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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for April 15

Posted by | Apr 15, 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/).

The Center for Biological Diversity has unleashed Wild Calls for the iPhone, a free app designed to increase awareness of the plight of endangered species worldwide and to spur people to take action to protect wildlife. It allows users to receive a randomly selected endangered species sound each week (or more frequently if users choose) via push notification.

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MacPractice announces iPad solutions

Posted by | Apr 15, 2010 | , |

MacPractice — the developer of MacPractice MD, MacPractice DDS, MacPractice DC, and MacPractice 20/20 — has announced the launch of new iPad integration solutions that allow doctors and dentists to use all MacPractice products on an iPad to leverage the efficiency and ease of use of Apple’s latest innovation to streamline care, save time and reduce the risk of data entry errors.

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Quark joins RIXML.org as an associate member

Posted by | Apr 15, 2010 | , |

Quark (http://www.quark.com) has become an associate member of RIXML.org, a consortium of buy-side, sell-side, and vendor firms committed to the development and implementation of the first open standard for investment research.

Quark offers Quark XML Author, an XML authoring tool that allows anyone to create XML content directly in Microsoft Word. Quark XML Author can be configured for RIXML so that research analysts and other non-technical professionals in the financial services industry can create RIXML content easily, without having an understanding of XML coding.
 

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Apple rises from 71 to 56 on Fortune 500

Apple rises from 71 to 56 on Fortune 500

Posted by | Apr 15, 2010 | , |

Apple now sites at 56 on the Fortune 500 list, “Fortune” magazine’s annual ranking of America’s largest corporations. That’s up from 71 on the previous year’s list.

“Fortune” says Apple’s profits are up 12.5% from 2009 and that, as of March 26, the company has over $53.8 billion in asssets. The top 10 on the list are Wal-Mart, Exxon Mobile, Chevron, General Electric, Bank of America Corp., ConocoPhilips, AT&T, Ford Motor, JP Morgan Chase & Co., and HP.

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