By the end of 2011, the iPad will generate more than two percent of all North American Web traffic, according to Chitika (http://chitika.com/), an on-line advertising network that’s been tracking iPad adoption rates on its ad network (three billion ads served monthly across more than 100,000 sites).
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Intel’s newest processor will appear in new MacBooks that will supersede current models, the sources say. Current MacBooks use Nvidia graphics chips along with Intel Core i series and Core 2 Duo processors.
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Apple has updated Aperture, its software for pro photographers, to version 3.1.1 (http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2518). The update improves overall stability and performance.
For example, Aperture 3.1.1 fixes an issue that could cause iMovie ’11 to stop responding while scanning the Aperture library for video clips. It also addresses issues that prevented the Aperture library from appearing in the Media Browser of other applications.
You can obtain Aperture 3.1.1 via the Software Updates component of Mac OS X’s Systems Preferences app. It requires Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher.
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Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
Developer James Slaughter has announced New Year Countdown and Resolutions 1.0 for the iPhone and iPod touch. The US$0.99 app provides a countdown timer that displays a festive animation when the clock strikes 12. The application also provides an interface to keep track of your resolutions. In addition to a brief history of the origins of New Year, you also have access to a list of New Years Facts.
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Keeping up with news and current events is the most popular use of the Apple iPad, according to a survey conducted by the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (http://www.rjionline.org/index.php) at the University of Missouri.
The findings indicate more than half of print newspaper subscribers who use their iPad at least an hour a day for news are very likely to cancel their print subscriptions within six months. However, that decision could be influenced by several factors — especially price, which was mentioned most often. Of the more than 1,600 survey participants:
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