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Downtime, hosting issues

admin — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:40:41 +0000

Unfortunately we’ve had some downtime for the past two days while we had an issue with our web host. As we migrate to a new host it will take some time to get things working like they used to. Some data (recent comments, several posts and updates) have been lost but most of the data has been recovered. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Joe

iShatter 3 Released

admin — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:53:39 +0000

Get the latest release of iShatter Stress Relief Available now! Completely redesigned interface, more screens and plenty of great new features will keep you smashing for hours.

New in version 3.0
Gorgeous new interface, completely redesigned!

Awesome new features including:

* New screen added: Break a shelf full of vases!
* New transitions and animations
* Tap the screen harder for bigger, louder breaks
* Streamlined interface
* New cracks

Screen Shot:

What are the new iOS5 Apps? – What to look out for

admin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:44:50 +0000

iOS 5

With the release date of apple’s iOS 5 quickly approaching we are starting to look out for new apps and updates. Listed below are some of the new features in iOS 5 and a few guesses on which apps may utilize these features. Visit us again once iOS 5 is officially released for a detailed list of specific apps and their new features.

iCloud

iCloud is Apple’s massive online storage project which will allow you to store documents, data, and media remotely in ‘the cloud’. It is probably that Apple’s iWork apps will function with iCloud from the start. This includes Pages, Numbers & Keynote. Other likely candidates with iCloud integration are file sync apps such as dropbox and sugarsync or photo backup apps like Video Safe.

Core Image

In addition to new image filters, the Core Image API now contains face recognition. Photography apps are the likely candidates for this feature: Look for Instagram and PopBooth type apps.

AirPlay Mirroring (iPad2)

AirPlay Mirroring allows the iPad2 to send its display wirelessly to a TV via an AppleTV. Games such as Angry Birds Rio, Real Racing 2, War Pinball are all likely to use this mirroring feature.

Newsstand

Not specifically one app but via Newsstand able to subscribe to newspaper / magazines in one place. News Corp.’s The Daily, New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal are likely to be available in Newsstand once this feature goes live.

Turn Based Games

Two Player turn based games. Look for Card games and Strategy games to utilize this feature.

Desktop Lock App – Lock your Mac or Windows desktop from your iPhone

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:00:14 +0000

Desktop Lock is a iPhone App available in the App Store which allows you to lock all of your Mac and Windows desktops with a single tap. Check out more on the Desktop Lock Homepage.

OSX Lion – Exit Full Screen Mode

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 11:48:38 +0000

OSX Lion – What happened to spaces?

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:21:43 +0000

The new mission control app is probably one of the most prevalent changes to the usability of OS X. But many users are startled by the apparent removal of spaces. Never fear! Most of the functionality of spaces exists in mission control.

Tip 1: Spaces are now Desktops.

Desktops are the equivalent of spaces in Lion. In mission control, the top row displays the current desktops. To add a new desktop, hover the cursor to the far left of the row and you’l see a ‘+’ icon appear. Click this icon and a new desktop will be created.

Tip 2: Desktop shortcuts.

Switching desktops is similar to switching spaces in 10.6. Simply type ctrl? or ctrl? to switch to the next / previous desktop. Doing the same from mission control will advance to that desktop within mission control. To move a window to a new desktop, drag the window while in mission control to another desktop in the desktop row above.

Tip 3: Lock / Pin an application to a specific desktop.

From the new desktop, right click the dock icon for the application, select Options->Assign To. From here you can select ‘This Desktop’ to pin the application to the current desktop.

Lastly, how do you name the desktops?

New desktops will be named Desktop 1, Desktop 2, etc. Full Screen windows appear as their own desktop and are named by the application (Safari, iTunes, etc). At this point there is no way to change the name of a desktop.

OSX Lion – This disk cannot be used to start up your computer @?!

admin — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:04:33 +0000

As a number of users have reported, some Lion installations are failing due to an issue with the destination hard drive. There is a workaround posted by apple where you resize the install partition by a small amount (suggested 128MB).

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3926

Has this worked for anyone?

OSX Lion – Remove Full Name from appearing in menu bar?

admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:34:21 +0000

One more oddity about OSX Lion is that with fast user switching turn on, suddenly your full name appears in the menu bar. Turn this off by going to System Prefs -> Users & Groups -> Login Options (click unlock if everything is greyed out) ->Show fast user switching menu as… here you can uncheck to remove it completely or switch to an icon or short name.

Or for a quicker solution, CMD-Drag the name out of the menu bar.

OSX Lion – Where’s that Launchpad keyboard shortcut?

admin — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:42:13 +0000

One neat new feature of OSX Lion is the Launchpad application which gives you an iOS-like springboard for starting applications. By default there is no keyboard shortcut for Launchpad. To add your own go to System Prefs-> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Launchpad & Dock -> Show Launchpad. Double click the whitespace to the right where the keys are normally displayed and add your own.

iShatter Tricks – crack up your iphone’s screen!

admin — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:32:54 +0000

Here’s a fun trick you can do with iShatter. Take a screen shot of your home screen by pressing the home button and the lock button at the same time. In iShatter, select Photo Library and choose the new screen shot. Now tap the full screen button on the bottom right. Enjoy smashing, breaking and cracking up that screen.