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New 10.5-inch iPad Pro Case coming from Gumdrop Cases

Gumdrop Case’s DropTech Clear case for the new 10.5-inch iPad Pro is now available for pre-order and will ship beginning June 12. It offers drop protection, and a clear polycarbonate back window to show off logos, stickers, asset tags or simply the iconic Apple logo.

The DropTech Clear iPad case is made of shock absorbing, dual-layer silicone with reinforced bumpers on the corners and a replaceable screen shield to prevent scratches and repel light splashes. The case allows full access to Apple’s touch ID technology, ports, buttons, camera and speaker.

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Artlandia SymmetryMill for macOS gets update

Artlandia has updated Artlandia SymmetryMill, a desktop app that provides tools for creating seamless repeating patterns from any image. Rebuilt from the ground up and based on modern technology, the upgrade brings a range of improvements.

Among the enhancements are: a new pattern explorer; dozens of new blend modes; lots of new filters; a new repeat size display; and new keyboard shortcuts. SymmetryMill works with macOS 10.6 and higher. It’s a subscription based app, but a demo is available for download.

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GarageBand for Mac updated with Touch Bar support, more

Apple has updated GarageBand for Mac with TouchBar support, cross-platform integration, and more. According to Apple, version 10.2 — available at the Mac App Store — offers:

° New modern design with improved ease of use;

° Adds Touch Bar support to quickly navigate around your project and perform instruments;

° Three new Drummers who play percussion in the styles of Pop, Songwriter, and Latin;
° Introduces new Drummer loops which can be added to your song and then customized with performance controls;

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Gartner: number of enterprise mobile apps not accelerating

More than a quarter of enterprises globally have not built, customized or virtualized any mobile apps in the last 12 months, according to the latest mobile app survey by Gartner, Inc. (www.gartner.com).

This number is surprisingly high, the research group’s analysts said, but it is still down from the year before. In the 2016 survey, 39% of respondents said they had not built, customized or virtualized any mobile apps in the previous 12 months.
Adrian Leow, research director at Gartner, said that enterprises are responding slowly to increasing demand for mobile apps.

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