Billings 3.5.4, a free upgrade for Billings 3.x users, features a few enhancements and some minor bug fixes:
Full release notes are available here.
Go ahead and click the “Check for Updates…” menu item in Billings for an easy in-app update, or download it from our Billings website.
Updated.
We are asking you to not install the latest Apple Security update (2010-001) on both Leopard and Snow Leopard until we have an update. This security update includes a change to the SSL libraries (for secure communications) which causes parts of Daylite to fail (specifically when you hit 512 MB of data transfer in a session).
We are working on an immediate fix and we will update you on the status in the next day or so.
Just in case you are wondering “why did they not test this?”. The answer is, we have no opportunity to test security updates before they are rolled out (unlike OS updates).
UPDATE – Feb 4: Our engineers worked late into the night and have prepared Daylite 3.9.7 and Daylite Server 3.9.7. If you use both, please update both. You can apply this Daylite update before or after installing Security Update 2010-001. Download here.
Until next time…
AJ
The Billings Touch Easter Egg contest has come to an end – three lucky winners were able to find the hidden content.
However, all three winners found the easter egg by chance – not by following the clue we left in our blog post.
When I had said:
“I myself have never seen the show (I know, I know), but apparently it’s about a bunch of survivors that travel forwards and backward through time.”
I was really giving away a clue.
If you swipe your finger forwards and then backwards (horizontally) through the timer when it’s active, LOST hieroglyphics will appear.
Try it yourself!
PS: so did everyone enjoy the season premiere?
Originally we had decided to forego exhibiting at this year’s Macworld Expo, but after trying to arrange meeting spots with all the folks that we wanted to meet with, we decided it’s easier to have a small booth.
So come down and say hello. We’d love to chat. We’ll be in the business and enterprise special interest pavilion – booth #566.
Oh and if you’d like a free pass or a 15% discount, go to this Macworld Expo link and fill in your details. We only have a few free exhibit passes, so grab them soon. After those are gone, the 15% discount applies.
Until next time…
AJ
It seems like you can’t use the phrase “great success” without people chuckling “haha, Borat” – but this was truly a great success for all of us at Marketcircle.
On January 20th, 2010, all proceeds from Billings Mac sales were donated to Doctors Without Borders. We were able to raise $7,000 to help with the crisis in Haiti.
And we couldn’t have done it alone.
Hats off to Second Gear and Garrett Murray for organizing the Indie+Relief event.
Hats off again (yes we’re wearing 2 hats) to our loyal customers – we couldn’t have achieved this without you either.
In total, the Indie+Relief fundraiser was able to generate $143,872 in financial aid for Haiti.
For a list of the other great software that participated in the event, check out this link.
Thanks once again!
A lot of people in our office are obsessed with the TV show LOST – so obsessed that they’ve built a LOST-related easter egg into Billings Touch. I myself have never seen the show (I know, I know), but apparently it’s about a bunch of survivors that travel forwards and backward through time.
One of the engineers is going to lend me Season One on BluRay so I can appreciate the easter egg myself (and I hear it’s an awesome show).
You can download Billings Touch for free in the App Store – so anyone with an iPhone or iPod touch can participate!
If you’ve found the easter egg, send me an email with a screenshot. If you aren’t sure how to take a screenshot, you can learn how to here.
The first three users to find the easter egg will receive a free Billings Mac license.
And so, the hunt is on!
Thought I’d share some recent reviews of Billings Touch:
Our new Billings Touch website was featured on CSS Mania – which we’re very proud of. The Billings website was also showcased on Brian Hoff’s design blog 
If you’re interested in reviewing the application, feel free to get in touch with me directly.
More coming soon!
Apple’s new iPad is a new category of product and we are very excited about it.
We’ve gotten many inquiries as to whether Daylite Touch and Billings Touch will run on iPad. Using the first beta of iPhone SDK 3.2, we’ve been able to test both apps in the iPad Simulator and both work unmodified.
As far as iPad specific versions of our applications, we have no announcements to make at this time.
We are looking forward to the many new possibilities and opportunities the iPad represents.
Until next time…
AJ
Daylite 3.9.6 features some minor bug fixes and a few small improvements.
Improvements include:
Daylite version 3.9.6 is a free update for existing (and trial) users, and is available for download here.
If you use Daylite Server, please make sure you download version 3.9.6, available here.
You can check out the release notes for more information.
All proceeds made from Billings 3 for Mac on January 20th, 2010 will be donated to Haiti via Doctors Without Borders.
A big thanks to Indie+Relief for organizing a bunch of Mac & iPhone developers who are donating proceeds from sales made on Wednesday January 20, 2010 to various Haitian relief charities.
If you aren’t making a purchase on the 20th, feel free to donate directly to the Doctors Without Borders fund via this link.
Please spread the word on Twitter, Facebook, your company blog, using these banners:
and this link: http://www.indierelief.com/
Thanks, we really appreciate your support.