News Archive for 07/06/28

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Additune

06/28, 1:25pm

Additune recommends music to (Mac) users

Additune is a new music recommendation application that is only for Mac OS X. It is designed to help you grow your existing iTunes playlists by looking at each playlist's "unique mood." Select a playlist from your iTunes library and Additune will recommend songs that extend your playlist. Additune can also recommend songs that fit your current mood by looking at what songs you've been listening to lately. The developer says "Additune can recommend songs you don’t yet have or if you just want to mix something up fast, Additune can recommend songs that are already in your library." The tool is free with no ads. The developer makes money on the referral fees from the songs that are recommend, allowing us to provide you with a great product free of charge. Additune is a Universal Binary and requires Mac OS X 10.4.

Eos wireless speakers

06/28, 12:25pm

iPod speaker system: multi-room, wireless

Taking a stab at the speaker system market occupied by Sonos and others, IntelliTouch has debuted its Eos wireless satellite speaker system for use with the iPod. Using non-WiFi (but "WiFi-friendly) wireless transmission technology, the speaker system links up to four remote speakers, purportedly delivering interference-free CD sound quality (48Khz). The wireless transfer method uses error correction and a unique frequency hopping scheme for a real-world indoor range of up to 150 feet (50 meters) through walls, floors and ceilings. In open outdoor environments, Eos can broadcast in excess of 300 feet (100 meters).

Corporate email on iPhone

06/28, 11:45am

Visto brings corporate email to iPhone

Visto today announced that it is offering corporate email functionality for Apple's iPhone along with end-to-end security. Through Visto, iPhone users can experience secure mobile access to current as well as legacy versions of both Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Domino corporate messaging platforms. Visto enables access that is easy to implement and administer, alleviating IT concerns regarding security as well as reliability, according to the company. Industry watchers cited the iPhone's lack of corporate email support as a major factor in the device's potential for adoption among business customers, as well as the question of whether the handset would support Microsoft Word/Excel documents. Apple answered that question with a recently posted online tour of the device which revealed support for viewing both types of documents in email messages.