Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Microsoft has acquired iView Multimedia, a UK based digital photo management company, which has an application that can compete directly Adobe products such as Photoshop and Macromedia Fireworks.
The application, called MediaPro, is a professional strength suite
which has a range of digital image management and editing features.
In an open letter on the iView Multimedia website Yan Calotychos,
founder of iView Multimedia, wrote: "Today marks an exciting new
chapter for iView and its relationship with our customers. We’re
announcing that iView has been acquired and is now part of the
Microsoft Corporation. With Microsoft’s purchase of iView, we are in a
position to enhance our industry-leading product, whilst strengthening
our customer service and support.
"As digital asset management has become an essential requirement for
all creative professionals, many of you have told us that iView
MediaPro is a critical component of your business. We take that
responsibility very seriously.
"In my view, this Microsoft acquisition affords us an unprecedented
opportunity to be even more responsive to a thriving market and ensure
that iView MediaPro continues to perform to its full potential. Our
engineering and marketing team here at iView are energized and excited
to be joining the Microsoft team, and I personally will continue to be
involved in the evolution of the product for years to come."
According to Calotychos, Mac users of the software need not worry
because it will continue to be developed on both Mac and Windows
platforms. Given the preponderance of graphic designers to use Macs,
Microsoft would be foolish to even consider dropping support for Macs
anyway.
David Bass
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