Year: 2009

Macgamestore.com has announced the digital download release of
Flyboys for the Mac
(http://www.macgamestore.com/detail.php?ProductID=1085) on its web
site and digital download application, Mac Games Arcade. The game was
previously available in boxed format only.

Here’s how the game is described: “Flyboys Squadron is authentic
World War I fighter place action! Follow a small group of daring
young men became history’s first fighter pilots.

Virtual Programming has released A Vamprye Story for Mac OS X
(http://www.vpltd.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=231).
It’s an adventure game that costs US$29.95 and has a “7+” rating.

Here’s how the game is described: “Deep within the walls of a gloomy
castle in the equally gloomy land of Draxsylvania, the young, gifted
opera singer Mona De Lafitte is held captive by her tormentor,
vampire Baron Shrowdy von Kiefer.

Ettore Software’s TapIt4Me for the iPhone (and iPod touch) is now
available in the Apple App Store
(http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=300973416&mt=8)
at an introductory price of $4.99. Introduced at the Macworld
Conference & Expo earlier this month, TapIt4Me was awarded Best of
Show by MacTech & Macsimum News
(https://www.mactech.com/news/?p=1011486).

TapIt4Me allows users to compose text notes and emails faster on
their iPhone or iPod touch using the same abbreviations and snippets
created in TypeIt4Me or TextExpander.

Objective Development (http://www.obdev.com/) has released WebYep
1.4, an update of the tool for editing web sites without having to
have a knowledge of HTML. The upgrade offers full support for
Dreamweaver CS4, the ability to hide/reveal loop blocks and various
enhancements and fixes.

The PHP-based CMS allows integration with Dreamweaver, RapidWeaver
and Freeway, either via plug-ins or via direct source code editing.
It can also be built into existing web sites.

WebYep is platform independent and runs on Mac OS X, Windows, Linux
and Unix systems.

Outspring (http://www.outspring.com), makers of the Outspring Mail
email application, has announced Nomina for the iPhone. It allows a
user to enter a potential brand name and search a variety of sources
to see if that name is available for use. Nomina is available for
US$14.99 at the Apple App Store.

Once a potential name has been entered into the program, it will
conduct a search to determine if second level domains are available
(name.com, name.net, name.org) and can optionally check another 25
international domains (like co.uk and .com.fr).