Author: dsellers

Digital commerce uptake to exceed 40% of the global population by 2021

Posted by | May 26, 2017 | , |

A new study from Juniper Research (www.juniperresearch.com) forecasts that users of digital commerce services will reach three billion by 2021, or 40% of the global population, up from just 32% this year.

The new research found that two core sectors will dominate the global digital commerce industry, in terms of transaction values: Remote payments for digital & physical goods, and digital banking via bill payment services.

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IK Multimedia announces Syntronik for Mac/PC

IK Multimedia announces Syntronik for Mac/PC

Posted by | May 25, 2017 | , |

IK Multimedia has introduced Syntronik (www.ikmultimedia.com/syntronik) a virtual synthesizer for Mac/PC that will be available in July 2017 and is now open for pre-order.

It includes 17 instruments, available as a collection or separately, with over 2,000 preset sounds covering a selection from 38 multi-sampled vintage synthesizers. Syntronik’s synthesis engine is coupled with the new DRIFT technology to accurately reproduce the behavior of oscillators from real hardware synths. There are advanced features like 4-part layers, splits and arpeggiators.

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Mobile experts releases network, handset cost estimates for 5G

Posted by | May 25, 2017 | , |

Mobile Experts (www.mobile-experts.com), a domain marketplace, has released market research describing a cross-section of 5G cost. While the wide telecom industry is hyping up 5G, Mobile Experts has been making some hard-nosed financial calculations to determine the applications and scenarios where 5G can be successful. 

According to their research, pure speed and low latency are not the primary objectives of 5G. Rather, Mobile Experts has discerned that 5G should be able to achieve a 10x reduction in cost per bit compared with LTE– directed mostly toward video services of various kinds.

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Kool Tools: BusyKid

Kool Tools: BusyKid

Posted by | May 25, 2017 | , |

Generation after generation parents face many of the same challenges when it comes to raising children. Gregg Murset, a father of six, is no exception. When his search for a simple solution to keep track of his kids chores, reward a weekly allowance and teach them the basic financial principles of earning, saving, sharing and spending money wisely failed he created My Job Chart (MJC). Now, one of the most popular online tools for children to learn about work ethics and money has evolved into BusyKid (http://www.busykid.com).

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Unmarked Software releases TextSoap 8.4 update

Unmarked Software releases TextSoap 8.4 update

Posted by | May 25, 2017 | , |

Unmarked Software has announced TextSoap 8.4, a feature update to its text processing and editing utility for macOS. The app processes text from endless different formats.

TextSoap serves to automate efforts to fix any text formatting issue that users encounter when working with text. Version 8.4 adds new current date expansion, support for literal characters in more actions, and addresses a number of issues reported by customers.

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