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Smartphones, tablets revolutionize online content consumption

Posted by | Dec 9, 2013 | , |

Driven by rapid adoption of smartphones and tablets, international consumers of digital media — video, video games, music and books — are moving away from traditional household ownership models to individual rental models, increasing the pressure on content publishers to increase investment and innovation.

This is according to “The Age of Curation: From Abundance to Discovery,” an eight-country, 6,000 consumer survey and report to be presented on November 21 at the 2013 Forum D’Avignon, by Bain & Company (www.bain.com), aglobal business consulting firm. Key findings include:

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Boxcryptor publishes new Mac OS X version

Boxcryptor publishes new Mac OS X version

Posted by | Dec 5, 2013 | |

Boxcryptor — encryption software for Drobpox, Google Drive and other providers — has released its new Boxcryptor app for Mac OS X version. This version allows users of Mac OS X to encrypt and decrypt files with the new Boxcryptor file format that was introduced a couple of months ago.

It also sports features for collaboration with others. Robert Freudenreich, founder and chief technical officer, says that Boxcryptor will remain a “zero knowledge provider” and doesn’t have access to the user’s information or the user’s private keys.

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iOS task management app, Priority Matrix, is available for the Mac

iOS task management app, Priority Matrix, is available for the Mac

Posted by | Dec 4, 2013 | |

Appfluence has introduced Priority Matrix 2.0, the Mac version of their task management app for iOS. It features full integration between Mac, Windows, iPad, iPhone, and Android versions of the software.

Priority Matrix integrates with iCal, Google Cal and Outlook. Using the 4-quadrants Eisenhower Method, Priority Matrix solves task management problems by organizing activities by criticality and immediacy.

It requires Mac OS X 10.7 or later. It’s available for US$29.99 through the Mac App Store in the Business category. For more info go to http://www.appfluence.com .

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The Northern Spy: curmudgeonly yours

The Northern Spy: curmudgeonly yours

Posted by | Dec 2, 2013 | , |

By Rick Sutcliffe

Following up on comments in this space last month, the Spy still has had none of the issues reported by others who’ve adopted Mavericks. Apart from the need to upgrade a handful of programs, all continues smooth. However, iTim’s elves are busy at work releasing betas of the first incremental upgrade to fix issues some have seen. Of greater interest might be what they’re doing with system XI.

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