Apple has updated its current iPod + iTunes television ad, which features U2 and their new single “Vertigo,” with the release date for the band’s new album. The commercial has been tweaked with the following text towards the end: “U2’s new album Nov. 23–Online exclusively at iTunes.” Thanks to MacMinute reader Chris Meesseman for this news tip.
Read MoreFilmmaker Spike Lee will talk Macs and movies at the SoHo Apple Store in New York City on Monday, December 6. Lee will discuss “how Macs are instrumental to the filmmaking process from the conception of an idea through the release of a film,” according to Apple. His presentation will begin at 8:00 p.m.
Read MoreTomorrow’s broadcast of the Inside Mac Radio Show, hosted by Scott Sheppard, will feature Greg Scallon, iPhoto Senior Product Manager at Apple, along with Mac Gurus Tom Negrino and Dori Smith. Inside Mac can be heard live on Saturdays from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. PT. You can listen to the broadcast on AM 1220 KNTS in the San Francisco Bay area or on the Web here. An MP3 download for the show is made available on Mondays, in the event you miss the live version.
Read MoreOur friends at Geek Culture have posted another Joy of Tech comic entitled “London Calling” which celebrates Apple’s new London store. It features a live-on-the-scene television reporter whose transmission mysteriously and abruptly ends once he enters the Regent Street building. The Joy of Tech comic series routinely delivers a humorous look at technology and the issues surrounding it.
Read MoreBlackmagic Design today announced the availability of DeckLink for Macintosh 4.7, a free update which provides Varicam capture and over-cranking support on all DeckLink HD models. In addition, version 4.7 adds a new hardware based HD down converter on DeckLink HD Pro 4:4:4 models that allows simultaneous playback in both HD-SDI and SD-SDI and SD analog component video. Also available is 14 bit 5x over-sampled composite NTSC/PAL video output on DeckLink HD Pro models.
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