The advancements to the Digital Publishing Suite are critical to the ability to create digital versions of work to be displayed on current platforms. Let's take a look at the most notable changes and upgrades to Adobe's Digital Publishing Suite:

Social Sharing – many of us have been long awaiting this capability. Using the Digital Publishing Suite application, readers can now easily share through email, Facebook, or Twitter. Some say, "it's about time", but we choose to concentrate on the ability for this application to turn readers into subscribers. Awesome addition.

iPhone Compatibility – with the new Content Viewer, DPS finally catches up to the times. Now, iPhone and iPod Touch devices in addition to the iPad, Kindle Fire and Android tablets, can display DPS flawlessly.

Adobe Edge & InDesign – now, Digital Publishing Suite integrates perfectly with Adobe Edge. In addition, you can now repurpose a single layout for a variety of device sizes using the Alternative Layout function that comes equipped with InDesign CS6.

Font Rights – with the new rights apparent, customers using DPS can display a variety of embedded fonts from a segment of the Adobe Type Library.

Overall, the upgrades that Adobe has made to Digital Publishing Suite will prove to not only extend the capability of digital platforms, but Adobe should also see a substantial increase in user-ship.

Disney's invention pushes technology in an incredible direction, pressing the limits of how we can take a somewhat simple concept, touchscreen competency, and transform it to employ to a magnitude of different applications. As a software company, we constantly take news like this and reflect back to our core. How will this advancement affect software products from Adobe? What about Internet security software? What changes will take place in order to give safety and security to objects and substances affected by Disney's Touché.

So, what can this new technology actually do? While many of the questions are still largely unanswered, there are quite a few exciting facts that are sure to have anyone on the edge of their seat.

Below we highlight some of the most sensational elements of Disney's touch-sensing technology, Touché:

While typical touchscreens on smartphones and the like use a "swipe" sensory mechanism, the Touché can read complicated configurations. Moving past a single electrical frequency, this new technology can read and recognize not only a much wider range electrical frequencies, but also distinguishes and detects gestures.

With the vast number of applications, Touché can be used on everyday objects like walls, doorknobs, and even couches.

Even further, Touché can be utilized with substances. Touch-sensing technology can be applied to any kind of liquid, easily. Imagine the day when a swimming pool can detect a child who cannot swim; that day is coming very, very soon.

Those snippets only scratch the surface of Touché incredible future. Stay tuned; the future is coming at a shockingly rapid rate. For the most recent updates on all of the latest and greatest software, contact Little Soft Shop!

Adobe Creative Suite 6 will be released next Monday, May 7^th 2012, and soon after, Little Soft Shop will have it available to you at a reduced price! Before the release, let’s catch everyone up on what exactly this program delivers to its users.

Adobe CS6 will come in four separate editions; Design Standard, Design & Web Premium, Production Premium and Master Collection. It also comes equipped with Creative Cloud, Adobe’s digital storage network.

Design Standard

• Includes Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat X Pro, Bridge, and Media Encoder. Enabling “lightning-fast creativity” due to huge performance increases in Photoshop and Illustrator, Design Standard is the most powerful design tools for images, and now, video. Also utilize In-Design to create eBooks for tablets.

Design & Web Premium

• Includes Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Flash Pro, Fireworks, Acrobat X Pro, Bridge, and Media Encoder. Adobe has merged Web Premium and Design Premium into one program. This program contains all of the tools imaginable for professional design. You can also design apps for mobile devices such as Smartphone’s and tablets.

Production Premium

• Includes Adobe Premier Pro, After Effects, Photoshop Extended, Adobe Audition, SpeedGrade, Prelude, Illustrator, Encore, Flash Pro, Media Encoder, and Bridge. An upgraded editing environment that allows for 3D graphics, content-aware tools, and lightning fast editing. This version includes new tools such as Adobe Prelude for logging and ingest, and Adobe SpeedGrade for color grading and finishing.

Master Collection

• Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat X Pro, Flash Pro, Flash Builder 4.6 Premium Edition, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Adobe Audition, SpeedGrade, Prelude, Encore, Bridge, and Media Encoder. The ultimate collection of graphic, video and web design tools, the Master Collection allows users to deliver groundbreaking, creative experiences across all platforms, on all devices.

Digital Cloud

• Not a product, but a cloud based storage and device syncing system, the Digital Cloud will allow users to access, download, and install any Adobe Creative Suite apps that they want. The Adobe Digital Cloud also allows for file storage and file access from anywhere. A monthly subscription is required. Additional tools and services will also be included.

Effects are one of the most useful and fun parts of using After Effects. Fractal noise has consistently been one of the most trusted and utilized effects. Fractal noise is basically a pattern generator. It can be used to create natural textures like fabric, water, clouds, fire, wood grain, etc. Up until now, this plug-in has only been available in 2D. Today, Adobe released Fractal Noise in 3 dimensions.  This allows for integrating noise in 3D composites.

This new plug-in chooses between 3 geometry modes; uniform, horizontal, and spherical. Manipulate the 3D renders by using a depth map and determine the noise interaction in space. Set the fadeout distance to change the depth of the texture and effect. You can even add 3D spotlights! This all makes for a shockingly authentic feel and a professional presentation for your project.

This is just one of many plug-in’s available for Adobe After Effects. Buy Adobe Design Premium to take advantage of thousands of other tools and applications. After Effects is used for the most professional and advanced projects in the industry. Users can smoothly integrate animated 3D objects with 2D video footage and add effects like Fractal noise 3D to create beautiful video art. For example, the Academy Award winning film, Hugo, was shot in 3D and rendered in Adobe Design Premium, using tools and plug-ins that are available to everyone!

For all of the details, please see the press release below provided by Business Wire.

Media Alert: Adobe Press Conference – Launch of Adobe Creative Cloud and CS6

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE):

WHAT: Shantanu Narayen, chief executive officer, Adobe (Nasdaq:ADBE), and David Wadhwani, senior vice president, Digital Media Business, Adobe, will host a launch event and press conference to announce how the company is reinventing creative software with the first release of Adobe Creative Cloud and the new Creative Suite 6. This will be the first full public demonstration of Adobe Creative Cloud in action. The company will also preview future updates, available later this year, to its Creative Cloud offering. In addition, the company will unveil new primary research on the impact of creativity on our culture and economy, and reveal new initiatives that encourage creativity in education.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: A unique physical installation will be unveiled outside the event, signaling the start of a one-day San Francisco scavenger hunt worth $10,000 and a free lifetime subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud for the winner.

WHERE: deYoung Museum, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco. To RSVP, contact Adobe PR.

WHEN: Monday, April 23, 2012 at 10 a.m. PT. Press to arrive at deYoung at 9.30 a.m. PT

LIVE STREAMED WEBCAST: The launch event will also be streamed live beginning at 10 a.m. PT at http://www.adobe.com/special/cs6/launch-event.html and will be available there as a continuous rebroadcast from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. PT on April 23. An on-demand version will be available at http://tv.adobe.com/ beginning April 24.

The recording is the property of Adobe Systems Incorporated and protected by U.S. copyright law and international treaties. Any reproduction or distribution is strictly prohibited without prior written approval from Adobe PR.

Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.

Contacts

Adobe Systems Incorporated
Vanessa Rios, 408-536-2421
varios@adobe.com
or
Edelman
Nicole Wasowski, 650-762-2971
nicole.wasowski@edelman.com

While the consumer and regions departments will prove to be advantageous for Yahoo as a whole, we would like to focus on the technology aspect. As software proponents, it is difficult to read this news without taking a step back and analyzing its potential. Yahoo technology, what could that mean? We have a feeling they may shy away from being "another Google". If that is the case, will software be Yahoo's next target? We hope so.

All speculation about Yahoo as of late points to its tech team. What are they doing in the midst of this restructure? Are they working towards improvements to previous technology? Quite possibly, but we project something much bigger. As Yahoo continues to move away from Google's shadow, we predict an effort to infiltrate the software industry. Assumptions aside, Yahoo is most certainly planning something significant for the upcoming months.

What you do predict for the future of Yahoo? Only time will tell, but our fingers are crossed for the development of software.

Having a CRM like ACT! gives businesses the ability to segment specific audiences with targeted marketing campaigns. No more robotic and memorized spiels to prospects with little to no background information. With ACT!, businesses can pinpoint the most preferred method of communication for each prospect and never lose a potential lead due to lack of information. This will improve the quality of responses and give your employees every bit of information they need to convert. It also ensures that time is not wasted on false leads and dead ends.

Utilization of ACT! by Sage will give 10 users unprecedented record keeping and analysis tools. For example, each user will have access to prospect profiles with records of every single interaction and the results of those interactions. Reminders, notes, and notifications give a comprehensive view of the relationship as a whole. As a result, a business can easily see which strategies were successful and attribute an actual value to each of those strategies. Watch, as prospects turn into customers quicker than ever before. Throughout the entire process, a running task list created by an administrator will give your employees a structured plan and step-by-step approach on how to convert prospects into paying customers. Customization is the key to success. Adaptability to the complex market of consumers is the only way to stay ahead of the game.

ACT! also has some great features to help with consolidating data. Leads can be fully integrated with Outlook, Google Maps, and many social media platforms. For example, see your contacts’ information on social media sites like Facebook and LinkedIn, or watch your appointments set in the ACT! calendar be quickly synced with Outlook. ACT! is even available on mobile devices like the IPhone and IPad. All of these features give businesses a broader picture of its prospects while keeping employees organized and focused. Not only will this affect direct sales, but also organic leads. The more painless the process is for all parties involved, the more referrals will come rolling in.

Get ACT! 2010 by Sage to widen your sales funnel, organize your marketing campaigns, and focus your employees to build a business environment to last!

The overall look of Windows is 7 significantly improved, including a newly retooled taskbar, new wallpapers, and handy new features like Snap, Shake, and Peek that give users unprecedented control. For example, simply drag a window to either side of the screen and watch as it "snaps" to fit that half of the screen perfectly. You can also aim your cursor over a minimized window to see a translucent preview of its contents. These great new features go on and on.

If you search our product list, you will see that there are six separate versions of Windows 7. There are 32bit and 64bit versions of Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate. Wondering which one to get? The following is a brief explanation of the core differences.

Windows 7 32-bit vs. 64-bit

The 64-bit version of Windows handles large amounts of RAM more effectively than a 32-bit system. Typically, if your computer has 4GB of RAM of more, the 64-bit version would be your best choice and vice-versa.

Windows 7 Home Premium Edition – Windows 7 Professional – Windows 7 Ultimate

Features exclusive to Professional and Ultimate:

• Run in Windows XP Mode
• Connect with company networks easily and safely via Domain Join
• Back-up files to a home or business network

Features exclusive to Ultimate:

• Data protection from theft or loss with BitLocker
• Work in the language of your choice (over 35 available)

Using Adobe Labs, users can download the Photoshop CS6 beta and begin to navigate all throughout the program. The beta itself includes all of the features within CS6 and CS6 Extended, giving users a full picture into the potential the new software will contain, what has stayed the same, and what should be improved upon before the actual release of the product.

Let's take a look at the most noticeable differences in Adobe's Photoshop CS6:

• New interface: Photoshop CS6 has gone dark with a new, sleek look. Fear not, you can actually go in and change the colors of the interface at will.
• Content-Aware Features: while we know this is not a new feature, Adobe claims to have made some substantial improvements that make editing and designing much more efficient.
• Mercury Graphics Engine: a modern UI and an incredibly fast performing system should prove to enhance workflow.
• Layer Search: many improvements have been made to the layering tools within Photoshop CS6.
• Advanced Cropping: enhancements to crop tools will help you to make edits beyond the scope of the familiar grid in Photoshop CS5.

We only touched on the most prominent features, but Adobe has certainly made some significant changes to the software that will lead to enhanced workflow and efficiency in all aspects of design.

The Creative Cloud
The Creative Cloud costs $600 annually and yes, that sounds like a pretty expensive purchase. However, we must analyze what this subscription entails and what the bang per buck really involves. While individual users have the option to pay monthly ($50 per month), $600 is quite a daunting number and it has many up in arms. Nevertheless, Adobe has provided the support behind this number in terms of what CS6 and the Creative Cloud has to offer. The Creative Cloud includes access to the full Master Suite if CS product lines, the full Touch suite for tablets, Lightroom, the brand new Edge and Muse toolkit (say goodbye to Flash), and the Digital Publishing Suite. Still not impressed? CS6 and the Creative Cloud come equipped with a Dropbox-esque feature to share files online.

The New Adobe
In the past, Adobe seemed to demand that the world adhere to its own style and web standards. That was the old Adobe, the new Adobe, however, is ready to tackle HTML and embrace the new Web standards that they adamantly opposed before. In addition, CS6 will also welcome a myriad of apps compatible with tablets. While this may seem like a no brainer to the common software user, this is an enormous step for Adobe. For the record, Adobe has not abandoned Flash. The point here is that the company is taking a giant leap, proving to the software community that Adobe will not only be around for the long haul, but that they will have a significant impact on the software and Web industry as a whole.

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