Year: 2010

‘MacVoices’ looks at social media from an enterprise perspective

Posted by | Oct 25, 2010 | |

On the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), Chuck La Tournous provides an update on social media from the enterprise perspective.

No longer an option for businesses, he discusses why any return-on-investment (ROI) measurement of social media initiatives doesn’t tell the whole story and the impact that social media may have on other communication and service channels. La Tournous also covers some of the kinds of information to distribute with your social media efforts and how it can help humanize and distinguish your company.

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Adobe extends AIR applications across screens

Adobe extends AIR applications across screens

Posted by | Oct 25, 2010 | , |

At Adobe MAX, Adobe’s worldwide developer conference, Adobe announced Adobe AIR 2.5 software for televisions, tablets, smartphones and desktop operating systems. A key element of the Adobe Flash Platform, AIR enables developers to leverage existing code to create and deliver standalone applications across devices and platforms.

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Greg’s bite: Android app developer blues

Greg’s bite: Android app developer blues

Posted by | Oct 25, 2010 | , |

By Greg Mills

The well oiled machine that is the Apple iTunes/App store is a far cry from the Android apps stores. While there are stories in the press about various app developers beginning to write apps for the Google smart phones, there are also just as many stories about developer’s serious problems dealing with that loosely controlled  “go to market” system.  

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Red Pill is new image editor for the Mac

Red Pill is new image editor for the Mac

Posted by | Oct 25, 2010 | , |

Times for Fun has released Red Pill (http://www.timesforfun.de/Red_Pill.html), a new image editor for Mac OS X 10.5 and higher. It offers a dozen tools and purportedly handles big images a as fast as Photoshop.

Features included: tools like magic wand, paint brush, paint bucket and clone stamp; a transform, adjust filter; paste into command; float/anchor selection; unlimited undo; the ability to resize, rotate and flip and image; a quick save command; a file manager; batch processing; and smart fill.

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Long Island model suing for ‘stolen’ sexy photos

Posted by | Oct 25, 2010 | , |

Another day, another lawsuit. An aspiring Long Island model is suing Apple and app maker Samba Studios for “turning her into an Internet tart,” reports the “New York Post” (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/net_babe_sues_over_hot_pics_DxNMeRTG9pNOMAKfVP5uzK).

Rebecca Battino claims she was surprised when sexy self-portraits she took as a 16-year-old (she’s now 19) popped up in an online app from Samba Studios dubbed “eXtreme Cam Girls.” The shots were swiped from iPhone on her Mac, she says, so she’s accusing Apple and Samba Studios of copyright infringement.

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