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Apps for iOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS power our modern world. 9to5Mac will update you on the latest news, review, and updates for all types of apps. “There’s an App for that”.

The term came became part of our vocabulary when Steve Jobs announced The App Store as part of the iPhone 2.0 software update in 2008.

Over the years, the term has become as common as kleenex for describing applications on all of our devices. Apple’s platforms have apps for just about anything from finance, banking, sports, social media, podcasting, music, and more. We have a guide for helping you discover the best ones as well. Apps are now on everything from our TV, to our smartphones, on our laptops, and all the way down to our wrists.

As new ones are released or existing ones have major updates, the team here at 9to5Mac will bring you the latest news and reviews. If you want to follow along with video footage, be sure to follow 9to5Mac on YouTube. Scroll down below our latest updates on all things relating to applications on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch.

Missing all the features of Google Maps? Get them back in iOS 6 with these third-party apps

Jordan Kahn Sep 19 2012 - 3:00 pm PT

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Are you already feeling the frustration of Apple’s new iOS 6 Maps app? Apple is officially no longer using the Google Maps backend from iOS 5 with today’s public release of iOS 6. With its new in-house Maps app, some were concerned users would be disappointed with the arguably downgraded experience. A few of the reasons some users are refusing to update to iOS 6: lack of Google’s Street View and public transportation features, limited traffic data, and inferior local search. Above is a breakdown of lost features by country, courtesy of theunderstatement.com, showing 51 countries will be losing access to Transit data, 24 countries losing traffic data, and 41 countries without access to Street View. Also worth noting is that 20 countries won’t have access to Apple’s shiny new turn-by-turn and 3D Flyover features. Another consideration is that many of the features of Apple’s new Maps app, such as Flyover, turn-by-turn, and Siri, will be limited to iPhone 4S/iPhone5, and third gen iPad users.

The good news is there might be a way to get back some of that functionality even if it means having to go through a couple third-party apps to do so. Here’s to hoping Google has an even better Maps experience headed to iOS in the near future, but until then the apps like the ones below might be your only option:

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Passbook app listing goes live in the App Store with MLB, Lufthansa, Live Nation and more

Mike Beasley Sep 19 2012 - 11:59 am PT

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Apple has just pushed a page listing Passbook-enabled apps live in the App Store on iOS 6. The list includes apps like Fandango, MLB.com At Bat, Ticketmaster, and even Walgreens. Users can find the page by tapping the App Store button at the bottom of the Passbook app.

While there isn’t a group on the Featured page for these apps, it would not be unlike Apple to add one at some point in the near future.
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Mainstream apps optimized for iPhone 5, Passbook, & iOS 6

Jordan Kahn Sep 18 2012 - 10:27 pm PT

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If you want to take full advantage of iOS 6 and the new iPhone 5′s extra screen real estate, you will want to pick up some of the apps and updates below, which are specifically optimized for the device’s bigger screen size and latest OS. We will continue to update the list as more updates that are notable pop up.

Tweetbot version 2.5.0:

Support for iOS 6 and iPhone 5

Readability version 1.2.1:

– updated for iOS 6 and iPhone 5
– iOS 5.0 or higher is now required
– improved scrolling prevents accidental panel swipes
– unified navigation menu (added in version 1.2)
– bug fixes

Temple Run version 1.6: In addition to iPhone support, Temple Run also gets new social sharing features to celebrate hitting 100 million downloads:

– Bigger screen size for iPhone 5
– New social sharing feature. Now share your scores via Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks.
– Lots of bug fixes

iTranslate Voice version 1.3:

-Support for the bigger iPhone 5 display
-iOS6 compatibility
-Some minor Bugfixes

Open Table version 3.8:

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Twitter for iPad gets a new landscape UI, profiles with header photos, and enhanced photo streams

Jordan Kahn Sep 18 2012 - 5:33 am PT

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Twitter just updated its universal iOS app with a few new improvements, the most notable of which is a new landscape UI for iPad. Other aspects of the iPad UI have been slightly tweaked over the previous version, while version 5.0 of the app also brings new profiles with header photos, photo streams on profiles and events, and various other fixes and enhancements for both the iPad and iPhone client.

Among the improvements to the iPad UI: Tweets now come in a compact view and can expand with a single tap to view videos, web pages, and photos directly from within your timeline.

In a post on the official Twitter blog, Product Manager Sung Hu Kim took us through a few of the updates:

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Microsoft restructures Office for Mac 2011 pricing starting at $8.33 a month or $99.99 a year, can be activated on five Macs

Jake Smith Sep 17 2012 - 4:52 pm PT

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After making a preview available to Windows users earlier in the summer, Redmond-based Microsoft announced the official Office 2013 (or Office 365, as Microsoft likes to put it) pricing. Microsoft is taking an interesting approach with its latest Office version by pushing heavy for a subscription price rather than a one-time purchase (though it is still available). The subscription version of Office 2013 will be available for $8.33 a month or $99.99 a year and will work with up to five PCs or Macs (unlimited users). The version will feature the full foray of apps, including: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher, Access, and more. Microsoft will also package 20GB of free SkyDrive storage and 60 Skype minutes to use worldwide.

As for Mac users, there are no new features yet. Instead, Microsoft is updating Office for Mac 2011 to include activation for Office 365 Home Premium, which essentially gives customers the ability to use the software across five Macs. As for the next version of Office for Mac, which will include new features, a Microsoft spokesperson told us:

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Apps & updates: Netflix, Shazam, Bad Piggies, OmniFocus, more

Jordan Kahn Sep 17 2012 - 12:31 pm PT

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Bad Piggies: Rovio’s Bad Piggies doesn’t arrive on iOS and Mac until September 27th, but today we get our first look at the game in the first gameplay trailer above (via TechCrunch). The game takes place in the Angry Birds world, but appears to be quite a different experience. Check out the full trailer above.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LwZH0lg0XUM]

Netflix version 2.3: The Netflix iOS app for iPhone and iPad was updated today with a slightly updated UI and “Varied improvements on playback, AV sync, subtitle handling.” Netflix explained the new UI in a blog post and posted a video of the new experience (above):

At the top of the new browse screen on iPhone and iPod touch is a row that lets you continue watching shows or movies that you previously started watching right where you left off, a very handy feature. Lower down in the new experience are several personalized rows filled with movie and TV show recommendations…Tapping the browse menu gives you access to an extensive list of genre galleries that show even more titles organized into categories. Parents–like me–will really appreciate the children and family gallery with many titles organized by age… A simple tap on any title presents all of the information for that title and a double-tap on any title starts instant playback.

Shazam: Shazam announced on its website today that it is updating its iOS apps to allow users in the U.S. to use it as a “TV companion app” to tag TV shows and get access to cast information, sports scores, featured music and more.

Starting today, when people in the U.S. use the Shazam App while watching television, they have a fast and easy way to access:

Featured music – Shazam has leveraged its rich music history and its 20+ million track database to identify the music featured in whatever people are watching
Cast information – the app will list the cast featured in the program, guest stars, as well as other shows they’ve been in
Trivia – fans can learn more about their favorite program and even read about the occasional goofs with the trivia feature in the app
Celebrity buzz – gives fans all the latest gossip about the show and the stars in it
Social sharing – live Twitter feeds as well as commenting in the app makes it fun to talk with your friends about what you’re watching
More information – convenient links to show-related information at IMDB, Wikipedia, and the official site for the show.

Additionally, different types of programming will feature different results. For instance, sports events will include stats, scores and schedules instead of cast information.

OmniFocus version 1.6: Both the iPhone and iPad editions of the OmniFocus task management app received a huge update today that includes support for TextExpander touch, Reminders Capture for devices running Siri, and full support for iOS 6.

Scott Forstall says that Australian ‘turn by turn’ in Maps is in qualifying stages

9to5 Staff Sep 13 2012 - 6:29 pm PT

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For Australians wondering why turn-by-turn is not turned on in iOS Maps, or when it will turn on for that matter, a forwarded email from Apple Senior Vice President of iOS Scott Forstall may shed some light. The email is in response to the question of whether or not turn-by-turn “will be switched on for us Aussies in the near future?” Forstall responded:

Australia is definitely important to us. We first need to make sure our data is exceptional and qualified before turning on turn-by-turn.

Forstall’s reply seems to indicate it will pop up very soon.

Update: Luke Hopewell from the Aussie Giz has the same email and some additional local color.
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YouTube iPhone app from Google lands in the App Store just month after Apple’s version disappears

Seth Weintraub Sep 11 2012 - 4:11 am PT

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On Aug. 6, Beta 4 of iOS 6 came out with one huge gaping hole: Apple’s YouTube app. There was speculation on both sides of the fence that Apple might have pulled it because of the ongoing war with Android or perhaps Google pulled it because it wanted more control of the app and/or it wanted to show more ads. In reality, it was probably a little of both.

Whatever the case, just a month after being pulled and just a day ahead of Apple’s iOS 6/iPhone 5 event, Google has released its own homegrown YouTube app into the App Store. It is formatted for the iPhone only (an iPad version is in the works), but it already has many features that its Apple-built counterpart lacked.

Description

Watch the world’s videos and keep up with your favorite YouTube channels with the official YouTube app for iOS. Sign in to access your subscriptions, playlists, uploads and more.

Features:
✓ Enjoy YouTube’s vast video catalog, including official music videos
✓ Find videos and channels more easily with voice search and query autocomplete
✓ Subscribe to channels and instantly access your subscriptions with the channel guide UI
✓ Read comments, browse related videos, enable subtitles and more – all while watching
✓ Easy video sharing to Google+, E-mail, Facebook and Twitter

Did Google throw this together in just one month or did it have some advance warning? We are thinking the latter; it is already receiving some good reviews and appears to be a well-polished product.

As TheNextWeb points out, it is not certain how you will upload videos to YouTube in the new app. Matt Panzerino postulates that Apple will allow YouTube to be granted rights in iOS to have a file handling menu option. We are not so sure that Apple cares if you can upload to YouTube natively (see Mountain Lion) from the OS. We are thinking that you will eventually need to open the YouTube app manually, browse to the video, and do it the old-fashioned way.

The more important question now becomes: where is the Google Maps app for iOS?

More… including a walkthrough YouTube video below:

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StubHub shows off 3D maps for mobile app and site, says open APIs coming soon

Élyse Betters Sep 10 2012 - 12:08 pm PT

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StubHub is the latest company to join the 3D craze with updated maps for its online and mobile apps counterparts.

The 12-year-old online ticket reseller, bought by eBay in 2007, allows users to buy and sell tickets for sports, concerts, theatre, and other live entertainment events. It acquired Peekspy, which is a company that leverage’s Google Earth’s technology to create 3D products, in early 2012 for an undisclosed amount. Fanvenue, Peekspy’s website, further builds 3D interactive seating maps for venues and stadiums.

With Peekspy in its pocket for the last six months, StubHub is preparing to roll out 3D maps. The tech is for both online and mobile, but StubHub said it is working toward a consistent experience on both platforms. The first phase is onsite only, but upcoming rollouts will simultaneously land for both Stubhub.com and mobile.
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Apps & updates: Google Drive, Kindle for Mac, WSJ, more

Jordan Kahn Sep 10 2012 - 10:37 am PT

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As always, we’ll be updating the list below as more notable apps and updates hit the App Store today:

Google Drive version 1.1.0: We already knew it was coming when Google leaked the update last week, but today we get all of the details with the update officially hitting the App Store. Included in version 1.1.0 of the Google Drive iOS app is the ability to create, collaborate and edit with Google documents. You will also now be able to create and organize new folders and documents, upload photos and videos from your device, and delete files from your Drive. Google said the updated app also includes a “Richer Google presentations with animations and speaker notes.”

– Edit Google documents with formatting and collaboration
– Edits to your Google documents appear to collaborators in seconds
– Richer Google presentations with animations and speaker notes
– Create a new folder or Google document
– Upload photos and videos from your device or a photo directly from your camera
– Move an item to a folder in your Drive
– Delete and remove files from your Drive
– Drive is now available in over 30 languages

Kindle for Mac version 1.10.3: The Kindle Mac App Store app received a nice update today that brings full sport for Lion gestures including panning and swiping, and support for Kindle Format 8 books. Amazon also performance for content that includes a high number of highlights and notes, and included support for Japanese and larger libraries.

The Wall Street Journal version 4.0: With this release of the WSJ app, the updating Now edition is finally available on the iPhone and you can now access archive downloads on demand for up to seven days. A full list of what’s new is below:

• WSJ is now available on your iPhone! Get the updating Now edition on your iPhone, with the latest news, market data and multimedia
• Faster downloads and improved performance
• More frequent news updates
• 7-day archive downloads on-demand

With this release of The Wall Street Journal app, we have made substantial changes to improve app performance. Please note: when you update to version 4.0, any full issues you have saved will be deleted. All previously saved individual articles will remain.

Before you update, you can go to saved issues and save individual articles to keep them going forward.

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Avid announces new Pro Tools|HD Native, its first Thunderbolt interface and PCIe card

Jordan Kahn Sep 8 2012 - 8:24 am PT

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Avid, maker of the music industry’s leading digital audio workstation software called Pro Tools, has officially announced its first Thunderbolt interface for Pro Tools with the new Pro Tools|HD Native Thunderbolt interface and PCIe card. Thanks to Thunderbolt, Avid says the new Pro Tools|HD Native provides the “highest performance and lowest latency of any native DAW” yet. As usual, Avid bundles your choice of either the Thunderbolt interface or PCIe card with its Pro Tools HD software, and you will also get a choice of a Pro Tools HD Series audio interface including either the HD OMNI or HD I/O.

In addition to an “audiophile-grade headphone output” powerful enough to drive high impedance headphones, a few of the benefits of the new Thunderbolt interface according to Avid:

Unlike USB- or FireWire-based DAWs, which are inherently prone to latency, Pro Tools|HD Native employs either a high-speed Thunderbolt interface or PCIe core card to connect Pro Tools HD Series interfaces with your laptop or desktop computer. By eliminating distracting monitor latency while recording, increasing your I/O capabilities, and providing 64-bit floating-point processing for more headroom and a higher mix resolution, you get a professional native solution that meets the highest audio standards.

Pricing for the two packages ranges from $4,999 to $5,999, but Avid is also offering Digi 002, Digi 003, and Mbox Pro owners a hardware trade-in worth $1000:

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Airlines begin integrating Passbook for mobile boarding passes ahead of iOS 6 launch

Jordan Kahn Sep 7 2012 - 5:26 am PT

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While we expect a ton of businesses to soon start integrating iOS 6’s Passbook feature for storing boarding passes, loyalty cards, coupons, etc., it appears one airline has already done so. Australian Business Traveler reported that a reader was recently able to load a boarding pass into Passbook while checking in to a Virgin Australia flight by simply using his iPhone running iOS 6:

AusBT reader Shaun Lorrain checked in for a Virgin Australia flight using the airline’s mobile website on his iPhone, which is running a developer preview edition of iOS 6 – and this is what he saw…. Yes, iOS 6 detected the mobile checkin and offered to save the boarding pass into Shaun’s Passbook account…Passbook also offers live updates to these e-passes, such as flight delays and changes to the airport boarding gate…United Airlines has already committed to supporting Passbook with its own mobile boarding passes, and other airlines won’t be slow to jump onto that bandwagon.

Interestingly, this popup message is not actually coming from iOS itself, but rather from the airline’s website, which has detected iOS 6 as the phone’s operating system. This means, at any time over the next few days, other airlines and businesses could start adding Passbook support to their websites too. The web is not curated like the App Store, so these updates can roll out without approval from Apple.

If you spot other websites updating to support Passbook, be sure to tip us at tips@9to5mac.com.

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Twitter makes the decision to stop development and future updates for Twitter for Mac?

Jake Smith Sep 6 2012 - 4:25 pm PT

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For the Twitter fanatics out in the crowd, the following news may make you weep a little. According to TechCrunch columnist MG Siegler, Twitter made the decision that it will no longer develop updates for Twitter for Mac. The application, used by many, will not be completely killed off and users will still be able to download it from the App Store. The news quite honestly should not come as a shocker to anyone, as Twitter in recent months has quit updating the application with what seems like necessary features. For example, even with its deep Apple ties, Twitter still has not updated Twitter for Mac to support the new Retina MacBook Pro. It also has not tied the application to Mountain Lion’s new notification system.

[tweet “https://twitter.com/parislemon/statuses/243850588452945920”]

9to5Mac heard a Retina version of Twitter for Mac is finished but has been “shelved.” We also separately heard what Siegler heard; Twitter wants to kill the application rather than push out the update. It appears Twitter wants to move everyone to the web.

The decision may temporarily drive power users to adopting third-party applications like TweetBot. TweetBot recently entered beta and is expected to hit final within the next few months. The beta is currently limited to TweetBot alpha users due to recent Twitter API changes. When the application is available on the App Store, TweetBot said the application would be open for all. The perception of TweetBot looks to be mostly positive.

Loren Brichter, the original developer of Twitter for Mac, then called “Tweetie”, seems at peace with the move:

[tweet https://twitter.com/lorenb/status/243882897210216451]

There is no word on the status of Twitter-owned TweetDeck, which actually updated a lot recently. We reached out to Twitter for a comment, and we will let you know when we hear more.

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Apps & updates: Gmail, Tumblr, Minecraft, Plants vs. Zombies, more

Jordan Kahn Sep 6 2012 - 1:15 pm PT

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Gmail version 1.3.1: The Gmail iOS app was updated today with the ability to open web links within the Chrome iOS app instead of Safari. A handful of bug fixes were also included.

Tumblr version 3.1.0: Tumblr’s iPhone app gets a nice update that brings improvements to notifications, the ability to discover new blogs to follow via Facebook or your contacts and an option for your friends to sign up within the app itself. Other improvements included in the update: you can now track specific tags, a fast re-blog option by tapping and holding the re-blog icon and the ability to send fan mail. There are also some new sharing options when holding the “Like” button.

Minecraft – Pocket Edition version 0.4.0: A major release for the Pocket Edition of Minecraft includes a ton of new features, items, tweaks and bug fixes. A full list of what is new is below:

– Chests for storing items!
– Beds for skipping to dawn (day and nights are now longer), and set your spawn point to the bed’s position.
– Creepers and TNT (use flint and steel to ignite)!
– Added food. Eat it to restore health.
– Farming; wheat, seeds and hoe.
– Peaceful mode setting: healing and no monsters.
– Trapdoor, new dyes and a few new recipes.
+ More: close to 20 bug fixes and tweaks, e.g. monsters spawned when bright, client fall damage.

Plants vs. Zombies version 1.9.5: Along with full HD support for the new Retina iPad, PopCap updated all the Plants vs. Zombies iOS apps today with five new levels, three new achievements and new weapons and game modes:

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Adobe Photoshop Touch updated with Retina support, images up to 12 megapixels, and new features

Jordan Kahn Sep 5 2012 - 10:12 am PT

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Adobe announced a significant update to its Photoshop Touch app for iPad today, with the introduction of version 1.3. Included in the free update to the $10 app is full Retina display support for the new iPad, higher resolutions with support for images up to 12 megapixels, and a number of other new features and enhancements. A full list of features, which include two new languages and effects, is below:

Photoshop Touch can now work with print-resolution images, up to 12 megapixels with several layers. Remember that Photoshop Touch works with up to 16 full-size layers in a single file, all in real-time, in contrast to more simple single-layer apps. The ability to work with multiple layers at such a high resolution is a big accomplishment, and we can’t wait to see what you can create with it. The default resolution is 4.2 megapixels with 10 layers, but you can raise that to 12* megapixels in Preferences.

What’s New in Version 1.3

• Retina Display Support: See your images like never before with the Retina display on the new iPad (third generation).
• Higher resolution capabilities: Work on high-resolution images while maintaining the highest image quality. Supports images up to 12 megapixels.
• Two new languages: Russian and Brazilian Portuguese.
• Two new Effects: Shred and Colorize
• Smoother animation and scrolling in the organizer, tutorial browser, and file picker
• New gesture to toggle 100% view and fit screen (three-finger tap)
• New pixel nudging mode for precise movements
• Support for Apple Photo Stream
• Various bug fixes

Photoshop/Lightroom will get Retina update this Fall says Adobe

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The Beeb’s iPlayer now supports downloading content for offline viewing

9to5 Staff Sep 3 2012 - 6:01 pm PT

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According to The Guardian, the BBC iPlayer for iOS devices will soon gain the ability to download content for offline viewing or viewing abroad.

Viewers will now be able to watch the latest series of Doctor Who and other BBC favourites while travelling and on holiday abroad, with the corporation allowing programmes to be downloaded from the iPlayer to tablets and smartphones for the first time.

Wow. This idea needs to catch on with U.S. media companies.

He added: “With mobile downloads, you can now load up your mobile phone or tablet with hours and hours of BBC programmes, then watch them on the road, on the tube, on a plane, without worrying about having an internet connection or running up a mobile data bill.”

Once downloaded, programmes will be available for 30 days, or within seven days of being watched. Up to 50 hours of TV will fit on a 16GB iPhone or iPad, or 25 hours of higher-definition content.

Roxio updates Toast Titanium 11.1: Fully Cocoa-ized, Mountain Lion/Gatekeeper compatible, hundreds of changes/fixes

9to5 Staff Sep 1 2012 - 3:48 pm PT

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Update: Commenters pointed out the update is not going well…so proceed with caution.

As Roxio’s Toast moves from burning DVDs and BluRays to a “media toolkit” that allows easy social sharing and converting of audio/video (as well as burning/archiving), it is also getting updated with new Macintosh features. Today, Roxio’s Optical media burning software goes to 11.1 and adds the following updates:

Toast has been fully Cocoa-ized – Hundreds of changes and fixes implemented as a part of this effort
Added OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion compatibility
Added support for recording to 100GB and 128GB BDXL media
Implemented Gatekeeper Support
Web-Video feature improvements
- Requires using Safari to capture web-video
- YouTube users may need to OPT OUT of HTML5 Trial
Mountain Lion users will need to update to 10.8.1 or later to publish video to YouTube

The boxed package is $99, the non-App Store download is $79, and a Toast 10-to-11 upgrade is $59. Amazon also has it for $52, while the free update to 11.1 is here.

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Atari’s 100 Greatest Hits free today on iPhone or iPad

9to5 Staff Sep 1 2012 - 10:11 am PT

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From 9to5Toys.com:

[tweet https://twitter.com/atari/status/241944410517016577]

Download the app free here and you can activate all 100 games for free today. And if you want to play 8 of these games re-imagined in HTML5 for you’re browser, head over here.
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Tweetbot for Mac beta released; Twitter restrictions prohibit adding and deleting accounts

Jake Smith Aug 31 2012 - 12:36 pm PT

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The folks at Tapbots offered an alpha version of the highly anticipated Tweetbot for Mac for close to a month until Twitter’s new API restrictions caused it to be taken down. Tapbots grabbed our attention once again this afternoon, as the official beta for Tweetbot for Mac has officially been released. Due to the recent API changes that Twitter placed on its app developer community, the Tweetbot for Mac beta is only accessible to users who authorized their account with the alpha. In the beta, you cannot add or remove accounts, which is definitely disappointing. However, if your account is authorized, you will be happy to know there are a slew of new features awaiting you, as seen below:

Change log (version 0.8.0):

lots of bug fixes
can paste images into new tweet window again
can copy tweets on timeline
can do ‘open in new column’ (they also have keyboard shortcuts)
multi-column swiping and keyboard support much improved. Use tab shift/tab to move between columns.
better keyboard support: status detail + many other views
profile view: can scroll user information so can see more tweets
drag and drop tweets has been improved
gap loading works properly now
context click on tweet action buttons in timeline
did I mention we fixed a bunch of bugs too?

[Tweetbot via The Next Web]
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Apple has App Store app IP infringement dispute portal, apparently begins rejecting infringing apps

Mark Gurman Aug 31 2012 - 11:01 am PT

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Apple has a portal for developers to file complaints about other App Store apps infringing their intellectual property (IP) rights. This form says that Apple will follow-up via email, and put the two developers in contact.

Apps on the App Store are made available by third party providers. Once you have identified the app and described the alleged infringement on the following pages, we will respond via email with a reference number and will put you in direct contact with the provider of the disputed app. Any further contact with the App Store Legal team should be made via email and should include the reference number in the subject line.

Yesterday, developer Benjamin Mayo noted that Apple may have begun rejecting apps that violate other’s intellectual property. For example, an app that mimicked the popular to-list software Clear, was apparently rejected because it could mislead people looking for the original Clear app.

For those affected prior to Apple’s apparently new rejection policies, this form should be of some help for you.

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Play 8 free re-imagined Atari HTML5 classic games [Video]

Seth Weintraub Aug 30 2012 - 12:26 pm PT

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The place where Steve Jobs got his start, Atari, has been porting its classic games to HTML5 on a browser for cross-platform capabilities. Sure, Microsoft is doing some of the promotional work, but the games work across platforms and browsers.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=J6QXRFuUSZs#!]

Step into a bizarro time warp and play games like the re-imagined Centipede, Combat, or six others. More importantly, Atari is building HTML5 frameworks for more games in the future, which could benefit other developers.

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iOS App & Game Deals for Labor Day Weekend (Most EA Titles 99 cents)

Aug 30 2012 - 8:34 am PT

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From 9to5Toys.com:

Many iOS devs are slashing the prices on some of their hottest iOS titles to celebrate Labor Day Weekend (Including EA’s big weekend sale). These are some of the lowest prices we’ve seen for major iOS gaming titles. Use the direct download links below to cash in on the savings before they disappear.

iPhone

Madden 2012, regular $2.99 now only 99 cents
Fight Night Champion, regular $4.99 now only 99 cents
The Sims 3, regular $6.99 now only 99 cents
Risk, regular $2.99 now only 99 cents
Battlefield Bad Company 2, regular $2.99 now only 99 cents
The Sims Medieval, regular $2.99 now only 99 cents
Dead Space, regular $6.99 now only 99 cents
FIFA 2012, regular $6.49 now only 99 cents

iPad

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, regular $4.99 now only 99 cents
Flight Control HD, regular $4.99 now only 99 cents
Mirrors Edge, regular $9.99 now only 99 cents
Sim City Deluxe, regular $6.99 now only 99 cents
Risk, regular $6.99 now only 99 cents
Shift 2 Unleashed, regular $4.99 now only 99 cents
Battleship HD, regular $4.99 now only 99 cents
Fifa Soccer 2012, regular $9.99, now only 99 cents
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit HD, regular $9.99 now only 99 cents
Dead Space, regular $9.99, now only 99 cents
Battlefield Bad Company 2 HD, regular $9.99 now only 99 cents
Madden 2012, regular $6.99 now only 99 cents
Real Racing 2 HD, regular $6.99, now only 99 cents
Monopoly, regular $9.99 now only 99 cents
NBA Jam, regular $4.99, now only 99 cents
Tetris, regular $2.99, now only 99 cents

Universal

Mass Effect Infiltrator, regular $4.99, now only 99 cents
Burnout Crash, regular $4.99 now only 99 cents

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PAC-12 iPad App streams live broadcast of college football (and other sports) to your iPad

Seth Weintraub Aug 29 2012 - 12:00 pm PT

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The US College Athletic conference, formally known as the PAC-10, is announcing a new iPad app today that allows you to stream college sports directly to your iPad wherever you are. Games that are broadcasted on TV will require a Cable television login and password, but no login will be required for long-tail events like rowing or UCLA football that do not get TV airtime. All major cable providers are on board except Comcast, of course, which has its own Xfinity iPad app. Pac-12 is working with smaller cable networks to get on board too.

I am not going to beat around the bush. As a die-hard (No. 1 Ranked ) USC Football fan, who often has to run around to different local bars in New York to find the game, this might be my app of the year. Maybe best app of all time. Even better, since Ooyala is helping with the App, fans can embed clips of PAC-12 sports into their blogs and websites. The app will also feature recaps and interviews that are not broadcast.

I got a chance to talk with PAC-12 a little bit about the creation of this app and the services behind it. Ooyala received a lot of help from Apple (which, I am told, has a lot of PAC-12 Alumni itching for this service) getting this product up and running. “Pac-12 Now is game changer in our ability to deliver our content to millions of fans,” said Pac-12 Enterprises President Gary Stevenson. “Today we are one step closer to achieving our goal of connecting fans with our live programming and feature content when and where they choose to access it.”

To cater viewing to each individual, Ooyala created a graphic interactive programming guide (IPG) that is more like a map of what is important to the viewer rather than a traditional grid-formatted guide. In addition to prioritizing teams and sports preferred by the viewer, as indicated during set-up, future versions of the IPG will highlight events that are currently live, games that are tied or nearing a close finish, and games trending in a viewer’s social graph. Additionally, fans can chat and share their viewing experience with friends through Facebook and Twitter feeds optionally presented adjacent to the video display.

“The result of our work with the Pac-12 Networks is a multi-screen fan experience that changes the way sports are watched,” said Ooyala Chief Executive Officer Jay Fulcher. “The web and iPad experiences blur the line between broadband and traditional broadcasts, and are hallmarks of a new way of distributing entertainment – in this case sports – reaching digital consumers on their schedule, on their preferred screen and with a more engaging experience. The result is a win for everyone involved – the fans, the Pac-12 and their participating broadcast affiliates.”

The full press release is below:

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Apps & updates: The World Ends with You, CNN 2012 U.S. Election Center, Clueful, more

Jordan Kahn Aug 27 2012 - 10:43 am PT

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The World Ends with You: Solo Remix: Square Enix has reworked the title originally released for Nintendo DS in 2007 with an all new combat system, HD art, and new music. The $18 iOS port (and $19 iPad version) has made a few changes that hardcore fans of the game are not too pleased with, but overall first impressions have been positive.

Square Enix’s fresh-faced hit The New York Times called “one of the best role playing games ever designed for anything” has busted onto iOS in a big way… Enjoy the game in full HD on your Retina-enabled iPhone 4 or later device. Art and animation across the game has been redrawn just for this release, making combat a beautiful experience. This is how all 2D classics should look.

CNN app for iPad version 1.7: CNN’s iPad app, in addition to its official iPhone app, was updated today with the ability to follow the 2012 presidential race through CNN’s U.S. Election Center. The update also includes improved “easy-to-use navigation” for browsing stories and video.

Clueful: A few weeks back we mentioned that BitDefender’s iOS app for detecting apps that access private data was removed from the App Store without much explanation from Apple. Today the company has relaunched the Clueful app as a web app accessible from your iOS devices at Cluefulapp.com. The new web app will let you manually search for info on any given app, opposed to the previous app that would detect the apps running on your device.

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