Year: 2010

Digital Anarchy releases free Aperture 3 compatibility update for ToonIt! Photo plug-in

Digital Anarchy (http://www.digitalanarchy.com), a provider of software for photographers and digital artists, has announced a free update to their ToonIt! Photo plug-in for Aperture, Apple’s software for pro and semi-pro photographers.

ToonIt! 2.5 is now fully compatible with the 64-bit mode introduced by Apple’s Aperture 3, while still supporting 32-bit architectures and Aperture 2. The plug-in automatically takes photos and gives them a variety of cartoon and illustrated looks.

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Yankee Group: mobile app demand is soaring

Smartphone users are downloading increasing numbers of apps, and more of the apps they download come at a price. The result is a supercharged mobile app gold rush that’s shattering Yankee Group’s (http://www.yankeegroup.com) previous revenue estimates and reaching a whopping US$11 billion by 2014.

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ProClip USA offers TomTom car kit for iPhone integration

ProClip USA (http://www.proclipusa.com) has announced that the US$119.95 TomTom car kit for iPhone is now available, along with a variety of ProClip mounts for mounting your car kit to your car, truck or SUV dashboard or console.

Unlike the original TomTom car kit for iPhone, which has a windshield mount, this new car kit screws onto a vehicle-specific ProClip mount. This lets drivers choose a convenient, permanent location, for their iPhone.

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Playback Media Server update for Mac OS X beefs up Playstation, Xbox support

Yazsoft has introduced Playback Media Server 1.5.1 (http://www.yazsoft.com/products/playback/information/), an update of their zero configuration media server for Mac OS X 10.5 and higher. Many MKV files that failed to convert previously will now work.

Playback Media Server 1.5.1 changes the way pictures are organized for improved browsing via the Playstation 3. Also, it now broadcasts a UPnP “reset” if/when the machine’s IP address changes.

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