Year: 2009

MarketNet (http://www.marketnet.com) has released a list of
“must-have Wordpress Plug-ins.” They are (with MarketNet’s
description):

1. Akismet recognizes spam comments with 80-90 percent accuracy and
automatically puts them into a spam comment folder. This helps you
better serve your readers who have legitimate comments. . Akismet
blocks thousands of spam comments, saving you time.

2. Mobilepress makes reading blog content via smartphone easy. When
looking for content via mobile, you want fast, simple, and
uncomplicated. Mobilepress delivers.

3.

CS Odessa has released ConceptDraw MindMap for Projects
(http://www.conceptdraw.com/pg?id=news_april09_press-mmprj), an
US$299 mind map solution for creative project management.

AutoDesSys has released bonzai3d
(http://www.bonzai3d.com/bonzai3d_home.html) for Mac OS X and Windows
systems. It’s a 3D modeling app for delivering conceptual design and
sketching ideas quickly and easily.

It accommodates the progression from simple intuitive visualizations
to a mature level of design sophistication while keeping in mind
efficiency, productivity and affordability, says AutoDesSys President
Chris Yessios..

Vuzix Corp. (http://www.vuzix.com) — which makes video eyewear for
the consumer, defense and low vision markets — has announced
expanded 3D video format support for its AV Video Eyewear
products. In addition to continued support for standard 2-D video,
the 3D video format upgrade is being expanded to include field
sequential, side by side and three formats of anaglyph.

Hostel Hero (http://www.hostelhero.com/) is a new app that lets you
book backpacker hostels and budget hotels straight from your iPhone
or iPod touch. It offers access to more than 19,000 hostels and
budget hotels. It’s free and is available at the Apple App Store.

Hostel Hero lets you research and book hostels/budget hotels whenever
and wherever you want. It makes use of the iPhone/iPod touch’s local
storage, giving you offline access to many features.