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San Francisco, CA – MacZOT announces the release of the New Year’s Software Bundle. Ten seasoned software developers unite to provide extreme value and software while promoting a good cause. This bundle includes eleven applications and utilities that increase the effectiveness of any Mac user.

The New Year’s Software Bundle sells for $59.99 (USD) and runs from Dec. 26th, 2008 to Jan. 4th. 2009 The normal price of all applications would be $262.59. Purchasing during this promotion, saves one more than $200 and sends $5 to help the Heifer Project fund sustainable farming projects around the world.

“MacZOT is a great way to introduce Mac users to applications they might not usually get a chance to see. It works out perfectly for everyone because developers get their products featured in front of a large audience while consumers get great values,” said Brian Ball, inventor of AppZapper and founder of MacZOT.

The software included in this year’s bundle is: Awaken, AppZapper, Caboodle, DEVONthink Personal, FileChute, Garage Sale, MacCleanse, Mail Stationery, MediaRage 3, Snapshot, and Xslimmer.

A portion of each sale will be donated to Heifer International – a charity that helps sustainable living and ecologically sound re-development efforts.

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Located in San Francisco, CA MacZot, a software promotion site has the mission of connecting Mac users with Mac software developers using a Get-It-Now(TM) pricing model. The site was started in March 2006 by Brian Ball. He previously worked as a contractor for Macworld magazine and later merged his passion for finding great shareware with the instant gratification pricing he saw on woot.com. MacZot runs software promotions that generally last only 24 hours. Special bundles like New Year’s Bundle add to the variety and mystery of what will be next.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Brainjuice announced today that the official release of Blogo 1.2, its Mac desktop blog editor and Twitter client, is available for download. The application makes blogging on the Mac easy even for those with no knowledge of HTML, and this release adds Expression Engine, a popular content management system, and Ping.fm, a service which updates multiple social networks with a single login, as well as comment moderation using the new API introduced in WordPress 2.7.

With Ping.fm, Blogo now supports Tumblr, Livejournal, Facebook, Myspace, Jaiku, and Plurk among others. This version adds lots of features to the blog editor, as well as a number of fixes and improvements to stability in general. Highlights include:

HTML Editor:
The editor can now toggle between Rich Text and HTML, combining the ease of use of the classic editor with the flexibility to get into the code and make adjustments when necessary. There is also a preference to turn off inline styles, a welcome addition for those who prefer to keep their blog’s HTML clean.

Ping.fm:
Users can post status updates via Ping.fm, and accounts can be configured to send a status update whenever an article is published.

Expression Engine:
Users can now post to any blog built with Expression Engine, a popular content management system and one of the most requested blog platforms.

Comment Moderation:
When used with WordPress 2.7 or higher, Blogo will download unmoderated comments, which can be approved, deleted or marked as SPAM.

Twitter Search:
The Microblog viewer was expanded with a tab to search Twitter’s archives, useful for doing quick research and following trends. The application also displays the most talked-about keywords at the moment from Twitter’s Trends API.

Improved Safari Integration:
The application comes with a bookmarklet which can be added to Safari to post videos, slideshows and inline ads directly from Flickr, Picasa, Vimeo, YouTube, Google Adsense, Google Maps, Boo-box, and Blip.fm without copying and pasting HTML.

Offline Editing:
Users can write and preview their posts while not connected to the internet, as well as save drafts to a local drive to be published later.

Pricing and Availability:
Blogo is available for Mac OS X 10.4 and up as a 21-day unlimited trial, and can be purchased at the Brainjuice store for $25 (USD).

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Brainjuice is an independent software house founded in 2007 by Benjamin Jackson and Ivan Neto. Its products focus on the Mac and iPhone and put usability first.

Mauritius, Pointe aux Canonniers – Celmaro today announced that Webbla will be on a special price during Christmas and New Year. The promotion offers a discount of 20 percent and will be available until the beginning of Next Year.

What is Webbla?

* Webbla is a modern, visual bookmark manager for Mac OS X Leopard.
* Allows personalization of bookmarks with notes, tags, rating and to organize them in collections and smart collections.
* Easily find bookmarks by browsing them visually or by searching the whole website content, notes and more.
* Can check websites automatically on changes and mark them as updated.
* Provides the ability to add bookmarks with shortcuts and bookmarklets from Camino, Firefox, OmniWeb, Opera, Safari.
* Allows to open the bookmarks with customizable web browser scripts.
* Supports Quicklook, Cover Flow, and Spotlight for bookmarks in Finder.

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5.0 Leopard or higher
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* Internet connection, broadband recommended

Pricing and Availability:
A Single User license of Webbla is regularly priced at $22.98 (USD) and will be sold for $17.58 (20% Off). The offer will be available until the beginning of Next Year. A limited 15-day trial version is available. After purchasing, customers will immediately receive a emailed with the license file to unlock the application.

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Celmaro Ltd is based in Mauritius, a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. Founded 2006 by Anique Teichmann, Celmaro is focused on creating software for Mac OS X. Our intention is to create intuitive and powerful mac applications to simplify the day, increase the productivity and make the life more enjoyable for our user. Copyright 2006-2008 Celmaro. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.

MacMod today unveiled the beta of their new site to 5,000 community members and the press today for a weeklong private preview. “This is going to help us knock out the bugs before we go public,” said Co-founder Jacob Thomason. “It’s nice to be in the final stages of what has been a 2 year plan.” The site is repositioning itself as a Mac-only social network with lots of Mac-centric content. In addition to having the largest library of modification guides and an active forum, the new features users can look forward to include:

State-of-the-art Profile System: Users can create an online profile, meet and befriend Mac users from around the world, leave wall comments, and share personal photos with the community.

The Big Blog: Unlike very large generic social sites MacMod has a niche to serve and this allows member blogs to be aggregated and served up in a real-time community wide blog called “The Big Blog.”

Groups: Meeting other Mac users on the new MacMod.com can happen in numerous ways, but one way to find like-minded people is to create or join groups where community members can participate in topical discussions.

Software Tools & Tutorials: MacMod is developing a large collection of software tools and tutorials for its users. These programs will specifically focus on customization and productivity. Tutorials will be published weekly to help users put those programs to use (e.g. how to rip & burn a DVD).

Activity Feed: Know what your MacMod friends are up to with a real-time activity feed that chronologically catalogs their actions on the site.

Applications: Members can install several applications to customize their profile including a Twitter Application. Several applications will be available at launch with more coming soon.

The site expects to launch January 1, 2009. The site, which has been a Macintosh community for many years, will target enthusiastic Mac users seeking to socialize with other Mac users.

MacMod

MacMod is a “social learning network” for Mac users who want to socialize and learn with other Mac users. It’s home to The Great MacMod Challenge and the “Mod of the Year” award. MacMod is dedicated to providing Mac users with the ability to share information and identify resources they need to personalize, customize, and modify Mac system. MacMod is recognized as the world’s leading Mac modding site and is the first modern Mac-centric social network. MacMod is based in Atlanta, GA.