6/07/2014

[MacNews] Digest Number 3490

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Digest #3490

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Fri Jun 6, 2014 8:00 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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Volitans Software Announces SMART Utility 3.1.2 - Published on 06/06/14

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Volitans software has announced SMART Utility 3.1.2, a minor update to the hard drive diagnostic application for OS X. SMART Utility is able to scan the hardware diagnostics system of a hard drive's Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (SMART), a system built into hard drives by their manufacturers to report on various measurements of a hard drive's operation. The new features include a new email system, better drive support, and many bug fixes.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Volitans software has announced the release of SMART Utility 3.1.2, a minor update to the hard drive diagnostic application. The new features include a new email system, better drive support, and many bug fixes.

SMART Utility is an application to scan the hardware diagnostics system of hard drives SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) is a system built into hard drives by their manufacturers to report on various measurements (called attributes) of a hard drive's operation. The attributes can be used to detect when a hard drive is having mechanical or electrical problems, and can indicate when the hard drive is failing. SMART Utility can read and display these attributes. This allows time to hopefully backup, and then replace the drive.

SMART Utility is different from other drive utilities, such as Disk Utility, which only read the overall SMART Status. SMART Utility not only displays the individual attributes to see their status and information, but it also uses an internal algorithm based on those attributes to detect drives failing before SMART indicates it has failed. This pre-fail detection can save precious data before SMART has determined that the drive has failed. And, while the raw information can be viewed on the command line with smartmontools (which is what SMART Utility is based on), SMART Utility presents it in an easy to read format, as well as running its internal pre-fail algorithm.

Full release notes for Version 3.1.2:
* Implemented new sending email system to provide better support, fixing bugs with Gmail and 10.9 (Mavericks)
* Analyzed all code, cleaned up code, and fixed many potential bugs
* Added check time to Casper plist
* Changed email to include all drives in one email
* Changed email to include "SMART Utility" and host name in subject line
* Changed "Last Updated" display to include date as well as time
* Fixed bug on 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7 systems where "Install SAT SMART Driver" menu item would not work
* Fixed bug where Casper plist would not be created when all drives passed
* Fixed bug where Casper plist would not be created by menu extra
* Fixed bug in Casper script
* Fixed bug with toggling tests
* Fixed rare bug where menu extra would run scheduled tests when preferences were changed
* Fixed some bugs with French localization in Menu Extra
* Removed "/dev/" from drive descriptions for better clarity
* Updated help
* Updated French Localization
* Updated model list for new Macs
* Updated attribute human readable names
* Updated SAT SMART Driver to version 0.8
* Updated smartctl engine to 6.2, which supports many more drives, especially SSDs

Features:
* Displays all supported internal drives and their partitions, as well as some external drives (if optional SAT SMART driver is installed)
* Displays important information in the main window, such as drive model, capacity, power on hours, temperature, bad sector counts, and error counts and types
* Displays easy to read overall SMART status with color coded text
* Displays more detailed information in separate windows, including capabilities, all available attributes, and the past five errors
* Displays information using the Growl notification service (if installed) and email notifications (if configured)
* Displays information in menu bar
* Supports scanning in the background
* Supports running a hard drive's built-in test, and displays the results of the test
* Supports scanning OS X software RAID drives, as well as drives in many RAID enclosures and cards (including SeriTek drives)
* Supports logging all information to a log file for verifying SMART data
* Supports customizing the pre-fail algorithm, including only alerting new bad sectors and error counts
* Supports saving drive reports for later viewing
* Supports printing drive reports
* Supports HDDs and SSDs
* Supports Mac OS X 10.5 through 10.9
* Fully localized in French, thanks to Ronald A. Leroux

Pricing and Availability:
SMART Utility 3.1.2 is available in a variety of licenses including a personal license for $25 (USD) and a family license for $40 (USD). There is also a $100 for a business license as well as $65 for an educational site license available. It can be purchased online or within the SMART Utility app itself through its embedded web store.

Volitans Software: http://www.volitans-software.com/
SMART Utility 3.1.2: http://www.volitans-software.com/smart_utility.php
Download SMART Utility: http://cloudfront.volitans-software.com/smartutility312.zip
Screenshot: http://www.volitans-software.com/images/screenshotmain3.jpg
Application Icon: http://www.volitans-software.com/images/version.jpg

Volitans Software was founded on February 22, 2007, by Matthew Butch, to sell SMART Utility. The name Volitans comes from the scientific name of the Red Lionfish. Matthew is an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician, an Apple Certified Technical Coordinator, and an Apple Certified System Administrator. He conceived of the idea of SMART Utility because he wanted a better way to test hard drives in his job as an on-site Macintosh Technician. Copyright (C) 2014 Volitans Software. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, and Mac OS X are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Matthew Butch
President/Owner
717-314-4789
United States
mbutch@volitans-software.com

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Fri Jun 6, 2014 8:30 am (PDT) . Posted by:

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Tower Crusher introduced for iOS - Unique Fantasy Action Game - Published on 06/06/14

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ElvenPath introduces Tower Crusher 1.0, their new action game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Tower Crusher is the unique fantasy action game style in theme of warriors and wizards. Play as a fighter and a wizard to help them destroy the devil tower of dark force, Dark Blaze, beat their bosses and dispel the darkness of The Dark Witch. Do missions, upgrade awesome unlockable 12 Magic Skills, buy new characters and equip special items. Challenge your friends on Game Center.

Bangkok, Thailand - ElvenPath is excited to announce the release of Tower Crusher 1.0, their new action game for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. Previously, ElvenPath released the 2 games on Window 8: Take2Heaven and Let's Go xplorer, and both received Editor's pick Award from BestWindows8Apps. Tower Crusher is the game that ElvenPath is very proud to introduce fun and enjoyment to iOS gamers.

Tower Crusher is the unique fantasy action game style in theme of warriors and wizards taking you to experience the new game-play you've never seen before that is different from another action/running games. For the role, You play as a fighter and a wizard to help them destroy the devil tower of dark force, Dark Blaze, beat their bosses and dispel the darkness of The Dark Witch. The game challenge your sense of speed to parry bullets shot by devil towers. You have to collect combos to help the wizard create the magic ball to destroy towers. While playing, the bubble of magic skills will appear to help you fight against towers that make the game more fun. The goal is to defeat the dark witch and survive in the battle as long as possible to get the highest score and challenge your friends on the leader board.

Features:
* Unique style of endless action games you've never seen before
* Challenge your sense of speed to survive from crazy bullets and destroy devil towers by powerful magic ball and reach bosses
* Enjoy the battle - Do missions, upgrade awesome unlockable 12 Magic Skills, buy new characters and equip special items
* Stunning Graphic and music: story, themes, characters and exciting background music
* Game Center leader board - Challenge your friends to beat your scores: score, Combo and killed towers

Can you beat all of devil towers and their bosses? How long can you last in this epic battle? Tower Crusher here. Waiting you to download and enjoy!

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 4, 4S, iPhone 5, 5c, 5s
* Requires IOS 4.0 or later
* Optimized for iPhone 5
* 57.6 MB

Pricing and Availability
Tower Crusher 1.0 is now available for free and available for worldwide through the App Store in the Action and Adventure Games categories.

ElvenPath: http://www.elvenpathgame.com/
Tower Crusher 1.0: http://www.elvenpathgame.com/single-project5_TowerCrusher.html
Download from iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/app/tower-crusher/id820819899
YouTube Video (Trailer): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6C7kS4lxcU
Screenshots: http://postimg.org/gallery/8qm4u9to/
App Icon: http://a4.mzstatic.com/us/r30/Purple2/v4/7d/ee/d2/7deed20f-3945-6d22-27ac-29a048b18689/mzl.lldigwrx.175x175-75.jpg

ElvenPath was founded in 2012 and aims to create the best fun games for everyone to play. Our team is consist of friends who expertise in many field of works such as designers, sound and music composer, programmers and artists. Tower Crusher is one of ElvenPath's game that it is the first game on IOS.Copyright (C) 2014 ElvenPath. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Mac, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Jaksanapong Tilpornputt
Game Developer
66814058557
Thailand
elvenpath.co@gmail.com

Facebook Profile: https://www.facebook.com/towercrusher
Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/ElvenPathGame

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Rolomotion powered Dance Party coming to Apple TV - Published on 06/06/14

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Rolocule Games today announced the development of Dance Party, a multiplayer rhythm game where users mimic the movements of onscreen dancers using their iPhone or iPod touch. Dance Party allows users to connect multiple iOS devices together and dance simultaneously in front of big screens like HD TV, and more. The game streams to HD TV using AirPlay mirroring and has further reduced mirroring lag. Dance Party will also feature turn based multiplayer for local dance tournaments.

Pune, India - Rolocule Games today announced the development of Dance Party - the second rolomotion powered game for Apple TV - a multiplayer rhythm game where users mimic the movements of onscreen dancers using their iPhone or iPod touch, while rolomotion precisely tracks their movements to provide real time feedback. The game is set to release on the App Store in July and the company plans to give early access of the game to those signing up at the website starting today.

Unlike traditional motion gaming consoles that are limited by the number of motion controllers, Dance Party allows users to connect multiple iOS devices together and dance simultaneously in front of big screens like HD TV, Mac or PC using AirPlay Mirroring. Moreover, all personal statistics like calories burnt and more of each user during multiplayer dance will stay on their iPhone as opposed to traditional motion controllers, which are merely used for detecting gestures. Dance Party streams to HD TV using AirPlay mirroring and has further reduced mirroring lag giving 2x better mirroring performance as compared to Motion Tennis - company's first rolomotion powered game released last year. Moreover, iOS 8 is expected to support Peer-to-Peer AirPlay for Apple TV that will further improve mirroring performance.

Dance Party is powered by rolomotion that recently won the Silver Edison Award for the best innovation in the Entertainment category at 2014 Edison Awards in San Francisco. rolomotion is a technology which precisely tracks various movements of iPhone and allows users to play games using natural motion gestures on television using iPhone and Apple TV.

"Dance games are a worldwide phenomenon on traditional consoles and we wanted to bring the best of motion gaming to iPhone. We believe that Dance Party brings even better dance experience to iPhone users," said Rohit Gupta, CEO of Rolocule Games. "Dance Party is perfect to party with friends, enjoy family game nights, keep a healthy lifestyle or to just dance."

In addition to real time multiplayer, Dance Party will also feature turn based multiplayer for local dance tournaments, blind mode for expert dancers, single player mode to just dance and online dance offs. The game can also be used as an effective workout tool as it tracks calories burnt per session by day, week and month with impending integration of the newly announced HealthKit in iOS 8.

The game will work on iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S and iPod touch (5th generation) using Apple TV (2nd or 3rd generation). Apple TV requires an 802.11b/g/n wireless network or Ethernet network and a high definition TV capable of 720p. The game can also be played using Mac or PC with third-party AirPlay simulators.

Rolocule: http://www.rolocule.com
Dance Party: http://www.dancepartygame.com
YouTube Video (Trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wheB8HR8Pc

Rolocule Games is an award winning mobile entertainment software company that creates a unique blend of world-class games and next-gen technologies used by millions worldwide. In 2012, Rolocule's Flick Tennis: College Wars won the prestigious People's Choice Award at the 8th International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA) in Barcelona, Spain. Rolocule also won the Top 10 Emerging Companies of India Award by NASSCOM in 2012. Rolocule is also recognized as the 10 developers that are reshaping the global mobile industry by pocketgamer. Rolocule, rolomotion, Motion Tennis are registered trademarks of Rolocule Games Private Limited in India and other countries. Rolomotion is a patent pending proprietary technology of Rolocule Games. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright (C) 2013 Rolocule. All Rights Reserved. Rolocule, rolomotion, Motion Tennis are registered trademarks of Rolocule Games Private Limited in India and other countries. Rolomotion is a patent
pending proprietary technology of Rolocule Games. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Anuj Tandon
Co-Founder
+91 9049483875
India
anuj.tandon@rolocule.com

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SmoothReviews allows app developers to compete with the cheaters - Published on 06/06/14

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SmoothReviews has introduced a brand new service that allows any app developer to get unlimited, free, honest app reviews on the App Store or Google Play. This review for review system helps your app build credibility and gives it more exposure, meaning more downloads. All of these things help developers to move the app up in the rankings and generate more revenue. Developers give and receive reviews from each other using a point system to get honest reviews as often as they'd like.

New York, New York - SmoothReviews has introduced a brand new service that allows any app developer to get unlimited, free, honest app reviews on the App Store or Google Play. SmoothReviews is a simple and useful website that will help app developers everywhere to move up in the competitive app rankings. It supports iOS or Android, free or paid, tablet or phone apps. Any app can receive reviews.

Here's how it works: You give a review, you get a review. For each review you give, you earn a point on your SmoothReviews account. Your app will then appear for another developer to review, and you'll have spent the point. It's that simple. This review for review system helps your app build credibility and gives it more exposure, meaning more downloads. All of these things help developers to move the app up in the rankings and generate more revenue.

"As an app developer myself, I understand how difficult it is to get reviews, especially just after an app launch. I decided to build the service we all knew we needed," says founder Jay Van Buiten. "We can now compete with those who cheat and manipulate the rankings, without being tempted to cheat ourselves."

The company is currently in a BETA period meaning any user who signs up before June 10, 2014 gets unlimited app slots for life! After that, new users will be given 2-3 app slots and charged a small fee to add more.

SmoothReviews: http://smoothreviews.com
Logo: http://i.imgur.com/yq6eSOH.png
App Icon: http://smoothreviews.com/dev/images/pink_s.png

SmoothReviews, based in New York, NY and was founded by Jay Van Buiten, app and website developer, and published author. He has multiple apps that have been featured in the top 50 of their category on both the App Store and Google Play. Jay is also the founder of SmoothLocalize.com, a popular website helping app developers reach millions of additional users by translating their apps into multiple languages. The website is extremely easy to use and makes it faster and simpler for app developers to localize their apps. All Material and Software (C) Copyright 2014 SmoothReviews. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.

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Jason Van Buiten
Founder
United States
jay@smoothreviews.com

Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/smoothreviews
Twitter Profile: http://twitter.com/smoothreviews

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