Year: 2010

Hard Candy Cases shipping iPad sleeves

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

Hard Candy Cases is shipping the first line of protective sleeves for the iPad, with four additional models scheduled to ship in the next several weeks. There’s a video of the cases at http://tinyurl.com/HCCBubbleShell that details the production process of the first Bubble Sleeves.

“We wanted to create a case that had more style and protection than the typical neoprene sleeve,” says Hard Candy Cases CEO Tim Hickman. “We took it a step further by custom molding rubber feet inside the case that add 2-3x the drop protection, and which allowed us to start manufacturing the casing earlier.”

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VMIX announces full platform support for HTML 6

VMIX announces full platform support for HTML 6

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

VMIX (http://www.vmix.com), an online video platform provider, has announced plans to be the world’s first video platform to take advantage of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) HTML version 6 video standards.

Support for HTML6 builds on the company’s adherence to HTML5 video standards, which enable the VMIX platform to deliver video to mobile devices like the iPhone, iPad and Google’s Android.

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Study: iPad could eventually replace Windows computers for some

Study: iPad could eventually replace Windows computers for some

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

According to a new poll conducted by ORC (http://www.opinionresearch.com), an Infogroup Company, the vast majority of US consumers (71%) are familiar with Apple’s iPad. Six percent plan on buying one within a year, equating to a sale of about seven million units, and 1% said they will purchase one as soon as it becomes available, which would translate to a sale of approximately one million units.

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OCRKit upgrade for Mac OS X adds support for more languages

Posted by | Apr 1, 2010 | , |

OCRKit (http://ocrkit.com/), a text recognition app for Mac O X 10.4 or higher, has been updated to version 1.1. The new version adds support for new OCR languages: Polish, Russian, Turkish.

There’s also control for color detection. Additionally, version 1.1 improves automatic color detection and the embedding of certain image files.

OCRKit transforms images and PDF files into searchable PDFs. With built-in OCR it allows for editable PDF files via drag and drop. And you can find ’em with the Mac’s built-in Spotlight desktop search.

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