New data from Parks Associates (www.parksassociates.com) finds global OTT [over-the-top] video service subscription revenues will increase from nearly US$9 billion in 2014 to over $19 billion in 2019.
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Video games capture the imagination like no other art form, but when the game ends, what’s the best way to keep those experiences alive? Just open an art book.
In Game Art (US$39.95, 272 pages), the latest art book from No Starch Press (http://tinyurl.com/p45xkua), readers can relive their favorite adventures and discover new ones through art from 40 video games by indie and blockbuster studios. With every turn of the page, readers will find themselves immersed in scenes like:
° A brave little girl’s journey through frigid Alaskan icescapes in Never Alone;
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Econ Technologies (www.econtechnologies.com) has updated ChronoSync to version 4.6.2 and ChronoAgent to version 1.5.3.
Both updates contain several fixes and, as always, whether it’s a minor or major update all existing users update for free. For new users ChronoSync costs US$49.99and ChronoAgent costs $14.99.
ChronoSync automated synchronization and backup application for Mac OS X that can synchronize, backup, and create bootable backups. ChronoAgent is a utility that runs on a destination Mac and communicates directly with ChronoSync running on another Mac.
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Apple has announced a 3TB hard drive replacement program for some iMacs. The company says it’s determined that a “very small number” of 3TB hard drives used in 27-inch iMac systems, may fail under certain conditions. These systems were sold between December 2012 and September 2013.
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The original iPad mini is no longer listed onApple’s web site, nor can you buy it from Apple’s online store, notes 9to5Mac.com.
Introduced in October 2012, the first iPad mini established the industrial design that was subsequently used in the iPad mini 2 and iPad mini 3, as well as the larger iPad Air and iPad Air 2, the article notes. Apple continued to sell the 16GB iPad mini as an entry-level model alongside two of its sequels, dropping its price to US$299 in October 2013, then $249 in October 2014.
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