Macware Announces New Website – Free Commercial Use Fonts Offer

May 26th, 2009

Omaha, NE – Macware, a leading developer and publisher of Mac productivity software, has announced today the relaunch of their Macware website. Macware is offering visitors a selection of free commercial use fonts, brand new to the market from their font foundry. Macware has updated its site in order to better serve the Mac community and offer more extensive productivity solutions. Macware products are easy to use and include software for logo design, invoice and billing, hard drive defragment and repair, email marketing, extensive font collections, and many more.

As part of Macware’s commitment to offering the best Mac productivy solutions, they are providing a selection of commercial use fonts at no cost. These fonts were created by the Macware font foundry and are being released as a preview of what will be available in the new releases of MacFonts 3 and MacFonts 4 later this year. Each of these font collections will include 1000 brand new royalty-free fonts of the highest quality, each containing full sets including international characters.

Visitors can receive these free commercial use fonts by visiting the Macware website as well as explore the numerous additional solutions Macware has to offer.

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Macware, Inc. is a leading developer and publisher of Mac software that delivers award-winning intuitive software designed for creative professionals and home users. Macware products are easy to use and include software for logo design, invoice and billing, Internet security, email marketing, personal and commercial use font collections, Keynote and PowerPoint backgrounds, and other utilities. Macware products are available through major retailers in North America, as well as Australia, Japan, South Africa, Europe and the United Kingdom as well as online. Macware is a registered trademark of Macware, Inc. Apple, Mac, and Mac OS are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Apple Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.


1Password 2.9.16 adds new WiFi Sync – Paves way for 1Password touch 2.0

May 26th, 2009

Toronto (Ontario, Canada) – Agile Web Solutions on Friday released 1Password 2.9.16 with a redesigned WiFi syncing feature for iPhone and iPod touch owners. In addition to database security and performance improvements, this update brings faster, more robust, and automatic syncing to 1Password.

What is 1Password?
* The most popular password manager for Mac OS X and iPhone (according to MacUpdate, VersionTracker and iUseThis ratings)
* Winner of Best of Show Award at Macworld Expo 2009
* A Macworld magazine “Mac Gem”, rated 4.5 out of 5 and nominated for a Macworld Readers’ Choice Award
* Provides the ability to sync your Mac passwords with your iPhone/iPod touch
* The only password manager with integrated Anti-Phishing Technology
* An automatic form filler with support for credit cards and multiple identities
* A highly secure database to keep track of logins, secure notes, identities, credit cards, bank accounts, and software registration information

What is new in this release?
1Password 2.9.16 contains a new WiFi Sync feature that makes it both easier and even more secure for iPhone and iPod touch owners to bring their personal data on-the-go. The new feature solves firewall conflicts and provides more power to users who need to customize syncing preferences. 1Password 2.9.16 also has tools to handle syncing conflicts if they arise, and 1Password touch 2.0 for iPhone and iPod touch, a free upgrade soon to arrive in the iTunes App Store, is required to harness these features.

In addition to a brand new WiFi sync feature, 1Password 2.9.16 allows users to unlock their Agile Keychain from the command line. Further, an improvement to 1Password’s auto-update feature prevents user data from being accidentally deleted by application uninstallation utilities. The full detailed changelog for this release can be found on the 1Password site.

System Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or 10.5 (Leopard)

Pricing and Availability:
A Single User license is available for $39.95 (USD) and a five user Family License for $59.95 (USD). 1Password may be downloaded for free from the Downloads page. A fully functional 30-day trial version is available, along with a free version limited to 20 items. Special media licenses are available for members of the press and the blogging community upon request.

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Agile Web Solutions is dedicated to making Mac OS X even better by creating innovative applications like 1Password, the premier Password Manager for Mac and iPhone, and AllBookmarks, a bookmark manager that collects all browser bookmarks in one place. 1Password is ‘Highly Recommended’ by Macworld, an Apple Staff Pick, and is a Mac|Life Editors’ Pick. All Agile products are available for download for free from the Downloads page.


Boinx Software announces FotoMagico Remote for iPhone/iPod touch

May 26th, 2009

Munich, Germany – Boinx Software today announces the availability of FotoMagico Remote to control a live FotoMagico 3 slideshow with iPhone or iPod touch. To help presenters with their live narration, FotoMagico Remote also includes a teleprompter that displays a thumbnail and the speaker notes for the currently displayed slide. FotoMagico Remote can be puchased exclusively at the iTunes App Store for $19.95.

“Using the FotoMagico Remote on stage gives you unprecedented control and makes you look cool,” says Oliver Breidenbach, CEO of Boinx Software. “Adding this to your iPhone or iPhone touch comes much cheaper than buying one of the less stylish and less useful hardware remote control devices on the market.”

Presenting The Professional Way
A fullscreen presentation with FotoMagico 3 can now be remotely controlled with the “FotoMagico Remote” application on iPhone or iPod touch. FotoMagico Remote provides playback remote control and a teleprompter right in your palm. You can read your notes and get a visual feedback of the duration of the current slide on the screen, giving your whole live presentation a highly professional touch.

With FotoMagico Remote you are free to walk around the stage in front of your audience while narrating your slideshow. FotoMagico Remote on your iPhone or iPod touch is the perfect addition to FotoMagico 3 Pro!

Secure Remote Control:
Remote controlling a live presentation with your iPhone or iPod touch can be protected with a four digit PIN code. Setting the PIN code makes sure nobody else can interfere with the presentation.

System Requirements:
FotoMagico Remote runs on any iPhone an iPod touch with iPhone OS 2.2.1 or later. FotoMagico Remote requires FotoMagico 3.0 (or later) running Mac OS Leopard (or later) and an available local WiFi network for the communication between the Mac and the iPhone or iPod touch.

Availability and Pricing:
FotoMagico Remote for iPhone and iPod touch is available exclusively at the iTunes App Store for $19.95 (USD).

About FotoMagico and FotoMagico Remote
FotoMagico, winner of two Apple Design Awards – “Best Mac OS X Leopard Graphics and Media Application Runner-up 2008″ and “Best Mac OS X User Experience Runner-up 2006″, is a storytelling tool for digital photographers. It is easy to use and produces impressive presentations that makes the audience want more. The optional FotoMagico Remote allows to control FotoMagico 3 shows conveniently with the iPhone or iPod touch.

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Boinx Software Ltd. is located in Puchheim, near Munich, Germany. Boinx Software develops award-winning software for the creative Mac user in animation, movie production and photography. Boinx iStopMotion is the leading solution for stop motion animation and time lapse capture, and won the O’Reilly Mac OS X Innovators Award in 2003. Boinx PhotoPresenter, winner of the Apple Design Award 2005 “Best Mac OS X Student Product,” is a quick presentation tool with a variety of pre-built templates. BoinxTV is a revolutionary live production software that turns any Mac into a TV studio. Boinx Mousepose is the indispensable mouse pointer highlighting tool for everyone doing presentations, training or demos. Boinx FxTiles is collection of 3D filters and transitions designed for Adobe After Effects CS3 / CS4, Apple Final Cut Studio and Apple Final Cut Express.


2-for-1 Offer on Workgroup Wiki Licenses

May 26th, 2009

Edmonton, Alberta – Effective immediately, CourseForum Technologies is doubling the size of every newly purchased standard license of its ProjectForum and CourseForum workgroup wiki collaboration software. Existing customers can also save 25% on upgrades to their current license. These offers are only available until June 30.

ProjectForum and CourseForum are commercially supported, high quality wiki collaboration servers for small and medium workgroups. They run securely on an organization’s own network, keeping important information safely in-house and protected. Supporting multiple workgroups from a single server, they features full version control, secure authentication options, document management, full branding support and much more.

With today’s economy, everyone wants to see their tight budgets stretch even further. This limited time 2-for-1 offer on new licenses is the company’s most popular promotion ever, only offered once before, back in 2003.

Pricing and Availability:
Versions are available for Mac OS X, as well as Windows, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD, while users of the software need only a web browser. Free versions are available, with more advanced licenses starting at $79 (USD). A fully managed hosted version is also available, ideal for those who may want to migrate in-house later. The 2-for-1 offer on new licenses, and the 25% savings on upgrades are only available until June 30.

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CourseForum Technologies is a leading developer of high-quality collaboration software for professional workgroups. Its ProjectForum wiki software, available either as a download or hosted, brings together the advanced features high-performing teams need in a highly usable and easy to set up OS X application. Based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, more information about CourseForum can be found on their website.


app4mac releases Plexoo 1.0 for Mac OS X – Image Enhancing Tool

May 26th, 2009

San Jose, California – app4mac has released Plexoo 1.0, a new utility for Mac OS X. Plexoo allows you to resize, rotate one or multiple images to your specifications. Once you have opened an image or a group of images you get a range of options for you to apply via an assistant. In addition to resizing the image (with or without keeping proportions), Plexoo allows you to rotate and change the image to a variety of popular file types. With Plexoo, you can also add doodles / watermark to multiple images and extract application icons.

Plexoo is compiled as a universal binary. Coinciding with apple’s release of Intel-based computer systems, this will allow our product to run on any Macintosh, containing either a PowerPC chip or an Intel chip, without any speed slowdown, or program emulation. Built from the ground up in Cocoa and Objective C, this product supports numerous Mac OS X technologies.

Feature Highlights:
* Drag and drop images directly to the application or the main window
* Powerful assistant to handle your images in 5 easy steps
* Use Apple CoreImage framework
* Crop images to new format
* Resize images to new dimensions
* Rotate images
* Add Doodles / Watermark to multiple images
* Save images to a new file format (JPEG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, BMP)
* Batch mode to manage hundred or thousand images

Pricing and Availability:
Plexoo 1.0 is available for only 9 Euros. All updates/upgrades are always free. Plexoo is built for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and available in English and French versions with a full documentation.

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app4mac is a company created in 2001 with the goal of providing innovative applications for Mac OS X. We take great pleasure building Mac products. We are committed to creating quality software that will make the Mac even more user-friendly. Copyright 2001-2009 app4mac. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.


Urbansqual releases Robo Riot! for iPhone and iPod Touch

May 26th, 2009

San Diego, California – Urbansqual, a leading flash developer and The Binary Mill are proud to announce the immediate world-wide release of the engaging and intuitive Robot Riot! 1.0. Robots are tired of doing the bidding of their human masters and they’ve figured it’s finally time to overthrow them. In this engaging arcade puzzler, it’s your job to protect humanity from the endless robotic horde. Take down wave after wave of robots, collect powerups and save the world from the Robo Riot!

How to play:
Drag an electric zapper box around a group of robots where every corner is same color, then release your finger to zap those Robots to smithereens! Groups of the same color robots within this square will combo and create powerups to further assist you in conquering the robo-threat and dominating the ultimate high score!

Features include:
* High score table
* Interactive tutorial
* Volume controls for music and SFX
* Vibration support
* Ability to play your own iPod music

About urbansqual:
Urbansquall is an independent flash game developer. While they specialize in multiplayer games, they have created everything from hidden object games to side scrolling beat ‘em ups. They are based in San Diego, California, but their virtual team is spread out across the United States. For more information on urbansquall, please visit them online.

Also soon to be released; Bloody Fun Day. Take charge of the Reaper as you tear through legions of grotesque cuties and their diabolical offspring in this tactical puzzler. Wield 6 unique powers to cut down the adorable denizens of a world in which all cute things must die. Coming soon to iPhone and iPod Touch!

System Requirements:
iPhone and iPod Touch 2.2.1 or later

Pricing and Availability:
In celebration of it’s release, Robo Riot! will be on sale for $0.99 (USD) for a short period of time (normally $1.99) and is available immediately from the Apple App Store.

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The Binary Mill is an independent videogame and entertainment developer, specializing in iPhone & iPod Touch development, that create engaging, original and compelling videogames. For more information on The Binary Mill, please visit them online. Copyright 2009 The Binary Mill. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.


Quantum Pool 1.0 Released For iPhone/iPod Touch – Unique Pool Variations

May 26th, 2009

Arlington, Texas, USA – Idle Diversions announces the release of its second iPhone game, Quantum Pool. Quantum Pool is what Pool could be if reality didn’t get in the way. A unique blend of pool, pinball, putting courses and crazy physics, QP is in a category by itself. Each table has unique features and challenges including square and triangular balls, fission, pinball bumpers and even a black hole.

Gameplay is easy, there is no cue ball, just two sets of colored balls, select one ball and try to knock in balls of the opposite color for 10 points, or lose 10 points if you wrongly hit the selected color in, and lose 1 point if you put nothing in. The holes include the usual pool ones, holes in the floor, and of course the black hole, which sucks in errant balls.

There are 11 tables to play on. Select a ball, drag around to give a direction, pick the power and go. Many settings of the physics engine are available to experiment with such as bounce, friction, damping, mass, inertia and ball size. Make it easy, make it hard, or even make it weird. Settings and high scores for each table are saved to the device.

Quantum Pool the first in a line of 2d physics based games to be released. This game is free and ad-supported. Quantum Pool requires a minimum of iPhone 2.2 and is compatible with both the iPhone and the iPod Touch.

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Idle Diversions is located in Arlington, Texas, USA and is dedicated to building original games and applications for both the iPhone and Mac markets. Copyright 2009 Idle Diversions. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.


Cocoa Stuff releases Deep Green 1.1 for iPhone and iPod touch

May 26th, 2009

London, United Kingdom – Cocoa Stuff today is proud to release Deep Green 1.1, an update to their wildly popular chess game for iPhone and iPod touch. Specifically developed from the ground up to leverage the iPhone’s unique capabilities and interface, Deep Green continues to combine great complexity and functionality into a simple, yet compelling and intuitive user interface.

Perfect for casual gameplay, Deep Green offers incredible looks, polish and ease of use, featuring realistic sounds that make the gaming experience fun and compelling. It includes built-in help, with sections for new features, reference, and frequently asked questions. There is also a shortcut for sending e-mail to support for learning more about chess rules. These features, except for built-in help and support, can be turned on and off in the new Application Settings.

With Deep Green, opponents can move pieces either by drag-and-drop or by tapping a piece, then tapping the square they wish to move it to. The tapped piece will jiggle, dutifully awaiting for the user to tap the destination square. The game supports auto-rotation, ensuring the user always plays from the bottom and up, and the board is rotated correctly for the in-turn player when competing on the device with a friend.

Feature Highlights:
* Play against Engine or Human, or Engine versus Engine
* Adjustable Engine strength
* Concentration setting allowing the Engine to play more like a Human
* Manual board setup
* Game playback – First/previous/next/last position, auto-playback, drag slider
* Replay of last move
* Move suggestion animated on board
* Take back – Undo, all the way back to start
* Free choice between tap/tap and drag/drop moving (no need to set preference)
* Display of Captured Pieces
* Smooth animations everywhere
* Game and state saved between program sessions
* Built-in Help
* Rich, analog-type sounds, optional
* Callout notification for Check, Stalemate, and Checkmate
* Vibration on Check, Stalemate and Checkmate, optional
* Board Coordinates
* Board Auto-Rotation

With Version 1.1, Deep Green Lite makes its first appearance. Deep Green Lite is a free version with all the functionality of its big brother, with exception to game saving. Each time Deep Green Lite is launched it starts over with a new game. Deep Green 1.1 sports new notifications at check, checkmate and stalemate, as well as new callouts, sound, vibration, and animations.

Deep Green was first released on the Newton platform in 1998, and was a huge success. Only ten days after it was released, Apple discontinued the Newton project. “The overall goal of Deep Green is to keep it simple, beautiful, and elegant” said Joachim Bondo, president and founder of Cocoa Stuff. “Deep Green 1.1 offers a slew of new features, at the cost of only one extra button added to a secondary view. This is a product of very high quality with a long and exciting roadmap ahead.”

System Requirements:
* iPhone or iPod touch 2.1 or later
* 4.3 MB

Sound is only available on first generation iPod touch when using headset or external speakers. The device must be unmuted. Vibration must be enabled on the iPhone for the currently active Silent/Ring state. Vibration is not available on iPod touch.

Pricing and Availability:
Deep Green 1.1 for iPhone is only $7.99 (USD) and available exclusively through Apple’s App Store. All future upgrades are free to existing customers. Deep Green Lite 1.1 debuts and is free.

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Based in London, United Kingdom, Cocoa Stuff is a privately help company founded in 2005 by Joachim Bondo. With over twenty years developing on the Mac platform, Joachim has specialized as a user interface specialist, with a fanatical desire to make complicated things easy to use and understand. Joachim leverages his longtime experience with the aim to develop unique and useful software, complemented by first-class customer support. Copyright 2005-2009 Cocoa Stuff. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.


VolnaTech releases NimbleKit SDK – Software Development for iPhone

May 26th, 2009

Kiev, Ukraine – VolnaTech has just released latest NimbleKit SDK which allows to develop iPhone applications much quicker using just HTML and Javascript. No need to spend time learning how to use complicated tools, just start development from a template and immediately HTML file available for modification or to launch your app in simulator.

NimbleKit is really easy to use and has many useful features:
* Navigation Controllers: upper navigation bar and bottom tabs to allow automatic navigation between your pages.
* Native fixed position controls like buttons with images, slider, activity indicator, etc
* Full control of application appearance including changing main status bar and style of navigation controllers.
* Playing streamed and bundled audio has never been easier, to play streamed or bundled audio you need just 2 lines of code!
* Vibration support
* Address Book support with ability to search for contacts
* Access to bundled files so it’s possible to read any amount of data for pages from any location in the file
* Internet availability to know if we can reach internet via wifi or cellular network
* Settings to allow your application save application specific information
* Overall stability was greatly improved

What is very important for every application developer is documentation, that’s why every function or class in NimbleKit is well documented and for most of them sample code available.

Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5.5 or higher
* iPhone SDK 2.2 or higher

Pricing and Availability:
NimbleKit SDK is available for only $99.00 (USD). Trial version is full featured but apps created unregistered can run only on iPhone simulator (part of iPhone SDK).

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Founded in 2007 as development studio by Atomix Productions, at present time company grows and has independent projects. Copyright 2007-2009 VolnaTech. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Computer in the U.S. and/or other countries.


Ergonis Software introduces SharewarePublisher 1.0 for Mac OS X

May 26th, 2009

Hagenberg, Austria: May 26, 2009 – Ergonis Software today is delighted to introduce SharewarePublisher 1.0, their new software submission tool and assistant for Mac OS X. Developed specifically for shareware developers, vendors and media specialists alike, SharewarePublisher helps semi-automatically submit software applications to leading software listing sites and repositories. Developers can submit to 100+ sites within just a few hours, which would otherwise take several days.

The benefit of being listed on many shareware sites is not only the direct exposure, but also the additional links to the developer’s company website. This leads to better Google ranking, results in more traffic and potentially translates to more customers. With SharewarePublisher, developers will enjoy seeing their application(s) listed on many sites instantly. SharewarePublisher features built-in check lists, which sites that have to be submitted to, and where a product has yet to be listed.

A native Cocoa application, SharewarePublisher ships with almost 200 pre-configured shareware sites (about 100 of them carrying Mac software titles), with carefully hand-tuned ratings/priorities. It provides functions to auto-locate the listing and submission page for a product on all sites and auto-fills the forms with a single click. This is particularly useful for non-PAD-aware sites.

Feature highlights:
* Time-efficient semi-automated submission
* Built-in list of almost 200 leading shareware sites
* Predefined submission URLs
* Easy management of listing URLs
* Integrated two-tab web viewer
* Auto-fill submission forms
* Auto-learn submission forms
* User ID and password management
* Site-specific categories
* To-do list
* Submission history
* PAD file support
* Built specifically for the Mac

“SharewarePublisher is not an automated submission robot,” said Christoph Reichenberger, CEO of Ergonis Software. “In over twenty years of experience in the Mac shareware market, we have learned that many shareware sites will not accept or simply don’t like submissions from robot programs. The majority want developers to visit their sites personally to submit programs directly. However, submitting to a long list of sites is a very time-consuming and a tedious task. And consequently, this cost-effective and valuable marketing resource is mostly disregarded by shareware developers.” Acting as a special assistant for software submissions, SharewarePublisher is a full fledged-posting client for the Desktop. It fully integrates the listing host’s web interface into the Mac experience, offering developers the best of both worlds.

Minimum Requirements:
* Mac OS X Version 10.5 Leopard or later
* Universal Binary for PowerPC and Intel
* 4.1 MB Hard Drive space

Pricing and Availability:
For a limited time, SharewarePublisher is available for an introductory offer of 39.99 (EUR) till the end of June 2009. SharewarePublisher 1.0 will then be offered as a single-computer license for 69.99 (EUR), and is available as a full-featured demo.

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Headquartered in Hagenberg, Austria, Ergonis Software GmbH is a privately held software development company founded in 2002. With a focus on innovation, Ergonis develops ergonomic and intuitive software that boosts the productivity of Mac and PC users alike. Copyright 2002-2009 Ergonis Software GmbH. All Rights Reserved. Ergonis products are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Ergonis Software GmbH. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners.


TrailRunner 2.0 – openStreetMap Routing and Community Route Exchange

May 26th, 2009

Frankfurt, Germany – Berbie Software announces an update for TrailRunner, the outdoor oriented route-planning and journaling software for Mac OS X. This major milestone release now adds a routing feature based on openStreetMap, the biggest mapping community worldwide. Also, route exchange with GPSies, one of the biggest international route portals, has been improved.

“All bikers will love this” said Berbie, developer behind TrailRunner. “In versions prior the new 2.0 release, TrailRunner was far more useful to runners and hikers as users had to set up an individual trail network by hand. With this new release, bikers can easily create routes with the new openStreetMap routing editor and upload the course to their GPS device or share recommended routes with other outdoor enthusiasts wordwide at GPSies”

Focused on users doing any kind of outdoor activities like running, biking, hiking or inline skating, TrailRunner offers automatic route calculation for a given distance and attractiveness, a workout diary, workout histograms and analysis tools for measured data like geographic course, speed, distance, heart-rate, personal aerobic zone and more. An integrated exercise plan can help users to improve their base endurance in small and adaptive steps.

TrailRunner 2.0 and GPSies are both free but thankfully accept donations.

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About Berbie Software: Started in 2005, Berbie Software pioneered the development of a Mac OS X application focused on outdoor and long distance sports. By building a mash-up of complex technologies and algorithms, TrailRunner delivers a simple to use application that covers most features outdoor enthusiasts need to plan and journalize their activities.

About GPSies: GPSies started as a private initiative in Berlin, Germany and was first announced publicly in August 2006. In the meantime the portal has established itself as one of the internationally biggest providers for outdoor routes with a growing number of more than 1,000 new routes per day and a yet overall count of almost 200,000 routes.


New Website Provides Best Mac Software at Best Prices

May 26th, 2009

Berkeley, CA – MacEase Software is pleased to announce that it has worked with Kagi to create a new model for marketing software that represents a win-win situation both for developers and for consumers: Developers receive an equitable distribution from the sale of their software while consumers get the lowest prices available for great programs.

Usually, relatively small developers of shareware and commercial software rarely get significant access to the retail channel. And when they do have an opportunity to get widespread exposure for their software, often it’s at the cost of receiving only a miniscule percentage from the proceeds generated from the sale of their programs.

This creates an inequitable situation for developers that both stifles continuing development of existing software and discourages the creation of innovative new software. Consumers also lose because reduced competition leads to higher prices and reduced development leads to fewer and less innovative software options.

Bundles on the TheMacBundles.com will contain only highly regarded software (often, award-winning software) – there will be no “filler” titles in the bundles. Also, each bundle will contain only the latest version of each title and new bundles will be offered on a regular basis.

Because part of the goal of TheMacBundles.com is to provide an opportunity to introduce high quality but lesser-known titles to as many consumers as possible, each bundle will be available for only a short period of time – generally only two or three weeks – and the same programs usually will not be offered more than once a year.

Especially in these difficult economic times, it’s important for consumers to get the best value for their dollar and for developers to receive a fair payment for their work: TheMacBundles.com eliminates the middlemen and brings consumers and developers together to their mutual benefit. In advance of the launch of the first bundle, a Mission Statement has been posted on TheMacBundles.com.

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Steve Becker, the owner of MacEase, has been developing freeware and shareware for the Macintosh since 1997. The software from MacEase specializes in collecting, saving, organizing and printing information. The focus at MacEase is to develop software that extends the capabilities of the user’s computer, improves workflow and productivity, and enhances the user experience.