Brand: MacNews
Worldwide wearables market forecast to grow 173.3% in 2015
The wearables market maintained its upward trajectory in the first quarter of 2015 as new vendors, including Apple, prepared to enter the market.
A new forecast from International Data Corporation (www.idc.com) estimates that 72.1 million wearable devices will be shipped in 2015, up a strong 173.3% from the 26.4 million units shipped in 2014. Shipment volumes are expected to experience a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 42.6% over the five-year forecast period, reaching 155.7 million units shipped in 2019, according to the research group.
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Logo Pop Free for Mac OS X revved to version 1.2
MacAppware, a division of 128bit Technologies, has released. Logo Pop Free 1.2. It’s an update of the free vector-based logo design app for Mac OS X.
The upgrade has various bug fixes and enhancements. There’s also a new tutorial about using the app at the MacAppware website (www.macappware.com).
Logo Pop Free requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later. It’s available exclusively on the Mac App Store.
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IK Multimedia announces 96kHz firmware update for iRig PRO and iRig HD
IK Multimedia (www.ikmultimedia.com) has announced complementary firmware update that enables high resolution 24-bit/96kHz audio sampling for its iRig PRO and iRig HD mobile audio interfaces.
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Kool Tools: Mac Backup Guru
MacDaddy’s (http://macdaddy.io) Mac Backup Guru, a backup app for Mac OS X, has been revved to version 5.0, sporting an improved interface, faster and more stable cloning ability, more intuitive scheduling, improved incremental snapshots, and better performing background synchronization.
Mac Backup Guru offers direct drive cloning, synchronization, and incremental snapshots of data. Users can backup small amounts of files and data, or entire drives full of data.
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