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Indev Software is proud to participate in the second iteration of TheMacBundles software bundle, with its email management software, MailTags. Until July 20, 2009 purchase MailTags and 9 other great software titles, saving over 80% on total price. With a robust feature set that works with POP and standard IMAP mail, MailTags extends Mail’s search, smart mailboxes, rules, and interface to provide a coherent and flexible system for email organization.

Nisus Software today announces the release of Nisus Writer Pro 1.3, the latest version of their critically acclaimed word processor. To celebrate, Nisus also announces a sale on Pro. Nisus Writer Pro 1.3 adds a completely new document manager. The document manager now can manage any file on your drive, regardless of its location. You can create file groups, or use the predefined smart groups. There is also a style library, and an advanced search that leverages Apple’s Spotlight technology.

Njection LLC today announced that Njection Mobile (NMobile), their worldwide speed trap notification system for iPhone 3G, will release version 1.1.3 for free before the 4th of July weekend. In addition, Njection has released an Ad Engine that specifically uses NMobile’s unique localization features for displaying area store discounts and coupons for its users to take advantage of. This will assist more traditional “Brick and Mortar” companies to compete for customers.

Energize Software has released Gratitude Rock 1.0, a positive thoughts journal or diary for the iPhone and iPod Touch. You can record your positive thoughts of gratitude for each day while experiencing the relaxing sounds and images of the ocean. Add pictures to express your day’s thoughts and feelings and read an inspirational quote of the day. Keeping a Gratitude Rock with you is a unique way to remind yourself to be thankful for all the good things in your life.

The Pragmatic Studio has announced two upcoming training courses for developers interested in learning how to create iPhone applications using the latest iPhone SDK 3.0. These 4-day, hands-on courses taught by two experienced iPhone developers will be held August 4-7, 2009 in Reston, VA and August 25-28, 2009 in Denver, CO. You’ll come away from this course ready to start creating your own iPhone applications.

iPresentee has released Keynote Themes 5.0 and free Keynote theme for Apple’s presentation software. Keynote Themes 5.0 includes ten brand new terrific themes: Azure, Greenery, Blue Wave, Frozen Nature, Greenish, Ochre, Gradient Green, Orange Tree, Tones of Gray and Wood Planks. This collection offers a variety of presentation styles with coordinated fonts, colors, great backgrounds, unique bullets and picture frames. This release extends iPresentee’s Keynote themes collection up to 87 themes.

Jumsoft has expanded their Goodies bundle, a collection of applications and designs available from company’s Web site free of charge. The company added ten Keynote Backgrounds to their vastly popular set, allowing Mac users to present their ideas in new impressive ways. Jumsoft Keynote motion backgrounds were created to infuse presentations with spirit and energize them without distracting the audience.

RingtoneFeeder has released a pack of 25 unique iPhone Alarm Tones which are all written and produced by Geoff Smith. These tones are delivered in one batch immediately and available in other formats to support other mobile phones. The tones are ideal for meeting alerts, waking up or any kind of reminders that use a tone to get your attention. Download all 25 tones in 3 different formats and drag them to the mobile phone directly from their PC/Mac, or install using applications such a iTunes.

locr, leading European platform for geo tagged photos and dynamically generated geospatial products and deCarta, the leading supplier of software and services for the location based services industry, have announced their strategic exclusive partnership. By combining technologies and knowhow, locr will enter the print market of high resolution maps, offering geospatial services and map content for the tourism, print and photo finishing market at consumer compatible prices.

Dare to be Creative has announced the release of Slices 1.0, a utility to split large files on Mac OS X. With Slices users can email large documents by breaking them down into smaller files before attaching them to emails. Slices also allows users to backup large files onto multiple CDs, USB memory sticks and other writable media. It is the latest addition to Dare to be Creative’s system utilities suite, and will be available at an introductory price for the next few weeks.