Kool Tools: BRAVEN 405 speaker
BRAVEN Audio’s BRAVEN 405 is a versatile mini Bluetooth speaker that boasts 24 hours of playtime and doubles as a backup battery, making it a fine companion for the active person on-the-go.
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Gartner: connected car production to grow rapidly
Connected car production is growing rapidly in both mature and emerging automobile markets, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. (www.gartner.com). The production of new automobiles equipped with data connectivity, either through a built-in communications module or by a tether to a mobile device, is forecast to reach 12.4 million in 2016 and increase to 61 million in 2020, notes the research group.
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Bix for macOS revved to version 1.3.1
einstein’s legacy (http://www.einsteinslegacy.com) has revved Bix, Mac movie playlist tool for fullscreen and multi-screen playback, to version 1.3.1.
Built on Apple’s AVFoundation technology, it lets you organize and configure playlists, trimming individual clips as needed, for use in kiosk and digital signage applications. Bix separates your clips from their playback settings, allowing you to make changes to the display location, looping mode and other behaviors without making any changes to your movies.
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Inchwest rolls out Chop Commute 1.61 for the Mac
InchWest has driven out Chop Commute 1.61 (https://inchwest.com/chopcommute/), an update of the Mac app that takes the guess work out of daily commute by showing real-time traffic and drive times right on the Mac menu bar. It’s a maintenance upgrade.
Chop Commute requires macOS 10.10 or later. It costs $4.99 and is available through the Mac App Store in the Travel category.
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Default Folder 5.0.7 provides compatibility fixes for macOS Sierra
St. Clair Software has announced Default Folder X 5.0.7 (http://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/index.html), an upgrade to the utility for Mac OS X Yosemite and El Capitan. Default Folder X enhances the file dialogs in all macOS applications.
It provides fast navigation to your files, convenient previews, integrated Spotlight tagging, and more. Default Folder X’s custom keyboard shortcuts put your favorite and recent folders at your fingertips.Version 5.0.7 provides several compatibility fixes for macOS 10.12 Sierra.
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