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Tropical Software announces Fastspring partnership

Tropical Software announces Fastspring partnership

Posted by | Feb 13, 2015 | , |

Tropical Software has announced a new eCommerce partnership with Fastspring to market and sell Tropical’s Mac software.

“Fastspring has helped us design an entirely new app store. It has cleaner, fresher look than our old store, and we feel customers will find it easier to use and easier to enter and complete an order,” says James Lee, owner of Tropical Software. “We feel it will offer a great, easy to use, and modern purchasing experience.”

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iWork for iCloud apps now available for Windows, Android users

iWork for iCloud apps now available for Windows, Android users

Posted by | Feb 13, 2015 | , |

Apple has made its iWork apps — Pages, Numbers and Keynote — available to users of beyond Mac OS X and iOS apps. Yep, that means Windows and Android users.

The apps are accessible to users without an Apple device through the iCloud Beta program. Anyone can sign up for an Apple ID to access Pages, Numbers, and Keynote for free. Each account comes with 1GB of complementary iCloud storage.

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24U Software updates FileMaker plug-ins

Posted by | Feb 13, 2015 | , |

24U Software (http://www.24usoftware.com/) has announced an immediate availability of updating custom-developed FileMaker plug-ins and mobile apps for 64-bit architecture.

The new service includes identifying hidden issues, cleaning-up code, creating new builds for FileMaker Server 13 and iOS 8, and more. Owners of FileMaker plug-ins and iOS apps can now hire 24U to update their products for 64-bit versions of FileMaker Server and iOS.

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By 2017, mobile commerce revenue to be 50% of U.S. digital commerce

Posted by | Feb 13, 2015 | , |

Rampant interest in mobile payments is expected by 2015, along with a significant increase in mobile commerce. Due to this, Gartner, Inc. (www.gartner.com) predicts that by 2017, U.S. customers’ mobile engagement behavior will drive mobile commerce revenue in the U.S. to 50%of U.S. digital commerce revenue.

A recent Gartner survey found that mobile commerce currently generates 22% of digital commerce revenue. 

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