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Oklahoma based LittleFin Software today announces the release of Chronicle 3.4, an update to their best-selling home finance and bill paying application for Mac OS X. The app provides an easy, graphical means to enter and track finances. Features include: automatic bill paying reminder; debt tracking; graphs and reports; and a sortable list of upcoming bills which can be paid on-line from within the app. New in this version is the ability to track income and compare it to bill spending.

Yazsoft today releases ShareTool 2.1.1, an important update to their award winning utility for Mac OS X. At a click of a button, ShareTool lets you connect to most Bonjour services running on your home/office networks from anywhere in the world. This includes Screen Sharing, File Sharing, Remote Printing, Secure Browsing, and more. In response to massive demand, ShareTool 2.1.1 delivers iTunes 10 Home Sharing across the internet, the ability to run ShareTool as a background service, and more.

Brisk Mobile Inc. today releases Medieval HD 1.1.2, an update to its popular castle defense game for iPad. With stunning graphics and realistic sounds combining to create an immersive experience, Medieval HD is easy to pick up but hard to master and aims to set a new standard for castle defense games. With its multitude of game and shooting modes, users can adjust the gaming experience to their liking. Medieval HD is currently the #1 paid iPad game in the US and is top 10 in over 45 countries.

Apimac today introduces iDatabase 1.0 for Mac OS X, their Mac version of iDatabase 3.2 for iOS. Designed to permit bi-directional syncing between computer and mobile device, iDatabase is a complete personal database management solution. Ideal for tracking membership lists, expenses, projects, Internet accounts, etc., the app includes 16 ready to use templates such as Accounts, Contacts, Exercise Log, Recipes, and To Do. Creation of custom templates is also supported.

Apple has posted a dedicated page detailing the new features coming to the iPad in November. iOS 4.2 is the unifying release that finally brings the iPad and iPhone in feature sync. The iPad was originally launched with iOS 3.2 and has sin...

RinnApps today releases ArtikPix 1.0.1 for iPhone/iPod touch. ArtikPix is a fun, feature-rich and interactive articulation app with flashcard and matching activities for children with speech sound delays. It provides a user-friendly experience for children to practice sounds independently, with their parent or speech-language pathologist. Utilizing fun and modern graphics, ArtikPix comes with a free deck of "th" cards with features such as recorded audio, voice recording, and data collection.

Earlier today, we reported on confusion surrounding the brief appearance of Facebook Connect functionality in iTunes 10's "Ping" social networking feature that initially appeared to allow users to find friends by checking their Facebook conta...

Mindwarm Incorporated today released Swami Roberts 1.0 for iPhone, Android, iPad and iPod touch. Swami Roberts can answer your most secret questions. This universal app for iPad and iPhone is available in the Entertainment category of the iTunes App Store. The Android version is in the Google Market. Swami Roberts will give you a yes or no answer to your secret question. No one has updated the Magic 8 ball for smartphone technology - until now. Swami Roberts knows your answer.

Included in a nice overview of Apple's new iPods and Apple TV from Ars Technica is confirmation that users of Apple's earlier Apple TV models will not be receiving a software upgrade to enable Netflix streaming and other software features of ...

Apple continues its trend of weekly releases of Mac OS X 10.6.5 developer builds today by pushing Build 10H535 to registered developers. The release marks an increment of four builds since last week's re...