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Computer History Museum Makes Apple Lisa Source Code Available to the Public as a Part of Its Art of Code Series

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Thursday, January 19, 2023

Forty years ago today, Apple, Inc. released the Lisa computer, a milestone in computing history for innovative use of a graphical user interface (GUI) in a personal computer (PC).

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  • Forty years ago today, Apple, Inc. released the Lisa computer, a milestone in computing history for innovative use of a graphical user interface (GUI) in a personal computer (PC).
  • Following Lisa’s launch in 1983, the Lisa 2 series was announced in January 1984 alongside the Apple Macintosh (known today as “Mac”).
  • Hansen Hsu, Curator of the Software History Center at the Computer History Museum, said, “The release of the Apple Lisa was a key turning point for the history of personal computers.
  • For more information on the Art of Code series please visit the site here .

Apple introduces the new HomePod with breakthrough sound and intelligence

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Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Packed with Apple innovations and Siri® intelligence, HomePod offers advanced computational audio for a groundbreaking listening experience, including support for immersive Spatial Audio tracks.

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  • Packed with Apple innovations and Siri® intelligence, HomePod offers advanced computational audio for a groundbreaking listening experience, including support for immersive Spatial Audio tracks.
  • “With the popularity of HomePod mini, we’ve seen growing interest in even more powerful acoustics achievable in a larger HomePod.
  • 3 Creating a HomePod stereo pair requires two of the same model HomePod speakers, such as two HomePod mini, two HomePod (2nd generation), or two HomePod (1st generation).
  • Apple, the Apple logo, HomePod, Siri, Apple Store, Apple Music, Apple TV, HomePod mini, AirPlay, iPhone, Find My, HomeKit, iPad Pro, iPad, iPad Air, iPad mini, iPadOS, Daily Cash, Apple Card, and tvOS are trademarks of Apple.

Apple unveils M2 Pro and M2 Max: next-generation chips for next-level workflows

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

M2 Pro brings pro performance to Mac mini® for the first time, while M2 Pro and M2 Max take the game-changing performance and capabilities of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro® even further.

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  • M2 Pro brings pro performance to Mac mini® for the first time, while M2 Pro and M2 Max take the game-changing performance and capabilities of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro® even further.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230117005535/en/
    M2 Pro and M2 Max are next-generation chips that take the breakthrough power-efficient performance of Apple silicon to new heights.
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    “Only Apple is building SoCs like M2 Pro and M2 Max.
  • M2 Pro and M2 Max help the new MacBook Pro and Mac mini meet Apple’s high standards for energy efficiency.

Apple unveils MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max, with more game-changing performance and the longest battery life ever in a Mac

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Apple® today announced the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro® featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max, Apple’s next-generation pro silicon that brings even more power-efficient performance and battery life to pro users.

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  • Apple® today announced the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro® featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max, Apple’s next-generation pro silicon that brings even more power-efficient performance and battery life to pro users.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230117005533/en/
    Today Apple introduced the new MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and M2 Max.
  • Available in 16- and 14-inch models, MacBook Pro delivers more performance, advanced connectivity, and the longest battery life ever in a Mac.
  • MacBook Pro with M2 Pro features a 10- or 12-core CPU with up to eight high-performance and four high-efficiency cores for up to 20 percent greater performance over M1 Pro.

Gotspace Data Partners File $30 Billion Dollar Legal Action to Develop Connecticut Digital Campus

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Gotspace Data Partners, a New England based digital infrastructure company that is rocketing towards becoming one of this country’s largest master developers of hyper scale data centers announced today that it filed a $30.0 Billion Dollar Federal Racketeering Complaint under 18 U.S.C, 1962-1968 R.I.C.O., and the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act 18 U.S.C.

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  • Gotspace Data Partners, a New England based digital infrastructure company that is rocketing towards becoming one of this country’s largest master developers of hyper scale data centers announced today that it filed a $30.0 Billion Dollar Federal Racketeering Complaint under 18 U.S.C, 1962-1968 R.I.C.O., and the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act 18 U.S.C.
  • The town's officials and its residents shut down discussions with NE Edge, as it had previously entered into a multi-million-dollar community host agreement with Gotspace Data, which allows them to construct upwards of 4 hyperscale data centers on its contracted data sites.
  • This spy tech is considered the most powerful and damaging cyber weapon technology in the world today.
  • In the winter of 2021 Mike Grella Joins Gotspace Data Partners as Chief Operating Officer, as he was former chief counsel and Economic director of Amazon.

Recosoft ships ID2Office 2023 - Export InDesign 2023 to latest Microsoft Word, PowerPoint & Apple Keynote formats

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ID2Office 2023 includes support for Adobe InDesign, 2023 for both macOS and Windows platforms. Additionally, ID2Office 2023 adds several enhancements which improves the conversion fidelity of the exported files.

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  • Recosoft Corporation the developers of workflow automation plug-ins and tools for Adobe® Illustrator® and Adobe InDesign® has released ID2Office 2023; the latest version of the plug-in to directly export InDesign documents to Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Keynote type.
  • OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ID2Office 2023 includes support for Adobe InDesign, 2023 for both macOS and Windows platforms.
  • Additionally, ID2Office 2023 adds several enhancements which improves the conversion fidelity of the exported files.
  • Microsoft, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and the Office logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the US and/or other countries.

Apple Announces Biggest Upgrade to App Store Pricing, Adding 700 New Price Points

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Apple today announced the most comprehensive upgrade to pricing capabilities since the App Store first launched, providing developers with 700 additional price points and new pricing tools that will make it easier to set prices per App Store country or region, manage foreign exchange rate changes, and more.

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  • Apple today announced the most comprehensive upgrade to pricing capabilities since the App Store first launched, providing developers with 700 additional price points and new pricing tools that will make it easier to set prices per App Store country or region, manage foreign exchange rate changes, and more.
  • Under the updated App Store pricing system, all developers will have the ability to select from 900 price points, which is nearly 10 times the number of price points previously available for most apps.
  • This includes 600 new price points to choose from, with an additional 100 higher price points available upon request.
  • Apple, the Apple logo, and App Store are trademarks of Apple.

Frontline Systems Releases Analytic Solver® V2023 Q1 with Analytic Model Results Easily Shared via Microsoft Teams

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Frontline Systems is shipping Analytic Solver® V2023 Q1, a new version of its advanced analytics toolset for Excel (Web, Windows and Macintosh), that enables business analysts to easily build models using business rules, machine learning, mathematical optimization and Monte Carlo simulation, and easily deploy those models in cloud-based applications. Among other enhancements, the new release supports easy deployment of optimization and simulation model results to Microsoft Teams, with automatically "refreshed" results when models are re-run.

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  • Among other enhancements, the new release supports easy deployment of optimization and simulation model results to Microsoft Teams, with automatically "refreshed" results when models are re-run.
  • There's more in Analytic Solver V2023 Q1: Its leading mathematical optimization capabilities are better than ever in this release .
  • Significant speed enhancements have been made in the 'base product' Analytic Solver Optimization, and in nearly all of the eight plug-in, large-scale 'Solver Engines' that work with Analytic Solver, Solver SDK and RASON.
  • Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Teams and Microsoft 365 are trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Analytic Solver, RASON and Solver SDK are registered trademarks of Frontline Systems Inc.

Recosoft announces DecksMoveIn - Import PowerPoint® into Adobe® InDesign®

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Friday, December 2, 2022

OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- DecksMoveIn for Adobe InDesign imports and converts PowerPoint (.pptx) files directly to the InDesign (.indd) format. DecksMoveIn converts every slide in a PowerPoint file to a corresponding page in the resulting InDesign file; converting text, images, graphics, slide masters, and other objects to the appropriate InDesign data type along with the layout and respective properties.

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  • Recosoft Corporation the developers of workflow automation plug-ins and tools for Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign announces DecksMoveIn, a new plug-in for the direct conversion of PowerPoint files to the Adobe InDesign type.
  • OSAKA, Japan, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- DecksMoveIn for Adobe InDesign imports and converts PowerPoint (.pptx) files directly to the InDesign (.indd) format .
  • DecksMoveIn is a plug-in for Adobe InDesign, providing a direct interface to import PowerPoint files directly into InDesign.
  • DecksMoveIn converts text, tables, graphics, images, slide masters, and layout to the equivalent InDesign data and layout providing a high-level of PowerPoint to InDesign conversion.

App Store Awards Celebrate the Best Apps and Games of 2022

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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20221128005862/en/
    The App Store Awards honor standout apps and games at the end of each year.
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    This years App Store Award winners reimagined our experiences with apps that delivered fresh, thoughtful, and genuine perspectives, said Tim Cook, Apples CEO.
  • Visit the App Store to learn more about the 2022 App Store Award winners.
  • In addition to the App Store editorial picks, charts for the top apps and games of the year, as well as Apple Arcade games , are now available.