Pragmatic Bookshelf has released “Beginning Mac Programming” (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781934356517/?utm_content=em-pb-pr-Beginning+Mac+Programming&utm_campaign=Pragmatic+Bookshelf&utm_source=iPost&utm_medium=email&imm_mid=0571a7&cmp=em-pb-pr-Beginning+Mac+Programming) by author Tim Isted. The US$34 book teaches non-programmers how to move from idea to application.
Read MoreDigital Anarchy (http://www.digitalanarchy.com), a provider of software for photographers and digital artists, has announced a free update to their ToonIt! Photo plug-in for Aperture, Apple’s software for pro and semi-pro photographers.
ToonIt! 2.5 is now fully compatible with the 64-bit mode introduced by Apple’s Aperture 3, while still supporting 32-bit architectures and Aperture 2. The plug-in automatically takes photos and gives them a variety of cartoon and illustrated looks.
Read MoreSmartphone users are downloading increasing numbers of apps, and more of the apps they download come at a price. The result is a supercharged mobile app gold rush that’s shattering Yankee Group’s (http://www.yankeegroup.com) previous revenue estimates and reaching a whopping US$11 billion by 2014.
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ProClip USA (http://www.proclipusa.com) has announced that the US$119.95 TomTom car kit for iPhone is now available, along with a variety of ProClip mounts for mounting your car kit to your car, truck or SUV dashboard or console.
Unlike the original TomTom car kit for iPhone, which has a windshield mount, this new car kit screws onto a vehicle-specific ProClip mount. This lets drivers choose a convenient, permanent location, for their iPhone.
Read MoreXeric Design has released version 5.3 of EarthDesk (http://www.xericdesign.com/earthdesk.php), the real-time dynamic desktop map for Mac OS X. It provides a work-around for a long standing screen saver hang in Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”).
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