TuneUp Media Launches TuneUp for iPods and iPhones

TuneUp is a new iTunes plug-in that cleans your music collection (properly labeling tracks with missing information, “Track01s”, “Various Artists” and synchronizing the “TheBeatles”, “the beatles”, and “beatles”), finds cover art, and presents you with content from the web including music videos, merchandise, concerts, tickets, and recommendations.

Posted on: July 16, 2008 9:00 am

HyperOffice Gives iPhone Ability to Share Documents

New beta of the Hyperoffice collaboration suite does more than connect iPhone to corporate email, contacts, calendars.

Posted on: July 16, 2008 9:00 am

The New Apple Walled Garden

Geeks and other enthusiasts lined up on Friday to purchase a device that is completely proprietary, controlled and wrapped in DRM. The irony was perhaps lost on some as they , docked their new devices into a proprietary media player and downloaded closed source applications.

I am referring to the new iPhone – and the new Apple iPhone SDK that allows developers to build ‘native’ applications. But when Microsoft introduced DRM into Media Player it was bad bad bad – and it wasn’t even mandatory.

Posted on: July 16, 2008 9:00 am

CirclePad Offers Easy Web Page Design for Individuals and Small Businesses

CirclePad launched a new online web-builder anyone can learn to use. CirclePad provides web users with a fast, easy and fun way to design web sites, pages with video, and graphics for the Internet. It is the first web site editor to give you direct WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) control and includes professional page editing and graphics tools.

Posted on: July 16, 2008 9:00 am

Joint Contact Makes Use of Twitter for Business Communication

Users of the online project management system Joint Contact can now “Twitter” project statuses and other project related messages to their team members. Arbutus Software Inc., the creators of Joint Contact, is the first company to integrate Twitter, a free social networking and micro-blogging service, into a project management system.

Posted on: July 16, 2008 9:00 am

Remotely Access Your Shut Down PC with I’m InTouch Premium

01 Communique Laboratory Inc. has announced the release of I’m InTouch Premium, a remote access solution designed for business users. I’m InTouch Premium enables organizations to provide employees with remote access to their workstations from anywhere, without the need to leave their computers on all the time.

A key features is Remote Wake-Up a service allowing users to remotely access their distant computers, even if they are not powered on. I’m InTouch automatically detects if your computer has been turned off and “wakes it up” to provide you with remote access.

Posted on: July 16, 2008 9:00 am

Updated version of PenCommander

PhatWare Corporation announced an updated version of PenCommander. This software application features a scripting technology to control Microsoft Windows based Tablet and Ultra-Mobile PCs. The new version has an improved user interface for Visual PenCommander, a tool for creating and testing PenCommander scripts; reduced memory footprint; and improved support for Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

Posted on: July 16, 2008 9:00 am

NormSoft Introduces Mecrets for iPhone and iPod touch

NormSoft, Inc. has announced the availability of Mecrets(tmn) its first ever iPhone(tm) and iPod(r) touch application. Mecrets lets users safely store and access confidential information such as passwords, account numbers, and personal identification numbers using their iPhone or iPod touch. Users can have their private information with them when they need it, while keeping it safe from being compromised by others.

Mecrets can be purchased from the iPhone’s App Store using iTunes(r), an iPhone, or an iPod touch.

Posted on: July 16, 2008 9:00 am

Navman helps revellers navigate 2008’s hottest music festivals

GPS pioneer Navman shows festival goers how to make the most of their Navman sat-nav device when hot-footing it to this year’s music festivals. Many festival sites are not associated with a post code so Navman’s NavPix technology allows users to navigate using specially formatted or geo-tagged images. Meanwhile Navman’s Local Search service provides access to vital local amenities, such as the nearest petrol station, supermarket or B&B using a local directory search partner.

The NavPix technology works by adding the coordinates of a destination onto an image, which is then saved onto the Navman device. Once stored, users simply scroll through their album, choose a destination via the image and Navman calculates the best route. Navman has created a dedicated Music Festivals 2008 NavPix album, available for music fans to view, share and download geo-tagged images via the NavPix Library.

Posted on: July 16, 2008 9:00 am

Tip: How to Flickr from Your Mobile

Flickr offers a mobile version at m.flickr.com. Use a web browser to access that from your smartphone and you can upload photos from your phone, see new uploads from friends or read comments.

Posted on: July 15, 2008 9:00 am