Year: 2010

Apple updates Aperture to version 3.0.3

Posted by | Apr 29, 2010 | , |

Apple has released version 3.0.3 of Aperture (http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1040) its software for professional photographers. This update improves overall stability and fixes issues in a number of areas.

According to Apple, the key areas addressed include:

° Applying adjustments such as Retouch or Chromatic Aberration;

° Creating and using Raw Fine Tuning presets;

° Viewing, adding and removing detected faces;

° Switching target printers and paper sizes when printing;

° Duplicating Smart Albums;

° Repairing and rebuilding Aperture libraries;

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for April 29

Posted by | Apr 29, 2010 | |

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/).

MyRegistry.com, which specializes in online gift registry technology, has released an US$1.99 iPhone app that offers a new method of building a gift registry. It employs barcode scanning technology to allow users to add any item imaginable to their gift registries or wishlists with a single zap of their iPhones.

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Annual WebObjects Conference to be held Aug. 27-29

Annual WebObjects Conference to be held Aug. 27-29

Posted by | Apr 29, 2010 | , |

The WebObjects Community Association and BoxOffice Tickets have announced 2010’s World-wide WebObjects Developer’s Conference (http://www.wowodc.com), the annual conference dedicated to WebObjects, Apple’s enterprise-class web application development framework.

This three-day event will be held Aug. 27-29 in Montreal at the Hotel Gouverneur Place Dupuis. Sessions and Hands-On Labs will be led by WebObjects experts from around the world.

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Adobe CEO offers rebuttal to Steve Jobs’ Flash comments

Adobe CEO offers rebuttal to Steve Jobs’ Flash comments

Posted by | Apr 29, 2010 | , |

In an interview with the “Wall Street Journal,” Adobev CEO Shantau Narayen offered a rebuttal to Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ thoughts on Flash (http://www.macnews.com/2010/04/29/what-steve-jobs-really-thinks-about-flash). You can read the entire article at http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/04/29/live-blogging-the-journals-interview-with-adobe-ceo/, but here are some highlights.

Narayen says:

° Adobe believes in open content and support for multiple operating systems, while Apple/Jobs is apparently concerned about technology that works across multiple platforms.

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