If Apple does indeed plan an iTunes subscription service — and gets around to taking the Apple TV seriously — these steps could pose a serious threat to the cable and satellite TV industries.
Read MoreApple has released Logic Pro 9.1.1 (“http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/download/), an update of the music creation and audio production tool. The new version delivers improved compatibility and numerous fixes, according to Apple.
Logic Pro 9.1.1 requires Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later. For new users the cost is US$499.
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Jerome York, a director of Apple and former chief financial officer of IBM and Chrysler Corp., is hospitalized and in critical condition in Pontiac, Michigan.
According to “BusinessWeek” (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-17/jerome-york-apple-director-hospitalized-in-critical-condition.html), York, 71, collapsed at his Rochester, Michigan, home Tuesday night, according to his wife, Eilene York, and was taken to Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital by ambulance. She said today that doctors told her that he suffered a massive cerebral hemorrhage.
Read MoreHere are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).
App Cubby has announced KaleidoVid 1.0, an US$0.99 app for iPhone 3G and 3GS devices. It creates kaleidoscopic images from everyday objects using the iPhone’s built-in camera.
FizzPow Game has released PandaMania: Legend of the Fu Manchu for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s a $1.99 arcade-style game.
Gamedoctors has launched ZombieSmash!, a $1.99 game for the iPhone and iPod touch. It’s a physics-driven castle defense game.
Creaceed (http://www.creaceed.com) has posted a screencast (http://www.creaceed.com/prizmo/screencasts.html) telling how to use Prizmo and a digital camera as a scanner. It teachers viewers how to take a picture of a document, and then take it into Prizmo and have it converted to a PDF.
Prizmo is a Mac OS X application for scanning everything thanks to a digital camera. Current cameras often have 10-megapixel sensors, and a 10-megapixel image is roughly as good as a 300 dpi US-Letter scan. With some image processing and binarization, you can even go beyond 600 dpi.
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