Ryan Stewart has a solid recounting of why Apollo is important to entrepreneurs at TechCrunch.com. Apollo could easily be the breakthrough product for this year.
In an effort to spread the PDF file format’s adoption, Adobe is releasing control to the ISO. Adobe is hoping for widespread adoption overseas by further inviting more standardization.
There’s a few stories circulating and an announcement from Bill? Gates? that Microsoft? will be opening up a payment processing system based on points. Read more? details on this very interesting payment system already in use in the Xbox 360, the Zune Marketplace and soon to be open to everyone. Really interesting points concept.?
Microsoft also just released a new meta tagging tool for images. Microsoft Photo Info 1.0 adds a Right-Click menu item that will let you tag multiple photos at the same time and the tags are viewable in hover tips in Windows Explorer in addition to tools that reads IPTC or XMP formats. XP and Vista are supported.
Additional Resources
Adobe?€™s Apollo Provides New Ground For Entrepreneurs
http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/28/adobes-apollo-provides-new-ground-for-entrepreneurs/
Adobe to Release PDF for Industry Standardization
http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/200701/012907OpenPDFAIIM.html
Adobe to send PDF to standards group
http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6154067.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-5&subj=news
Enterprise Content Management Association (The standards group that will oversee the PDF format)
http://www.aiim.org/
Breaking news: Adobe to release PDF to ISO
http://scobleizer.com/2007/01/28/breaking-news-adobe-to-release-pdf-to-iso/
Microsoft To Open ‘Points’ Micro-Payment Framework?
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WindowsNow-RobertMcLaws/~3/82847079/microsoft-to-open-points-micro-payment-framework.aspx
DAVOS: Microsoft To Set Up Online Payment System (CNN)
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200701271224DOWJONESDJONLINE000323_FORTUNE5.htm?section=money_topstories
Microsoft Photo Info 1.0 (details – download)
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B038D4B5-1D88-437C-9F54-1FB0D210B5EF&displaylang=en
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