Type of Article: MacNews News Article

iPhone/iPod apps for Feb. 19

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Esse Quam Videri Music Group has introduced iGovernment 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. The US$1.99 app features over 50 feeds of news, photos, blogs, and videos from departments and offices across all three branches of the USFederal Government into one package.

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‘MacVoices’ looks at the latest ScanSnap scanner

On the new MacVoices (http://www.macvoices.com), Michael Sidejas discusses the newest addition to the ScanSnap line of document scanners.

He talks about the accompanying software that can purportedly make even the most faded receipt legible, the optical character recognition capabilities available, and how it all comes together to deliver a solution to organize your paper documents on your Mac.

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onOne Software releases Plug-in Suite 5.0.1

onOne Software is offering free updates for Plug-in Suite 5, PhotoTools 2.5, Mask Pro 4.1 and PhotoTune 3 owners are now available for immediate download.  The Plug-in Suite 5.0.1 release provides several updates to correct known issues, including:

° Improved compatibility with ATI video card drivers when using PhotoTune 3 and PhotoTools 2.5;

° Improved stability and memory handling when using PhotoTune 3;

° Improved performance of Mask Pro 4.1 on Windows operating systems

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‘MacVoices’ looks at the CarMD products

On the new MacVoices (http://www.macvoices.com), Kristen Brocoff of CarMD talks about their hardware device that can help you diagnose what is or isn’t wrong with your car.


A plug-and-play solution, CarMD provides much of the same information your mechanic gets when they service your car at your dealership, and even lets you obtain repair estimates for problems. Brocoff tells how it works.

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