News Archive for 08/12/17
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In brief: Several companies are now offering some last-minute discounts. DRO is offering a 20 percent discount on all goods; Spekal has reduced the price of its iPanda and iPig speakers, and MacUpdate has brought an additional app into its holiday bundle. AT&T, meanwhile, is now offering refurbished models of the iPhone 3G online.
Memento Xmas (free) creates and sends Christmas cards right from an iPhone or iPod touch. Users pick one of the built-in templates, add a picture and their own greeting words, and then mail the card off. Four different styles are available, tested for compatibility with Mail, Thunderbird, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail and MobileMe.
Market tracker Dow Jones has launched Dow Jones: Sales Triggers, a new iPhone app that provides alerts on business-related news. The app uses predefined news categories for its triggers; alerts can be raised, for instance, by management changes, such as a CEO, CFO or other major player leaving or joining a company. Mergers, acquisitions and new investments can also be triggers.
iLuv announced on Wednesday that it will show off its wall-mountable i9500 audio system at the CES show in January. The system will feature a dock for Apple devices and has the ability to playback MP3 and WMA files burned onto as many as four CDs in addition to regular CD audio. Connected iPods and iPhones will be charged and can be controlled through the system itself. Other source options include connected SD cards or properly formatted USB external storage.
LogMeIn has announced LogMeIn Ignition, an application for the iPhone/iPod touch that enables users to access and control computers remotely. By running the software on any Windows or Mac OS computers, users log into the application from an iPhone or iPod touch, choose which PC to connect to, and can work with any programs or files on that computer. Owners also have the ability to blank the screen of the remote PC, lock the keyboard, or change screen resolution. It is available from the App Store for $30.