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“People” app for the iPad could be a turning point

This week’s “People” app is the first to be free to subscribers, and “Time,” Sports Illustrated” and “Fortune” are expected to follow, according to a “Fortune” article (http://macosg.me/2/qx). And it “signals the end of a four-and-a-half-month impasse that put the digital dreams of every major magazine publisher on hold,” the article adds.

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Apple slowly shutting down Quattro Wireless

Apparently, Apple is winding down the Quattro Wireless ad network it bought earlier this year. According to “MacDailyNews” (http://macosg.me/2/qt), Apple has sent out the following email to iAd-using developers and advertisers:



“Since the launch of the iAd Network just over a month ago, advertisers and developers have been telling us how much they love this powerful new way to reach iPhone and iPod touch users right in their favorite apps.

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Aqua Connect exhibits remote access solutions

Aqua Connect (http://www.aquaconnect.net/), a provider of the only enterprise grade Mac terminal server, is at this week’s FileMaker Developer’s Conference in San Diego, exhibiting their remote access solutions.

Aqua Connect expands the capabilities of FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Server especially in lower bandwidth situations. FileMaker’s Volume Licensing Agreement program makes it easy to link FileMaker Server to Aqua Connect for robust remote connectivity, according to Renee Mehrian, executive vice president of Aqua Connect.

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DaVinci Resolve 7 showcased at third annual Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet

Blackmagic Design will again be supporting the Third Annual Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet (http://www.supermeet.com) as a platinum sponsor. The company will be introducing DaVinci Resolve 7 for Mac in a presentation by Warren Eagles, an international freelance color artist, at the event.

The SuperMeet will be held at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Sunday, Sept. 12. The event will highlight Final Cut Studio collaborative editing workflows by high-level editors and color artists, and will for the first time, include color grading workflows on a Mac.

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