Pierre Bernard

My little hideout on the net

The Japanese like ACTPrinter

About 70% of the ACTPrinter sales happen in Japan. This has pushed ACTPrinter to the number 2 spot in the Japanese top 100 paid applications.
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ACTPrinter sales through the roof

ACTPrinter - the printer for virtual paper on your iPhone - sold 1296 copies yesterday!

Peter Cohen did a nice write-up on ACTPrinter for Macworld. Much appreciated!
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Leopard’s year-old annoyances

In this Macworld article Rob Griffith details his top ten gripes about Leopard.

I happen to agree with most of his concerns. Yet Leopard is the best operating system I have ever used. And a joy to write software for.

I am most flattered that Rob lists HoudahSpot as solution for his number one complaint: the inept Spotlight interface.
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MacFormat 201 "Essential Mac money-savers" on sale now!

This month's issue of the UK magazine MacFormat comes with a FREE copy of HoudahSpot 2.0.9. It also brings a coupon code for a discount on HoudahSpot 2.2.
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HoudahSpot on Mac Roundtable

HoudahSpot is mentioned in episode 49 of Mac Roundtable. Thanks Don, glad you like it!
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Houdah Software has a new store

I am giving
a try. Unlike Share-It.com, this is not a full-fledged sales processor. E-Junkie basically provides the shopping cart and the payment processor integration. I will use PayPal for a payment processor. The extra work I am stuck with now is handling the VAT.

My hopes are that the
will lead to lower abandonment rates. Let's not forget that the E-Junkie + PayPal solution comes cheaper.
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Crazy Sale: Get ACTSudoku for FREE

This weekend, get
for FREE! This is your chance to discover what makes ACTSudoku truly unique.

Same great product. Same license. Same upgrade privileges. 100% off! No strings attached.

We do ask for a small favor: If you like ACTSudoku, please post a review on iTunes. Otherwise write us at support.iphone@houdah.com. Customer feedback shapes the future of our products.

BTW, we make great Mac software too:
&
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Florida / Caribean vacation

Currently my wife and I are running a "live" blog about our vacation at Walt Disney World and on the Disney Magic.
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ACTCurrency Free for iPhone / iPod Touch

This week only, ACTCurrency is available for FREE on the iTunes App Store.

All I ask for is for you to write a review on iTunes. Blog entries are welcome too. So are emails with feature suggestions or bug reports.

The target audience for ACTCurrency is travellers. ACTCurrency may handle any currency. For 35 major currencies, it additionally supports automatic exchange rate updates. As ACTCurrency always performs currency conversion both ways, it serves to answer both questions you may ask when faced with a price in a foreign currency. "How much is this in my home currency?" "How does the price back home convert to the local currency?"

ACTCurrency has been slapped by bad reviews from users who failed to read the simple instructions. Most importantly however, the recent release of ACTCurrency 1.2 addressed the main concern voiced by users: automatic updates to exchange rates. It is time for these reviews to be pushed from front page.
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Sorry for the long hiatus

When things are busy and one has the most stuff to write about, the time to spend on blogging is hardest to find.

In recent month Houdah Software has sponsored the Daring Fireball feed, released HoudahSpot 2.2 and entered the iPhone market with 3 applications: ACTSudoku, ACTCurrency and ACTGratuity.
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