Pocket Gamer (http://www.pocketgamer.biz/r/PG.Biz/Apple+iPad/feature.asp?c=19302) has done a study on the apps coming to the iPhone. Puzzle games ported from the iPhone are the most prevalent.
Action and sports are the next most popular categories, although announced games are more along the lines of bowling, fishing and pool than football. Card and boards are another significant genre.
Read MoreThe Messenger for Mac 8 Beta was released today. The app provides real-time collaboration between people in different locations. You can use instant messaging and audio and video calls to communicate with your contacts.
The new beta includes A/V support which allows users to communicate with their contacts via instant messaging and audio and video calls. You can download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx . Just remember: beta software is unfinished software so use with care.
Read MoreLTB Soft has announced LTB Light 9.0 (http://www.ltblight.com), an update of the US$299 Mac OS X application that permits natural and artificial lighting calculation with a color radiosity method applied to a finite elements plan.
Version 9.0 adds support for both metric and imperial units, as well as UNI EN 13201 tables. It also has some bug fixes.
Read MoreOn this week’s “Your Mac Life,” the gang looks at rumors of Apple branded TV’s, Steve Jobs’ emails and unannounced security flaws in Mac OS X.
In the archive, you’ll hear interviews with Kerrin Burke about his kidney transplant, and iPodMeister CEO Kris Schrey and Gus Mueller on the Acorn image editor.
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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Apple’s share are trading at US$229.45 which is a 52-week high — and an all-time high. The company now has a market cap of US$207.99 billion.
As noted by “All Things D” (http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100324/apple-nearing-wal-marts-market-cap/?reflink=ATD_yahoo_ticker), this means it ranks fourth in a list of the top five publicly traded U.S. companies, which are: Exxon Mobil, $315.05 billion; Microsoft, $261.71 billion; Wal-Mart, $212.19 billion.
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