Health Time LT fitness for work, works

post from prMac on 04 January 2012 06:20:00 PM. © prMac

Health Time LT, a new fitness iPhone app for work, works. If you spend most of your day sitting, then this app is a must. Health Time LT includes a three and a half minute workout. All of the included exercises can be done at your desk. Studies show that people who sit more have less desirable levels of cholesterol, blood sugar, triglycerides and even waist size, which increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease and a number of health problems.

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New Social Networking App: MyiReview - It's a
Game Changer

post from prMac on 04 January 2012 03:43:00 PM. © prMac

MyiReview introduces MyiReview 1.0, a new social networking app based on consumer reviews similar to Yelp. MyiReview is iOS and is changing the landscape between consumers and business owners. In today's marketplace, consumers can share their experiences; giving another consumer the benefit of a real life experience. MyiReview packages this information together in an easily accessible and simple to use mobile application. Creating a legion of consumers called the Social Business Bureau.

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iPhoneographers Say Goodbye To Nathaniel Nacho
Cordova

post from prMac on 04 January 2012 01:47:00 PM. © prMac

iPhoneArt announces on July 16, 2011 one of the most genuine voices of the mobile photography world was silenced as Nathaniel "Nacho" Cordova passed away. A husband, father, teacher, and leader in the emerging field of iPhoneography, Nacho inspired those around him with his artwork, intelligence and insight. This holiday season, Nacho's fellow iPhoneographers at iPhoneArt.com produced a commemorative book in honor of Nacho's life.

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Talking Dog for iPhone - Free for a limited time

post from prMac on 04 January 2012 12:50:00 PM. © prMac

The popular Talking Dog for iPhone which has been in the top 10 in Italy, is now free for a limited period of time. Talking Dog will listen to the talking and music around you and repeat it for the amusement of your friends. family and colleagues, using a cute funny voice. You can also record everything he says and share a video with your friends via email, YouTube or even Facebook. A new feature allows Talking Dog to listen to you and move his lips in real time.

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Car Calculator - Quick, Accurate Used Car
Estimates for iPhone and iPad

post from prMac on 04 January 2012 12:45:00 PM. © prMac

To help automotive sales professionals easily find an accurate estimate of a used car's value, Robert Srahol and Miroslav Hosek today are pleased to announce the newly updated Car Calculator app, which is geared specifically towards car salespeople and automotive dealerships looking to do quick, hassle-free appraisals for their clients. Car Calculator is available in a Basic version for the iPhone or iPod touch and a Pro version for the iPad.

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Macware giving away 1000 commercial use fonts for
unbeatable price

post from prMac on 04 January 2012 12:35:00 PM. © prMac

FontPack Pro for a low price. Download over 1000 commercial use fonts with 5 computer license, now for unbeatable price. All fonts are in OpenType font format and work with all applications. Promotion ends February 29, 2012. FontPack Pro is a premier collection of over 1000 classic, refined, designer and creative style fonts, including a 5-computer license to use the fonts in a variety of for-profit, commercial or personal projects across your organization or home.

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Predictions for 2012 in fonts & typography

post from Manage This on 04 January 2012 12:03:25 PM. © Manage This

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You Do Not Need to Manually Manage
iOS Multitasking

post from Daring Fireball on 04 January 2012 12:03:18 PM. © Daring Fireball

Fraser Speirs, “Misconceptions About iOS Multitasking”:

There is one iOS “tip” that I keep hearing and it is wrong. Worse,I keep hearing it from supposedly authoritative sources. I haveeven heard it from the lips of Apple “Geniuses” in stores.
Here is the advice - and remember it is wrong:
All those apps in the multitasking bar on your iOS device arecurrently active and slowing it down, filling the device’s memoryor using up your battery. To maximise performance and batterylife, you should kill them all manually.
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. There are caveatsto this but anyone dispensing the advice above is clearlyuninformed enough that they will certainly not be aware of thesesubtleties.

Fraser provides a great layman’s explanation of why this is wrong. Bookmark his post, show it to anyone who claims otherwise.

Bottom line: the iOS multitasking bar is not like the command tab switcher on Mac or Windows. It is not a list of currently “running” applications. It is simply a list of your most recently used applications, whether they’re running in the background, suspended in memory, or completely inactive. Notice, for example, that if you turn an iOS device off and on, completely restarting the device, the multitasking tray still shows the same apps. It’s like your browser history.

Emptying this list of applications is simply needless, mindless, busywork. It was absolutely never intended to be used this way and anyone who does this is just wasting their time. The system suspends apps running in the background automatically. The system removes suspended apps from memory automatically, when needed. Manually zapping all apps from this list is a voodoo placebo. The whole point of iOS’s multitasking model is that you, the user, should not have to worry about managing which applications are running and which are not. If you were supposed to do that, apps would have a Quit command. They don’t. You just go home, and the system should take care of the rest.

The worst thing about this story is that the advice is repeatedly coming from the people working at the Genius Bar in Apple stores. There was a discussion about this on Twitter over the holidays and I received a bunch of comments from readers who’ve been given this same “advice” when they’ve taken their iPhones to the Genius Bar to diagnose some actual problem.

Like with any voodoo, there are die-hard believers. I’m quite certain that I am going to receive email from people who will swear up-and-down that emptying this list of used applications every hour or so keeps their iPhone running better than it would otherwise. Nonsense.

As Fraser mentions, yes, there are exceptional situations where an app with background privileges can get stuck, and you need to kill that app. The argument here is not that you should never have to kill any app using the multitasking switcher — the argument is that you don’t need to do it on a regular basis, and you’re not making anything “better” by clearing the list. Shame on the “geniuses” who are peddling this advice.

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Samsung Galaxy 3GS

No shame whatsoever.

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SyncMate brings Kindle Fire support and new
options for mounted storages

Eltima Software has recently released update of SyncMate, synchronization tool for Mac. SyncMate can now sync Kindle Fire and offers new options for mounted storage devices. SyncMate 3.6 extends the list of options offered for mounted storage devices. Previous versions of SyncMate were able to sync images, videos, music, and folders between Mac and any mounted storage device. SyncMate 3.6 adds contacts, calendars, Safari bookmarks, Entourage and Mail notes, and To Dos synchronization.

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