Year: 2010

Coladia releases Dracula 3 — the Path of the Dragon for Mac OS X

Coladia releases Dracula 3 — the Path of the Dragon for Mac OS X

Posted by | Oct 21, 2010 | , |

Adventure game publisher Coladia and Anuman Interactive have announced that Dracula 3 — the Path of the Dragon (http://www.coladia.com/en/17490/games/mac/dracula_3_the_path_of_the_dragon) is now available for Mac OS X. Following in the same vein as The Secrets of Da Vinci — The Forbidden Manuscript, Dracula 3 — the Path of the Dragon is an historical adventure game in which players have to solve a series of riddles and puzzles inspired by the world of Bram Stoker.

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MacJury weighs in on ‘Back to the Mac’ event

MacJury weighs in on ‘Back to the Mac’ event

Posted by | Oct 21, 2010 | |

The “MacJury” (http://www.macjury.com) recently convened to weigh in on yesterday’s “Back to the Mac” event.

First on the docket is the new MacBook Air, what it offers, who it is for, and how it stacks up against competing classes of laptops. The examination continues with a look at what was and wasn’t updated in the new iLife ’11 suite of apps, including why the new GarageBand capabilities are cool, who it can help learn to play an instrument and how, and why the Movie Trailers feature
of iMovie may just improve your life (or at least make it look that way).

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Apple now has 18% of smartphone marketshare

Apple now has 18% of smartphone marketshare

Posted by | Oct 21, 2010 | , |

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics (http://www.strategyanalytics.com), global smartphone shipments grew an impressive 78% annually to reach a record 77 million units in the third quarter of 2010, Apple was the star performer, as it overtook RIM and closed the gap on Nokia.

“Global smartphone shipments grew an impressive 78% annually to reach a record 77 million units in Q3 2010,” says Tom Kang, director at Strategy Analytics. “Apple was the star performer during the quarter, as it captured a record 18% marketshare, overtook RIM and closed the gap on Nokia.”

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Apple patent emphasis is on solid-state memory

Apple patent emphasis is on solid-state memory

Posted by | Oct 21, 2010 | , |

Could future Apple TVs have DVD functions? A new Apple patent at the US Patent & Trademark Office hints that this could be the case, noting that “this technology could be aimed at a digital video recorder.” At the very least the patent shows that the long term future for all of Apple’s devices involves solid-state memory.

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