Before and After: Joplin, Missouri

post from Daring Fireball on 24 May 2011 11:04:29 PM. © Daring Fireball

Unreal devastation.

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MacBooks Top All Consumer Reports Laptop
Categories

post from Daring Fireball on 24 May 2011 10:05:39 PM. © Daring Fireball

Jim Dalrymple:

If you were wondering how good Apple?s MacBook line of portablecomputers are, the answer is simple — they are the top computerevery category on Consumer Reports.

Yeah, but those Consumer Reports guys are biased in favor of Apple.

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Dell XPS 15z

post from Daring Fireball on 24 May 2011 10:05:39 PM. © Daring Fireball

Looks like something I’ve seen before, but I can’t quite place it.

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Apple: How to Avoid or Remove Mac Defender
Malware

post from Daring Fireball on 24 May 2011 07:04:52 PM. © Daring Fireball

Like I said, measure twice, cut once.

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New iPad App for Augmentative and Alternative
Communication

post from prMac on 24 May 2011 06:31:00 PM. © prMac

TBox Apps, a leader in augmentative and alternative communication technologies, today announced the availability of Scene & Heard 1.1 for iPad, a highly customizable Visual Scene Display communication aid available on the iOS platform. Together, Scene & Heard and the iPad deliver the most powerful visual scene display communication aid by transforming personalized photos, video, audio, and included symbols into customized interactive communication scenes.

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FDX Reader

post from Daring Fireball on 24 May 2011 06:05:12 PM. © Daring Fireball

Niche app for reading Final Draft .fdx screenplay files on the iPad. I’ll bet everyone in Hollywood has a copy of this on their iPad by next week. Really well-done, great attention to detail, and John August — the screenwriter who had the idea for the app — has even put together a downright Lisagorian intro video.

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ab2labs Releases Effects 3.1 for iPhone and iPod
touch

post from prMac on 24 May 2011 04:42:00 PM. © prMac

ab2labs has announced that the update of their photography app, Effects 3.1, is now available exclusively for iPhone and iPod touch. Effects is a stylish and creative way to create unique photos. In Effects, the user can manipulate pictures in multiple ways thanks to many innovative features. The features include filters, layers, live preview, sharing with social media and email, upgradeable export resolution and custom frames.

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Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy Released

Battlefront proudly presents Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy. The new tactical turn-based/real-time WWII wargame is officially released today and available immediately for both the PC and Mac OS X platforms, as download or via email. Combat Mission: Battle for Normandy faithfully recreates the experience of tactical land warfare in Western France during World War Two. The first installment in this new series covers the three months after the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944.

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Zevrix Updates InPreflight for Adobe InDesign:
Adds CS5.5 Compatibility

Zevrix Solutions announces InPreflight Pro 2.9.2, a compatibility update to its document preparation solution for Adobe InDesign. Described as delightfully simple to use by Macworld. InPreflight is an all-in-one solution to check InDesign documents, collect them for output and ship to final destination. It combines powerful batch-packaging, quality control and graphic reports. The new version addresses some stability and performance issues related to document packaging.

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