Apple has posted a second iOS 26.2 release candidate for developers and public beta testers A release candidate (RC), also known as gamma testing or “going silver”, is a beta version with the potential to be a stable product, which is ready to release unless...
Despite rumors, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware technologies, Johny Srouji, says he’s not going anywhere. At least anytime soon. “I love my team, and I love my job at Apple, and I don’t plan on leaving anytime soon,” said Srouji, in a memo obtained by...
Conventional wisdom has it that younger people can’t part with their smartphones and other electronics. However, a new study by Counterpoint Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) casts doubt on this. CIRP recently analyzed the urgency with which Apple customers...
Recently mophie announced new speedport wall chargers made with Gallium Nitride (GaN). The high end speedport 120 4-port GaN wall charger delivers a maximum shared output of up to 120W of fast charging power. It packs three USB-C PD ports and one USB-A port, so...
AOHi has released two fast-charging products iPhone, Mac users should check out. The US$19.99 30W wall charger (pictured above) is described as world’s most miniature. I can’t vouch for that claim, but it does charges iPhones (as well as Android, Samsung, and...
By Daniel M. East
There’s vast array of correction tools available for Photoshop, and it’s important to learn which are effective and a good value before making a purchase. Unfortunately, the Pixel Gear Pro Pack Bundle (US$329) by PSKiss (http://www.pskiss.com) misses the mark for output quality, and the lovely packaging and presentation by the developer only add to the disappointment.
Pixelmator (http://www.pixelmator.com) has long been my graphics editing program of choice. The app has only gotten better with version 2.0, which was released this week.
Launch the application and you’re presented with an iMovie-style set of choices: Create New Image, Open Existing Image or Open Recent Image (the latter replaces the former Start Using Pixelmator option). Pixelmator supports over 100 different file formats, including — thank you, Pixelmator Team — PSD files.
O’Reilly has released “Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual” by David Pogue. The 928-page book is the “manual that should have been in the box” — and is the most thorough source of info on the operating system update around.
By David Creamer
PhotoCopy (US$95) from Digital Film Tools (http://www.digitalfilmtools.com) is an interesting, one-trick wonder plug-in that is easy to use. Essentially, it adjusts an image’s brightness, color, tone, detail, grain, and texture to match either a built-in preset or another loaded image.
