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Kool Tools: Survivor Power Bank

Griffin Technology’s Survivor Power Bank may be the first phone and tablet backup battery pack durable and reliable enough to be called “Survivor.” It delivers portable power whenever needed.

The Survivor Power Bank is tested to Military Standard 810G, providing up to 6.6 foot drop protection and impact resistant defense from falls on hard surfaces like concrete. The rechargeable battery cells are protected from drops and spills with shatterproof polycarbonate and textured, abrasion-resistant silicone to deliver reliable power.

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Industrious One releases Musicality for Mac

Industrious One has created Musicality for Mac (http://getmusicality.com/). The $11 app is designed to “break your music out of the browser” and offer desktop conveniences like keyboard shortcuts, AirPlay streaming, and more to over a dozen of the world’s most popular music services.

With it, you can play, pause, skip and rate songs on any supported music service. Musicality for Mac supports 15 music services to 15.

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Cirrus Logic releases MFi Headset Development Kit

Cirrus Logic has released its MFi Headset Development Kit, a reference platform that is designed to help original equipment manufacturers quickly develop new Lightning-based digital headsets. It provides a complete high-performance, digital-headset solution and a reference iOS application to support the rapid development of these emerging consumer products, according to Carl Alberty, vice president of Audio Products Marketing, Cirrus Logic.

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Focus Matrix is new task organizer for OS X

XwaveSoft has announced Focus Matrix 1.0, a smart task organizer app for Mac OS X. Its organizational system is based on the “Eisenhower Box,” a productivity strategy created by U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

The app provides a priority matrix that breaks tasks down into four groups based on their urgency and importance. This lets you focus on the tasks that really matter, without getting caught up in those that can be delegated, or dealt with later.

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PhoneRescue 3 allows ‘rescues’ from an entire iOS system

Mobie has launched PhoneRescue 3 (https://www.imobie.com/phonerescue/), an update to their iOS recovery solution for Mac OS X. The app can help users bring back 25 types of misdeleted, damaged or lost data files on an iPhone and iPad.

With version 3, PhoneRescue has expanded the recovering power from specific data to the whole iOS system. When an iOS device runs into a system crash, it can be fully fixed within a single click, according to the folks at Mobie.

PhoneRescue 3 requires Mac OS X 10.8 or higher . A personal license is $49.99 and a family license costs$69.99.

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