Advertise your iPhone App for free

http://www.apps2c.com

if you are an iPhone developer then you must know that its hard to publish and advertise your iPhone / iPad / iPod / iPad 2 (iDevice) app for free, i tried sending the app link, and free download serials to several reviews sites / blogs and Vlogs (video blogs most on youtube) and they all wanted money (and lots of it!) the prices ranged between 150$ up to 1500$!!!

first it makes the whole review idea to non legit since the publishers get paid to review certain apps and say good things about them, also if you pay more you will be featured on the main page / home page and reviewed with 5 start review, so it made me wonder how many other good apps out there didn't pay to the review sites and therefor did not reach us or got our attention,

that is why i built the Apps2C site, it is a FREE advertising site for your iPhone app, you can add a description, category, youtube video that demonstrate your app,

users can rate the app, and you can add links to your site, app-store download link etc. try it now, its free and it will be free forever, that is my promise to you, put your app today, publish it, add reviews and rank it, share the link to it with your users and social network friends, it will drive more traffic to your iDevice apps,

hope it will help all of you out there trying to publish / advertise your app,

GoodLuck,

Shay.

Honey i'm home

hi,

i know that i have been away for several month from the blog, but in my defenece i have to say it was for the greater good, i took the time to create a hebrew blog and a forum that helped a hundred people or so, small group, i know, but in israel it is alot.

i wish to revive this blog but i am thinking of writing more on mac related issues tips, tricks, applications review site spoted etc. ofcource that i will also write posts regarding hackintosh, the thing is that hackintosh subjects are hard to find since most have been written and covered allready, most of my work is support people through email or forum, i have decided to add donation button so it will keep me motivated, if you find my work helpfull please consider donating, i hope i can help you guys more this way.

if you wish you may send me mail and request issues to cover on the blog, kind of a wish list, also there are about 4-5 mail i received and yet to answer but be sure i will get to them on the comming weekend.

thanks guys for reading this blog, drop me a line and let me know what you like most about it.

Shay.

Sticky Windows - keep your screen sorted

Sticky Windows is a utility that helps you keep your screen clear,
the application dock your windows to the edges of the screen and turn windows into tabs,
this way you can decide which window to see and the others (docked) will minimize to their tab,


to be fair, this is kind of the windows icon function in the start bar, only funkier, more then that it allow only one window active at a time (unless you choose manual settings then it really act like windows bar), so it auto minimize, and since we don't want to clutter our dock (and we can't have multiple docks (or can we?)) then it is the next best thing.

1. download the utility from here
2. double click the install icon, it will install the preference pane
3. it will open system preferences and the Sticky Windows panel
4. check the lower check box to activate Sticky Windows
   
5. press settings and make sure you like the defaults or set your tab corners, colors, etc.
6. a magenta line will run from the bottom of your screen to the top to indicate activation
7. drag a screen to one of the edges (top edge is not enabled by default)

as with dock you can drag the tab away from the edge in order to remove it (you will see the puff cloud like in the dock).

all in all it is a nice feature, help organize your screen and keep it tidy, it just give me another dilemma when moving from window to window, should i use spaces? rely on expose and leave the screen as is? minimize to dock, or click on the next window with Option (Alt) pressed so the window will hide? ... but thats what i like in mac all these options and freedom to choose.

the utility is not memory or CPU consuming i have been monitoring it though it uses 0.1-0.5 from the CPU every 5-10 sec (what for i am not sure), its eye candy and even mac geazers will wonder whats that on your screen.


up side:

1. organize your windows, remove window clutter, can see the desktop again
   
2. simple to use just click to appear and drag to organize or convert to tab
3. support non tabbed windows (old school)
4. you decide where to tab (all 4 edges supported)
5. automatically minimize window if not in focus (configurable)
6. fast, small on disk, no CPU/Memory consuming, nice minimize/maximize effect
7. if application needs focus it gets maximized
8. if you keep holding window on the edge spaces switch trick is working (didn't damage it)
9. support drag and drop from window to window
   

down sides:

1. the nagging shareware warning makes you wait between windows transfer every 5-10 transfers (so buy it)
2. if you use full screen windows the tabs might cover some parts of the screen you need (there is no way to avoid always on-top) but you can drag the tabs and move them around and also move from left to right or down edges.
3. you don't control the size of the tab, you can't decide if it will display text and icons/ only text/ only icon/ or even your own text
4. no 10.5.2 translucency feature on these tabs
5. is not spaces aware (all spaces have the same tabs)

Shareware Nag Screen:


I give this utility a 4 out of 5.

Enjoy.