Type of Article: MacTech Reviews

This MacNews Category Review looks at copywriting software for the Mac. Products covered include Contour, Final Draft, Montage, Movie Magic Screenwriter, Movie Outline, Power Structure, Storyist and StoryO.

By Frank Petrie

One of the biggest questions that the iPad app brought about when unleashed upon the populace was whether or not it would bring about the doom of the publishing industry or cause it to propel itself into a rebirth. With the free NYTimes, version 2.0, I believe that they have provided us with a definitive answer to the question.

The Juice

“Experience the enhanced NYTimes app for iPad [iPhone/iPod], now with all of the sections, articles, videos and photos you expect from “The New York Times.”

By Cyndy Cashman

Ingeniously easy to use, BannerZest Pro 2 from Aquafadas (http://www.aquafadas.com) is an easy way to add professional-looking, Flash-based slide shows to your website, blog, or social network pages. Creating your first slide show or banner is as simple as dragging-and-dropping images into BannerZest, selecting a preset theme, making a few tweaks, and publishing.

By Eric Kuna

Instead of writing the typical review you can find anywhere about new features, expanded format capabilities, and collaborative tools of the new Final Cut Studio from Apple (http://www.apple.com), I’d like to instead focus on the whole package.

The new Apple TV is a solid update to Apple’s “hobby,” but it’s not a “cable killer” as I hoped it would be (sorry, Comcast — well, no, I’m not). Of course, that would be expecting a lot from an US$99 device. And as a device that streams content from my Mac AND lets me access Netflix, it’s a good upgrade for folks like myself.