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Multiple outlets are reporting shifts in pricing in Apple's International App Stores, in order to adjust prices to reflect changes in the U.S. dollar. In some markets, prices went up, while in others, prices went down. For example, a $0.99 application in the U.S. is now £0.69, when previously, it was £0.59. Meanwhile, a Japanese app that was 115 Yen is now 85 Yen.

Registered Apple developers who were unable to attend this year's WWDC can now watch what they missed over on Apple's Developer Center website. Apple has posted 109 WWDC session videos online, which include both videos of the presentations and the accompanying slideshows.

Today GitHub announced a client for OSX, GitHub for Mac. The client walks developers through the process of creating a GitHub account and uploading repositories and provides a local admin interface similar to the traditional Web-based one.

Pogoplug, from a company called Cloud Engines, is the name of the external USB drive that makes all your files available on the Internet. But now, Cloud Engines is moving into the software space with a new personal cloud product that comes hardware-free. Like the previous service, Pogoplug will let you stream your photo, video and music libraries from any computer connected to the Internet. But in this case, the libraries are stored on your own computer, not an external drive.

Of all the new features announced yesterday at WWDC as a part of iOS 5, one of the more interesting options now available to developers is access to iCloud. Much more than just a MobileMe replacement service, the new iCloud will store and sync music, photos, apps, calendars and documents to all your devices, including your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and even Mac and PC.

But the service isn't being limited to Apple's own products, as it turns out - developers can use iCloud with their own mobile applications, too.

As a part of an experiment to really understand the value and the shortcomings of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform, I recently made the HTC HD7 my primary device. The only exception to this is when I travel, when a mobile hotspot (such as is provided by my Nexus S) is a necessity. I don't know that this experiment can last much longer, however, because today's Windows Phone is simply not powerful enough for my day-to-day needs. When the "Mango" update (due this fall) is released, that may change.

In the meantime, I spent a little time playing around with the desktop software side of the Windows Phone experience, which is notably different depending on whether you're a Mac or PC person. Different, however, doesn't necessarily mean better or worse, I've found.

Another week, another major update for the note-taking and storage platform Evernote, and this time the app that's getting a polish is Evernote for Mac. As we've seen with the last few updates, starting with a redesigned Web interface, the emphasis here is partly on making notes more sharable and social.

Of course, Evernote for Mac has already had the abilitiy to share notebooks with others. Now those sharing capabilities have been expanded to include Facebook, Twitter, and email, all through a new Share button on the menu bar.

All the time on the Web, things are happening. Comments are being left, blogs updated, messages sent, tweets tweeted, and so on. If you're an information junkie, then you don't want to know later, you want to know now.

One way of knowing now is setting up a mobile notification app, like Boxcar, to let you know the moment everything happens when you're out and about. But what about if you're sitting at your desk? For that, the company has just released a desktop version of Boxcar for the Mac and the app is soon on its way to a number of other devices and platforms.

Apple has released FaceTime for Mac in its Mac App Store today, allowing any Mac OS X user to chat with friends and family on their iPhone 4 or iPod Touch. The app, which has been in beta testing since October, is now available as a $0.99 download. The price, although affordable, is somewhat surprising considering that FaceTime's mobile counterpart - a built-in feature in Apple's mobile handhelds (iPhone 4, and yes, even the iPod Touch) is free.

Is it greedy or is it genius for Apple to sell FaceTime for Mac instead of give it away as a free download? And what does this mean for Apple's iChat?

Apple has always been known for its clean, elegant user interfaces and designs. iOS is no exception, expect for one problem area - notifications. Its notifications are terrible. If you're in the middle of doing something and you get a push notification, you have no choice but to deal with it or dismiss it and possibly forget about it.

According to Mac-centric blog Cult Of Mac, "Apple is working on a new notification system for iOS and will be buying a small company to build its technology into the operating system."