Brand: MacTech

TypeIt4Me ready for Snow Leopard

Posted by | Apr 12, 2010 | , |

Ettore Software (http://ettoresoftware.com) has released TypeIt4Me 5.0, an update of its text expander for the Mac. The new version is full 64-bit, Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”) compatible.

It also boasts improved expansion speed and a re-designed user interface with a fully resizable clippings editing window. Since 1989, TypeIt4Me has allowed users to set up short abbreviations that expand to words, pictures, phrases, paragraphs or indeed entire pages when typed.

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Analyst: 31% of US teens want an iPhone, 92% own an iPod

Analyst: 31% of US teens want an iPhone, 92% own an iPod

Posted by | Apr 12, 2010 | , |

In a note to clients today, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster unveiled his semi-annual survey of teen buying habits and found that “Apple’s dominance in the [consumer electronics] and online music markets is going seemingly unchecked.”

As noted by “Fortune” (http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/04/12/survey-31-of-u-s-teens-want-iphones/?section=money_technology&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmoney_technology+%28Technology%29), Munster says:

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Future iPhones to add sense of smell?

Future iPhones to add sense of smell?

Posted by | Apr 12, 2010 | , |

In the future you’d better be sure your deodorant is applied, or your iPhone might notice. At least if the Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) gets its wish.

According to an “InformationWeek” report (http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/government/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224202545), S&T hopes to see prototype phones from Apple, LG, Qualcomm, and Samsung that can sense carbon monoxide and fire in a year or so.

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