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Regular users of public transport know that it’s a bit of a maze to navigate through. It’s all too easy to stick with the tried and tested routes while still not really knowing anything else about travelling around a city. HopStop sets out to help in such matters by offering detailed public transit, walking, taxi and biking directions for dozens of cities throughout the US, Canada and Europe. A free  [ Read More ]

Apple has released updates to its Wi-Fi base stations and to the Airport Utility program that controls them. AirPort Utility 6.0 for Mac OS X Lion weighs in at 14.13MB and requires Mac OS X 10.7.2. The user interface has been redesigned to look more like the iOS Airport Utility application available through the App Store for the iPhone and iPad. It is also streamlined, with fewer windows required to  [ Read More ]

In his new book, Inside Apple, Adam Lashinsky details the process undergone by new hires at Apple, noting that many of them are hired without knowing the exact project they are working on that they are frequently put through a testing period working on a different project in order to provide time to evaluate their trustworthiness. For new recruits, the secret keeping begins even before they learn which of these  [ Read More ]

There was a vast profusion of cool stuff happening across the 148Apps network this week, but the top of the top was the culmination of our 2011 Best App Ever awards. Head honcho Jeff Scott writes, “It was an amazing year. With over 1.5 million votes cast (over three times the number cast last year) and a record number of nominations, we now have the winners of the 2011 Best  [ Read More ]

Autodesk was at Macworld showing off a new product for the Mac called Autodesk Inventor Fusion. Autodesk Inventor Fusion is an existing 3D mechanical design software on Windows, but will soon become available for the Mac for the first time. Autodesk made headlines back in 2010 when they returned to the Mac platform after a two decade hiatus. Due to the success they’ve seen with their existing Mac products, the  [ Read More ]

Paper Monsters Review By Carter Dotson on January 27th, 2012 Our Rating: :: TRADITIONAL STATIONERYUniversal App – Designed for iPhone and iPad Paper Monsters is a game that takes inspiration from traditional platformers that define the genre.   Developer: Crescent Moon Games Price: $ 0.99 Version Reviewed: 1.0 Device Reviewed On: iPad 2 Graphics / Sound Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Game Controls Rating: 3 out of 5 stars  [ Read More ]

Intuit has begun offering its entry-level financial management software Quicken Essentials for Mac on the Mac App Store. This is the standard edition of Essentials that has been on sale for quite a while, not a new version — something Intuit is quick to point out in the description for the software. It’s merely a new distribution point. Quicken Essentials for Mac, a basic starter edition, helps you manage all  [ Read More ]

With all the freebies that have been flying around each week, it’s a wonder we haven’t run out. Then again, how many hundreds of apps and games are released each week? Yeah, I suppose when I think about it that way it’s no wonder we’re still going strong. Strong with savings! … I’m sorry. Just ignore me and take a look at this week’s list. I’ll be sitting over here.  [ Read More ]

Back in late December, Apple was fined $1.2 million by Italian regulators over allegations that the company promoted its AppleCare extended warranty program to customers without adequately disclosing that many of the program’s benefits were already included in the standard two-year warranty required by Italian law. As noted by @setteBIT, Apple has now added to its Italian online store a prominent link sharing the court decision (PDF). The document outlines  [ Read More ]

The increasing power and proliferation of smartphones has given us an increasing amount of ways of connecting with each other. However, all of these new communication venues have also given us an increasing amount of contact information to keep track of. Android users already know how Xobni’s app Smartr Contacts can help simplify that process and now iPhone owners can too. Smartr Contacts pulls data from various sources in order  [ Read More ]