News
This is for application news.
I never believed that Microsoft would charge for the “Blue” update for Windows 8, but it’s always nice to have confirmation.
From Mary Jo Foley:
“As many expected and hoped, Microsoft is going to make the coming Windows Blue update to Windows 8 free for existing Windows 8 and… Continue reading
Amazon has released a Cloud Player app for the PC today. This app will allow you to play and manage your music stored on Amazon much in the same way you do with the Amazon Cloud Player mobile apps.
Features include:
- Download all your MP3 purchases at once or each… Continue reading
If you are using iOS or Android, then you should be using Flipboard. This app lets you browse and read through articles in a magazine-style format where you can select nearly any topic and pull feeds in from many sources such as Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Users can also create… Continue reading
Adobe has released the first beta of Lightroom 5 to the public today. This is a preview release to show off features of the new version. This will install alongside your current Lightroom installation if you have Lightroom.
Lightroom 5 new features:
- Advanced Healing Brush: Enhancements to the Spot Removal… Continue reading
If you follow Windows Phone news you might have been hearing about Instagraph over the past week. This is the first Instagram client app that actually posts images using a method of data routing from what I understand. It does not use the API and is not official in any… Continue reading
Late last year Google purchased the photography plugin developer Nik Software. This was clearly a grab for the popular Snapseed mobile apps, and left photographers wondering what was going to happen to the Nik plugins. There hasn’t been any news until today where Google has released the Nik Collection with… Continue reading
We mentioned recently the March Madness deals from AppyFridays which has been bringing some real nice Mac apps free to the App Store on weekends.
This weekend only these three apps are free!
- Diagrammix
- Marko
- Singlemizer
I use Diagrammix and paid $20 for the full version, so I definitely recommend grabbing this one.
If you are one of the millions using Windows 7 then you can now download Internet Explorer 10.
From the Windows Blog:
“IE10’s advancements run deep, from a 60% increase in supported modern web standards to industry leading security, privacy and reliability that makes IE the browser of choice for… Continue reading
Google is looking for creative individuals to help shape the future of Google Glass development.
From their posting:
“We’re looking for bold, creative individuals who want to join us and be a part of shaping the future of Glass. We’d love to make everyone an Explorer, but we’re starting off… Continue reading
Microsoft has released the Preview 3 of the Windows Phone desktop app for Windows Phone 8. This desktop app for Windows 7 and Windows 8 allows you to manage your Windows Phone 8. You can sync your music, photos, videos, etc. and manage other aspects of your WP8 device.
You… Continue reading











