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MoodMaker 3.0.4 Playlist Software Rocks!

NexTune in a press release today announced that their newest version of its digital music playlist software is now compatible with Apple’s® iPod, iTunes and Microsoft’s® Windows MediaPlayer. The MoodMaker version 3.0.4 can easily manage restricted music purchased from iTunes and downloads from music stores featuring Microsoft’s PlaysForSure DRM.

For the uninitiated NexTune lets users share their playlists across other music software and most portable players. The software is also capable of creating playlists according to mood, vocals, tempo, style and genre.

Michael DuKane, NexTune president stated, “we revolutionized the way consumers can make playlists and with every step forward we are breaking down the barriers that limit the consumer’s freedom of choice. With NexTune, consumers can easily change their mind about which portable device they would choose to use without loosing their playlists or without having to change their music software”.

PocketBook turns coursework into an iBook

PocketBook, a new software that allows teachers and professors alike to upload a lesson plan in both written and audio formati into the PocketBook and distribute those lessons to the students electronically. Touted as a, “zero-cost publishing alternative that mixes video, audio, text and interactive exercies into an iPod book package.” The PocketBook software is a great example of the ever widening reach of the iPod.

Sticking to the educational angle for just a moment, this is the sort of tool that could actually make the iPod a useful tool for students, instead a big distraction. Interactive is the future of learning - so this software certainly has some tremendous possibilities.

Publish Your Works Directly to eBay for Sale

That’s right - you can do more with the PocketBook software than just create powerful iBooks for students, you can package any work, and with a click of a button, send the work to eBay for sale. This gives information marketers and publishers from all walks, the ability to turn their knowledge into profits.

For more information about the PocketBook software, checkout www.pocketbookmaker.com.