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The latest title in Apress’s Made Simple series, “iPhone 4 Made Simple” (http://www.apress.com/book/view/1430231920) is a go-to guide for the latest and greatest version of the iPhone. This 750-page book includes over 1,000 screen visuals and instructions that illustrate both basic and advanced features of the iPhone 4.

It costs US$29.99 for the print version and $20.99 for the ebook version. The authors are Gary Mazo and Martin Trautschold.

Dare to be Creative has updated Yum, a recipe manager for Mac OS X 10.5 (“Leopard”), to version 4. The user interface was redesigned from the ground up by Apple Design Award winner Dietmar Kerschner.

The new interface features a corkboard to browse recipes by photo, the ability to search recipes with simple text or advanced filters, and an option to view recipes in full screen.

PowerSurge Publishing has just released iWisdom 2.10 for Mac OS X and Windows. The new version adds the ability to import quotations from WikiQuote.org. This new feature can import quotations from both author and work (i.e., book and movie) pages, and supports multiple languages.   

The Escapers has released Flux 3.0 (http://theescapers.com/flux2), an update of the Mac OS X app that allows drag ‘n drop creation of web pages without the need of knowledge of XHTMLICSS (though you can twiddle with the code if you like). Major new features include:

° Tab support in Page Designer, which lets you make the most of your screen real estate by viewing all your pages in tabs;

° List & tree views in File manager, for making the managing large and complex sites easier and quicker;

° Widget palette, for creating easy galleries, jQuery effects, using Dojo widgets and more;

Apple needs another carrier to maintain the iPhone’s current rate of growth in the U.S., says Kaufman Bros.’s Shaw Wu in a note to clients Monday — as reported by “Fortune” (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/08/23/verizon-and-apple-at-loggerheads/?section=magazines_fortune&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmagazines_fortune+%28Fortune+Magazine%29) — but it doesn’t necessarily have to be Verizon — though that’s the company that most folks expect to become the second US carrier.