Year: 2010

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Sept. 2

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Sept. 2

Posted by | Sep 2, 2010 | , |

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/).

Hairy Monster Studios has announced Roll Em Hoops HD 1.0, their latest game made exclusively for the iPad. The US$1.99 game combines Skee-Ball like play with the classic basketball shooting games. You flick your finger to roll the ball up the alley into one of five hoops racking up points and unlocking bonus levels such as Rainbow Jumpers, COW, We’ve Got Spirit and Bombs Away.

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Macsimum Poll: what was the most exciting new Apple announcement?

Posted by | Sep 2, 2010 | |

Apple has announced several revamped products at a Sept. 1 special event, and we want to know which one you’re the most excited about. The poll can be found at the right hand side of our home page, below the Macsimum Opinion column.

In our last poll, we asked if you felt there was a need for a 7-inch iPad. Fifty-two percent of you said “no, the current one is perfect,” 37% want an even bigger model than the 9.7-incher and 30% said the present iPad is too big.

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Quark, Snap launch private label version of QuarkPromote.com

Posted by | Sep 2, 2010 | , |

Quark has launched the first private-label version of QuarkPromote.com with Snap, aprinting franchise in Australia.

Called Snap Promote, the new service from Snap leverages the technology behind QuarkPromote.com to offer small businesses in Australia an easy and affordable way to create and print marketing material using professionally-designed templates for business cards, postcards, tri-fold brochures, flyers, and more, says Grant Vernon, CEO of Snap.
 

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NewerTech announces seven-port USB hub

NewerTech announces seven-port USB hub

Posted by | Sep 2, 2010 | , |

NewerTech (http://www.newertech.com) has announced a $27.95 Seven Port USB 2.0 Powered Hub for connecting and powering up to seven USB devices simultaneously to a Mac or PC. It delivers the required 500mA of power to each of the seven industry standard USB ports to eliminate device disconnection commonly experienced by typical underpowered hubs, the company says.

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