PhotoSketcher is a little app to effortlessly turn your digital photo into an artistic pencil sketch. Just drag and drop your photo on to PhotoSketcher window and see the magical result. Key features: Intelligent algorithm produces great result out…
- 40 mins ago, 28 Jan 12, 4:08am -

PDF Studio is an easy-to-use yet powerful program for working with PDF documents. View & Print: Open any pdf document and send it to the printer. Documents will be automatically resized to fit the paper size. PDF Studio supports all types of pdf font…
- 46 mins ago, 28 Jan 12, 4:02am -

1Password is a password manager that uniquely brings you both security and convenience. It is the only program that provides anti-phishing protection and goes beyond password management by adding web form filling and automatic strong password generat…
- 51 mins ago, 28 Jan 12, 3:57am -

InsightDev for Oracle is an lightweight, user friendly and cost-effective solution for Oracle database development.Version 2.20 New Features: Add text importer User customize autocomplete Enhance: Add date control on SQL Editor SQL/PLSQL Editor, rem…
- 1 hour ago, 28 Jan 12, 3:34am -

Google Chrome is a Web browser by Google, created to be a modern platform for web pages and applications. It utilizes very fast loading of web pages and has a V8 engine, which is a custom built JavaScript engine. Because Google has used parts from Ap…
- 1 hour ago, 28 Jan 12, 3:26am -

Tropico 3: Gold Edition allows you to command the Caribbean nation of Tropico in this delicious combination of strategic city builder and humorous political simulator. As an all-powerful "Presidente" with a resource-rich paradise in the palm of your…
- 2 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 3:06am -

Motorbike is a casual bike skills game full of action and real physics dynamics. Motorbike comes with 40 original tracks, a growing number of online tracks and a track editor to create you own tracks and share with other players. Select from differ…
- 2 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 2:48am -

Planito is your browser for planet Earth (and others). It is an online and offline multi-layered viewer for aerial imagery, maps, placemarks and other geospatial data layers for Earth, Moon and other planets from various data sources.In its simplest…
- 2 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 2:41am -

Version: 6.3Platform: MacWhat's New: Adds iOS releases, additional details to Mac OS X's minor version information, and fixes an issue that could cause Mactracker to crash on launch.Editor's Rating:
- 21 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:00am -

Version: 3.8.2Platform: MacWhat's New: Editor's Rating:
- 21 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:00am -

Version: 7.03Platform: MacWhat's New: Fixed issue with Google Docs: "files must be uploaded using the resumable upload mechanism"this issue doesn't happen for users of Google Apps For Business "Premier" accounts. It only seems to affect individual gm…
- 21 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:00am -

Version: 3.1.2Platform: MacWhat's New: Editor's Rating:
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Version: 2.0.2Platform: MacWhat's New: Editor's Rating:
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Version: 5.8.3Platform: MacWhat's New: This update fixes a bug that could cause the clouds to stop updating.Editor's Rating:
- 21 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:00am -

Version: 6.2.0.5905Platform: MacWhat's New: Smooth over earlier versions' unsightly patchwork caused by stitching together widely varying satellite photographs.The result is a more realistic and less distracting (though still optimistically cloudles…
- 21 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:00am -

Version: 1.4Platform: MacWhat's New: Worked on your requests and we have improved the features.Editor's Rating:
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- 3 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 1:30am -

620x349 with html5 and api support  We loved the Olloclip. It's one of the few iPhone lenses out there that doesn't require a case to use and gives iOS photographers three different perspectives to choose from, including wide angle, macro…
- 3 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 1:22am -

Sure, there are tons of leveling up games where you repeat a similar task through increasing complexity and those are fun and all, but if you're looking for a bit more excitement in your daily gaming routine, check out these price drops. Whether you'…
- 4 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 12:30am -

Headlining this week’s cadre of awesome titles is the bizarre Pizza vs Skeletons, a game about a giant pizza squashing things and crushing entire buildings -- which is pretty much the most outstanding concept for a game we’ve ever heard. But that…
- 6 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:45pm -

As we've been walking the halls of the Macworld/iWorld Expo in San Francisco the past couple days, we've tried to give you a look into the annual event -- first with our large gallery of pre-show sights, and later with our Day One roundup of interest…
- 7 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:10pm -

620x349 with html5 and api support  I took a leisurely stroll through the show floor yesterday afternoon. Fueled only be half a veggie burger and two 16oz glasses of Sprite, I saw some things that I will never forget. And here they are, d…
- 7 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:19pm -

What a week! Apple is swimming in more cash than they know what to do with, the Macworld/iWorld show is winding down in San Francisco and the EFF is working overtime to keep jailbreaking legal. What’s that? You didn’t hear about that? Why, you’…
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:51pm -

620x349 with html5 and api support The Glif+ from Studio Neat is a deluxe trifecta of contraptions that keep your iPhone securely mounted to a tripod. The pack contains the original Glif, the Serif, and…
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:45pm -

Before two years ago, we didn't yet know much about the hypothetical Apple tablet device, prescient leaks and rumors aside. We didn't know for sure which OS it would run (although we were pretty confident it would be iOS and not Mac OS X). We didn't…
- 33 mins ago, 28 Jan 12, 4:15am -

"How Siri is ruining your cellphone service." That's the searing headline from the Washington Post in an article by Paul Farhi. Farhi claims that "Siri's dirty little secret is that she's a bandwidth guzzler, the digital equivalent of a 10-miles-per…
- 5 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 12:00am -

I'm live at the Best of Show awards, where Macworld has chosen the best products from the show (hence the name). Sorry about the lack of images, you'd basically see washed out photos of a projected image. Be sure to check out the links to each prod…
- 6 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:58pm -

Yesterday while I was on the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, I came upon a 7-foot-tall scanner walking around. After I figured out that my cold medicine wasn't making me hallucinate, I knew that I was in the right place -- the Doxie booth. The…
- 7 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:00pm -

Standing in the middle of the Macworld | iWorld 2012 exhibit floor looking a bit out of place, Alljack's $68,000 diamond-studded speakers -- fresh from CES -- are drawing a bit of attention. Inspired by a wine bottle and a flower, the speakers are…
- 7 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:35pm -

If there's one company at Macworld | iWorld 2012 that epitomizes the leading edge of Apple accessories, it's Other World Computing (OWC). At this year's event, the company is showcasing a number of new or soon-to-be-released products for Mac and iP…
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:00pm -

Don't walk past police with a stolen iPhone in your boot. According to the New York Times, a quick-thinking police officer and Apple's Find My iPhone managed to retrieve a woman's stolen iPhone. The woman was in a handbag store in Manhattan when a t…
- 9 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:00pm -

Sometimes the revolving door spins quickly at the top. AllThingsD reported today that HP executive Jon Rubinstein is leaving the company for places unknown. Rubinstein is perhaps best known for his days at Apple, when he spearheaded the rapid growth…
- 9 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 7:30pm -

Project managers rejoice! The Omni Group has announced a full-featured iPad version of its project management software.
- 2 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 2:45am -

Mac luminaries had just five minutes to impart some knowledge on the crowd at the Thursday night Rapid Fire session at Macworld | iWorld. Here's a rundown of some of the highlights from that event.
- 2 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 2:23am -

Can't be at Macworld | iWorld? We've got some photos from the three-day expo that can give you a taste of the products on display as well as some of the other activities going on at Moscone West.
- 6 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:30pm -

Version 7.0 updates Runmeter, Walkmeter, and Cyclemeter will arrive in March. The new versions of the GPS fitness apps from Abvio will feature a more refined interface, aimed at making it easier to access data with a swipe.
- 7 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:00pm -

The folks at Schneider Optics announced their new iPro Tele Lens at Macworld | iWorld 2012 this week, an additional iPhone lens for the iPro Lens System.
- 7 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:40pm -

Jon Rubinstein, known for his role developing the original iPod for Apple and for running Palm, has left Hewlett-Packard.
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:00pm -

Our tour of the Macworld | iWorld show floor continues, with a video demonstration of the iKeyboard, a special adhesive keyboard that attaches to the iPad.
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:40pm -

Insanely Great Products displayed a range of iPhone accessories on the show floor, and trumpeted the fact that the company makes its products by hand, right in the U.S.
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:25pm -

The Mac Observer’s Editors Choice Awards from Macworld|iWorld Expo 2012 are out, and just like previous years, there were plenty of great products for us to check out. We chose seven products that we feel represent the best of what was shown at the…
- 3 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 2:06am -

SAN FRANCISCO - Hub Innovationsw was showing several new products at this year’s Macworld|iWorld show, but the one that caught out eye the most is Anvil, a very cool stand for the iPad. The device holds your iPad in either portrait or landscape mod…
- 5 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 12:02am -

SAN FRANCISCO - iPad stands are nearly as numerous as iPhone cases, but the PadDock 10 is more than just a stand. In addition to making your iPad look like a smaller version of an iMac, it adds speaker and connector features too.
- 5 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 11:27pm -

Two Macworld|iWorld exhibitors offer cases that keep your iDevices dry and usable in the Great Outdoors. And if you’re at the show, you can get discounts that keep your budget from getting all wet too.
- 6 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:48pm -

Apple notebooks often pull desktop duty, including being plugged into a variety of peripherals. It can be a chore to disconnect all the cables and cords to free the device for the roaming life it was made for. Docks are the solution to this problem,…
- 7 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:15pm -

John F. Braun takes a look at Western Digital’s first offering in the Thunderbolt arena, and sees some impressive results.
- 7 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:03pm -

This week, the heat was turned up on Apple. Not many people cared for the iBooks Author app’s EULA, and not many people were happy to hear about the conditions of Chinese workers who make Apple products. However, as usual, there is a lot to know be…
- 7 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:01pm -

Want to get up and get out, but not really? Vern Seward point you to 3 iOS apps that might help in theis week’s Free on iTunes. Temple Run, Canyon Country National Parks, and Theodolite Free.
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 9:14pm -

Seems like their caps lock key works. ★ 
- 3 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 1:29am -

Charles Duhigg and David Barboza, reporting for the New York Times: “Apple never cared about anything other than increasing product quality and decreasing production cost,” said Li Mingqi, who until April worked in management at Foxconn Techn…
- 3 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 1:19am -

Analyst Ed Zabitsky sees AAPL shares falling to $270: The reason for his bearish view of the company is that Zabitsky believes the competing Android mobile operating system from Google “will change the playing field entirely” with its latest…
- 1 day ago, 26 Jan 12, 10:22pm -

Thomas Kee is doubling down on his advice to sell Apple short: My purpose here is NOT to suggest that sales of iPhones are going to decline aggressively, even though I firmly believe AAPL products do not carry with them the competitive advantages…
- 1 day ago, 26 Jan 12, 10:19pm -

If you’re at Macworld Expo, come see Jason Snell, Andy Ihnatko, and yours truly on stage at 4pm speaking about the state of Apple. If you’re not at Macworld Expo, shame on you, but you can watch online at Macworld.com. ★ 
- 1 day ago, 26 Jan 12, 8:14pm -

Sean Hollister, The Verge: Yes, you read that headline right: despite the fact that neither AMD nor Nvidia manufacture a product that requires a magnetic drive, both claim that the hard drive shortages that resulted from the 2011 Thailand flood d…
- 2 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 12:29am -

Thomas Catania, reporting for the WSJ: The government’s case also contained potentially embarrassingallegations that top Google executives, including co-founder LarryPage, were told about legal problems with the drug ads.Mr. Page, now Googl…
- 2 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 12:25am -

Eli Hodapp, writing for TouchArcade: It doesn’t take more than a few quick glances at the screenshots and iTunes text to realize that Zynga has firmly focused their copy machines on NimbleBit’s Tiny Tower. It’s really incredibly just how bl…
- 2 days ago, 26 Jan 12, 12:18am -

For those who have always yearned to "get in touch with their inner dictator," Feral Interactive has ported over the third instalment in the Tropico city-simulator game series, Tropico 3: Gold Edition for the Mac. Originally developed by PopTop Games…
- 2 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 3:00am -

Of the numerous app developers that brought their latest offerings to the Macworld iWorld expo, WebIS' updated Pocket Informant utilities captured the attention of many attendees. MacNN checked out Pocket Informant 2 for the iPad, along with the comp…
- 3 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 2:15am -

Israel has followed Australian footsteps in planning its own national broadband network. The country's Israel Electric Corporation plans a purely fiber-based network that will supply many of the country's homes with at least 100Mbps speeds. They pi…
- 3 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 1:50am -

Mac game maker Aspyr has selected four titles from its catalog for a special month-end sale. From now through the end of January, Prey, Tomb Raider II, Duke Nukem Forever and Neverwinter Nights 2 for Mac will be on sale for $5, up to 75 percent off t…
- 4 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 1:00am -

IDG World Expo rebranded the Macworld expo using the 'iWorld' label for 2012, an appropriate change as the event continues to evolve. MacNN attended the event to check out the latest products in the Mac and iOS ecosystems, and to see how the event or…
- 4 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 12:20am -

Friday signaled the second anniversary of the iPad's introduction and what has since been interpreted as the start of a shift in the entire computing space. Apple's tablet was unveiled this day in 2010 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San F…
- 4 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 12:20am -

An unredacted letter from Steve Jobs to Google head Eric Schmidt in March of 2007 reveals that Google was attempting to recruit an Apple engineer, which resulted in swift repercussions after Schmidt was notified. The letter is part of a court case th…
- 5 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 11:55pm -

Just weeks after announcing its first Thunderbolt hard drives, Western Digital appropriately brought the offerings to show off at the Macworld iWorld expo in San Francisco. Electronista took a close look at several of the company's My Book Thunderbol…
- 5 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 11:45pm -

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps. You can find 'em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).Sovereign Dynamics has announced Global Feed 1.0 for iOS. The f…
- 6 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:59pm -

Jon Rubinstein, the former Apple exec who took over handheld maker Palm and moved with it to Hewlett-Packard in a 2010 acquisition, has left HP effective today, according to "AllThingsD."Rubi…
- 11 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 6:08pm -

Apple has complied with a court order in Italy and is informing customers at its online store about a legally mandated two-year warranty, reports "The Register" (http://macte.ch/AHf0w). Now f…
- 13 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 3:25pm -

One week after dismissing Samsung's first German patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, the Mannheim Regional Court also rejected Samsung's second complaint, reports "FOSS Patents" (http:/…
- 13 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 3:20pm -

According to "9to5Mac," Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out a lengthy letter to all of the company employees that are a direct response recent reports of factory worker mistreatment.read more
- 14 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 3:13pm -

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics (http://www.strategyanalytics.com), global smartphone shipments grew 54% annually to reach a record 155 million units in the fourth qua…
- 14 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 2:58pm -

PrivacyScan is now available on the Mac App Store. It requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher and is available at an introductory price of US$4.99 at the Mac App Store in the Utilities category.Priv…
- 14 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 2:30pm -

Tension Software has released DB-Text 1.0 for Mac OS X. The app is able to import, edit and manage text format. It requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 or higher and costs US$5. It's available at the Mac…
- 14 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 2:25pm -

Facebook is making plans to file papers for an initial public offering as early as next week with a valuation that is expected to range between $75 and $100 billion, a new report claims.
- 3 hours ago, 28 Jan 12, 1:30am -

As part of a civil suit involving the employment practices of seven major tech firms, a court filing was unveiled on Friday that includes an email which late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs personally sent to former Google chief Eric Schmidt requesting a…
- 5 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 11:56pm -

Despite not being able to sell the iPhone, a reportedly leaked employee memo reveals that T-Mobile will begin to offer official support for subscribers using unlocked versions of Apple's popular handset on its network.
- 6 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:39pm -

At Macworld Expo's MacIT conference, City of Austin staff members profiled how FileMaker Go has enabled them to rapidly eliminate paper work orders and streamline management of exhibitors in the vast Austin Convention Center using a fleet of iPads.
- 6 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:30pm -

In a new interview, Microsoft founder Bill Gates reveals he wrote a letter to Steve Jobs before he passed away, and the letter apparently meant so much to Jobs that he kept it at his bedside.
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:35pm -

Hewlett-Packard on Friday confirmed that Jon Rubinstein, who came to the company through its $1.2 billion purchase of Palm, has left the company.
- 11 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 5:37pm -

An exemption from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that has made iPhone "jailbreaking" legal is set to expire, and a digital rights advocacy group hopes the U.S. government will renew and expand that exemption.
- 13 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 3:54pm -

Apple has complied with a court order in Italy and begun informing customers at its online store about a legally mandated two-year warranty.
- 14 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 2:43pm -

AllThingsD reports this morning that Apple has booked New York City’s Guggenheim museum for an “education event” on January 19th.This is the same location that Apple and News Corp chose to announce The Daily, the first iteration of subscripti…
- 16 days ago, 11 Jan 12, 5:45pm -

It’s no secret that wireless carriers want the iPhone on their networks, and until last year if you wanted an iPhone in the U.S., AT&T was your only official choice.However 2011 brought us the CDMA iPhone 4 for Verizon, and later on the iPhone 4S…
- 17 days ago, 11 Jan 12, 4:39pm -

9to5Mac has discovered some interesting bits of information buried inside the latest iOS 5.1 beta.As 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman explains, the numbering in this particular section of code in iOS 5.1 suggests that Apple will be shipping a quad core proc…
- 21 days ago, 6 Jan 12, 6:50pm -

Australian, Canadian and U.K. Apple TV owners should now be able to stream and purchase TV shows from the device with a new update Apple just pushed out.If you haven’t been prompted to update yet, just head over to the Settings area and trigger t…
- 51 days ago, 8 Dec 11, 4:32pm -

In a statement made this morning to AllThingsD, Apple says it no longer uses Carrier IQ in iOS 5, had never used it to record or transmit personal information, and plans to remove the software entirely in a coming update to the mobile OS:We stopped…
- 57 days ago, 1 Dec 11, 8:47pm -

Updated at bottomEarlier tonight, iPhone hacker Chpwn tweeted what appears to be the first discovery of Carrier IQ involvement in Apple’s mobile OS.The Carrier IQ story has until now focused entirely on Android, Nokia and Blackberry devices, how…
- 58 days ago, 1 Dec 11, 4:58am -

The next minor version of iOS has just been seeded to Apple developers, bringing with it at least one welcome addition: voice recognition in text input areas.This would allow the user to speak instead of tapping through the on-screen keyboard in an…
- 60 days ago, 29 Nov 11, 12:32am -

Reliable sources have reported on prototype Mac motherboards based on Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) chipsets being tested in Cupertino for years, but so far none have seen the light of day. One recent rumor even suggests the current Macbook Air was pl…
- 70 days ago, 18 Nov 11, 6:07pm -

Intuit has begun offering its entry-level financial management software Quicken Essentials for Mac on the Mac App Store. This is the standard edition of Essentials that has been on sale for quite a while, not a new version -- something Intuit is quic…
- 6 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 10:46pm -

Autodesk was at Macworld showing off a new product for the Mac called Autodesk Inventor Fusion. Autodesk Inventor Fusion is an existing 3D mechanical design software on Windows, but will soon become available for the Mac for the first time.…
- 8 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 8:46pm -

U.S. carrier T-Mobile has decided to offer "additional support" to customers using the iPhone on its network, reports TmoNews. While T-Mobile doesn't sell the iPhone, it reports that more than 1 million unlocked iPhones are used on its network and th…
- 9 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 7:39pm -

A U.S. District Judge has ruled that an anti-trust case filed against a number of tech companies can continue, saying "they still have an antitrust claim" according to Bloomberg.[Judge] Koh didn’t take issue with the allegations about the agree…
- 10 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 6:30pm -

Back in late December, Apple was fined $1.2 million by Italian regulators over allegations that the company promoted its AppleCare extended warranty program to customers without adequately disclosing that many of the program's benefits were already i…
- 14 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 3:09pm -

In the wake of yesterday's report regarding treatment of workers at the facilities of Apple's suppliers, Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent an email to company employees addressing the situation. As published by 9to5Mac, the email highlights Apple's effort…
- 14 hours ago, 27 Jan 12, 2:25pm -

Research firm Strategy Analytics today announced its estimates of the global smartphone market for the fourth quarter of 2011, finding that Apple narrowly squeezed by Samsung to retake the title of world's largest smartphone vendor as measured by u…
- 1 day ago, 27 Jan 12, 4:13am -

Macworld | iWorld carries the usual collection of iPhone cases and accessories, not all of which are insanely great. But here are a few interesting ones that were on the show floor as I made my way through the masses.Opena Case and Intoxicase…
- 1 day ago, 26 Jan 12, 10:51pm -