ScreenFlow 2.0: The Best Screen Recorder Gets Better
Ever since ScreenFlow came out there just hasn’t been a better application for making screencasts. ScreenFlow allows you to quickly create high quality screencasts. Just recently, Telestream updated ScreenFlow to version 2.0. If you want to check out our video review of ScreenFlow 1.0, look at Michael Mistretta’s great post here. In this article I’ll be covering most of the new features in version 2.0.
iterum2 Review: Simple Internet Radio
There are a lot of internet radio applications in the app store but iterum2, a new application from Steamtown Media, is a simple internet radio application for the iPod Touch and iPhone. iterum2 includes a list of about 50 radio stations sorted by genre, with more stations being added in updates.
When you start up iterum2 your last used radio station with automatically load, so you can quickly start listening to music. While you are listening to music, you can view the artist and title of the current track along with album artwork. You can also read the lyrics for the song. Oh the side of the screen you can tap buttons to buy the song, search for the song online, or share the song in an email or in a tweet on Twitter. You can add stations to a list of favorites to easily access them.
Bevy Review: A Powerful Application Launcher
If you are like me, you probably have a ton of applications that you use, but you also don’t want to have then all on your dock. Bevy, by bergdesign, is an application launcher that will show you all of your applications in one simple window.
When you first launch Bevy you will want to add a few folders. Just click the gear icon in the top left and select folders. Here you will tell Bevy where to search for applications, and Bevy will display you applications in different sections for each folder. This will let you easily keep things organized. You can also exclude some items that you don’t ever need.
Keymote Review: Keystrokes, Just A Tap Away!
There are many applications to control your Mac in the App Store. Some will let you view and control the whole screen, while some just let you control a single application like iTunes. Keymote, by Iced Cocoa, is a different type of application for your iPhone or iPod Touch. It lets you set custom keystrokes to buttons, so you can create sets (or keysets) of keystrokes for any application. You can even share and download other users’ keysets.
Ecoute Review: iTunes Simplified
Most people who have an iPhone or iPod sync it in iTunes. But what if you don’t want to use iTunes to listen to your music while you are using your computer? Ecoute, is the perfect application for this. Ecoute is a small app to browse and play music and videos in your iTunes library. You can browse artists, playlists, and much more and you can even play TV shows and movies.
Ringer Review: Easily Create Ringtones for Your iPhone
The iPhone has a limited selection of built in ringtones, and only select songs are available for purchase on iTunes as ringtones. Ringer, by Pixel Research Labs, was made to fix this problem. Ringer lets you create any unprotected song into a ringtone. Using the application you can browse your entire iTunes library and quickly create ringtones from audio. This doesn’t only apply to music, Ringer can use audio from videos too.
LittleSnapper Touch Review: Image Uploading From Your iPod
Have you ever wanted to upload and share a picture right from your iPod? That’s exactly what LittleSnapper Touch does. LittleSnapper Touch is the iPhone/iPod Touch version of Realmac Software’s LittleSnapper. It uses the same QuickSnapper website so you can quickly share your images.
When you start up LittleSnapper Touch you will see a large wheel. Simply spin this wheel to select the different options. You can choose to upload images from your library, your camera, or you can take a websnap. Unlike LittleSnapper for Mac, however, the websnap will only be of what is currently showing on your iPhone’s screen. You can also add and delete accounts and visit the QuickSnapper website from the main menu.
Tweetie: The Popular iPhone App Comes to Mac
There is a new addiction sweeping over developers, and that addiction is Twitter apps. Lately there have been so many new Twitter apps that it is hard to keep count, one of the newest being Tweetie for Mac, and it stands high above the rest. Tweetie started out as a simple iPhone application, but it rose quickly through the top apps section in iTunes and is now one of the most popular iPhone Twitter clients. Just last month atebits released the Mac version, and now it is on it’s way to be the most popular Mac client too. Why do so many people love it? Read on to find out.
Cha-Ching Touch Review: On the Go Financing App
Cha-Ching, for Mac OS X, has been a very popular finance application. But the problem with the desktop app is that you need to remember to add your transactions to Cha-Ching when you get home. Now, with Cha-Ching Touch, you can easily add purchases anywhere with your iPhone or iPod Touch.
When you open Cha-Ching you first have to enter your (optional) four digit pass code. Then the safe opens and you can access your accounts. For each account you can view the current balance and your transactions. You can view your transactions from this month, flagged transactions, search transactions, or view your history. There is also a button to add a transaction. Tap this, choose a payee, and enter the amount to quickly add transactions on the go.
Preview: Google Quick Search Box for Mac
Many Mac users know about an app called Quicksilver. It’s a simple productivity application that can help you do things with a few quick keystrokes. Just last month Google released a beta of a new tool that’s quite similar; Google Quick Search Box.
Google Quick Search Box opens with a simple double tap of the command key. From here you can just type in what you want. Google QSB has some basic search features, including the ability to search your computer and certain websites (such as Google, Youtube, and Wikipedia). You can navigate results with the arrow keys on your keyboard. Sadly, web search results only showed up for Wikipedia and Youtube, and it only displays limited results. For the other options it just opens a link in your default browser.
