SmartDay for Mac Beta Now Available, Syncs to
iCal, iOS apps, Cloud

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SmartDay Mac, an integrated calendar and organizer designed for wide-screen Macs, iMacs and MacBooks, is now available for public beta. The app uses advanced logic to schedule tasks directly into the free time in one's calendar, and offers easy control over task prioritization and time management. SmartDay integrates with the company's cloud hub, mySmartDay.com, to sync with their top-selling iPad organizer, SmartPad. SmartDay Mac automatically syncs both events and reminders from iCal.

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How can the Extensis Font Panels in Suitcase
Fusion 4 save you time

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Samsungs First Prototype Tizen Device

post from Daring Fireball on 08 May 2012 01:03:51 PM. © Daring Fireball

I don’t get it. What is the point of this OS? What am I missing?

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Mark Alldritts Postmortem on FaceSpan 5

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Mark Alldritt:

I am a self-funded Indie (lone) developer. I made a number ofclassic business blunders on the FaceSpan 5 project. I broke thegolden rule: never (never!) rewrite a software product. Imassively underestimated the effort required to complete theproduct. I set off without having sufficient resources to completethe project. Because I took so long to complete my work, themarket moved on — AppleScript?s importance to the customers Iintended to target declined. Some may argue that the market wasnever really there to provide a return for a product of thiscomplexity. Finally, I didn?t pull the plug soon enough. Hindsightits great.

He may be right about that golden rule, but, his aborted rewrite of FaceSpan was truly a magnificent idea. It may well have been a doomed-from-the-start business idea, but it was a marvelous software idea.

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Amazons Opaque Strategic Goals

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Farhad Manjoo, writing at Pando Daily:

What struck me when I saw the zero price for The Hunger Games isthat I simply don?t know what Amazon is up to with the lendinglibrary. This is not a novel sensation: I am frequently flummoxedby Amazon, the most inscrutable of all the companies I coverregularly. Amazon is the one major tech firm whose operations,investments, and short- and long-term goals are completely hiddenfrom the reporters and analysts who try to watch its every move.

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How Apples 1944 Promotional Film Came to Be

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Michael Markman:

One of my early Apple projects has just made its way to YouTube.It was a World War II movie made for the Apple International SalesConference in the summer of 1984. Embedding is disabled, by youcan find it here: 1944.
Here’s the backstory.

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Kickstarter for iOS: Seven great product ideas

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Part of an online phenomenon known as “crowd funding,” Kickstarter is the most successful example of this breed of social funding services that bring together great ideas with consumers hungry for something new. Kickstarter has become a place where individuals with such ideas have come to show off their particular skills.

The way Kickstarter works is simple. Enterprising individuals come up with a project idea and identify a target funding amount that is required to take their idea to market. There are certain guidelines that a project must meet. Once accepted, the project is run as an all or nothing proposition: Either the project raises all of the funding necessary to make the product, or it gets nothing.

Pebble

The idea is that the only thing that has been holding these visionaries back has been coming up with the capital to fund their project. You may have already heard of The Elevation Dock for the iPhone or the LunaTik Watchband for the iPod nano or even the Pebble E-Paper Watch, but here are seven equally great product concepts for iOS products that you may also be interested in supporting.

Galileo

Galileo: Your iOS in Motion: Most docks are stationary and at their best can be adjusted manually to change the display angle of your iOS device. The Galileo is a remote-controlled robotic dock that can be adjusted 360 degrees as it pans and tilts to point in any direction you desire. Meant to control the direction that the camera is pointing, it adds the ability to use your iOS device like an expensive conference room video camera, giving your audience more control of what they are looking at during a video call. It can also be used as a decent baby monitor while away from home. (Kickstarter Link)

CloudFTP

CloudFTP: Wirelessly share USB storage: One of the fully funded projects on Kickstarter, the CloudFTP can be used as a means of sharing your USB drive with any number of iOS devices. Being fully funded means you can actually purchase the shipping product directly from the company. It has an internal rechargeable battery that can be used to power the external USB drive, it creates its own Wi-Fi network for situations were none exist, and you can use it to attach to any sort of mass storage compliant device. It can even be configured to backup your USB device to iCloud, DropBox and even Box.net. (Kickstarter Link)

Slingshot: Stabilizes smartphone video: Even though the iPhone 4S includes better image stabilization than its predecessors, we could all stand to hold our cameras a little steadier. The Slingshot does just that. Working with a variety of different sized smartphones, the slingshot is designed to hold the iPhone in landscape mode which is perfect for shooting video. Not only does it help stabilize shooting video on the go, it can also be used as a tabletop tripod and will allow you to mount the iPhone on almost any tripod. (Kickstarter Link)

CordCruncher

CordCruncher: Retractable headphone cord: There are many solutions out there that will help you manage the cord of your iOS headset. The trouble with most of them is that you have to be disciplined to use them as they take time to wind the cord around some sort of spool. With the CordCruncher, the time required to wrap up your cord is minimized. It has an elastic sleeve that can stretch to the full length of the cord, and retracts easily to scrunch the cord up inside. It is a cord management solution that we could all use. (Kickstarter Link)

Brydge

Brydge + iPad: Do more: For those among us that feel that the iPad is the perfect platform for a more traditional laptop form factor, the Brydge strives to mimic the look and feel of a MacBook. More than just an aluminum case, the unique hinge is what sets this keyboard case apart from the rest of the available keyboard cases for the iPad. (Kickstarter Link)

Day Maker

Day Maker: the Charging iPhone Alarm Toaster: Combining an alarm clock with a bedside charging station, the Day Maker is an interesting twist on just how one can converge the concept of a toaster with modern technology. Popping up a ready-to-go, fully charged iPhone first thing every morning, the Day Maker allows you to snooze by resting the iPhone back into its charging position. (Kickstarter Link)

JuiceTank

JuiceTank: The first ever iPhone case and charger in one: There is one thing worse than realizing that you need to charge your iPhone: realizing you need to charge your iPhone and you’re without a charging cable. The JuiceTank is an iPhone case with a concealed wall plug built in. Also sporting a passthrough micro USB charging interface, you will never be without a charger again. (Kickstarter Link)

Keep in mind that Kickstarter is not an online store, and you are not exactly placing an order for an established product. If a project does not reach its funding goals, no money exchanges hands and you don’t get the product. What you are doing is voicing your support for innovation by helping fund the launch of a new product or idea. And with a little luck, you will be among the first to sample some great new innovative products. Take a look for yourself and see if there are any new ideas you find worthy of your backing.

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New Textures+ iPhone App Gives Photos a Stylish,
Custom Effect

Bazzbo.com, the makers of the hit iPad and iPhone app Pixel Blend, have released their new photography app Textures+ for iOS devices. The app lets photographers quickly and easily combine their photos with extraordinary textures, allowing the user to create stunning new images. Textures+ offers an array of textures to choose from with customizable opacity. It also allows a user to adjust contrast and brightness, change the hue, among many other features.

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MacXDVD Launches 2nd Anniversary Giveaway and
Special Offer

In honor of the two-year anniversary, MacXDVD announce today that they host half a month of special events to thank their extraordinary community. To celebrate this milestone, MacXDVD is bringing you unprecedented giveaway from May 9 to May 23, 2012 on their best selling products MacX DVD Ripper Pro and MacX Video Converter Pro. This giveaway is open for everyone, available for both Mac and Windows version. The anniversary celebration giveaway is the biggest deal ever before.

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Leaping Bytes Releases MapPocket v.2.7 Update -
Take Your Maps Anywhere

Leaping Bytes has released MapPocket 2.7, an update to their iOS map application that helps save on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket is a quick, intuitive and convenient way of using maps on the road without an Internet connection. Users can choose maps from one of four providers: Google, Mapquest, Bing or OpenStreetMap. MapPocket allows to share recorded maps with all your devices using iCloud or DropBox. Version 2.7 introduces brand new Help that covers every aspect of MapPocket.

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