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Apple has honored Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a full-page tribute on its website. It has a photo of the civil rights leader and the following quote: “Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” Martin Luther King Jr. Day is today. It’s an American...

Zevrix Solutions has released ArtOptimizer 3.0.8, a feature update to company's image workflow automation tool for Adobe Illustrator.  The tool helps users reduce the size of Illustrator links and automate complex image transformations. The software also offers image...

PremiumSoft has released Navicat Data Modeler 3.0, an update of its utility designed for complex data modeling. The upgrades focuses on improving responsiveness, usability, and performance. Navicat Data Modeler 3.0 is available on macOS, Windows, and Linux platforms....

Zevrix Solutions has announced Output Factory 2.4.18, a maintenance update to company's output automation solution for Adobe InDesign. Output Factory automates printing and exporting from InDesign helping users eliminate repetitive tasks and avoid costly errors. The...

PowerProduction Software has announced the free limited-time availability of its Martini plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, and Magix VEGAS Pro. Regularly $99, the free Martini is provided as a perpetual license that never...

Zevrix Solutions has announced LinkOptimizer 5.4.4, a feature update to the company's workflow automation solution for Adobe InDesign.  It automates complex image manipulation tasks and allows users to reduce the size of InDesign links. Version 5.4.4 adds support to...

Apple has released new developer betas of macOS 10.15.3, iOS 13.3.1, iPadOS 13.3.1, watchOS 6.1.2, and tvOS 13.3.1. Registered developers can download the betas via Apple’s developer portal (https://developer.apple.com/account/#/welcome). Or they can be downloaded...

Apple has released Xcode 11.3.1 for developers. It's available at theMac App Store and requires macOS 10.14.4 or later. Xcode is a free developer tool for Apple’s various operating systems and is available at the Mac App Store. According to Apple, Xcode 11.3.1...

Quicken, maker of personal finance software, has launched Simplifi, a personal finance app designed “to help a new generation of consumers easily stay on top of their finances.” It offers a way to see a consolidated view of all your accounts, track your day to day...

Cisdem has updated its Cisdem Document Reader for Mac (https://www.cisdem.com/document-reader-mac.html) to version 5.1.0. The app allows you to view, convert, export, and print files in such formats as PDF, WordPerfect, WPS, XPS, OXPS, Visio, DjVu, and Winmail.dat....

Apple has introduced a beta (https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=01132020a) of a new Reality Converter app that "makes it easy to convert, view, and customize USDZ 3D objects on Mac.” With it you, can drag ’n drop common 3D file formats, such as .obj, .gltf and .usd,...

Cisdem Video Converter for Mac 5.0.0 has been released. The new version fixes four issues and optimizes memory usage. Cisdem Video Converter is a video converter, video downloader, video editor and DVD ripper, all rolled into one. Supporting almost all video and audio...

Trackforce Valiant (www.trackforce.com) has acquired Silvertrac Software (www.silvertracsoftware.com). Silvertrac, security guard management software, joins forces with the recent acquisition of Valiant Solutions by Trackforce to expand its portfolio in the security...

Ergonis Software has rolled out Typinator 8.3 (https://store.ergonis.com/products/typinator), an update of the text expander for macOS.  The app automates the process of inserting frequently used text and auto-correcting typing errors. Version 8.3 complies with...

Cisdem has upgraded Cisdem Video Converter, a video conversion tool for macOS, to version 5.0. The upgrade fixes issues, optimize memory usage and add support for iPhone 11. Cisdem Video Converter is compatible with macOS 10.10 and higher. It costs $39.99 for a single...

At this week's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Satechi debuted the 108W Pro USB-C PD Desktop Charger. Featuring dual USB-C Power Delivery (PD) ports. The company says its latest charger can boost battery life of the most power-hungry devices at full...

Apple says it's marked the close of a historic 2019 for its Services offerings, a year that introduced Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, Apple News+ and Apple Card, and celebrated the continued success of the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud and more. “2019 was the biggest year...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the upcoming release of LE Audio, the next generation of Bluetooth audio. Not only will LE Audio enhance Bluetooth audio performance, it will add support for hearing aids and enable Audio Sharing, an entirely...

Total War: WARHAMMER II — The Shadow & Blade is now available for macOS. It brings new abilities, mechanics, and military advantages to Total War: WARHAMMER II. The Shadow & The Blade DLC is available now from the Feral Store for US$8.99. It’s a 60GB...

OWC has announced two new additions to its ThunderBay product family – the ThunderBay 8 and the all-new ThunderBay FLEX 8. The ThunderBay 8 is a professional-grade 8-Bay Thunderbolt 3 storage solution with eight hot swappable drive bays. You can mix 2.5-inch and...

IKIN (www.ikininc.com), a provider of visual technology solutions for businesses, is creating a software developers kit (SDK) for iOS holographic rendering, with professional services support from Unity Technologies. The SDK will facilitate the deployment of...

Imagination Technologies has announced that it's replaced the multi-year, multi-use license agreement with Apple, first announced on February 6, 2014, with a new multi-year license agreement under which Apple has access to a wider range of Imagination’s intellectual...

A DigiTimes report says that, as chipmakers and system vendors are gearing up to commercialize their mmWave technologies, TSMC has landed a big order from Apple for processing handset antenna modules with its InFO_AiP (antenna in package) technology. The article adds...

The gang at MacTech and MacNews want to wish everyone a happy, peaceful, prosperous 2020. We’ll be closed today, but will resume our usual publishing schedule on Thursday, Jan. 2.

According to RPRNA, China’s BOE will supply OLED displays for at last some of the 2020 iPhones in 2020: more than LG and less than Samsung. Quoting unnamed "Korean media reports,” the article says BOE will ship 45 million OLED panels for Apple’s smartphone by 2021....

PremiumSoft CyberTech has released Navicat Monitor 2.0, an update of the agentless remote server monitoring tool for MySQL, MariaDB and SQL Server. It includes a set of real-time and historical graphs that allow you to drill down into server statistic details. With...

Japan Display has contacted both Apple and Sharp Corp to see if either is interesting in acquiring its main smartphone screen factory for up to $820 as the company struggles to get out of debt, according to Reuters. Japan Display is an LCD technology joint venture by...

Apple is donating funds to support fire fighting efforts in Australia, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced on Twitter, according to MacRumors.com. Emergency-level fires have swept across parts of New South Wales and South Australia. The death toll and number of injured...

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