WiMAX Tutorial Software

When a major microprocessor manufacturer needed an application to play their tutorial video to new WiMAX users, they came to Art & Logic. As the content would be flexible, covering numerous languages, markets, and product versions, they needed a system that could be skinned and configured easily by OEMs. Art & Logic co-designed and then created custom player software, along with a comprehensive configuration system, a Google gadget, Vista gadget, and internationalized installers, all of which ended up being shipped on many thousands of laptops.

TAGS:  Computer Hardware  Media  Software  Science  Wireless

Auto-Tune 3 DirectX

Antares Audio Technologies hired Art & Logic to bring their world standard Auto-Tune 3 professional intonation correcting plugin onto the Microsoft Windows platform. Art & Logic enhanced the original codebase by adding DirectX envelope automation, improving the user interface, and updating the architecture to exploit the audio capabilities unique to Microsoft Windows. Art & Logic worked closely with PACE to ensure that InterLok copy protection was integrated into the final product. As the development neared completion, Art & Logic created and managed a beta program to ensure that Auto-Tune 3 would be ready to ship immediately upon acceptance. more...

Antares Audio Technologies hired Art & Logic to bring their world standard Auto-Tune 3 professional intonation correcting plugin onto the Microsoft Windows platform. Art & Logic enhanced the original codebase by adding DirectX envelope automation, improving the user interface, and updating the architecture to exploit the audio capabilities unique to Microsoft Windows. Art & Logic worked closely with PACE to ensure that InterLok copy protection was integrated into the final product. As the development neared completion, Art & Logic created and managed a beta program to ensure that Auto-Tune 3 would be ready to ship immediately upon acceptance. Antares' web store enjoyed its largest volume in history following the release of Auto-Tune 3 DirectX. Auto-Tune 3 won the prestigious 2001 TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) Award in the category of Outstanding Technical Achievement in Signal Processing Software. Art & Logic continued to work with Antares to maintain, enhance, and package a variety of their products for years after this release.

TAGS:  Windows  Audio  PACE  Installer  DirectX  Music  Software  Pro Audio

Franchise Opportunity Portal

America's Best Franchises is in the very competitive business of matching prospective entrepreneurs with the perfect franchise or business opportunity. In order to maintain their leading position in the market, America's Best Franchises is constantly looking for ways to improve the quality of their services to both the prospective business person and the businesses looking to promote their opportunity to eager venturers. Art & Logic was able to improve a user's ability to search and request information by implementing features such as a DHTML/AJAX based Request List widget. more...

America's Best Franchises is in the very competitive business of matching prospective entrepreneurs with the perfect franchise or business opportunity. In order to maintain their leading position in the market, America's Best Franchises is constantly looking for ways to improve the quality of their services to both the prospective business person and the businesses looking to promote their opportunity to eager venturers. Art & Logic was able to improve a user's ability to search and request information by implementing features such as a DHTML/AJAX based Request List widget. When ABF out grew their database backend, Art & Logic was able to assist them in migrating their data to SQL Server. Art & Logic and ABF have maintained an ongoing relationship, providing the necessary support to keep America's Best Franchises a leader in their industry.

TAGS:  JavaScript  AJAX  DHTML  SQL  Windows Server  VBScript  IIS  SQL Server  Classic ASP  Access  Software  Marketing  Business  B2B

Enhanced CD Player Application for Apple Inc.

A group of companies, including Sony, Philips, and Microsoft have developed an enhanced compact disc format that joins standard music tracks with interviews, lyrics, music videos, and electronic liner notes. Apple Computer hired Art & Logic to create the cross-platform (Windows and Mac OS) player application for this new medium. Art & Logic worked directly with Apple's QuickTime Development Group to implement the delivery mechanism for the multimedia content stored on the enhanced CDs.

TAGS:  Windows  Audio  Mac OS 9  C++  Cross-platform  QuickTime  MFC  CodeWarrior  Microsoft Developer Studio  MacApp  Entertainment  Music  Computer Hardware  Media  Software

Contact Management for the BlackBerry Platform

M Financial Group hired Art & Logic to develop a native BlackBerry application to allow clients to access contact information hosted by third-party data providers. Users can log into the application, search for contacts, and view detailed information about those contacts via web services published by the data provider. Users can easily phone or email their contacts by clicking hyperlinks that invoke the corresponding BlackBerry applications. The application also utilizes BlackBerry GPS capabilities along with Google Maps to provide directions to a contact's location from the user's current location.

TAGS:  Java  XML  BlackBerry  Google Maps  GPS  Software  SAAS

iTunes library monitoring

Art & Logic worked with ParkVu to complete the Mac version of their iTunes Library monitoring code. This code is a critical component of a system that wirelessly synchronizes a user's media collection with their smartphone.

TAGS:  Cocoa  Mac OS X  Xcode  BlackBerry  iTunes  Amazon SQS  Software

Create and Manage Mobile Apps with iEveryware

Content owners of all kinds can use iEveryware to create and publish apps to the wireless world. iEveryware gives users the ability to create apps by selecting among a number of content sections, adding them to an app and then entering, uploading or linking content into them. Users can create apps by any combination of composing content at iEveryware, uploading content to iEveryware or linking to content anywhere else it resides on the Web. Popular sources of content include YouTube, Twitter, WordPress, Blogger and personal websites.

TAGS:  iOS  iPhone  Objective-C  Cocoa  MySQL  Python  TurboGears  Software