Cody Fink

1547 posts on MacStories since January 2010

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NoMoreiTunes Lets you View iTunes Previews in Peace

iTunes Previews don’t work as they should. If I’m viewing the content in my browser, why do I need to see it again in iTunes? A Safari 5 Extension from developer Florian Pichler (@pichfl) seeks to automatically stop iTunes from opening – a must have for anyone who regularly browses for App Store applications. As Pichler writes,

“NoMoreiTunes is an extension for Safari 5 which disables the script that tries to start iTunes when you visit a link to the iTunes Store. It’s annoying and redundant as there is iTunes Preview for Music and Apps now.”

As movies aren’t blocked, the extension provides users with a button they can use to manually initiate iTunes.

You can download NoMoreiTunes from his website.

Apple-Google Ad War Attracting Federal Attention?

This is a story that gets old real quick. A news journalist hears the feds are out to investigate Apple because they’re bullying the music industry. The story gets posted and the media goes crazy with it. We hear rumors of an investigation with no real action.

In the meantime Apple changes their developer agreement and has some fun blocking AdMob. The feds get interested again (this time in advertising), and thus starts another lifeless cycle. “Lifeless,” being the keyword here.

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Safari Best Contender in HTML5 Performance Test

It’s a safe bet Firefox won’t be getting any awards soon (Mozilla needs to pick up their game), which leaves Google Chrome and Safari to duke it out for a good ol’ fashioned HTML5 performance test. The race was close, but Apple’s Safari 5 now leads over Google Chrome 5. But just barely.

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iDraw for iPad, Your Illustrator for iPad

The iPad has practically exploded with lots of great drawing applications. We can sketch, we can illustrate, and we can paint our expressions across a glass canvas. iDraw for iPad gives you some well rounded functionality for sketchers and illustrators alike. Featuring the pencil, bezier pen, shapes, layers, gradients, and text tools, iDraw makes it easy to anyone to reveal their inner photoshop.

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Cyberduck 3.5 with Google Docs Support

Our friends over at TidBITS have the skinny on the newest iteration of Cyberduck, a fan favorite FTP client among many die-hard Mac users. Complementing their slew of Amazon S3 Support, Rackspace Cloud Files, and usual FTP/SFTP capabilities, users will be able to upload files to be converted into the Google Docs format – if they’re images, you’ll get optical character recognition similar to Evernote. Check out the change logs for all the newest updates, and download your below.

[Cyberduck 3.5 – 19.5MB] Cyberduck download.

Win a copy of Taskly for iPhone!

So you’re bound to get one of them new fancy iPhones right? Well you’re gonna need to load it up with some great software. A good task manager I really like is Taskly, which we reviewed not too long ago, and the developer has given us five copies to giveaway to our beloved readers. Oh joy!

Giveaway

We’re the productive type; getting things done is on our agenda this afternoon. And as we wind down, we’d like to give away some software. Leave a comment below telling us why you think Taskly is right for you (after checking out our review of course), and be sure to tell all of your friends on Twitter. With your comment, make sure you link back to your Tweet stating:

“Win a copy of Taskly for the iPhone! http://mcstr.net/9ZIgtC”

The contest ends Saturday, June 12th. Remember, tweet & comment for your chance to win! Good luck!

Sleep Blaster, The Smart Alarm for your iPhone

Alarms suck. Every morning you wake up to the buzzer of some obnoxious machine whose sole purpose is to irritate you out of your dreams. You might say a few expletives before rolling over your girlfriend, stepping on the cat, or tripping over a pair of old tennis shoes before you can finally turn that stupid thing off. But what if your Alarm was your iPhone, and what if it could listen to your demeaning request? Sleep Blaster for the iPhone is an intelligent Alarm that will shut the $&^! up when you yell at it.

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AdMob CEO Claims Developers will Suffer Under New Policies

With Apple blocking AdMob, Google’s recent acquisition, AdMob CEO Omar Hamoui feels it’s necessary to comment on their ticket of non-admission. Acknowledging that, “Apple proposed new developer terms on Monday that, if enforced as written, would prohibit app developers from using AdMob and Google’s advertising solutions on the iPhone,” Omar finds Apple’s new terms highly distasteful. All I have to say is get over it buddy; companies don’t have to use AdMob to deliver the goods when iAds are always available. And Jobs has already made clear that some incredible businesses are already on board. So what’s your point?

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