SquareTrade, an independent warranty provider, has completed their second annual study on failure rates for Apple iPhones. Based on data compiled from over 25,000 3G and 3GS iPhones covered by SquareTrade since 2008, the study found that 25.6% of the devices experienced a failure in the first two years, compared to 33% in 2009.
iWeb Themes Park (http://www.iwebthemespark.com/Home.html) has introduced five new iWeb Themes for Apple’s web site building application, iWeb. The new themes are Beginning, Consulting, eShop, Music and Progressive.
To use iWeb Themes from iWeb Themes Park requires a Mac with iLife ’08 (iWeb 2.0) or later. The package of 37 themes is priced at US$32.99; each template is available for $10.99. Three iWeb Themes of Your choice can be obtained for $21.98.
Read MoreLittleFin Software has released Chronicle 3.3 (http://www.littlefin.com/chronicle.html), an update to their home finance and bill paying application for Mac OS X. You can now generate reports for the current or past year for any bill — or you can generate a report of all payments, including totals.
In version 3.3, reports can be easily printed or saved to PDF. Loading bills is now a bit faster, and loading the Overview should be significantly faster. iCal operations continue in the background, so saving bills and logging payments is now faster as well.
Read MoreInsider Software has released FontAgent Pro TeamServer (http://insidersoftware.com/FA_pro_teamserver.php), which brings expandable font management capabilities to creative departments, corporate design teams and small agencies.
The TeamServer delivers consistency, control, power and expandability, while providing users the search, preview and activation power they require. Pricing is as low as US$895 for a complete font server solution.
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Synium Software has released Chronories 1.0 (http://www.syniumsoftware.com/chronories/) for Mac OS X (10.5 and higher), which is designed to offer a completely new way of writing a diary.
With Chronories, your diary gets written whether you contribute or not. In addition to writing your own entries, the app will gather, for example, local weather information, which web sites you visited, e-mails you received, how long you’ve been working on your Mac and which applications were running.
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