Year: 2010

Apple posts video of iPhone OS 4 event

Apple has posted a video of Thursday’s special event in which iPhone OS 4 and more was unveiled. The event was held at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California.


To view the video, you’ll need QuickTime. You can find a link at http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1004fk8d5gt/event/ .

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Smartphones, tablets, e-readers creating new revenue opportunities for publishers

The surging popularity of untethered devices like the iPad, iPhone, Blackberry, Kindle and Sony Reader will help breathe new life into the publishing and information industries, but which revenue models will take hold will depend on the device, according to a new report from Outsell (http://www.outsellinc.com), a research and advisory firm focused on advancing the publishing and information industries.

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The MacJury weighs in on iPad sizes, iPhone OS 4

On the new MacJury (http://www.macjury.com), a panel drawn from the talent pool at “The Mac Observer dips into iPad sizes and perceptions before taking on Apple’s iPhone 4.0 announcements.

What the implementation of multitasking will mean, from both an obvious and not so obvious perspective, the addition of folders to organize your apps, and why both are so last century are first on the agenda. The discussion then takes a turn deep into online advertising models, Apple’s motivation to create iAd, and what it all means to users,
publishers and advertisers.

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ShaggyMac shipping new iPad Cleaning Kit and ‘missing cloth’

ShaggyMac is offering a new cleaning kit for the iPad that includes a bottle of Aerospace grade cleaning solution and a dense microfiber cleaning cloth dubbed “the missing cloth.”

The iPad Cleaning Cloth (http://www.shaggymac.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=11&products_id=221 ) is tailored to the same size of the iPad screen, which may lead to other creative uses to help protect the iPad during transport or storage, according to the folks at ShaggyMac. Even with an oleophobic coating, the iPad screen is easily smudged with oils, dirt & grime.

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