Year: 2005

Big Nerd Ranch Announces Cocoa Bootcamp March 21-25, 2005

Posted by | Feb 3, 2005 | , |

Atlanta, GA – February 3, 2005 – Big Nerd Ranch Announces Cocoa
Bootcamp March 21-25, 2005

Big Nerd Ranch announces the first Cocoa Bootcamp of 2005, slated for
March 21-25. The five day intensive class, revised in the summer of
2004 to include more comprehensive sections on bindings, is one of the
most popular Big Nerd Ranch offerings. While labor intensive and
chock-full of blocks of instruction matched with intensive hands-on
exercises, Cocoa Bootcamp is ideal for any skill level of Cocoa
programmer.

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Apple releases iPhoto 5.0.1

Posted by | Feb 3, 2005 | |

Apple today released iPhoto 5.0.1, an update to its popular digital photo organizational software. According to the release notes, the update “addresses issues with upgrading iPhoto 4 libraries, dragging albums into folders, importing MPEG 4 movies, and also includes a number of other minor fixes.” iPhoto 5.0.1 is available via the Mac OS X Software Update utility. iPhoto 5 was introduced last month at Macworld Expo as part of iLife ’05. Update: The 5.0.1 update is currently not available to all users, according to MacMinute readers.

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Microsoft headquarters being taken over by iPods

Posted by | Feb 2, 2005 | |

Wired’s Leander Kahney reports that even Microsoft’s corporate campus in Redmond, Washington, is not immune to iPod fever. “To the growing frustration and annoyance of Microsoft’s management, Apple’s iPod is wildly popular among Microsoft’s workers. ‘About 80 percent of Microsoft employees who have a portable music player have an iPod,’ said one source, a high-level manager who asked to remain anonymous.

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Pepsi-iTunes ‘Bottle Songs’ ad to air during Super Bowl

Posted by | Feb 2, 2005 | |

Pepsi today announced details of its commercial for this year’s iTunes promotion, which will air during the Super Bowl on Sunday. Pepsi said the ad is titled “Bottle Songs” and that it will be shown in 30 and 45-second spots. The company said the ad features “a number of popular tracks from a series of music genres” and “illustrate how winning a free song from the Pepsi iTunes promotion is as easy as opening a bottle of Pepsi.” They will both run in the first half of the game.

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