Tag: Macgasm
There’s a new man in my Mac’s life, and his name is Alfred
Alfred by Running with Crayons, Ltd., is a productivity application for your Mac. It functions as a super-fast launcher, a search engine, a file finder, and so much more. You can get the app for free or purchase an additional Powerpack for more functions.
Housekeeping: We’ve got a CDN on our side
Load times have been a huge problem recently with the website. It hasn’t been our server, or our hosting company. It’s been the massive traffic...
Clarus: The Pet Lover’s Mac app
Clarus ($24.99) by Kennettnet is a unique application that helps you keep track of your pets. It records important pet details, photographs, medication, and expenses, and offers templates so you can easily print out information for a pet babysitter or your vet. And there's a companion iPhone app so you can keep all your pets' information with you.
Chrome and Firefox to add “Do Not Track” capabilities to browsers
Oh, advertising online, what a tangled web you weave. I’m so torn with advertising models, it’s not even funny any more. The FCC has recently...
Notificant: Like a digital string around your finger
If you need a reminder now and then, and if you want your reminders to appear across all your Macs and (soon) your iOS devices, then give Notificant a try. It's like a digital string around your finger.
Housekeeping: Two of our writers land new jobs!
There’s been a barrage of great news for some of our writers this week, and I just wanted to publicly congratulate them on their achievements....
Todolicious: A deliciously simple to do manager for Mac
Todolicious certainly does what it aims to do. It is elegant and simple and fast. It gets out of your way and lets you focus on getting things done rather than worrying about which contexts or tags to assign to your tasks. If you find yourself overwhelmed by complex task management systems, Todolicious might be just the thing for you.
DropBook for Mac: An elegant, lightning-fast way to update Facebook
DropBook is one of those applications that does one thing and does it exceedingly well. No more manual uploading of pictures to Facebook–just drag, drop, and send. Sharing web pages is a simple as dragging the URL to the DropBook icon and adding a comment, if you wish. You can add screenshots, iSight pictures, text, and photographs without going through Facebook to do it.
Daytum: Analytics for your life
Daytum is a simple and elegant way to keep track of the mundane details of your daily life. The sort of application intentionally targeted at...
Line2 wants to put telcos out of business: $10 unlimited package
If you haven’t heard of Line2, then you’re going to want to go and download their application right now. Any company who lists one of...
Chronories: A daily diary and logging system for your Mac
Chronories is not just a diary application for your Mac. It is a living time capsule that helps you monitor your life in the present and preserve your memories for the future.
iPad 2 rumors du jour: small edition, giant honkin speaker
There are two major iPad 2 rumors that surfaced today, and instead of putting them both into their own posts, we thought we’d sum them...
Naughty or nice? Gift Plan makes it easy to check twice
Gift Plan ($1.99) by Glasshouse Apps is an iPhone app designed to help you keep track of gifts all year long. But it comes in especially handy for identifying who's naughty and nice on your Christmas list.
FLUD mobile now on the iPhone, features Macgasm
It seems like it’s RSS reader day around here. Today the FLUD team has released FLUD mobile, an iPhone version of their popular RSS reader,...
Q and A: Can I deauthorize my broken Mac from iTunes?
Q. My MacBook died suddenly and went in for repair. I’ve got it back up and running, but iTunes is now saying that I’m using...
Frog Dissection: Reliving Junior High Science
Frog Dissection ($4.99) by Emantras, Inc., is an award-winning, educational app that takes you through the process of dissecting a frog. The app is beautifully designed and is easy to use, with both written and audio instructions. Not only does Frog Dissection explain how to dissect, but it also provides additional information on frog organs, the frog life cycle, and other interesting frog facts.
We’re in the top 100 on Technorati!
We don’t normally do the whole “We’re so awesome!” type of posts, but this one’s a pretty big deal for us, because it came out...
On the anatomy of our posts
We’ve had an insane traffic explosion over the last two months, so many of you are probably pretty new to the website. I thought it...