Canto (http://www.canto.com) has released Cumulus Sites, a new product that “bridges web site ease of use with the power and control of Canto Cumulus digital asset management.” It offers a live asset delivery platform organizations can stylize to suit their identities, and customize to suit their file sharing and distribution requirements.
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iKit (http://www.ikit.com) has released the US$S40 iPad Leather Folio Case. It’s available in black and gray and comes with a screen protector and cleaning kit.
Made of genuine cow leather, the Leather Portfolio’s slim padded design gives you access to all your functions and protects the device. It features an interior and exterior embossed design with secure access.
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Amazon.com has announced “Kindle for Mac,” a free application that lets readers around the world enjoy Kindle books on their Macs.
The U.S. Kindle Store currently offers over 450,000 books, including New Releases and 102 of 111 New York Times Bestsellers. Kindle books can now be read on the Kindle, Kindle DX, iPhone, iPod touch, BlackBerry, PC and Mac, and, soon, the iPad. Customers in over 100 countries can go to http://www.amazon.com/kindleformac to download the Kindle for Mac application for free today.
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Coming next to the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad may be a component called iGroups. According to a new Apple patent (number 20100070758) at the US Patent & Trademark Office, Apple is working on group formation using anonymous broadcast information.
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iPad pre-orders are now averaging 10,000 per day, according to Daniel Tello, a Venezuelan blogger-analyst who writes about Apple using the name “Deagol” (http://aaplmodel.blogspot.com/).
Tello has been tracking order numbers submitted by volunteers since March 12 at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern) when Apple began taking pre-orders for the iPad. By his calculations, which are based on a precise count of order numbers and an estimate of how many of them were non-iPad orders, Apple passed the 180,000 unit mark on Wednesday.
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