Month: April 2010

Got a great idea for an app but don’t have any programming knowledge to build it? Then let Nokia make it for you! To celebrate the launch of its N8 phone, Nokia is running a competition called Make My App, where contestants are invited to send their ideas for cutting-edge mobile applications.

You can suggest an idea in one of four different application categories: Think Green, Fun and Games, Earlier Living and Better World. All you need to do is visit the Make My App page, enter your name and email address and give a description of your app. You can even attach conceptual drawings, layouts or sketches. Bizarrely, the judging panel includes Tim Kring, creator of the hit TV show Heroes, and Mat Osman, bassist for 90s indie band, Suede.

There will be 12 overall winners who win a trip to September’s Nokia World event in London to see their apps get made by professional developers. The lucky dozen will also win a Nokia N8 device, with their application already loaded. The winning apps will make it onto the Ovi Store, for the whole world to download and enjoy. There’s no mention of any cut of the proceeds of the app’s sales though, which seems pretty tight on Nokia’s part.

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The closing date for entries is June 27th. Better make sure your idea is great though because I’ve already entered and my app is going to take some beating!

Windows: Steam is an amazing game downloader and manager that gives you access to an impressive collection of titles from many important game developers. The new version of Steam has a much improved interface, with a better news stream and cleaner overall feel. It features a game wishlist, plus real time search and customizable categories for your game library.

iPhone: The FOX News app for iPhone gives you access to the latest news stories from the channel in the palm of your hand. You can use FOX News to check the latest headlines, stream live video of breaking news, listen to FOX News Radio, browse photo galleries, and watch FNC videos for free. It all comes packaged in a neat little interface – or rather two neat interfaces.

Mac: Spotify is the undoubted future of how music will be distributed and listened to legally. It’s basically like having access to all the commercial music there is out there, in a format as elegant as on iTunes, but available to you wherever you go. Spotify is simple to use, beautifully presented, the amount of music available in unbelievable, quality of streaming is superb and it now even supports iTunes and social networking.

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Depending on the size of the folder, scanning can take a while but Decloner is very accurate at identifying which files are possible duplicates.

You can choose whether to keep the oldest or newest or Trash items manually. The good thing is that whatever you do, nothing is really lost. All removed files are moved to the Trash can so you can restore them, if the worst happens. You can use QuickLook to examine the contents of suspected duplicate files or folders just as you would in Finder. Decloner even works for external drives as well.

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