By Greg Mills
As I have mused in previous articles, digital download content must have reasonable economic market value to flourish. The old concept of “everything on the Internet needs to be free” has slowly evolved into a mixture of both free and paid content.
Read MoreREAL Software, creator of REAL Studio, a cross-platform development environment for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux developers, says REAL Studio and REAL Server will be on sale for a “back to school” weekend (Aug. 20-22). All new licenses will be discounted to 30% off of their original price.
Read MoreAkai Professional has released the the AkaiConnect SDK (software development kit), which allows third-party developers access to put all the professional controls and capabilities of Akai Pro’s SynthStation25 keyboard controller to work in conjunction with their music apps for the iPhone and iPod touch.
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There’s a new addition to the online Apple store called Compare Macs, which offers a three panel juxtaposition of the hardware, software, storage, environmental impact, communications and display of any Mac OS X machine sold by Apple. The option becomes available in the top menu bar once you select a Mac.
Read MoreOptimus, Orange’s Portuguese brand, is getting set to release iPhone 4 but the price they want for a network-locked device will make it one of the most expensive places in the world to buy one, reports “TiPb” (http://macosg.me/2/r5).
The iPhone 4 16Gb Black will cost 679,90€, and the iPhone 4 32Gb Black is 769,90€. That’s a 70€ price bump, notes “TiPb.”
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