InfoShell introduces WakeUpper 1.0, its new talking application for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. WakeUpper is an easy-to-use alarm clock that runs in background mode and voice pronounces the weather. Featuring a simple and intuitive interface, WakeUpper displays the present state of the weather in the users chosen city, gives recommendations about what to wear, and even wishes hello in the Russian or English language after the alarm clock stops.

-prefix-free lets you use only unprefixed CSS properties everywhere. It works behind the scenes, adding the current browser’s prefix to any CSS code, only when it’s needed.

Canvas Color Picker

Currently, color pickers on the web use CSS gradients instead of canvas. The trouble with this approach is that the picker has to be a fixed size. Any change in the size of the color picker means a change in your calculations.

Furthermore, the colors you get from such pickers are approximates. They're based on a calculation involving your mouse coordinates, the size of the picker and HSL.

By using HTML5 Canvas, we can get extract absolute color values, so they're always spot on. Canvas was built for this sort of application, and is the ideal tool for the job.

When I was building Stylo I needed a top notch color picker, such as Photoshop's, but couldn't find one. I ended up writing my own, called ColorCanvas, which I'm happy to announce I'm open sourcing today.

You can find a demo here, and the source on GitHub.

Apimac has announced Speedy for Mac, a powerful utility that brings you the power to quickly launch everything you need for your everyday work as documents, folders, apps, & sites. Speedy also gives user some unparalleled tools to improve their work as multiple text Clipboard capability, workflows handling and keyboard shortcuts creation. Just choose the needed text item from the Recent Clipboard menu and it is ready to paste anywhere. A comfortable strip that is always on top of other windows.

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Nektony introduces ClearDisk 1.0, a new Mac OS X utility designed to clear the hard disk of useless files which make Macs run low on disk space. ClearDisk analyses the state of particular system folders which tend to clog up. It enables the user to clean up the disk space quickly by removing obsolete files. The advantages of ClearDisk over other similar tools are its quickness and efficiency. It closely inspects the file categories that are commonly used for storage of unnecessary stuff on Macs.