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Kool Tools: ZAGG Rugged Messenger Wireless keyboard

Working while traveling is no easy task. Between finding good Wi-Fi connectivity, tight spaces and having to deal with loud distracting passengers, you need technology that helps you work smarter, not harder. ZAGG’s $99.99 Rugged Messenger (http://tinyurl.com/ydayjpsv) wireless Bluetooth keyboard, allows consumers to keep up with work regardless of where their busy lifestyles take them.

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Hydra 4.1 brings new color grading for improved HDR results on the Mac

Creaceed (http://www.creaceed.com/) has updated Hydra, a macOS tool for HDR image creation, to version 4.1. The upgrade features an improved tone mapper with a new color grading technique.

Hydra is a software that gives human eye perception to photography by creating high dynamic range (HDR) images from a series of regular
photographies. The software uses a number of regular photographs with different expositions (darker and lighter photos) to create one that’s closer to
what one’s eye can see.

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Banks to spend $20.2 billion to support digital transformation initiatives

IDC (www.idc.com) says retail banks (including thrift banks and credit unions) in the U.S. will spend $20.2 billion on hardware, software, services, and internal IT staff to develop and implement DX initiatives in 2017, growing at an average compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.5% into 2020.

This compares with growth of 4.8% in overall IT spend for U.S. banks. The forecast by the research highlights spending by US–based banks across four categories of DX technology: hardware, software, IT services, and internal IT.

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BatchOutput for Microsoft PowerPoint Improves Default Printer Management

Zevrix Solutions has announced BatchOutput PPT 2.2.1, a feature update to company’s output automation solution for Microsoft PowerPoint.

The utility solves the problem of printing and saving of multiple presentations to PDF and offers batch processing, PDF security, image compression, variable file names and mores. The new version ensures that BatchOutput PPT restores the system’s default printer after the processing of Word files is done if this option is selected in the Mac system preferences.

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AKVIS Refocus for macOS refocuses to version 8.0

AKVIS (www.akvis.com) has debuted AKVIS Refocus 8.0, an update of the the focus adjustment software for macOS (10.7 and higher) and Windows. The new version provides a number of new features and improvements, including the possibility to save and load custom presets, batch processing for all modes, improved Crop tool, and other changes.

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