Indie+Relief is a project initiated by Garrett Murray and Second Gear Software to help those suffering in Haiti. By working with developers, Indie+Relief will be selling fantastic Mac and iPhone software on January 20th, with all the proceeds going to charities out in Haiti, helping those affected. Seems fair: You get great software, Haiti gets financial aid.
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Big news overnight is the launch of Square, a mobile app supporting multiple devices that enables anyone to take credit card transactions without the hassle of merchant accounts or complicated fee structures. It’s the brainchild of Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey and with the likes of Buzz Andersen involved, it’s going to be huge. Impeccable website design by Bobby Andersen.
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It’s that time of the year again; MacHeist, a great site, filled with forums of people answering all your Apple related questions, has released their 3rd annual nanoBundle, filled with amazing Mac apps. Normally, these products would cost you about $154, but if you sign up for a free account on MacHeist.com, you get the products absolutely free, no strings attached. Among the apps this year are WriteRoom, a distraction-free word processor, for those who enjoy a typewriter, but live in the digital world, and TinyGrab, a simple yet powerful tool for sharing screenshots with the world. These products are only available for a few more days, so Mac users: hurry up!
here are Twitter apps for just about everything – managing your account from your desktop, finding local tweeters, tweeting on-the-go, and more.
The one we just stumbled across though, Bet Your Followers, is unlike any app we’ve ever encountered before.
Bet Your Followers is part social experiment and part Twitter game. You compete head-on against other Twitter users. But instead of competing for points or cash, you’re gambling followers – your followers. Wager up to 5 followers per match. Win, and you gain new, legitimate followers. Lose, and your opponent gets to keep them.
Yes, this game will really take and give you followers. Once a match starts, you have the opportunity to improve your chance of winning new followers by … shaking a giant gorilla.
You compete through different rounds, playing against @BetYerFollowers to start. You do actually gain points for winning as well, which seems to affect the level of difficulty of each match.
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