Survey: two-year mobile phone upgrade cycle is dead

Mobile carriers have long convinced people that they need to upgrade their mobile phones every two years, offering two-year contracts tied into phone upgrade incentives to keep the cycle going.  According to new survey data released today by Ting Mo…

Consumer robotics is a market in transition

A disconnect between smart home and home robotics offerings has been a factor limiting home robotics adoption. Pricing, availability, and consumer awareness have been factors too, but a new study finds that robot vendors increasingly see value in su…

Apple rolls out iOS 12.4.1, tvOS 12.4.1, macOS 10.14.6

Apple has released iOS 12.4.1, tvOS 12.4.1, macOS 10.14.6. iOS 12.4.1 provides “important security and stability improvements, and is recommended for all users,” according to Apple. You can upgrade by opening the Settings app on your iPhone or iPad,…

MacX DVD Ripper Pro revved to version 6.2.3

MacXDVD has announced MacX DVD Ripper Pro 6.2.3 (https://www.macxdvd.com/mac-dvd-ripper-pro/), an update to its DVD ripper for the Mac.  The software can rip protected/homemade DVDs to any format. With it, you can convert DVDs into MP4 H.264 and H.2…

SFTP support restored in Deliver Express: File Transfer

Zevrix Solutions has announced Deliver Express 2.6.8, a feature update to the company’s file transfer automation solution based on hot folders.  Deliver Express supports FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3, WebDAV and other services. The software offers file trans…

Smart cities seeing lack of critical infrastructure cybersecurity

Urban population is on the rise worldwide and smart city development projects are harnessing the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) to develop more intelligent, efficient, and sustainable solutions.  However, digital security investments in smart…

A new report from Juniper Research finds that the use of unique mobile identifier services, which provide identity verification through SIMs, will generate over $7 billion for mobile operators in 2024. This is up from an expected $859 million in 201…

Kool Tools: SANDMARC hybrid iPhone filters

SANDMARC — a brand specializing in photography gear for the iPhone, DJI and GoPro cameras — has launched a premium line of polarized ND filters for iPhone photography and filmmaking: Hybrid Filters ($129). The Hybrid filter combines the power of two…

Consumer robotics shipments to reach 74 million by 2024

A new study from Juniper Research finds that over 74 million consumer robots will be shipped in 2024, up from an estimated 28 million in 2019.  The research group forecasts that vendors’ focus on educational features in consumer robots, such as codi…

THREE KINGDOMS – Eight Princes DLC out for macOS

Feral Interactive says The Eight Princes Chapter Pack, DLC for the historical strategy game Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is out now on macOS and Linux. It features: a new campaign set 100 years after the Three Kingdoms period began; eight playable prin…

Kool Tools: RT81 Turntable, Ai40 speaker bundle

Fluance is celebrating its 20th anniversary by launching a Limited Edition All-White Bundle of the RT81 Elite High-Fidelity Vinyl Turntable and Ai40 5” Powered Bookshelf Speakers. Limited quantities of the bundle are available at www.fluance.com for…

IK Multimedia unveils AmpliTube Brian May for Mac, iPhone, iPad

IK Multimedia has announced AmpliTube Brian May for Mac/PC, iPhone, and iPad. Both feature precise models of the exact live and studio gear used by the guitarist from the iconic band Queen – all recreated in collaboration with Brian May himself. Fro…

Businesses can no longer afford to compromise on security

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC., a provider of service assurance and security, ha announced the findings of its Threat Intelligence Report for the first half of 2019. “Our latest Threat Intelligence Report underscores how cybercriminals and crimeware have no…

Apple posts eighth developer betas of iOS 13, iPadOS 13, watchOS 6

Apple has seeded the eighth developer betas of iOS 13, iPadOS 13, and watchOS 6. Registered developers can download the betas via Apple’s developer portal (https://developer.apple.com/account/#/welcome). Or they can be downloaded over-the-air once t…

ChronoSync Express 1.3.2 for macOS gets improved InterConneX support

Econ Technologies has released ChronoSync Express 1.3.2, an update to their entry level version of ChronoSync for macOS. It provides the basic file synchronization, backup and scheduling capabilities found in ChronoSync but at a more affordable pric…

Divide SX for macOS upgraded to version 1.1.1

Einstein’s legacy (www.einsteinslegacy.com)  has released Divide SX 1.1.1, an update to its video slicing application for macOS that partitions your movies into an arbitrary number of segments.  The app boasts a segment-level preview panel, segment …

Sony captures a third of VR hardware revenue

Strategy Analytics latest data on the VR headset market shows a decline in annual hardware revenues for the first time. As data in the VR Headset Forecast by Price Tier shows, this revenue decline is confined to the low value segment, where Google’s…

Apple Card launches today for all U.S. customers

Apple Card, a new kind of credit card created by Apple, is available in the U.S. starting today.  Customers can apply for an Apple Card through the Wallet app on iPhone in minutes and start using it with Apple Pay in stores, in apps and on websites.…

PhotoStory SX 1.1.1 is now available in the Mac App Store

Einstein’s legacy has rolled out PhotoStory SX 1.1.1 (http://www.einsteinslegacy.com/products/photoStory.html), a macOS appthat converts images into video stories for use in promotions, storytelling and creating time-lapse visuals.  It sports a user…

Recommended reading: ‘Humble Bundle: Python Programming’

No Starch Press is partnering with Humble Bundle to offer a selection of the company’s best-selling Python programming books. Humble Bundle: Python Programming continues the collaboration that’s brought in millions of dollars in revenue and raised o…

Gartner: pace of change a ‘top emerging risk’

Organizations are concerned about their ability to keep up with a rapidly changing business landscape, driven in part by concerns about their own organizations’ lagging and misconceived digitalization strategies, according to Gartner, Inc. (www.gart…