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Apple purchases swedish firm AlgoTrim, snags image, video compression assets for mobile devices

The Apple shopping spree continues. Per Rapidus.se and TechCrunch, Apple has purchased a Swedish firm called AlgoTrim for an undisclosed price. The small company specializes in image and video, specifically JPEG, compression techniques on mobile devices which allow faster processing of images on power-constrained mobile devices. AlgoTrim develops advanced solutions for mobile devices within the […]

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REVIEW: Fission – Lossless Audio Editing for Compressed Files

Rogue Amoeba (makers of cool sound tools, such as Audio Hijack / Pro and Airfoil) has released Fission, a unique sound editor that allows for “Lossless” editing of compressed (mp3, AAC) audio files. The compressed formats split up a sound file into a series of small frames (~1/40 of a second each), which are very […]