Ambrosia Software has updated iToner (http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/itoner/), an utility for Mac OS X that lets iPhone users create and install custom ringtones on the Apple communications device, to version 2.9.5. This update streamlines several low level iPhone syncing, communication, and support processes.
Read MoreBlack Cat has updated Audiocorder (http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/audiocorder.html), an audio recording app for Mac OS X, to version 5.4.0. This version adds an option to allow the format of the automatically generated sound filename to be set by the user. It also includes bug fixes with the scheduled recording option.
Read MoreOn the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), Gordon Bell, the general manager for Prosoft Engineering, talks about the latest version of their hard drive utility, Drive Genius 3.
The program has been updated to 64-bit, and Bell explains how that upgrade helps power the DrivePulse feature to keep you updated on the health of your drive. Disk optimization and defrag has also been enhanced, and he covers who this feature is most important for, as well as reviews what Drive Genius 3 does and does not do for solid state drives.
Read MoreOn this week’s “Tech Night Owl,” Gene Steinberg, the Owl himself, and guests look at the U.S. government’s alleged inquiry into the affairs of Apple Inc. in the wake of the change in the iPhone developers agreement that effectively blocks use of Flash to port iPhone apps.
The episode also covers the strange soap opera of an online publisher’s “purchase” of an iPhone prototype and the curious aftermath. Along for the ride are Peter Cohen, from “The Loop,” and Adam Engst, editor/publisher of “TidBITS” and Take Control Books.
Read MoreHere are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
A new, free iPhone app, TruthSeeker, delivers independent and alternative news sources and podcasts to the end user’s iPhone or iPod touch. Launched by London BAPPZ, it delivers news feeds to iPhones by searching for certain key phrases.
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