Those of you starting to use Snow Leopard will notice the new QuickTime player.
Apple markets this as part of QuickTime X. However, it turns out that the new player is a small part of this new version of QuickTime.
As detailed as part of a 23 page technical review of Snow Leopard over at Ars [...]
In which I consider whether platform defining software is more powerful than the inertia of a complex ecology of developers, software, hardware, support and marketplace.
The iPod system is an ecology that all competitors have found impossible to replicate and compete with. Better hardware features on mp3 players haven’t been enough, nor have different models for [...]
In which I provide some differing iTunes AppStore charts from around the world, which might signal opportunities for iPhone/iPod Touch developers.
Apple is celebrating the impending billionth iPhone/iTouch application download from the Apple Store with a competition. It is a lottery based on all downloads from today until the billionth download. Each time you download an [...]
When catching up with Maxine. a friend who is still in the conference business, she told me the tale of Nokia’s opportunity to impress some people at a multinational consumer products company.
She was working on a conference for the senior media buyers of this company who had gathered from all over the world to discuss [...]
Here’s a demo showing an beta version of an iPhone app that streams free TV directly to your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPhone 3G via Wi-Fi:
More information at Livestation.com
Digging up an old CD, I found a copy I took of Apple.com as it was almost 12 years ago. None of the links work, but here it is:
Over the last decade Google has been top of the heap through two technologies: its page-ranking search technology and the ability to place relevant advertising right next to the content on pages all over the web. The patent awarded yesterday might hand a similar technology to Apple: the ability to insert relevant advertising into all [...]
The BBC currently provide a a commentary track for the current edition of Doctor Who. Imagine if these were available for new movies.
A recent patent filing by Apple proposes public very local networks for iPhones and iPod Touches.
The idea is that shops, public buildings and restaurants set up location-specific applications that appear on iPhones when [...]
For you editors who go on location with two Macs – a backup and a main, I’ve discovered an interesting piece of software. It uses networking software that lets you use the screen of your backup computer as a second screen for your main computer. As it uses the network, I suggest that you use [...]
Apple have followed Avid in dropping out of NAB this year. Some see this as a sign that trade shows are becoming less important. The return on investment isn’t good enough. Maybe Apple has all the mindshare it needs from now on.
This reminds me of when I beta tested Macromedia Director for the Mac and [...]
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