Extensis developing new product to support web fonts
Extensis (http://www.extensis.com), a division of Celartem, has begun testing a new web font service that enables commercial web designers to incorporate custom fonts into web sites.
Year: 2010
MiLi releases Power Skin for the iPhone
MiLi (http://www.iPhoneMiLi.com) has released the MiLi Power Skin external battery and protective case for iPhone 3G and 3GS. Available in eight two-toned color combinations, it purportedly doubles the life of the smartphone battery and offers a protective case.
Power Skin fits like a second skin to your iPhone, and is quipped with a 1,200mAH lithium polymer battery. Its low-profile casing is designed to provide durable protection against drops or mishaps. With a slider case design the Power Skin can be removed for use on speaker docks or other media players.
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AppRiver’s Microsoft Exchange Service improves email performance
AppRiver (http://www.appriver.com), a provider of e-mail messaging and Web security solutions, has reported results of a performance evaluation using the mobile performance monitoring testing solutions from Compuware Gomez.
The Gomez data showed a link between the AppRiver-Akamai relationship and AppRiver’s ability to provide businesses with fast, reliable hosted Microsoft Exchange. In particular, the results demonstrated that AppRiver’s Akamai-enabled Hosted Exchange service can improve mobile e-mail performance by up to 50%.
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TuneUp available for Windows Media Player, adds social network features
TuneUp Media (http://www.tuneupmedia.com) has released TuneUp for Windows Media Player (WMP). Previously, it was only available for iTunes.
The latest version of TuneUp also adds new features to combine users’ music libraries with their online lives via Facebook and Twitter. The social network features are available to all TuneUp users.
Users can now share favorite songs, albums and artists on Facebook and Twitter. They can also access “Tuniverse” info on artists at http://www.tuniver.se .
Read MoreMac versions of bonzai3d, form•Z adds OpenClip support
AutoDesSys had announced the adoption of a new open standard developed through a collaboration with the developer of Wild Tools for PowerCADD. OpenClip technology is being added to bonzai3d (http://www.bonzai3d.com) and form•Z (http://www.formz.com).
It offers a different way to export 2D files into 3D programs other than the conventional means. You can copy and paste, yes, copy and paste, precision vector objects from one program to another. The OpenClip plug-in is free. You can use it if you are on the Mac platform and use PowerCADD 8.0 and either bonzai3d 2.0 or form•Z 6.7.
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