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Apple rolls out new Lighting connector dock for iPhones

Apple rolls out new Lighting connector dock for iPhones

Posted by | May 19, 2015 | , |

Apple is selling a new Lightning connector dock compatible with the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5 and fifth-generation iPod touch. The dock retails for US$39 on the Apple Online Store and has an estimated shipping date of 1-3 business days.

The new iPhone Lightning Dock features a base wide enough for either sized iPhone and a Lightning connector on top of a protrusion for charging. Previous versions of the docks have used recesses to add support so you couldn’t use them with an iPhone that was in a case.

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Insider Debuts Expo, an asset manager for Mac OS X

Insider Debuts Expo, an asset manager for Mac OS X

Posted by | May 19, 2015 | , |

Insider Software has introduced Expo, an asset manager for Mac OS X. It allows creative and marketing professionals to discover, manage and utilize images, fonts, icons, multimedia and application documents in their projects.

Expo then auto-organizes them into customizable smart folders based on the assets’ attributes and metadata. By supporting their creative workflow, Expo helps them develop better designs, websites, documents, presentations and materials.

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Paddle rolls out in-app analytics SDK for Mac app developers

Posted by | May 19, 2015 | , |

London-based startup Paddle has announced their free analytics SDK [software development kit] for Mac developers, which allows them to track both App Store and independently distributed apps from a single dashboard.

With Apple’s new analytics platform currently iOS only, Paddle’s SDK provides “neglected” Mac developers with a free, easy-to-integrate method for gathering data about their apps and users, according to the folks at Paddle. With simple integration involving just three lines of code, the SDK is easy to setup, says Christian Owens, Paddles founder and CEO.

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Plex Media Server now available on WD’S My Cloud NAS Series

Posted by | May 19, 2015 | , |

WD (www.wd.com) is expanding its apps offerings by introducing Plex, an entertainment app that can now be downloaded to and deployed on the My Cloud NAS series. Plex (https://plex.tv) organizes video, music and photos from personal media libraries and streams them to smart TVs, streaming boxes and mobile devices.

According to Sven Rathjen, vice president and general manager, WD networked content solutions, says WD is committed to furthering its apps capabilities on its My Cloud product line up. The series of products will now be equipped with an array of Plex features, including:

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