I’ve been predicting that we’ll see a touchscreen Mac in the near future. And an European Apple patent (W)/2010/006210) — first reported by the “Patently Apple” site (http://www.patentlyapple.com/) — reinforces the idea that Apple has plans for a touch screen iMac, as well as a tablet style laptop.
Read MoreRed Sweater Software has updated MarsEdit (http://www.red-sweater.com/marsedit), weblog publishing software, to version 3.0.5. It’s a maintenance update with some performance tweaks and bug fixes.
MarsEdit costs US$29.95; upgrades from previous versions are $9.95 (though version 3.0.5 is a free update for registered users of version 3.x). A 30-day demo copy is available from Red Sweater Software. MarsEdit 2 requires Mac OS X 10.6 or higher; it’s Universal Binary so runs natively on both PowerPC and Intel Macs.
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Apple has been granted patents for a variety of items, including the design of the original iPod and iPod touch. Summaries of each are below.
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Apple wants to make it easier to connect media players to external devices, as evidenced by a patent (number 7783070) at the US Patent & Trademark Office. It’s for a cable adapter for a media player system.
Read MoreApp4mac has introduced Giddy Up 1.0.3 (http://www.app4mac.com/giddyup.html), an update of the web browser designed for kids. Mostly used by schools, it can also be used at home for all children of a family. The new version tweaks the interface and fixes some bugs.
Giddy Up — built with the Apple Safari Engine also named WebKit — allows you to restrict access to some web sites, the operating system, system settings, the downloading of files and applications. It was developed with the intention to add maximum security and protection for kids, according to the folks at App4Mac.
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