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Living Earth HD brings the iOS favorite to your Mac desktop
Living Earth for iOS was always a cool app, with a beautifully rendered pic of the earth with current cloud patterns and weather conditions on top of it. It even made our best of 2011 apps list. Now Living Earth HD has made it to OS X app store, and is selling for US $4.99, a 50% off limited introductory price. Like its iOS counterpart, Living Earth gives you a world clock, weather, and extended forecasts for cities you specify, all within easy reach from your menu bar. In addition, you can have that live view of the earth as your desktop, and it will update in real time. The app also supports screensaver mode, and it will make an animated flip from city to city to set you see the weather there. The app supports the Retina display as well. Living Earth works as expected and looks great. The earth was very detailed, even on my 30" Cinema Display. The app has some competitors, including EarthDesk, also available at the Mac App Store for $14.99. The EarthDesk app has similar features, but lets you control the background image, and the opacity of the cloud display. Living Earth makes a wonderful and dynamic desktop. Even if you don't use it that way, you get a very nice weather app on your menu bar, and a nifty screensaver if you want one. %Gallery-163173%
TUAW Best of 2011: Vote for your favorite iPad utility app
The nominations are in, and the poll is ready to go! The TUAW Best of 2011 awards are all about you -- the readers -- and what you think is the cream of the crop of Apple or third-party products and software. To vote, select one entry from the top nominations made by readers. We'll be announcing the winner in just a few days. Vote early and often! Happy New Year, TUAW readers! If you're not struggling with the after-effects of too much partying last night, TUAW would like your votes for the best iPad utility app of 2011. The nominees in our penultimate TUAW Best of 2011 category are: 1Password Pro (US$14.99), the amazing cross-platform app for securely storing all of your important secret information and passwords Presentation Clock ($0.99), a simple but useful app for those who give presentations or do training, to make sure you're on track. Apple's AirPort Utility (free), useful for setting up and maintaining Apple Wi-Fi networks. Photon Flash Web Browser ($4.99), which allows Farmville addicts to get their fixes from an iPad. Living Earth HD ($1.99, currently on sale for $0.99), a beautiful 3D simulation of Earth with world time, weather, and forecasts. You have a couple of days to vote, and the winners will be announced on January 5, 2012. Let the voting begin! %Poll-72451%
