Year: 2010

Study: demand for mobile applications will help consumers overcome resistance to advertising

Study: demand for mobile applications will help consumers overcome resistance to advertising

Posted by | Sep 9, 2010 | , |

Consumer demand for mobile applications will wear down resistance to in-app mobile ads, propelling the North American market to $2 billion by the end of the year, according to a new report by Parks Associates (http://www.parkassociates.com). “Monetizing Downloadable Mobile Applications” shows North American in-app ad revenue will surpass US$860 million in 2014 and paid mobile app profits will exceed $4 billion.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Sept. 8

Posted by | Sep 8, 2010 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

Urban Anomaly has announced Invoice Robot 1.0, an iPad and iPhone application for creating and transmitting stylish, professional invoices in PDF format. The US$1.99 app provides a calculation template that can also be used for proposals, quotations and receipts.

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Macsimum Poll: do you plan to buy an Apple TV?

Posted by | Sep 8, 2010 | |

Apple announced several revamped products at a Sept. 1 special event, including a new Apple TV. In this week’s poll, we’re asking if you plan to buy “take three” of the Apple TV. The poll can be found at the right hand side of our home page, below the Macsimum Opinion column.

In our last poll, we asked what was the most exciting Apple announcement last week. Fourty-four percent of you said the new Apple TV, 21% said the new iPod touch, 15% said the new iPod nano and 2% said the new iPod shuffle. And 19% said “none, I wanted a new Mac announcement.”

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MakeMusic updates Finale PrintMusic

MakeMusic updates Finale PrintMusic

Posted by | Sep 8, 2010 | , |

MakeMusic (http://www.makemusic.com) has released Finale PrintMusic 2011 for Mac OS X 10.5 and higher. This updated version of the music notation software includes new features and provides compatibility with current operating systems and files created with Finale 2011, MakeMusic’s flagship software package.

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