Type of Article: MacNews Web Site

Apple sentiment weakens ahead of earnings

Crowd Technologies, the provider of the stock research site Piqqem, has announced the sentiment results (http://www.piqqem.com/equities/aapl) for Apple Computer going into their earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 20. The company says sentiment for Apple has dropped 15 points to the lowest level in the past 15 months.

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24U SimpleDialog Plug-In ready for FileMaker Pro 11

24U Software has updated SimpleDialog Plug-In (http://www.24uSoftware.com/SimpleDialog) to version 4.0. The update is compatible with FileMaker Pro 11 and offers a new feature called live updating dialogs, which changes the dialog while it’s on the screen.

24U SimpleDialog Plug-In is a dialog-showing plug-in that allows you to display progress bars and almost arbitrary dialog boxes combining text, passwords, check boxes, radio buttons, pop-up menus, etc. A demo is available for download.

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iPad available in nine more countries Friday

Apple says the iPad will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday, July 23.


All iPad models will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore on Friday. It will roll out to more countries later this year and Apple will announce availability and local pricing for these additional countries at a later date.

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‘MUG Event Calendar’: investing with your Mac, photo enhancements, more

The MUG Event Calendar” is packed this week with sessions on investing with your Mac, photo enhancements and much more.

Mac expert, author and MacNotable Ted Landau will be the featured guest at one California group, while Jean MacDonald of SmileOnMyMac will visit another this week. Investing with your Mac will be the topic in Maryland, photo enhancements using iPhoto will be covered in Virginia, a picnic will be held in Ohio, and secure email will be covered in Michigan.

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