Year: 2010

Japanese localized version of ConceptDraw MindMap 6 available

CS Odessa, developer of ConceptDraw MindMap, a mind mapping product and part of ConceptDraw’s business suite, ConceptDraw Office, is now available with a Japanese language interface.

All supported language interfaces are available within a single product and there’s no need to download or install a specific language product variation. Support for each language version is released at the same time, so users may utilize full support at time of purchase.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for April 21

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/).

Western Digital has introduced WD Photos photo viewer, a free iPhone/iPod touch app for use with its My Book World Edition and WD ShareSpace network drives, that lets users access up to 250,000 of their photos from anywhere in the world. The WD Photos photo viewer app allows users to log into their drive from anywhere so they can view their entire photo library.

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Apple store employees canned after data mix-up

Apple store employees canned after data mix-up
Several employees of the Legacy Village (Ohio) Apple store have been fired after personal information from a repaired computer was mistakenly transferred to another customer’s Mac during a data restore operation, reports “ifo AppleStore” (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/2010/04/20/several-employees-fired-after-data-mix-up/).

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Google purchases company founded by P.A. Semi defectors

The Apple-Google competition just gets more interesting. Google has purchased startup firm Agnilux, a San Jose company founded by a number of defectors from P.A. Semi, the chip company Apple bought in 2008, according to a “peHUB” report (http://www.pehub.com/69556/google-buys-stealth-hardware-startup-agnilux/).

On April 22, 2008, it was made public that Apple had agreed to buy a boutique microprocessor design company called PA Semi for US$278 million. The company was known for its design of sophisticated, low-power chips.

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Analyst thinks Apple’s next big thing will be a video platform

Apple’s next big thing may be a video platform that combines cameras in the next versions of the iPhone and iPad with the giant data center the company’s building in North Carolina, Ezra Gottheil, senior analyst with Technology Business Research, told clients today — and as reported by “Computerworld” (http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9175894/Apple_s_next_big_thing_Video_analyst_says).

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