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StaffPad, a stunning Windows music writing app, is now available on iPad
StaffPad launched as a truly unique app for Windows-based tablets nearly five years ago, allowing composers to scribble notes on a screen and convert the handwritten music into a typeset score. At its launch, StaffPad was described as “groundbreaking” by professionals that had been waiting for such an app, but…
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Iowa’s caucus fracas shows we’re still too ignorant about how apps work
By now you probably know the broad outlines of what went down in Iowa on Monday night: a hastily built, poorly written, badly distributed, slipshod app crashed and the Iowa Democratic Party utterly failed to plan sufficient backup solutions, delaying the reporting of caucus results. The web was awash with…
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Intel Core i9-10900K leak shows CPU has the upper hand vs AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
Intel’s Core i9-10900K has had more benchmarks leaked, with new 3DMark processor scores indicating that the incoming 10-core flagship handily beating AMD’s Ryzen 9 3900X. The benchmarks, spilled on Twitter by the ever-watchful TUM_APISAK, show the 10900K recording a score of 28,462 for Physics in Fire Strike Extreme, and a…
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Now anyone can snap up Google Glass 2 Enterprise Edition
If you’re looking to get your hands on some augmented reality googles, Google has made the latest edition of its Google Glass available for general purchase. Costing from $999 (£765/$AU 1,475) per unit, the Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 can now be bought at a number of the company’s official…
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Predictions for cloud migration, security and AI
As organisations map out business strategies for the year ahead, increasing attention is being given to data management. Once regarded as a task for IT management, it’s now rapidly becoming a priority at executive level, sometimes all the way to board level, as organisations pivot towards being truly data-driven. About…
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Spotify Q4 reports 271M total MAUs on revenues of $2B, podcast listening grows 200%
Streaming music now accounts for more than 80% of all music consumption in key markets like the US, and one of the big leaders in the field is reaping some of the rewards. Spotify reported its Q4 results today, which noted that the company now has 271 million subscribers, up…
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