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[Mac OS X] Combine fighting tactics and board game gameplay with Battle Monkeys
Battle Monkeys is a very addictive game that requires strategy and luck in order to beat your opponents. In this game, you control a monkey that must battle other types of monkeys. This type of battling isn’t free-for-all fighting like in Mortal Kombat, but rather strategy-type fighting that is similar [...]
[Mac OS X] Make realistic 3D models with Autodesk Inventor Fusion
Autodesk Inventor Fusion is a great 3D CAD modeling application that allows you to produce professional-quality models using simple tools. The main purpose behind this application is to aid you in making mechanical designs but can literally be used to make any sort of model you want. These models can [...]
[Mac OS X] Improve your typing skills with Typist
Typist is a terrific program that will help you improve your typing speed and accuracy. As soon as you start using it, you may get flashbacks of your old high school typing classes because Typist is designed to behave exactly like the programs you used in those classes. Typist is [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep your Mac free of viruses with iAntiVirus
It is commonly believed that Macs are immune to viruses. This is of course not true. Macs can be very prone to catching infected files just as easily as Windows machines. This is because hackers are getting more and more interested in infecting Macs with viruses due to their rising [...]
[Mac OS X] Upgrade your calendar program with Fantastical
Factasical is a very intuitive application aimed to give you a better calendar experience on your Mac. With all of the features it packs, it could very easily replace iCal as your daily driver and the way in which the user interface is designed has really made the application mold [...]
[Mac OS X] Test your vocabulary skills with W.E.L.D.E.R.
W.E.L.D.E.R. is a very addictive word game where you have to make as many words as possible given specific letters. While there are plenty of other word games like this, W.E.L.D.E.R. brings some very exciting gameplay to the table.because the gameplay is fast-paced and will force the player to give [...]
[Mac OS X] Find and delete duplicate photos with PhotoSweeper
PhotoSweeper is a great application that will scan your Mac for any duplicate or similar-looking photos. This application can be incredibly useful for both professional and amateur photographers. As any photographer knows, you must take an extememly large amount of photos in order to find the perfect one. As a [...]
[Max OS X] Create beautiful drawings with SketchBook Copic Edition
SketchBook Copic Edition is a great application capable that allows you to make drawings as simple or as complex as you want them. The tools contained in this application are definitely professional grade. This application is designed to give you a taste of the Sketchbook Pro Edition, but does so [...]
[Mac OS X] Get the most out of your multi-monitor setup with Multimon
Multimon is a great application for those who have a multi-monitor setup on his or her Mac. This application takes the hassle and confusion of these setups out of the equation because it brings in features that should have been included by default. Once you see Multimon for the first [...]
[Max OS X] Recover forgotten pictures with Lost Photos
Lost Photos is an interesting application that will search any email address you have access to (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, MobileMe, .Mac, etc.) and find forgotten photos — photos that are sitting as attachments in your inbox or outbox, aka pictures that you sent and pictures that you received. I can’t [...]
[Mac OS X] Create highly useful flashcards with Mental Case
Mental Case is fantastic application that creates virtual flashcards. This will be useful to anybody that that has to memorize anything. Mental Case creates flashcards in a clear, easy to understand format. This is absolutely essential because if you are studying information, the last thing you want is to be [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep up with the weather and time across the world with Living Earth HD
Living Earth HD is a beautiful application that will show you the weather and time across the globe in real time. It supports millions of cities all over the world and in nearly every country. This application takes basic information and displays it in a beautiful, unobtrusive manner. However, this [...]
[Mac OS X] Take part in an epic battle in the action-adventure game Crow
Crow is a game in which you control a crow to fly through an adventure-based storyline. This adventure game has stunning graphics that are incredibly realistic. Its kind of interesting that the developers chose a crow as the main character. It’s interesting because it makes the aerial view make much [...]
[Mac OS X] Race realistic RC cars with RC Mini Racers
RC Mini Racers is a fun little game that lets you race remote controlled cars. For how simple of a game it is, the graphics are overwhelmingly great. The second you start playing this game, you will immediately get the feeling that you are a kid again. This game is [...]
[Mac OS X] Easily share images, files, documents, and links with Droplr
Droplr is an incredibly easy to use program that makes it very easy to share files with anyone you want. All Doplr does is take the file you want, uploads it to their servers, and then spits out a hyperlink that you can then post to Facebook, Twitter, or any [...]
[Mac OS X] Brainstorm and organize your life with MindNode Pro, a mind mapping tool
MindNode is a great mind mapping application for your Mac. For those of you who aren’t familiar with what a mind application does, it essentially maps everything that is going on inside your head. The idea behind it is that seeing your ideas in an organized, visual representation will help [...]
[Mac OS X] Explore planets, galaxies, and more with Redshift Astronomy
Redshift Astronomy takes the popular concept of Google Earth and takes it into the sky. With this application, you can navigate around the universe and look at planets, stars, and galaxies that you never even knew existed. It has all sorts of terrific features that may give you the illusion [...]
[Mac OS X] Explore and find Wikipedia articles easily with Wikibot
Wikibot is an application that enriches your Wikipedia experience. It has fantastic syncing features and a user-interface that makes collecting and viewing articles a true pleasure. It includes features that you won’t find on the traditional Wikipedia website. However, this application has a couple flaws that may keep certain users [...]
[Mac OS X] Type and organize your class notes with CourseNotes
CourseNotes is a great application for typing and keeping your notes during class. CourseNotes is perfect for students who are looking for an alternative to traditional pencil and paper. The interface is clean and simple so it doesn’t distract you from your class. It is a great application that will [...]
[Mac OS X] Create beautiful photo collages with Diptic
Diptic is an application that allows you to combine multiple photos to create photo collages. This can be exceptionally useful for those of you who are frustrated by iPhotos offerings. Diptic will change the photos’ shapes, tones, sizes, and much more. This will give you absolute control over the collage [...]
[Mac OS X] Edit and share your photos with Snapseed
Snapseed is an application that will actually make editing photos easy and enjoyable. The interface is set up so that literally anybody can use it without any sort of learning curve. This application is a breath of fresh air because it is not nearly as complicated as applications like Gimp [...]
[Max OS X] Create digital copies of your favorite recipes with YummySoup!
YummySoup! is a great application that will allow you to capture and organize all of your recipes. It has all basic functionality that you would expect such as ingredients required and cooking time necessary. However, there are some interesting features that sets it apart from other similar recipe applications. YummySoup! [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep a personal journal with Day One
Day one is essentially a virtual journal. Day One is compatible with iCloud and Dropbox so you can easily sync your information to the iPhone and iPad versions of the application. Day One has a cool feature that will allow you to make an entry right from your menu bar. [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep up with the latest news using Mixtab
Mixtab is a very elegant news reader for your Mac. This application uses very attractive tabs to keep you updated with all of your favorite news sources, including RSS feeds. When you launch the application you get a bunch of thumbnails representing specific categories. Each category will then contain your [...]
[Mac OS X] Keep track of your schedule and assignments with iStudiez Pro
iStudiez Pro is a tool that allows users to keep track of schedules and assignments; it is absolutely ideal for a college student. This application will sync with with your iPhone or iPad, keeping you up to date no matter where you are. It has a built in calendar that [...]
Stop your computer from going to sleep with Caffeine [Mac OS X]
Caffeine is a very simple application that keeps your Mac from going to sleep or having the screensaver come on. This can be very useful in many situations. For example, it can be used if you are a student taking notes during a long class and don’t want your Mac [...]
Quickly launch apps, find files, run web searches, and more with Alfred [Mac OS X]
Alfred is a beautiful productivity application for your Mac. It gives you an entire arsenal of features directly at your fingertips. Using Alfred’s most basic functions, you can launch applications, conduct web searches, or find nearly any file on your computer by simply typing a few commands. What ties it [...]
Growl is a complete notification system for Mac [Mac OS X]
Growl is an application that serves as a complete notification system for your Mac; Growl provides you with visual notifications of something that has happened on your Mac. What’s great about this application is the notifications are in real time, which means that as soon as your Mac knows about [...]
Free your Mac from useless files with CleanMyMac [Mac OS X]
CleanMyMac can be a great tool if you find that your Mac is slowing down or not running the way it should be. Essentially, CleanMyMac will clean out all the files that you don’t need or may have forgotten about. It will clean things such as your trash, cache, browsing [...]
See where your hard drive space is going with DaisyDisk [Mac OS X]
DaisyDisk is a handy application that will scan any drive that you have connected to your computer. Once it is finished scanning, it will give you detailed information of where the majority of your storage space is going. It lumps your files into obvious categories so you can see which [...]
Get yourself organized with Opus Domini, a desktop organizer [Mac OS X]
Opus Domini is a desktop organizer for your Mac. What sets this application apart from other calendar and to-do list applications is that the user interface is designed to look exactly like a paper agenda. From the second you open Opus Domini you know that this application is serious about [...]
New Java 7 exploit allows hackers to install malware on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux; only fix currently is to disable Java
Perhaps due to their high market penetration, or maybe because of poor coding, Adobe Flash and Java have emerged as the two most widely attacked platforms on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux alike. Indeed Adobe just recently patched a new Flash vulnerability, and now it is Java’s turn.
A [...]
Read More »Interest in Samsung products has increased thanks to Apple v Samsung trial
Generally when you get slapped with a $1.05 billion fine and the potential ban on your products, it is a bad thing. In the case of Apple v Samsung, Samsung may not have received the short end of the stick after all. As it turns out, the Apple vs Samsung [...]
Read More »Google attempts to get iPhone, iPad, and Mac banned from the USA by filing a patent claim against Apple with the ITC
Do No Evil. Tell that to the little boys and girls and grandmas who might miss out on their shiny new iDevice thanks to the latest happenings in patent wars. Google, through its newly acquired subsidiary Motorola Mobility, has filed a patent claim against Apple in the International Trade [...]
Read More »Apple allowed a hacker to remotely wipe a journalist’s iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Air
Mat Honan, a tech journalist for Wired, has had his iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Air remotely wiped. Not only that but his Gmail was hacked which eventually lead to Gizmodo‘s Twitter account being taken over for a few minutes. How did this all happen? By Apple Support giving [...]
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