Software Industry Announcements and News
Insofta Cover Commander 3.1: Give Your Virtual Covers and Boxes a Winning Look!
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 06.30.09 under Audio & Multimedia, Desktop Publishing
Insofta Development has unveiled the newest version of Insofta Cover Commander, a powerful tool providing the effective solution to quickly and easily create quality custom-designed three-dimensional virtual boxes for software, e-books, DVDs, manuals, CD-ROMs and screenshots. Version 3.1 delivers a host of improvements to ensure even more solid and professional look for virtual covers and boxes, attracting the attention of the prospective customers.
Enhancements in the latest version of Insofta Cover Commander include support for batch processing from command line, providing a perfect solution for creating large number of similar virtual boxes, books, and many more. This feature is essential for those who create covers and boxes for on-line shops, catalogs and other large projects. The program now also allows saving animation in SWF, GIF and AVI format, which means more effects for the cover catching customer’s eye.
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Digital River Introduces Mobile Commerce Offering
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 06.29.09 under ASP Member Companies, Business, Communications
E-commerce storefront tailors shopper experience for PC and mobile browsers
MINNEAPOLIS–Digital River, Inc. (NASDAQ:DRIV), a leading provider of global e-commerce services, introduced a new mobile commerce offering that includes a smart online storefront. Designed with built-in logic, the smart e-storefront automatically tailors its display and payment options for PC computers or mobile devices – all while creating a seamless and user-friendly experience for the high-tech shopper. With this added flexibility, online merchants can provide a better customer experience, reaching shoppers when and where it is most convenient for them.
“Now, through a single e-commerce storefront, merchants can open up their businesses to the online market and reach customers via both PC’s and mobile devices,” said Joel Ronning, Digital River’s CEO. “By adding m-commerce capabilities to our already proven e-commerce platform, we can help online merchants enter and test the mobile market, and expand their revenue opportunities without extra start-up and maintenance costs. We plan to continue to expand our mobile commerce capabilities to help our clients be even more competitive in the mobile marketplace.”
Digital River’s new m-commerce solution is ideal for software publishers interested in selling mobile versions of existing products, as well as companies that want to enter the mobile market to meet the demands of a growing base of mobile shoppers. The solution supports PayPal Mobile in addition to Digital River’s existing suite of payment options, which includes credit and debit card processing, online banking and wire transfers. This diverse selection of payment methods allows merchants to drive conversion rates and provide a more mobile-friendly environment for shoppers.
To complement this new mobile commerce offering, Digital River’s email marketing service provider, BlueHornet Networks, offers a solution that allows marketers to optimize their emails to ensure that the messages render properly for over 85 percent of the global mobile market. The solution supports all major mobile operating systems including, BlackBerry®, Symbian OS™, Microsoft® Windows Mobile®, Apple® iPhone™ OS and others.
About Digital River, Inc.
Digital River, Inc., a leading provider of global e-commerce solutions, builds and manages online businesses for software and game publishers, consumer electronics manufacturers, distributors, online retailers and affiliates. Its multi-channel e-commerce solution, which supports both direct and indirect sales, is designed to help companies of all sizes maximize online revenues as well as reduce the costs and risks of running an e-commerce operation. The company’s comprehensive platform offers site development and hosting, order management, fraud management, export controls, tax management, physical and digital product fulfillment, multi-lingual customer service, advanced reporting and strategic marketing services.
Founded in 1994, Digital River is headquartered in Minneapolis with offices across the U.S. as well as Brazil, China, England, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg and Taiwan. For more details about Digital River, visit the corporate Web site at www.digitalriver.com or call 952-253-1234.
Quicken Offers up to $50 Savings; Invitation to Microsoft ‘Money’ Customers
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 06.28.09 under ASP Member Companies, Business
Offer Will Help ‘Money’ Customers Continue Meet Their Financial Goals
SAN DIEGO–As part of a new promotion, Microsoft Money users can save up to $50 on Quicken desktop personal finance software purchases through July 31, 2009. The offer from Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) follows Microsoft’s announcement that it is discontinuing “Money,” its competing product, at the end of the month.
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Adobe Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 06.27.09 under Business, Desktop Publishing
SAN JOSE, Calif.–Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced financial results for its second quarter ended May 29, 2009.
In the second quarter of fiscal 2009, Adobe achieved revenue of $704.7 million, compared to $886.9 million reported for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 and $786.4 million reported in the first quarter of fiscal 2009.
“We are pleased with the solid profit margin and earnings results we were able to deliver in Q2,” said Shantanu Narayen, president and CEO of Adobe. “We continue to invest in our key business initiatives which will drive long-term revenue growth once the economy improves.”
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Speeding Up Application Development with Stock Icons
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 06.26.09 under Development
Aha-Soft announces the availability of multiple collections of affordable stock icons for software and Web developers. By providing developers with readily-available, royalty-free graphics, Aha-Soft helps developers speed up software development, remove uncertainty of how the final product will look like, and reduce bottom line expenses on graphics design.
Adobe Announces Major Update to Acrobat.com
[ Comments Off ] Posted on 06.25.09 under Business, Desktop Publishing
Online Service Adds Subscription Offerings and Previews Spreadsheet Application; Company Articulates Vision for New Way to Work
SAN JOSE, Calif.–Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced Acrobat.com has moved out of public beta and will offer two new paid subscription services that add capacity and capabilities for intensive business use. Since Acrobat.com first launched in June 2008, 5 million people have signed up to use the innovative service, with over 100,000 people signing up each week. Outlining a vision for online collaboration that establishes a new way for business people to work together on the Web, Adobe also provided a look into the future of Acrobat.com. Planned features include shared team workspaces and smartphone access, as well as a spreadsheet-like application, Acrobat.com Tables, which joins the recently announced Presentations application on Acrobat.com Labs.
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