prMac serves to enhance the visibility of press releases in the Mac world, offering Mac-centric news media distribution services as well as top-notch RSS feeds. © 2012 prMac http://prmac.com/ en-us http://prmac.com/release-id-43121.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-43121.htm Tue, 22 May 2012 16:45:00 CST Vito Technology Inc. is happy to announce that in the result of their collaboration with SpaceX, the launch of Dragon cargo spacecraft will be shown in Solar Walk 3D Solar System and Star Walk Stargazing Guide for iOS. iPhone and iPad users of the Walk apps will be the first to follow satellite orbital trajectory in real time, view spacecraft model in great detail and read information on the spacecraft and launch. Star Walk and Solar Walk Apps are available on the App Store. http://prmac.com/release-id-42404.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-42404.htm Tue, 08 May 2012 08:30:00 CST Leaping Bytes has released MapPocket 2.7, an update to their iOS map application that helps save on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket is a quick, intuitive and convenient way of using maps on the road without an Internet connection. Users can choose maps from one of four providers: Google, Mapquest, Bing or OpenStreetMap. MapPocket allows to share recorded maps with all your devices using iCloud or DropBox. Version 2.7 introduces brand new Help that covers every aspect of MapPocket. http://prmac.com/release-id-39958.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-39958.htm Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:30:00 CST Xeric Design is celebrating the 10th anniversary of EarthDesk, with a special savings off the Single User and Five User licenses. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as dynamic, real-time global cloud coverage on your Macintosh or Windows desktop. It operates silently in the background, keeping your desktop updated while you work. This offer is valid only from the Xeric Design website from March 20-29, 2012. http://prmac.com/release-id-38387.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-38387.htm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:00:00 CST Leaping Bytes today announces MapPocket LITE 2.5, a free version of their popular navigation app. Developed specifically to help save on roaming charges while traveling, MapPocket LITE offers a quick, intuitive and convenient way of using maps on the road without an Internet connection. Users can choose maps from one of four providers: Google, Mapquest, Bing or OpenStreetMap. Effortlessly use GPS online and offline to track your current location/distance/average speed. http://prmac.com/release-id-37590.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-37590.htm Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:45:00 CST Leaping Bytes today announces MapPocket 2.4, an update to their iOS map application that helps save on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket is a quick, intuitive and convenient way of using maps on the road without an Internet connection. Users can choose maps from one of four providers: Google, Mapquest, Bing or OpenStreetMap. MapPocket allows to share recorded maps with all your devices using iCloud or DropBox. Version 2.4 includes changes to GPS Tracking, Map Language selector and more. http://prmac.com/release-id-36683.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-36683.htm Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:00:00 CST Leaping Bytes today announces MapPocket 2.3, an update to their iOS map application that helps save on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket is a quick, intuitive and convenient way of using maps on the road without an Internet connection. Users can choose maps from one of four providers: Google, Mapquest, Bing or OpenStreetMap. MapPocket allows to share recorded maps with all your devices using iCloud or DropBox. You can use GPS in off-line mode to pin-point your current location. http://prmac.com/release-id-34284.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-34284.htm Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:00:00 CST Leaping Bytes today announces MapPocket 2.2 for iOS devices, an update to their map application that can help you to save a lot on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket allows you to put online maps in your pocket, so you can use them later without an Internet connection. Users can choose maps from one of four providers: Google, Mapquest, Bing or OpenStreetMap. In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, MapPocket will be available as a Free Download on Fridays till the end of the year. http://prmac.com/release-id-32246.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-32246.htm Thu, 13 Oct 2011 03:30:00 CST Xeric Design today updated EarthDesk, its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map, to support high-resolution cloud data via a data feed service. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as global cloud coverage. The software operates silently in the background, keeping your desktop updated while you work. EarthDesk's dynamic desktop is continuously displayed as your desktop background. http://prmac.com/release-id-32161.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-32161.htm Tue, 11 Oct 2011 07:40:00 CST Independent developer Vitaliy Pronkin today introduces Planito 1.0 for Mac OS X. Planito is an online and offline multi-layered viewer for aerial imagery, maps, placemarks and other geospatial data layers for Earth, Moon and other planets from various data sources. In its simplest form, Planito can be used as online and offline viewer for OpenStreetMap-family maps. But there are many more layers available with interesting and useful data for travelers, students and teachers, scientists. http://prmac.com/release-id-29309.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-29309.htm Thu, 11 Aug 2011 02:00:00 CST Xeric Design today updated EarthDesk, its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map, to support spaces in Lion. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage. The software operates silently in the background, keeping your desktop updated while you work. EarthDesk's dynamic desktop is continuously displayed as your desktop background and optionally as a screen saver. http://prmac.com/release-id-28214.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-28214.htm Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:00:00 CST Xeric Design today updated EarthDesk, its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map, to support the forthcoming Lion OS. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage. The software operates silently in the background, keeping your desktop updated while you work. EarthDesk's dynamic desktop is continuously displayed as your desktop background and optionally as a screen saver. http://prmac.com/release-id-28038.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-28038.htm Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:45:00 CST 2010 Apple Design Award winner, Vito Technology Inc. today announces Star Walk 5.3, an update to their popular stargazing guide for iOS devices. Star Walk is a handy astronomy guide that shows celestial objects in the exact positions on the sky above you, providing comprehensive information about them. The 5.3 update comes with an extensive database of currently functioning artificial Earth satellites with their exact positions over the ground. http://prmac.com/release-id-27978.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-27978.htm Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:40:00 CST In association with EcoAppsFree, Leaping Bytes is pleased to announce that MapPocket will be available as a Free Download on Wednesday, July 13. MapPocket allows you to put online maps in your pocket, so you can use them later without an Internet connection. Users can choose maps from one of four providers: Google, Mapquest, Bing or OpenStreetMap. While planning expeditions online, you can use standard search functionality to locate points of interest. http://prmac.com/release-id-27487.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-27487.htm Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:00:00 CST Leaping Bytes today announces MapPocket 2.1, an update to their iOS map application that helps save on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket allows you to put online maps in your pocket, so you can use them later without an Internet connection. Users can choose maps from one of four providers: Google, Mapquest, Bing or OpenStreetMap. While planning expeditions online, you can use standard search functionality to locate points of interest. http://prmac.com/release-id-25904.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-25904.htm Tue, 24 May 2011 08:10:00 CST Leaping Bytes has announced MapPocket 2.0, a major update to their map application that can help you to save a lot on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket allows you to put online maps in your pocket, so you can use them later without an Internet connection. User can choose maps from one of four providers: Google, Mapquest, Bing or OpenStreetMap. While planning expeditions online, you can use standard search functionality to locate points of interest. http://prmac.com/release-id-22370.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-22370.htm Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:00:00 CST Xeric Design is celebrating the 9th birthday of its flagship product, EarthDesk, with a special offer for a single-user license at a 60% discount. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems. This offer is available on our website, as well as from Apple's Mac App Store. This offer is valid for 9 days only: March 1-9, 2011. http://prmac.com/release-id-20491.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-20491.htm Tue, 11 Jan 2011 11:10:00 CST Xeric Design today updated EarthDesk, its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map, and has also made the application available in the new Mac AppStore. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems on your Macintosh desktop. http://prmac.com/release-id-16708.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-16708.htm Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:30:00 CST Xeric Design today announces EarthDesk 5.5, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems on your Macintosh desktop. Version 5.5 adds a new "Fit To Screen" projection and now fully supports dual GPUs on newer i5 and i7 Macs. http://prmac.com/release-id-15907.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-15907.htm Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:25:00 CST Kitty Code, LLC announces the limited time sale of Hurricane, their leading hurricane tracking app for the iPhone and iPod touch, just in time to track Hurricane Earl, Tropical Storm Fiona and Invest 98L in the Atlantic. Hurricane features a fully interactive map complete with forecast cone, historical storm data, and the latest storm information available within minutes direct from the National Hurricane Center in Miami. http://prmac.com/release-id-13930.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-13930.htm Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:00:00 CST Xeric Design today announced EarthDesk 5.4, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems on your Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 5.4 allows a single map to be seamlessly spanned across all connected displays. http://prmac.com/release-id-13329.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-13329.htm Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:44:00 CST Kitty Code, LLC announces Hurricane HD in conjunction with the start of the 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Hurricane HD continues what Hurricane for the iPhone began as the leading hurricane tracking app in the iTunes AppStore. This release includes mapped 3 and 5 day forecast cones to their highly detailed, broadcast quality, zoomable map covering storms in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. http://prmac.com/release-id-11450.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-11450.htm Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:00:00 CST Xeric Design today announces EarthDesk 5.3, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems on your Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 5.3 provides a work-around for a long standing screen saver hang in OS 10.6. http://prmac.com/release-id-11149.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-11149.htm Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:00:00 CST MyWeather today announced MyWeather Lite 3.0 for iPhone and iPod touch devices. MyWeather Lite features push notifications for severe weather, animated radar and satellite maps, 12-hour temperature, precipitation and wind trend graphs, 7-day forecasts and current conditions for over 10,000 U.S. and International cities. The app combines stunning, high-quality animated radar with Microsoft Bing technology, letting users view weather conditions at any location around the country. http://prmac.com/release-id-10202.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-10202.htm Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:00:00 CST Xeric Design today announces EarthDesk 5.2, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems on your Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 5.2 adds a fourth map style - a new high-resolution shaded relief map. The cloud updating mechanism has been greatly improved. http://prmac.com/release-id-8723.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-8723.htm Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:30:00 CST Xeric Design today announced EarthDesk 5.1.1, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map for Mac OS X. EarthDesk 5 was entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is compatible with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. Version 5.1.1 fixes a stubborn bug that caused partially downloaded cloud images to be displayed, resulting in a milky white area across the bottom portion of the map. http://prmac.com/release-id-8247.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-8247.htm Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:00:00 CST Xeric Design today announced EarthDesk 5.1, an update to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map for Mac OS X. EarthDesk 5 was entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is compatible with both Leopard and Snow Leopard. Version 5.1 adds a new cloud contrast control, fixes minor bugs and has several internal improvements. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, and more. http://prmac.com/release-id-6650.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-6650.htm Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:14:00 CST Kitty Code, LLC announced the availability of Hurricane 3.0, a hurricane and tropical storm tracker for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Hurricane introduces a whole new way to track tropical storm systems with a new highly detailed, zoomable map covering storms in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. A dynamic information page for each storm provides you with satellite and radar imagery when available and the latest plots for active storms. http://prmac.com/release-id-6394.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-6394.htm Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:56:00 CST Xeric Design today is pleased to announce the release of EarthDesk 5.0.1, a major upgrade to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map, for Macintosh OS X. EarthDesk 5.0 has been entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is fully compatible with both Leopard and the upcoming Snow Leopard. Version 5.0.1 is an update to fix three issues uncovered since the release of 5.0. http://prmac.com/release-id-6296.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-6296.htm Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:58:00 CST Xeric Design today is pleased to announce EarthDesk 5.0, a major upgrade to its award-winning, real-time dynamic desktop map for OS X. Version 5.0 has been entirely rewritten in Cocoa, adds many new features and is fully compatible with both Leopard and the upcoming Snow Leopard. EarthDesk replaces your static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing you to track hurricanes and other weather systems. http://prmac.com/release-id-4798.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-4798.htm Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:06:00 CST Xeric Design, Ltd. today announced the release of EarthDesk 4.7. EarthDesk replaces the static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing users to track hurricanes and other weather systems on their Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 4.7 gives the user control over the map cache process, resulting in faster startup times. http://prmac.com/release-id-4134.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-4134.htm Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:46:00 CST Xeric Design, Ltd. today announced the release of EarthDesk 4.6. EarthDesk replaces the static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing users to track hurricanes and other weather systems on their Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 4.6 increases the natural map detail by 25% making for crisper images at high zoom-levels. http://prmac.com/release-id-2748.htm http://prmac.com/release-id-2748.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:51:00 CST Xeric Design, Ltd. today announced the release of EarthDesk 4.4. EarthDesk replaces the static desktop with an image of the Earth showing current sun, moon and city illumination, as well as real-time global cloud coverage, allowing users to track hurricanes and other weather systems on their Macintosh or Windows desktop. Version 4.4 improves the handling of satellite cloud images and is able to detect and ignore images with missing data sent from the satellite receiving station.