Year: 2007

iPresent It 1.5 adds Apple TV support

Posted by | Apr 16, 2007 | |

ZappTek today announced the release of iPresent It 1.5, the latest rendition of its utility to convert your PowerPoint, PDF and Keynote presentations into slideshows that are synced with your iPod. Version adds support for the Apple TV by automatically detecting your presentation’s resolution and ensuring that it is formatted correctly for display in standard or widescreen format. It also improves the resolution of standard presentations. iPresent It is priced at US$17.95 and requires Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

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Apple CEO Jobs takes home $1 salary, no bonus in 2006

Posted by | Apr 16, 2007 | |

A report on CNN Money today notes that Apple CEO Steve Jobs once again was paid US$1 in annual salary in 2006, with no bonuses. “The majority of Jobs’ compensation is paid through an equity grant, though he received no new grant in 2006,” reports CNN. “During the year, a 2003 stock grant fully vested, giving him Apple stock now worth nearly $1 billion.” Other Apple execs — COO Timothy Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer — received $696,880 and $615,606, respectively.

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Veenix Font Tools 7 offers new font previewing, more

Posted by | Apr 16, 2007 | |

Veenix Software today announced the release of Font Tools 7, a set of Mac OS X tools for previewing, cataloging/printing and managing fonts. Version 7.0 adds a new font preview pane in the Visual Font Database window. The preview pane is collapsable and customizable and offers a convenient way to quickly sample a word or phrase through many fonts.

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After Effects CS3 Professional, Premiere Pro previews posted

Posted by | Apr 16, 2007 | |

Adobe today released preview software for After Effects CS3 Professional and Premiere Pro. “Take your inspiration to new heights: Create beautiful, sophisticated animations and effects more effectively than ever with Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional. Animate freely and with even more flexibility using new Shape Layers and the new Puppet tool. Use the new Brainstorm feature to naturally evolve animation variations based on parameters you choose.

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