Year: 2010

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Dec. 1

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

MedeFile International, which specializes in portable electronic medical records management, has announced its free Emergency Response Apple iPhone and iPad app.

ViewRanger GPS, the outdoor navigation app, has released a Global Open Maps edition for the iPhone and iPad. The app comes with access to a range of global Open Mapping layers from street, terrain to aerial photo and is now available for just US$0.99 for a limited time. It’s usually $3.99.

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Some 27-inch Cinema Displays have audio glitches

Owners of Apple’s new 27-inch Cinema Display have had problems with the hardware’s speakers, with sound that cuts out and issues with volume control, reports “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com).

Some of the new Cinema Displays completely lose sound after a period of use, the article says Users said the only way to fix the problem is to unplug the display, and then plug it back in. Still, this doesn’t prevent the issue from returning.

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NetMarketShare: Mac OS X, Safari, iOS gain market share

Safari and iOS market share for Internet usage rose from October to November, while the Mac OS X percentage dipped slightly, according to the latest market share survey from NetMarketShare (http://www.netmarketshare.com).

According to the report, among operating systems, Mac OS X had 5.02% of the global market share in November, compared to 5.00% in October (that’s global market share; in the US it’s almost 10%). Windows remains dominant with 90.81% as of November. That’s down from 91.09% in October. Apple’s highest percentage previously was 5.27% in October 2009.

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Realmac Software Launches RapidWeaver 5

Realmac Software has released RapidWeaver 5, an upgrade to the company’s web site creation application. The upgrade includes a number of new features, user interface enhancements and a number of other smaller additions, says Daniel Counsell, founder and director of Realmac Software.

RapidWeaver 5 now allows users to manage all the resources in their projects (PDFs, images, ZIP files etc) instead of on a per-page basis. The new feature allows users to add, link and publish all the resources they need in their site.

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