How many times, sitting in the office or at home, you’ve noticed that surrounding sounds distract your attention and don’t let you concentrate? Wish you were somewhere else, on the beach or in the forest and enjoyed sounds of wind and birds?

We can’t physically deliver you to the beach or make your noisy colleagues disappear, but what we can do for sure is bring serenity into your fussy days with Elsewhere.

Elsewhere is a tiny sound app that provides you with the sounds of the beach, forest, and city. For now it offers three sound environments only, but we are working on introducing more of them. So all you need to do is launch it and enjoy random sounds of nature or city.

Elsewhere can automatically switch between day and night depending on the time on your Mac (sounds will be changed respectively) or you can switch it manually.

The main advantage of Elsewhere is that it contains numerous random sounds, not just a soundtrack, which repeats again and again:)

Elsewhere is currently in Beta stage and all of you can download it from here – just leave your email address (we are collecting your emails to notify you about Elsewhere release, no spam, we promise). Note, Beta version is valid until Elsewhere official release and will expire once it officially released.

And to make staying on Elsewhere page more pleasant for you we’ve added Elsewhere sounds on it – once you enter this page you’ll be surrounded by sounds of nature or city.

                                 I’m in, give me Beta version!

Let us know which sounds you want us to add in the future and we will collect them for you (we can even land our developers in the jungle if you need r-r-really wild sounds:)

Those of you who don’t like built-in Address Book or iCal on Mac OS X have probably looked for their alternatives. SOHO Organizer is one of them. It is nice and user-friendly, but it cannot sync data with your Android phone or Google account, for example.

So if you are one of those Mac users who use SOHO Organizer instead of iCal and Address Book (or only looking for their replacement), here is how you can sync data in SOHO Organizer with multiple devices. Let’s take Android phone as an example.

Step 1. You will need to install SOHO Organizer on your Mac (can be downloaded here).

Step 2. Enable data sync between SOHO Organizer and your Mac.

- Launch SOHO Organizer.

- Go to “Preferences”.

- Choose “Sync” tab and check “Contacts” or “Calendars” boxes.

Now your contacts and calendars will be synced from SOHO Organizer to Address Book and iCal on your Mac.

Step 3. To sync data on Mac with Android (or any other device) you will need to install SyncMate on your Mac. SyncMate syncs contacts and calendars for absolutely free:)

- Launch SyncMate.

- Create new connection with your Android device (Android can be connected via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or USB; do not forget to install SyncMate Module for Android on your device (link at http://www.sync-mac.com/download/SyncMate.apk).

- Choose Contacts and iCal plugins in SyncMate and manage their settings.

- Sync your data from your Mac to device.

Voila! Your contacts and calendar entries are synced between SOHO Organizer and Android device.

Step 4. SyncMate allows syncing contacts and calendars for free not only with your Android device, but with other mobile phones (Windows Mobile and Nokia S40), other Mac and Windows computers, iOS devices, Google and Dropbox accounts and so on. The full list of supported devices and sync options offered for each of them can be found here.

So just create a new connection in SyncMate and you are ready to sync.

P.S.: Using some other Mac organizer? Let us know about it and we will test if it is compatible with SyncMate and talk about it on our blog.

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New year brings new releases, and the first one this year is SyncMate 3.6. We’ve added several new options to it and here they are.

Kindle Fire support

Ever wanted to sync data on Mac with Kindle Fire tablet? It is now possible as SyncMate adds full compatibility with Kindle Fire. From now on all SyncMate users can sync contacts with SyncMate Free edition.

SyncMate Expert edition will sync Safari Bookmarks, folders of any kind, images, videos, and music between Mac and Kindle Fire.

Extra options for mounted storages

SyncMate 3.6 extends the list of options offered for mounted storage devices. While you can back up contacts and calendars with Free edition, SyncMate Expert allows you to back up Safari bookmarks, Entourage and Mail notes, and To Dos.

Of course, all new options are added to those you got used to already: possibility to sync images, music, videos, folders, backup and autosync options.

This update is absolutely free for all registered users of SyncMate 3.x; registered users of earlier SyncMate versions can request upgrade discount here.

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Yeah, it’s Christmas! It’s become a good tradition to make gifts during Christmas time, and here are ours :)

Amazing Christmas Bundle from Eltima!

This Christmas bundle from Eltima brings you 3 of our most popular apps with significant discount. Just imagine you can purchase SyncMate Expert, Folx PRO and Elmedia Player PRO for only $49.95 and save $30! (the original price of these 3 apps would be $79,85).

Moreover, this is the first bundle we are launching:) Do not hesitate to check out our Christmas bundle as this offer is valid through January 5, 2012 only (offer is valid for Personal licenses only).

                        I want to read more about Christmas bundle

Holiday discounts from Eltima!

Additionally Eltima offers you 25% discount for some other apps. Among them:

- Flash Decompiler (for Mac and PC);

- Flash Optimizer (for Mac and PC);

- Recover PDF Password (for Mac and PC);

- Flash’In’App.

And the Windows programs:

- SWF & FLV Player;

- SWF & FLV Toolbox;

- USB to Ethernet Connector;

- Virtual Serial Port Driver.

We sincerely hope that you will like our Christmas gifts! On behalf of Eltima team I would like to wish all our existing customers and all our readers a Merry Christmas! Best wishes from Eltima team to you and your family!

iCloud fans, rejoice! SyncMate will support direct sync of your iCal and Address Book with iCloud calendars and contacts soon.

And not only iCloud! Our developers are currently working on adding the support for any online service using CardDAV and CalDAV protocols.

Once the possibility to sync with these services is added, CardDAV and CalDAV will appear in SyncMate wizard as separate connections. Users will be able to pick any service that supports these protocols from the list or add their own and sync iCal and Address Book entries with it.

Among the most popular services using CardDav or CalDAV protocols are iCloud, Yahoo, and others.

Do not miss this release – stay tuned to our blog and follow SyncMate updates on Facebook.

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Fresh tips for SyncMate users delivered – check them out, hot and crispy :)

Connect online storage as a mounted device

Yes, it is possible. If the online storage  uses WebDAV protocol, your account in this storage can be mounted to your Mac as a disk and you can browse its content on Mac, not even logging in to it in web browser.

All you need to do is enter the link to your account in Finder and it will appear as the additional Mac disk that can be synced with SyncMate (choose Mounted storage device connection in SyncMate wizard).

Sync online storages with supported devices

With SyncMate you can sync data in any supported device with online storage you are currently using (even if it is not yet supported by SyncMate).

Note: this trick is possible only if online storage creates a folder on your Mac, like Dropbox for example. You will only need to pick this folder in Folders plugin and sync it with any folder on supported device.

Of course, this option is valid for Folders sync only and for the devices that support folders sync option.

Stay with us to get more SyncMate tips!

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Another cool app for Mac has been recently released by Eltima team. This time we are introducing I’m Away, a tiny utility that helps you change your statuses in the most popular Instant Messengers on Mac with one click only. Change your status in Skype, iChat, and Adium with one hotkey you choose yourself!

I’m Away is compatible with iChat, Skype, and Adium and allows you to change statuses in these messengers simultaneously. I’m Away also supports customizable hotkeys for each status.

And it is absolutely FREE!

I’m Away is available on the Mac App Store. Do not hesitate to grab it from here.

Control your statuses easily with I’m Away!

                                  I want to get I’m Away right now!