5 Desktop Blogging Softwares For MAC

To give some extra functionality to Blogging you must use some desktop blogging tool. There are numerous tools available for Windows that is why I decided to write on my favorite 5 Desktop Blogging Software for MAC. Some are free and some are paid but I am sure you will like all the tools. Lets start:

MarsEdit

One of the best desktop blog editing for the Mac. The best way to write, preview, and publish your blog. Below are some quick features of this tool:

• Rich And HTML Text Editing
• Media At Your Fingertips
• Wildly Compatible
• Easy File Uploads
• Perfect Previews
• Offline Freedom

It is a paid software and you can buy it from here.

Thingamablog

Thingamablog is a cross-platform, standalone blogging application that makes authoring and publishing your weblogs almost effortless. Unlike most blogging solutions, Thingamablog does NOT require a third-party blogging host, a cgi/php enabled web host, or a MySQL database. In fact, all you need to setup, and manage, a blog with Thingamablog is FTP, SFTP, or network access to a web server. It allows you to:

• Set up a blog in minutes via an intuitive wizard
• Maintain multiple blogs
• Effortlessly manage thousands of entries
• Dynamically update blog content
• Write entries offline (Dialup users)
• Publish your blog with a single click
• Publish remotely to your blog via email
• Read news with an integrated feed reader
• Make posts from your favorite feeds
• Create a unique layout with customizable templates
• Import entries from RSS/Atom feeds
• and many more…

Click here to download.

Ecto

Ecto is a feature-rich desktop blogging editor for MacOSX. With ecto, you can easily publish to a wide range of weblog systems, such as Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType, Nucleus, SquareSpace, TypePad, WordPress, and more.

Click here to download.

Qumana

Qumana is an easy-to-use desktop blog editor, enabling you to write, edit and post to one or more blogs. You can use Qumana even when you are offline. Save your blog posts to your hard drive and upload whenever you like. Great for bloggers on the move.

Click here to download.

Bleezer

A powerful blogging client with which you can:

• Blog from anywhere. Work on Windows, OS X, and Linux.
• Work with any blogging service. As many as you want, even Blogger.
• WYSIWYG editing. Edit your posts as they will actually appear.
• Image upload. Images will automatically be uploaded to your server.
• Category support. Support for multiple categories.
• Add tags for any tag service. Technorati, del.icio.us, or anything else.
• Create custom markup. Define your own key combinations for custom HTML markup.
• Spell check. Ensure everything is speeled spelled ok.
• Advertise. Ping Technorati, weblogs.com, ping-o-matic, Pingoat, or any other service.
• Work online or offline. Compose posts offline and post them when you want to.
• It is totally free

Click here to download.

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Google TV Finds its First Champion

Google TV now has at least one real retail product firmed up: the Logitech Revue, scheduled to ship this fall. This is a set-top box that’s supposed to bring the Google TV experience to your existing home entertainment center.

So far so good. But I’d like to understand how this is going to happen. Oh, I get how one box would be able to search both TV listings and the internet for content. I’m more confused by how the ‘control’ aspect will work.

You’re supposed to be able to use your smartphone (iPhone or an Android phone, more specifically) to control your home entertainment center. In a video provided by Engadget HD, you can see that it uses Logitech’s Harmony technology to turn on components, set inputs and so on. I understand how an actual Harmony remote is going to do this; it has an IR emitter after all.

But how is the Logitech Revue going to accomplish this? I have this nightmare vision of a web of IR Blasters running from the Revue box to each component of my home theater. That was problematic enough when I did it to allow my Tivo to control my cable box. Granted newer cable boxes can now be controled via cable cards, but that doesn’t help with my receiver, TV, sub-woofer, etc, etc.

Aside from how it’ll control things, the other big question is price. Taylor Wimberly over at Android and Me hopes it’ll be under $500 and would love to see it be under $299. I’d be astonished if it was more than $299 and I think they need to aim closer to $200. Google is trying to introduce a product that no one really knows they want; the price needs to be kept low. Besides, at the end of the day Google TV isn’t doing anything we can’t already do (assuming you have some kind of box connected to the TV that has a web browser, such as a Sony PS3 or a Nintendo Wii); it’s just gathering functions into one place.

Android and Me does have a few specs for the Revue: it’ll run Android 2.1, support Flash 10.1 and comes with Chrome installed (naturally).

How much would you pay? Don’t forget we have the Boxee Box still in-bound and predicted to sell for about $200, though it’s been delayed until November. It ought to deliver most of the web content you’d want on your TV. Granted you’d have to switch between cable and Boxee inputs, but that’s not such a huge chore.

So are you interested in Google TV, or are you not yet sold on it?

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Kinect for Xbox 360 now listed for $150… at Microsoft’s own online store

Listen Microsoft, we know you've been wanting to stay absolutely mum on Kinect's price since its official E3 unveiling, even as GameStop and Walmart say $149.99. Included is the Kinect sensor itself, power supply cable, manual, and WiFi extension cable (huh?), and it shows up in our virtual shopping cart just fine. So, now that your own official online store is giving that price tag on a pre-order page, don't ya think this guy deserves something akin to a legitimate press release for its MSRP?

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Altec Lansing serves up angular Octiv Mini iPod / iPhone sound system

We know -- you need another iPod sound system about as bad as you need another mortgage, but why leave any one room lacking, right? Altec Lansing has cranked out a rather unorthodox looking device this fine evening, certified to play nice with iPhone and iPod and deliver soothing jazz to whatever ears are fortunate enough to get close. The Octiv Mini (M102; $59.95) is yet another iPod / iPhone alarm clock, though this one ships with the Alarm Rock app in order to customize one's wake-up tunes from their bedside. Full specs should be popping up in that source link momentarily, and it'll ship to the last five remaining Americans who actually need one of these type devices in July.

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Windows Live Messenger for iPhone Released

Microsoft has finally released the official Windows Live Messenger for iPhone app. Unlike the Symbian version, it is completely free to use and is now available for download from the App Store.

You can chat with your Windows Live and Yahoo! contacts and as well as connect with your social network buddies on Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and YouTube etc.

You can even receive IM notifications when your app is closed so you never miss a message. And this is not all, this IM app is more of a complete Hotmail app too. It lets you access your Hotmail account without leaving the app to read, reply to, and compose emails. Get email notifications within the application so you know when you have new messages.

Download Windows Live Messenger for iPhone

You can download this app from the US App Store (not sure of it will be available for others too) for free: Download Windows Live Messenger for iPhone

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Android 2.2 Froyo Update for HTC Desire Coming in 2 Weeks

After Google Nexus One, HTC Desire will be getting the Android 2.2 Froyo Update in almost 2 weeks, according to HTC support. A user on XDA Developers forum received an email from HTC Support which confirmed that the new 2.2 Froyo update for HTC Desire will be released in 2 weeks and will fix many issues that were present in the previous firmware. It will also update flash player and will resolve any issues experienced by users when trying to work with Flash content.

However, if you can’t wait for the official Android 2.2 Froyo update, you can install the custom Android 2.2 Froyo ROM on you HTC Desire. Otherwise, you can wait for the official Android 2.2 Froyo which will be released in 2 weeks time.

Here is the email received by the XDA forum member,

Dear Jonathan,

Thank you for contacting us in regards to your flash player issue. Within the next 2 weeks HTC will release the Android 2.2 OS over the air. The will enable the lastest version of Adobe Flash Player on your device and will resolve any exisiting issues. I trust that this resolves your query, please do not hesitate to contact us again if required. Thank you for contacting HTC.

Best regards,
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HTC Technical Support

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