Author: dsellers

Handmark expands mobile publishing solutions to support the iPad

Posted by | Mar 17, 2010 | , |

Handmark (http://www.metropcs.com/pocketexpress/) — which specializes in the development and distribution of mobile media — has announced its support of the iPad.

The company plans to bring a variety of apps it powers for media partners to the iPad, in addition to its own, branded mobile apps. Handmark currently supports mobile applications for a variety of brands around the world including Zagat, New York Daily News, Forbes, Oxford University Press, Goal.com and others.

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Monkeybread Software releases version 1.1 of the MBS REALbasic Updater Kit

Posted by | Mar 17, 2010 | , |

Monkeybread Software has released version 1.1 of the MBS REALbasic Updater Kit for Mac OS X and Windows. It’s designed to help you in adding an automatic update feature to your application.

Version 1.1 fixes a few bugs and improves the version number parsing. The Updater Kit requires REALbasic 2008 or newer and a license of the MBS REALbasic Complete License.

The Updater Kit is available for US$99. You can learn more and try the sample application at
http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/realbasic/UpdaterKit/ .

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Cornichon is new Mac OS X profiling tool

Cornichon is new Mac OS X profiling tool

Posted by | Mar 17, 2010 | , |

Timac has released Cornichon (http://www.timac.org/cornichon/), a tool you can use to dynamically profile Mac OS X applications on the system and track the process’ performance over time (CPU usage, resident memory size, total memory size, etc).

The Cornichon application includes the ability to see the different collected data of a process in real time in a graph and export the data as TAB files that you can later easily import in Apple Numbers or Microsoft Excel.

Cornichon requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later. It costs approximately US$7.

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Some feel Apple may become the new ‘evil empire’

Posted by | Mar 17, 2010 | , |

Some pundits have said that Apple is in danger of becoming the next Microsoft — as in “evil empire” Microsoft. I personally don’t think that’s going to happen, but find the possibility fascinating. I never would have believed anyone would have asked it when I begin my Mac journalism career almost 20 years ago doing reviews for the late, lamented “MacSense” site.

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