Are you doing your cardio this summer? Poudning the pavement? If you’re a seasoned runner, or even just an occaisional jogger, Cardio Track is an app you may want to check out.

Cardio Track is very, very simple. It allows you to track your cardio workouts by time and date. Within the app additional fields are also offered such as session activity, start time, end time and additional notes.

For the $2.99 pricetag, you can’t go wrong. Without a doubt, more serious runners should work with the Nike + system, but Cardio Track provides a simple and effective way of keeping track of your runs and workouts.

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Buy at the App Store for $2.99: Cardio Track
More Info: Bryan Gruver

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: App Store, Bryan Gruver, Cardio Track, iPhone App

Quick Note! Apple has seeded another build of Mac OS X 10.5.5. to developers. This build(9F13) fixes 10 known bugs and has no known issues.

I can’t imagine this update being too far off in the future, and should be a free update to all Mac OS X Leopard owners.

written by Alex Jordan \\ tags: 10.5.5, 9F13, Mac OS X, Mac OS X Leopard

You may have heard about a fire that broke out at Apple the other day…A three alarm blaze broke out around 10 p.m. (pacific time) Tuesday and was contained around 12:30 a.m early Wednesday morning at the Valley Green Six building.

Over 60 firefighters responded to the call. The Mercury News has reported the fire may have started under a air conditioner unit of the building. The fire itself wasn’t the main cause of damage to the building but rather smoke, according to Senior Communications Dispatcher Rafael Salcedo. Hal Rooney, deputy chief of Santa Clara Country Fire Department said he could not put an estimate on the damage.

[via Mercury News]

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: Apple Fire, Cupertino Headquarters, Valley Green Six Building

The boys and girls of  Microsoft have been kind enough to release an update to Microsoft Office 2008. Release 12.1.2 includes stability and performance enhancements, and security fixes for Office 2008, Office 2008 Home and Student Edition, Office 2008 Special Media Edition,and all 2008 editions of  Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Entourage . The download size is 160 MB is available from Microsoft’s AutoUpdate agent or direct download here. Microsoft does state you should have installed update 12.1.1 before installing 12.1.2.

In addition Microsoft updated Microsoft Office 2004 to version 11.5.1 which also security and performance fixes. This update affects Office 2004 Standard Edition, Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition, Office 2004 Professional Edition, and all 2004 editions of  Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Entourage. This much smaller 15MB update is also available through Microsoft AutoUpdate agent or direct download here.  Microsoft does state you should have installed update 11.5.0 before installing 11.5.1.

written by Alex Jordan \\ tags: Microsoft Office 2004, Microsoft Office 2008

Could it be that another large corporation is moving over to the iPhone? ZDNet Australia has reported that global bank HSBC is considering dropping the BlackBerry in favor of the iPhone. If this is indeed the case, that would mean an order of 200,000 iPhones would be coming down the pipe for Apple. I hope they have production cranked up to full tilt.

One would have to agree that having a large entity such as HSBC even consider the iPhone is a big thumbs up for the new Enterprise features built into the 2.0 Firmware.

Could be a domino effect here. Once enough large organizations move over… it could trigger another, then another… But who knows. Look for RIM to battle back with the release of the BlackBerry BOLD looming large!

[via BGR via ZDNet]

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: BlackBerry BOLD, HSBC, HSBC iPhone, iPhone Enterprise, RIM

Looking for a challenging and FREE game for your iPhone? Look no further than Carrie’s Dots, from Chris Hanson.

The game is an iPhone version of the classic pencil and paper game of ‘Dots‘. The game is designed for two players. Touch the screen to draw a line. Be the player to complete a box to fill the square and win a point. The player with the most squares/points once all lines are drawn wins!

This is a great two player game for those moments when you’re sitting around with nothing to do… and the price is right (FREE!), so check it out, you never know… you might actually get some mileage out of this one!

Get for FREE at the App Store: Carrie’s Dots
More Info: Chris Hanson

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: App Store, Carrie's Dots, Charles Hanson, Chris Hanson, iPhone Games

Apple has just recently passed Google in market value.

Last I checked, Apple’s market cap was at $158.2 Billion, while Google was sitting at $156.6 Billion. Yes, that’s right, Billion.

Two huge companies, and two huge success stories… But it is ceratainly a feather in Apple’s cap for surprassing Google in market value.

Today in the markets, Google opened up at a whopping $501.60 per share, while Apple opened at $177.98 per share. At the moment, Google is down around $4 per share, and Apple is up just over $1 with the markets about to close for the day.

[via MacDailyNews]

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: AAPL, Apple, GOOG, Google

Multiple reports have it that connectivity issues occurring to new iPhone 3G owners could be the result of issues with the Infineon 3G chip. Carriers were initially being blamed, while they defended themselves noting that their networks were strong and they could not find any issues on their end. Looks like they might be correct.

Nomura Securities analyst Richard Windsor noted, “We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain Infineon is the 3G supplier.”

The horrible news about this, is if it IS a chip issue… This kind of thing can’t be fixed with a simple firmware update. Do I hear a recall in the near future!?

We’ll have to wait and see what comes of this. I’ll report on the news as it comes in.

[via gigaom]

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: 3G Chip Issues, Infineon, iPhone Connectivity Problems

OmniFocus is an award winning productivity app for your iPhone. It won the 2008 Apple Design Award for ‘Best iPhone Productivity Application’… So you know it’s good!

With OmniFocus you can keep track of all your tasks and to-do’s in a fast and fun way. Sort by project, place, person or date. You can use it for shopping lists, agendas, memos, you name it… You can even enter photos or voice recordings into your tasks… This is one handy app.

The app even uses your location to help you in other ways. Have your grocery list ready to go? Awesome… Now let OmniFocus show you where the nearest grocery stores are!

OmniFocus is available for $19.99 in the App Store. One of the more expensive apps, but if you need task management and organization, it’s well worth the money.

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Buy for $19.99 in the App Store: OmniFocus
More Info: The Omni Group

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: App Store, iPhone App, OmniFocus, Productivity Tools, The Omni Group

I’ve been reading more and more reports over time that many iPhone 3G users are having reception issues. Case in point, this article from Eric Savitz at Barron’s.

Dropped calls, the phone switching to EDGE while the device is not in use, and other problems have been reported. Personally I can’t believe it… Dropped calls!? Really? There’s absolutely no excuse for that. If my phone dropped calls on me… watch how fast I would switch to another device. Wouldn’t take me long.

While the article mentions is is not a US-specific problem, I have yet to hear any concerns or reception quibbles from anyone up here in Canada. Since the initial launch debacle at Rogers, all network connectivity and reception appears to be going good.

Read the full article over at Barron’s >

written by Mr. Mayor \\ tags: Barron's, Eric Savitz, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G Dropped Calls, iPhone 3G Reception