Over 500 new designs and 12 new foundries have been added to MyFonts.com, an online source for previewing and buying fonts. New foundries from around the globe include ArFF, Churchward Type, Dooley Type, E-phemera, Fontlab Ltd., Incipit, MADType, ParaType, preussTYPE, Solotype, Thirstype and David Thometz Design.
Read MoreApple UK’s Hot News page also notes today that professional customers based in the UK can lease any Power Mac, PowerBook, Xserve or Xserve RAID—plus optional Apple displays, software and/or third-party peripherals—interest free over a 24-month period. The promotion runs from today until April 15, and Apple says they will waive the first month’s payment.
Read MoreApple’s UK Hot News page notes that the company’s new iPod TV ad campaign kicks off in the United Kingdom this week and runs until mid-March. “Catch the new 30-second spot right here on the Apple site courtesy of our award-winning QuickTime multimedia software architecture,” notes the brief.
Read MoreAs of version 6.0, Polycom WebOffice — a personal conferencing portal solution that enables instant, ad-hoc video calls for group and desktop video users — supports Mac and Linux environments. It also offers deeper video integration (it can detect whether users are video-enabled), advanced video control (you can control the video and voice aspects of the conference on the fly), and expanded server options. Participants using a Mac or Linux system are supported through a light Web client.
Read MoreZengobi has announced the release of Curio 1.0, new Mac OS X software that “helps creative thinkers and design professionals generate, communicate, and organize their best ideas.” Curio’s freeform sketchbook environment allows users to collect images, bookmarks, documents, movies, and text clippings; take notes; and sketch with pressure-sensitive pens. It includes an integrated dossier feature with creative brief support, and a feature called “Sleuth” to make scouring the Web for inspiration easier.
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