aperture software can help you dramatically. Now in its third major iteration, Aperture is easier to use and more powerful than ever.
Unity Technologies has announced Unity 3.0, a new version of its versatile 3D game engine which enables developers to create titles for Mac, iPhone, Web and other platforms. A final release date is scheduled for this summer.
Microsoft on Tuesday released updates for two of its Office versions for the Mac, according to software site, MacUpdate.
FileMaker Inc. on Tuesday announced the release of FileMaker Pro 11, a major new release of its popular database software for Mac OS X and Windows. It’s available beginning today, along with new versions of FileMaker Pro 11 Advanced, FileMaker Server 11 and FileMaker Server 11 Advanced. It costs $299, with upgrades available for registered [...]
Market research firm, comScore, on Monday released some staggering numbers about the number of videos watched by U.S. Internet users.
How Ad Blockers hurt your favorite Web sites
Ars Technica posted a great article on how ad blocking is affecting its business. While we’re not quite as big as Ars, the same principles apply. We are trying to bring readers interesting content everyday — the way we make money is through advertising. If everyone used an ad blocker, we wouldn’t have jobs.
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Consumers lose interest in Kindle after iPad introduction
I’ve never been a fan of the Kindle. I know there are a lot of people out there that like the device, but it just makes no sense to me. This doesn’t surprise me the least little bit.
ChangeWave recently conducted a survey of 3,171 consumers the week after Apple announced the iPad, and the results [...]
Apple on Thursday relaunched its Mac Developer Program and modelled it after the successful iPhone Developer Program the company has had in place for the past couple of years.
Clickable Bliss this week released ProfitTrain 2.0, an invoicing app for Mac OS X. The application was formerly called Billable.
Apple released an update for users of its professional applications. ProKit 5.1 is a relatively small download at 16.8MB and is available via software update in Mac OS X or from Apple’s Web site.
Apple on Thursday released Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.1, which extends RAW image compatibility for Aperture 3 and iPhoto ‘09.
Apple on Wednesday reached the 10 billion download mark on its iTunes Store. The company on Thursday said who the lucky winner of the contest was.
Apple hit another milestone on Wednesday as the company hit 10 billion downloads from its iTunes Store.
Apple on Wednesday released an update for its professional photography workflow application, Aperture 3, according to a post on software update site, MacUpdate.
One of my favorite apps, Pixelmator, was updated recently adding a ton of improvements, bug fixes and a new feature called Brushes Collections.
Well hello there! ‘Tis I, The Beard, here once again to share my inestimable wisdom with the masses.
Fujitsu has announced a collaboration with MindTouch, a vendor of open source collaborative networking. Fujitsu’s ScanSnap document scanners are now able to scan documents directly into a MindTouch collaboration site.
Speech recognition software-maker MacSpeech on Tuesday said it has been acquired by Nuance, makers of Dragon speech recognition software for Windows.