Macgamestore.com has released Jewel Quest 4: Heritage (http://www.macgamestore.com/detail.php?ProductID=1442 ) for Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later. Developed and published by iWin, the game is the fourth game in the match-3 series of games. The game costs US$19.95, but a free 60-minute trial version is available for download
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Nuo Tech has launched its eco-friendly line of totes, sleeves (including ones for the iPad) and messenger bags that ease airline travel and protect netbooks, laptops and other mobile gadgets.
Read MoreFileMaker Inc. (http://www.filemaker.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Apple, has announced the availability of the FileMaker Training Series for FileMaker 11, a self-paced learning program to help intermediate to advanced database users and developers master the essentials of the software.
The FileMaker Training Series is a resource to help prepare for the FileMaker 11 Certification examination, also available today. The training is designed to benefit anyone from consultants and in-house corporate developers to independent developers and professionals running their own business.
Read MoreOn this week’s “Your Mac Life,” the YML gang talks iPads with two special guests: Ian Schray, newly minted marketing guy at GadgetTrak, and Bill Reynolds, owner of Audio/Video Awakenings.
They discuss not only their personal plans for their iPads but how both will integrate them into their businesses.
You can listen in this and every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 8 pm (Pacific). Live video is on Your Mac Life! You can watch the show live at http://yml.macosg.com/ — or you can listen in to the plain old audio feed at http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com/QT/stream.mov .
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USB analyst Maynard Um told clients today in a note that Apple sold 7.5 million iPhones in the first three months of 2010, according to a recent Q-Series survey.
The study also found that Apple leads the smartphone industry in both mindshare and retention rate. Fifty-six percent of respondents in the Q-Series survey think Apple is the best smartphone manufacturer. According to “AppleInsider” (http://www.appleinsider.com) the implied retention rate among a sample of 310 users is 95 percent. As Um notes, that’s well beyond anything else seen ever in the industry.
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