Well, it’s not HBO, but it’s a start.
Well, that’s some positive news. The CW television network is bringing its television content to the Apple TV, the first network to do so directly, instead of via Netflix or Hulu. Even better, you won’t have to have a cable subscription to access the CW programming on Apple’s set top box, like many other content providers require.
The CW plans on launching an app to bring shows like Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, and 90210 sometime in the next few weeks, according to a report at Deadline, though no release date has been reported.
The plans were announced by the CW Network at its annual ad sales event today. According to MacRumors, the CW app will bring content similar to what the network already provides to XBox and other mobile platforms, with ads to support the programming rather than a cable subscription. The shows will go live on Apple TV the day after they air on regular cable TV.
During the sales presentation, aimed primarily at current and potential advertisers with the CW, President Mark Pedowitz said that his network is starting to negotiate rates for ads that are seen up to seven days after the original air date, instead of the more traditional three day rate. This model makes more sense in a world full of DVRs and nontraditional content watching, like via the Apple TV, game consoles, and mobile devices like the iPad.
This is a vital next step for all of us cable-cutters, with stalwarts like HBO continuing to require users to log in to their cable subscriptions in order to view programming on the HBO Go mobile app. We can only hope more networks find this to be a worthwhile move, as we all migrate to a more internet-based TV habit via Netflix, Hulu, and the Apple TV.
Will we, one day, use our Apple TVs to “tune into” content from a wide variety of content providers? Here’s hoping that day isn’t too far off.
Source: Deadline
Via: The Verge
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Join Hero Academy, the award-winning turn-based strategy game for the Mac.
Create a team of fearless heroes, then wield your powerful magic and weaponry on the battlefield. Play with your friends, or set up a game with random opponents. Will your tactics and strategies prevail?
Bold challenges, exciting gameplay
- Enjoy rich, colorful graphics
- Experience dynamic new battlefields in every match
- Get social by integrating with Facebook and Twitter
Version 1.4.3:
- Minor bug fix with challenge purchases
OS X 10.7 or later
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JollysFastVNC is a VNC client which aims to become the best VNC client on the Mac. When I started ScreenRecycler I thought that there are enough VNC clients out there to support it. When the program started to get useful I realized that the VNC clients available on the Mac were pretty slow and people were complaining about the speed of ScreenRecycler. I was using VNCThing at the time which proved to be acceptable on PPC Macs but does not run on Intel Macs. Without a proper viewer people can’t access ScreenRecycler in a way I imagined. So I started programming JollysFastVNC to enable people using ScreenRecycler. As I got a few mails about the VNC capabilities of JollysFastVNC I decided to enhance the program to be a fully functional VNC client. It’s still in the early stages of development, even though somewhat usable and fast.
Use the applications about box to mail me problem as I do not read the comments here.
Version 1.46:
- Fixed a bug that created a incorrect mouse offset, fullscreen and aspect behaviour for Retina displays.
- Fixed a bug that local area network addresses without name were not correctly displayed when in autodiscovery mode.
- Fixed mouse event bug on OS X 10.6 (build 1313608)
OS X 10.7 or later
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Skype allows you to talk to friends, family and co-workers across the Internet without the inconvenience of long distance telephone charges. Using peer-to-peer data transmission technology, Skype eliminates the central server as a middle manager.
Today, millions of individuals and businesses are taking advantage of Skype’s diverse communication features:
- Free Skype-to-Skype
- Landline and cellphone calling
- SMS and instant messaging
- Voicemail
- Free video calls
- Call forwarding to your phone when you’re offline
Skype-to-Skype calls, video calls and instant messaging are free, 24 hours a day, anywhere in the world. Users can make phone calls and send SMS messages at great value Pay-As-You-Go rates, or make unlimited calls to certain countries with a subscription.
Version 6.4.0.833:
New and Improved:
- Infinite chat scrolling
- Improved find within the chat
- Custom Chat Styles removal
- Improved send and receive contacts
- Improved file transfer
- Support for Simplified Chinese
Resolved:
- [Contact] Easier to add a new number to any existing contact.
- [Contact] Easier to add a contact number from the Contacts list.
- [Generic] Fixed random crash when waking from sleep.
- [Generic] Fixed crashes due to outdated 3rd party plugins
- [File Transfer] File transfer shows correct received size.
- [Preferences] You can switch speakers from Preferences during the incoming call.
- [Profile] You can add “Apply an effect” when editing display picture.
- [Screen sharing] Picture-in-Picture for screen sharing will appear in case switching to the Contacts list.
- [Skype Home] Disabling animated emoticons from Preferences will also take effect in the Skype Home view.
- [Calling] Improved dial pad animation in the calling toolbar.
- [Calling] You can use firewire device for Skype video call.
Known Issues:
- [Conversation] Chat input field does not switch to SMS mode when adding PSTN numbers to new conversation. Fix is in progress for next release.
- [SMS] SMS sending status stays to ‘sending’. Fix is in progress.
- OS X 10.5.8 or later
- Microphone
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Apple iTunes lets you organize and play digital music and video on your computer. It can automatically download new music, app, and book purchases across all your devices and computers. And it’s a store that has everything you need to be entertained. Anywhere. Anytime.
Version 11.0.3:
- New MiniPlayer. MiniPlayer now includes a beautiful new view that showcases your album artwork. In addition, a progress bar is now built right into MiniPlayer.
- Improved Songs View. You can now enjoy your album artwork while in Songs view.
- Multi-Disc Albums. Albums with multiple discs now appear as a single album.
- OS X 10.6.8 or later
- Safari 4.0.3 or later
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Spotify is a streaming music service that gives you on-demand access to millions of songs.
Whether you like driving rock, silky R&B, or grandiose classical music, Spotify’s massive catalogue puts all you favorites within your reach. No streaming service offers a larger, more varied catalogue.
The music you love, whenever you want it
- You’re the DJ. Add stars to your favorite tracks, and create playlists. Spotify lets you keep your favorites close at hand.
- Endless discovery. With built-in Related Artist suggestions, Spotify will help you discover your new favorite artists, albums, and tracks.
- Make it social. Follow your favorite artists, share musical recommendations with friends, and more.
Version 0.9.0.133.:
- Fixed internal issues that were causing interruptions these last couple of days
OS X 10.5 or later
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Sandvox is for Mac users who want to create a professional looking website quickly and easily. With Sandvox, you don’t need to be a Web genius to build a stylish, feature-rich, standards-compliant website that’s functional and user friendly. Sandvox’s drag and drop interface lets you watch your website take shape and come to life as you build it. And, once finished, you can upload your site to your favorite host.
Whether you’re a new website creator or a seasoned professional, you can make use of Sandvox to build the website of your dreams. New users can build a professional looking website in minutes and professional users can build an advanced, multimedia-rich site in no time at all.
Version 2.8.1: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
- OS X 10.6.6 or later
- Quartz-Extreme-capable Mac required for some features
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PDFpen allows users to easily edit PDF’s.
Add text, images and signatures. Fill out PDF forms. Merge or split PDF documents. Reorder and delete pages. Even correct text and edit graphics!
Features:
- Replace text in original PDF with editable text blocks
- Move, resize, copy and delete images in original PDF
- Overlay text and images onto PDF (for example, sign purchase orders by applying signature image)
- Perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned documents
- Insert and remove pages; re-order pages in a PDF by drag & drop
- Copy and paste rich text; retain fonts and formatting when copying from PDFs
- Select and copy text across multiple columns
- Fill out and save PDF forms
- Add (and print) notes and comments
- Markup documents with highlighting, underscoring and strike-through
- Save frequently-used images, signatures, objects and text in the Library
- Use with PageSender for a complete fax turn-around solution
- Automate PDF manipulations with AppleScript
- Available in English, Japanese, and German, with French and Italian coming soon!
Version 6.0.3:
- Adds Polish language OCR
- Draws annotations when exporting in TIFF format
- Pasted plain text now obeys the default font preference
- Opens and repairs an additional class of damaged PDF
- Fixes Zoom to Width on smaller screens
- Other minor fixes and improvements
- OS X 10.7 or later
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Dropbox is an application that creates a special Finder folder that automatically syncs online and between your computers. It allows you to both backup files and keep them up-to-date between systems.
Note: You must first sign up to use Dropbox.
The Dropbox application is available for OS X, Windows, and Linux. A video on the site explains more.
Version 2.0.12:
- Lower CPU usage when idle.
OS X 10.4 or later
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PDFpenPro allows users to edit PDF’s easily. Add text, images and signatures. Fill out PDF forms. Merge or split PDF documents. Reorder and delete pages. Even correct text and edit graphics!
Create fillable forms and tables of content with PDFpenPro!
The Pro version adds three additional features that the regular version does not:
- Coverts websites into multi-page PDF documents
- Creates PDF forms that can be shared with both Mac and PC users
- Organizes PDFs with an easy Table of Contents feature
Features of PDFpenPro:
- Replace text in original PDF with editable text blocks
- Move, resize, copy and delete images in original PDF
- Overlay text and images onto PDF (for example, sign purchase orders by applying signature image)
- Perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned documents
- Insert and remove pages; re-order pages in a PDF by drag & drop
- Copy and paste rich text; retain fonts and formatting when copying from PDFs
- Select and copy text across multiple columns
- Fill out and save PDF forms
- Add (and print) notes and comments
- Markup documents with highlighting, underscoring and strike-through
- Save frequently-used images, signatures, objects and text in the Library
- Use with PageSender for a complete fax turn-around solution
- Automate PDF manipulations with AppleScript
- Available in English, Japanese, and German, with French and Italian coming soon!
Version 6.0.3:
- Adds Polish language OCR
- Draws annotations when exporting in TIFF format
- Pasted plain text now obeys the default font preference
- Opens and repairs an additional class of damaged PDF
- Fixes Zoom to Width on smaller screens
- Fixes internal linking when creating PDF from HTML
- Other minor fixes and improvements
- OS X 10.7 or later
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