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Amsys has announced their first “Beginning Swift Development” course for July. Announced at last week’s Apple WWDC keynote, Swift has been created to make app development an easier, more accessi…

Apple has released MacBook Air SMC Update 2.0 for mid-2013 MacBook Air models.
This update addresses an issue which may cause the battery to drain faster than expected when the lid is closed. It requires Mac O X 10.8.5 or later and is available via th…

Conner Productions has released Seal (http://tinyurl.com/ln2hqst), a professional template to make introductory seal titles for Apple’s Final Cut Pro X (FCP X). It’s customizable and allows user…

OmniFocus 2 (http://tinyurl.com/kahgpn5) has shipped. It’s an upgrade of the the Omni Group’s task management tool for Mac OS X.
Version 2 sports a redesigned user interface. It also adds a Quic…

Native Instruments has announced ARCANE ATTIC, a new MASCHINE Expansion featuring “gritty” field recordings. Designed for unconventional beat making across all styles and genres, this Expansion …

Western Digital has unveiled the WD TV – Personal Edition, a Wi-Fi enabled media player that plays virtually any media file stored on USB and network storage devices or any computer on a home network, according to Jim Welsh, executive vice president, WD Content Solutions Business and worldwide sales.

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Cisdem has launched PDFToolkit 2.0.0 for Mac OS X. It’s an update of the utility to merge, split, compress and extract PDFs.
Cisdem PDFToolkit provides a set of utility functions for working wi…

RE:Vision Effects (http://www.revisionfx.com) has released ReelSmart Motion Blur version 5 and Twixtor version 6 with GPU support for eyeon Fusion .

Speedups up to 3x on GPUs when using RSMB and Twixtor, already known for their speed, have been measured over running in CPU mode, according to the folks at RE:Vision Effects. Twixtor creates slow motion shots without the cost of renting a high speed camera. ReelSmart Motion Blur (RSMB) automatically adds more natural-looking motion blur to a sequence.

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Zevrix Solutions (http://www.zevrix.com) has announced Deliver Express 2.4.3, a maintenance update to its solution to automatically send and share files across the Internet and local networks on the Mac. The new version addresses an issue that could pr…

MacNews and MacTech will be running a limited update schedule today in honor of Memorial Day. Originally called Decoration Day, is a day to remember those who have died in our nation’s service. …

Transcend Information (http://tinyurl.com/owzyesd) has launched its JetDrive Lite series of expansion cards aimed at MacBook Pro  with Retina  display and MacBook Air  users. There are four different models offered in 64GB and 128GB capacities.

Transcend’s new JetDrive Lite cards are tailor-made to have a flush profile with each specific model while providing a way to increase available storage. The 128GB card, for instance, can store over 60,000 high-resolution photos, 32,000 MP3 songs, 32 hours of Full HD video, or seemingly limitless number of documents.

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Apple has updated iAd Producer (http://developer.apple.com/iad/iadproducer/) to version 4/2. It gives developers the ability to display full screen banner ads in iOS apps. It also adds the ability to upload projects to the iAd Workbench campaign management system.

iAd Producer automatically manages the HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript behind your iAd. It offers JavaScript editing and debugging, along with an extension mechanism that enables them to create and re-use their own page templates and components.

iAd Producer a free download for developers at Apple’s developer web site.

Apple has updated iWork for iCloud. The software is free and can be accessed at iCloud.com. In fact, if you log into the web site you’ll see a new splash page announcing that Pages, Keynote, and Numbers can now:

° Edit docs up to 1GB in size;

° Allow you to collaborate with up to 100 people;

°  Create two-dimensional and interactive charts;

° Utilize more color options;

° Insert images up to 10MB in size;

° Handle chart formatting.

Apple has released a new version (3.1.2) of its Mac OS X Mavericks Server suite. It sports stability improvements and enhancements for the Calendar Server, Messages Server, and Profile Manager.
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Proavio (www.proavio.com) has released the EB800MS V2 storage platform for 4K media workflows. It adds a next generation 12G internal disk I/O design and incorporates a choice of PCI-e 3.0 or SA…

JetBrains has announced the general availability of AppCode 3.0, a new release of their Objective-C IDE. It’s designed to ease the everyday routine for Objective-C developers as they build apps …