It has been busy in the App Store with a bunch of app updates landing on iOS and OS X. Grab a cup of joe and check out our list of notable updates from the week or so.
iOS Updates
KitCam [iPhone, Category: Photography & Video, $0.99] KitCam is a virtual camera kit that contains an amazing assortment of lenses, films, and frames. Version 1.3 brings the following changes:
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Launching and resuming KitCam is much faster.
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Crashes on launch due to resuming taking too long has been resolved.
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Instagram tags.
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Sound effect is now played when starting and stopping video or timelapse recording.
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Camera hardware and software information have been added to photo EXIF data.
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Battery warnings and other notifications will no longer stop video and timelapse recordings.
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Single shutter button will fire on release rather than on press when in non continuous mode.
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Timelapse recordings now give better indication of when they are actively recording.
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Crooked horizon level when using the stabilizer mode has been fixed.
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Default email subject and message can now be set from the Email settings on the settings screen.
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Default Twitter share message can be set from the Twitter settings on the settings screen.
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Increased the maximum video upload size for those devices that have more available memory.
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Auto archived videos now get named properly instead of being named as if they were photos.
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Loads more minor visual bugs fixed.
PDF Expert - Fill forms, annotate PDFs [iPad, Category: Productivity, $9.99] PDF Expert lets you read and annotate PDF documents, highlight text, make notes, and more. Version 4.5 brings the following changes:
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Annotate images
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Full screen reading Performance improvements
TrueMetronome [iOS Universal, Category: Music, $2.99] TrueMetronome's unique engine creates perfect beats with zero latency. Version 1.1 brings the following changes:
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Louder sound
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Minor bugs fixed
Poster - a WordPress blog editor [iOS Universal, Category: Social Networking, $2.99] Easily and quickly post to and manage your WordPress blog. Version 2.0 brings the following changes:
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Support for custom post types. Enable them for any WordPress.org blog within the settings.
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Poster is now localized for English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish
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Edit a post's excerpt
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Set posts as sticky
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Edits to published posts can now be saved locally before re-publishing
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Insert images at a specific location in a post by tapping and holding in the editor
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Option to remove a post's featured image
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Re-order your blogs within the interface
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Improved URL scheme with support for a callback URL
PlayBox Live [iPhone, Category: Music, Free] PlayBox is a Music Social network that allows you to enjoy & discover new music trends. Version 2.0 is an all new version with social features like:
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Follow your friend's activity on PlayBox.
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Get the most popular playlists worldwide.
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Discover the top new music videos watched worldwide.
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See what videos are being played by your friends
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Share videos you watch to your Facebook Timeline & Twitter account.
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See what playlists & albums your friends are playing.
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Dear old users, this is a new app just for you. unfortunately this update will erase all your old playlists, so please back them up in the settings screen.
Instant: The Polaroid Instant Camera [iPhone, Category: Photography & Video, $0.99] Instant, the popular Polaroid app on Mac and iPad, has finally come to iPhone. Version 1.0.2 brings the following changes:
- Fixed the critical bug that sometimes text was repositioned when saved or exported
Hogworld: Gnart's Adventure [iOS Universal, Category: Books, $4.99] Hogworld is an interactive story about the adventures of a shy little hogbunny named Gnart. Version 1.5 brings the following changes:
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Fixed Minor and Major Bug Issues
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NEW User Interface, rebuild from the ground up.
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2 New Chapters.
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1 New Minigame.
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In-App Developer Feedback system.
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Redesigned gameplay features
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More understandable Intro sequence.
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New App Icon, Title Opening and More.
Cut The Rope [iPhone, Category: Games, $0.99] Cut the rope to feed candy to little monster Om Nom. Version 2.1 brings the following changes:
- New Steam Box with 25 new levels, featuring a fun new way to get candy into Om Nom's mouth.
Cut The Rope HD [iPhone, Category: Games, $3.99] Cut the rope to feed candy to little monster Om Nom. The HD version for the iPad was also updated with the changes noted above.
Angry Birds Space [iPhone, Category: Games, $0.99] Angry Birds floating in a strange new galaxy – surrounded by space pigs. Version 1.4.0 brings the following changes:
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Make a splash in 30 NEW LEVELS.
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Get ready for the ultimate underwater boss level.
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Three-star levels for 3 new bonus levels.
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Use Flock of Birds for a pack of destruction.
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Create black holes with Space Egg.
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Expand the pigs with Pig Puffer.
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Check back daily for a free power-up.
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Power-up specific leaderboards in addition to regular leaderboards.
Angry Birds Space HD [iPad, Category: Games, $2.99] Angry Birds floating in a strange new galaxy – surrounded by space pigs. The HD version for the iPad was also updated with the changes noted above.
OS X Updates
Tweetdeck [OS X, Category: Social Networking, Free] TweetDeck makes it easier for publishers, marketers and power users to track real-time conversations on popular social networks. Version 2.3.1 brings the following changes:
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Performance upgrade for displaying multiple high-velocity columns
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Embed this Tweet right from the Tweet itself, for use in blogs and webpages
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Introduction of a new search box with Typeahead and People Search
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Ability to reduce the app window to 2 columns
Lively Logic [OS X, Category: Productivity, $49.99] Lively Logic helps you analyze data and present it in beautiful graphs and charts. Version 1.1 brings the following changes:
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This version adds support for trend lines, automatic axis scaling, and panning and resizing graphs by dragging their axes.
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It also improves the speed and reliability of data importing and updates the interface for Retina displays.
Tweetbot [OS X, Category: Social Networking, $19.99] Tweetbot is a full-featured Mac OS X Twitter client with a lot of personality. Version 1.1.1 brings the following changes:
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Fixed persistent crasher that could happen after a system crash
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Fixed issue where you couldn't use the shift key in a global hot key
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Fixed issue where pressing global new tweet hot key would not make app active if needed
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Fixed smart quotes
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Fixed page up/down keys now stop on tweet row boundaries
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Fixed missing sounds for some user interface actions
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Fixed bug dragging main or secondary windows over main menu to get to another screen (really this time)