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TV station moves from paper scripts to iPads

TV station moves from paper scripts to iPads

Posted by | May 1, 2010 | , |

WFXL-TV in Albany, Georgia, has switched to iPads from paper scripts that anchors read on set, reports “Poynter Online” (http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=2&aid=182192). To change pages, anchors just swipe their fingers across the screen.

To add scripts, producers print them to a PDF and send the PDF to an iPad e-mail account. Terry Graham, news director/anchor at WFXL, told “Poynter Online” that the station bought the iPads because it expects to save thousands in paper expenses. The move, he said, is not part of a promotion or partnership with Apple.

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for April 30

Posted by | Apr 30, 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/).

Game studio BeiZ has announced Mandy and Andy – The Seasons 1.0, their new, US$0.99 children’s iPhone-book. It continues the interactive Mandy and Andy book series. In this book cuddly Mandy and Andy cats present the seasons of Northern Hemisphere together with their friends.

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Lease a MiFi for your iPad for $49.95 per month with no contract

Posted by | Apr 30, 2010 | , |

3Gstore.com is announcing a way to obtain Verizon Mobile Broadband. Starting today, they’re offering an option of leasing a Verizon MiFi or USB760 for an US$49.95 per month service plan.

3Gstore.com is offering the two most popular devices from Verizon, the Novatel MiFi 2200 and the Novatel USB760. If you have a new iPad, the Verizon MiFi will give you the most 3G coverage compared to AT&T’s network, and with a MiFi you can also use up to five WiFi devices at the same time (iPod Touch, NetBook, MacBook, iPhone, etc), says Michael Ginsberg, president of 3Gstore.com.

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K4 6.2 compatible with Creative Suite 5

Posted by | Apr 30, 2010 | , |

With the availability of Adobe Creative Suite5 vjoon (http://www.vjoon.com) has released K4 6.2, which is fully compatible with CS5. Publishers can immediately take advantage of the combination of multimedia capabilities offered by K4 and Adobe Creative Suite 5 by including videos or picture galleries in dynamic layouts and publishing them into digital platforms like the iPad.

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Should Apple buy Netflix or just crush it?


Should Apple buy Netflix or just crush it?


Posted by | Apr 30, 2010 | , |

While Steve Jobs glibly passes the AppleTV device off as a “hobby”, he is too smart to have missed the big picture, as broadcast, cable TV and even satellite TV seem to have peaked and are in a slow decline in both customers and revenue. Then you see Blockbuster and countless other smaller video rental places in decline, you have to ask the question, where are the customers going?  DVD disk sales can’t be the answer either.  

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