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Sky to acquire Qik.

This one just came down the wire today, Sky to aquire Qik.

LUXEMBOURG, 6 January 2011 — Skype today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Qik, a provider of mobile video software and services that enable individuals to capture, instantly share and preserve great moments on video from anywhere. Qik has 60 employees, and is headquartered in Redwood City, California and has an office in Moscow, Russia. The transaction is expected to close in January 2011. Terms of the acquisition will not be disclosed.

Qik definitely has one of the coolest live streaming service from mobile phone. Smart move, Skype!

Blog post from Skype featuring Skype CEO Tony Bates.

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Pixelmator is transitioning to Mac App Store.

Pixelamtor team explains their plan on transitioning to Mac App Store.

Pixelmator 1.6.4 is now avaialble at Mac App Store while version 1.6.2 trial is still available for download from Pixelmator site.

  • Pixelmator is available for $29.99 at Mac App Store.
  • Those who “transitions” to Mac App Store will get Pixelmator 2.0 for free.
  • Currently registered users will still get free updates to Pixelmator 1.x until version 2.0.
  • No more serial numbers with Pixelmator from Mac App Store.

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Mac App Store: iWork ’09 is still here.

At the launch of Mac App Store, the rumored iWork ’11 is nowhere to be found. Apple is still featuring iWork ’09 on Mac App Store.

It is interesting how Mac App Store automatically detects iWork ’09 installations on my MacBook Pro. Mac App Store also detects that iLife ’11 is installed. It is obvious that the application itself must be Mac App Store compatible so it would be detected when installed.

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Angry Birds is available at Mac App Store.

Angry Birds is now available at the newly launched Mac App Store.

On Monday January 5th, 2011, Rovio mentioned in their blog that Angry Birds now available in the Intel AppUp center for netbooks and laptops. It was a little bit odd since there were no mentions of Mac version. Apparently they were a bit hush-hush about it and waited for the launch of Mac App Store today.

Angry Birds for Mac is $4.99, 50% off of its regular price. At least that’s what they said at Mac App Store.

Get ready to waste more time playing Angry Birds!

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Apple Remote Desktop gets an update.

UPDATE:
Apple Remote Desktop 3.4 update is now available through Apple Support Downloads page.

UPDATE:
Apple Remote Desktop is also available on Mac App Store. Since I’ve installed the update through Software Update, I cannot tell if the already installed ARD could be updated through Mac App Store. I’ll try it on a different Mac later today.

Apple Remote Desktop 3.4 update appears after installing Mac OS X 10.6.6.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4458 is not live yet as of this posting.