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valuescope GmbH has launched Finsights, its online news aggregation suite for the financial technology industry. Finsights is particularly targeted at senior management, sales & marketing professionals and industry researchers who rely on and subscribe to several online sources for news & information on the financial technology industry. This powerful new semantics application crawls over 500 of the leading banking, insurance, trading, asset management & financial technology internet resources.

The first bundle released by TheMacBundles has received high praise from both the press and users. Sales of the bundle this week have grown which demonstrates that many Mac users are just now becoming aware of the bundle and the enormous value that it represents. Consequently, it has been decided to extend the time the bundle will be available by one week.

Jumsoft has expanded their Goodies bundle – a collection of applications and designs available from company’s Web site free of charge. Five new iWeb themes were added to the set, allowing Mac users to explore new ways of expressing their identity and message. Jumsoft iWeb themes enable users to compose their Web sites effortlessly with a broad range of design options. All themes are created by a team of professional designers, and enriched with original details to evoke a variety of moods.

CoreMelt has announced ImageFlow FX V2 2.1, alongside all new video tutorials and a special bundle deal with Singular Software’s PluralEyes. ImageFlow FX V2 2.1 now allows you to create montage animations even faster, and with more flexibility. Instantly create montage animations from folders of images or movies, 25 different animation styles to choose from, 4 which are completely free. Runs on Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Apple Motion and After Effects CS3/CS4.

Steampulp Publishing LLC has released Steampunk Tales #1, its first electronic pulp fiction magazine created exclusively for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Emulating the style of the pulp adventure magazines of the 1920s and ’30s, Steampunk Tales #1 contains first-run and original fiction written by award-winning authors. Issue #1 contains 10 short stories. Authors contributing to Issue #1 include Jay Lake, Catherynne M. Valente, SatyrPhil Brucato and G.D. Falksen.

Izatt International has announced the possible inclusion of iPhone OS 3.0 topics in the upcoming iPhone Developers Course to be held June 23-27, 2009 at the Larry H. Miller Campus in Sandy, UT. Class will be 6-9:30pm Tue-Fri, June 23-26, plus 8:30-5:30pm Saturday, June 27th. Expert iPhone developers from prominent iPhone development companies Izatt International and Pixio will be covering topics from XCode and Interface Builder to Accelerometer and Core Animation.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple CEO Steve Jobs received a liver transplant about two months ago to treat some ongoing complications from his previous pancreatic cancer:

Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from Apple I…