The world’s sexiest DJ software DJay has just launched their version 3 for the Mac OSX.
DJay has to have the best looking interface on the market for DJ software and im sure it is making Windows users wonder why the hell they cant get anything like this on their system. DJay is very featured rich and it even reads your iTunes library, thus turning your Mac into a full DJ system that is suited to both beginners and professionals alike.
Features include:
Drag and drop from your iTunes library
Mix manually to automatically
Full beat and tempo detection
Auto volume control and effects
Midi device connection options
It is as if any person can now become a DJ and make some money by pretending to mix in their local bars and clubs.
Dell has bought out a new laptop for its play for the luxury set, the Dell Latitude Z Laptop. Only costing a mere $2,000 you get two 256 GB solid slate drives, Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a 16 inch HD display. Additionally you get a 2 megapixel camera with face recognition technology and it even acts as a business card scanner, plus a full multi-touch screen, a fingerprint reader and an “Instant-On” mode that lets you access email and the web while the computer boots up.
Optional extras include a inductive charging pad – no cords needed – and a wireless docking station.
I really need a new laptop, so Im still trying to find a way to get a laptop company to sponsor Crenk, but they dont seem to be getting in touch at the moment.
Previously here on Crenk we did a quick review of Arctic Startup a Scandinavian technology news site which is focused on reviewing everything that is happening in Scandinavia. Today I wanted to let everyone know about a technology news site based in Singapore which is focused in the same way as Arctic Startup, but obviously focused on the Singapore startup scene.
Singapore Entrepreneurs is focused on the technology market in Singapore and they provide daily updates and interviews of what is happening in that part of the world. The team behind Singapore Entrepreneurs has great experience in the space with Gwendolyn Regina Tan being a partner at Thymos Capital, where Gwen focuses on early stage investing in technology firms and sits on the Steering Committee of Start-Up@Singapore, the national business plan competition.
Google has announced a lot of new additions to its translation offering. Firstly they have announced a new website translator gadget which is available in 51 languages. Now, when people visit your page, if their language (as determined by their browser settings) is different than the language of your page, they’ll be prompted to automatically translate the page into their own language. If the visitor’s language is the same as the language of your page, no translation banner will appear.
Additionally, Google has announced that they have improved their Toolbar, which now also includes in-page translation.
Im sure there are so many people out there who want to start making games and applications for Facebook, but aren’t really too sure where to start. App Bank provides everyone with the very basic tools which can not only help them get started creating a Facebook app, but will also help them to monetize their application.
AppBank is the only provider that pays you for creating and uploading social content to major social networks like Facebook. Obviously if your application is of high quality and the more users you have, then the more you can make from your application.
AppBank provides the user with free technology that they can use to develop their application and then the user will receive a percentage of their advertising revenues, with the other small percentage going to AppBank. Currently AppBank dont disclose the amount they are receiving on the site itself, which is a downside. However, if you are looking to start creating your own Facebook applications, but not too sure how to go about it, then AppBank is the first place you should call.
Hermes a French design firm has partnered with Monaco based ship builder Wally to create the ‘WHY 58×38,’ a craft that will cost around £90million to build.
Naval architect Mauro Sculii said: ‘The advantage of travelling on the WHY boat is that you take your own space with you, your house, your island so you are not in a hurry to arrive, you just have the pleasure of travelling and being on board. That’s the novelty. Usually a boat is just a means of transport.’
Cisco Systems has announced today that its buying Norway’s Tandberg video communications business for $3 billion.
The deal should enhance Cisco’s own TelePresence business where it sells room-sized video conferencing systems that make you feel like you’re talking to people in the same room. These systems costs hundreds of thousands of dollars each but executives feel they can use them to save on travel costs. Tandberg is one of the chief rivals in the business and it makes specialized software for managing the conferencing systems and managing the connections between them.
This new deal is going to put a lot of pressure on Hewlett-Packard who have a very strong video conferencing business with their Halo product. In theory, video conferencing creates a lot of Internet traffic, which in turn helps Cisco’s core business of selling networking gear.
Cisco has bought 40 companies over the past five years, according to the New York Times. In the past week, merger mania has erupted, with Dell buying Perot Systems for $3.9 billion and Xerox buying ACS for $6.4 billion.
Here at Crenk we are looking to expand our writing staff. Currently we have openings for writers on the following topics:
Advertising
Blogging
Mobile Apps
Products
Search Engines
Software
If you are interested in any specific topic then it would be great to hear from you. If you can send over a brief intro with some previous work, then we can discuss the finer details.
Amazon’s Kindle e-reader has been getting a lot of great reviews ever since its launch in the USA in 2007 and now it is set to make its way to the UK. It has been reported by the The Bookseller that claims Amazon is preparing to announce the device as early as next week. This announcement is of course timed nicely so that the Kindle will have a nice run up to Christmas.
The delay in launching internationally has been down to the internet connection used on the Kindle. The connection works over mobile phone networks and allows users to browse and buy book wherever they can get a phone signal. Qualcomm has reportedly been working on a version of the Kindle compatible with UK mobile frequencies.
Moving the Kindle into the UK market will really help move the e-reader market, in which is still yet to take off here in the UK.
Apple has created at least three separate prototypes of its tablet computer. Let’s call it “iPad.”
Version 1 was designed with a 7” screen, which was judged to be too small. The latest version has a 10.7” screen.
It runs iPhone OS.
There have been reports that it looks like an iPhone. They’re sort of true. It looks like an iPhone 3G, complete with a curved back.
It will come in two different variations: one with 3G networking capabilities, and one without 3G networking capabilities. Think of the 3G version as a bigscreen iPhone 3GS, and the non-3G version as a bigscreen iPod touch.
Screen resolutions will obviously jump considerably from the iPhone and iPod touch 480×320-pixel displays, enabling easy reading of full-sized book and magazine pages, plus cropped newspaper pages. Expect something like 5-6 times the resolution of an iPod touch or iPhone screen (720p or thereabouts) and 7 times the touchable surface area.
It is designed to expand the iPhone and iPod touch media concept to its next potential level: as a slate-like replacement for books and magazines, plus all of the media, gaming, app, and web functionality of the iPhone and iPod touch.
It is not meant to compete with netbooks. It’s an iPhone OS media player and light communication device.
Apple is currently planning to announce it on or before January 19, 2010, and to use an iPhone-like hype buildup period to start selling it in May or June.
It is apparently awaiting a final green light from Steve Jobs; chances of it appearing in the market are believed to be 80% at this point.
There are so many sites out there that have a stab in the dark to let you know how much your website is worth. Most of these sites dont even get close on the basic metrics let alone of value figure. Today I came across a new website evaluation site that actually gets the basic metrics right, even though the value figure might be a little off.
BizInformation.org is a very simple website idea that valuates any given url. BizInformation presents the value of the site, daily pageviews, daily visitors, website rankings, indexing stats and social media stats. Thus, provide a decent overall look at the key metrics for the sites and then tries to determine the overall value. This seems to be a very simple way of doing it, but also very affective. I was very surprised to see how accurate the service can be in terms of daily pageviews and daily visitors.
The world’s sexiest DJ software DJay has just launched their version 3 for the Mac OSX.
