A new job posting by Apple (http://macosg.me/2/mb) says the company is looking for a software engineer to help build a “new and revolutionary feature for Mac OS X. ” Of course, it doesn’t say what that feature is.
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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/).
SeeItWithus has announced VideoPix for iPad 1.0. The US$2.99 app supports frame grabbing, screencapping, slow motion playback at configurable fps, frame by frame analysis of video clips from iPad’s Photo Albums and also from videos imported from computer through local WiFi. Videos can be imported into iPad’s Photo Albums using either iTunes or through iPad Camera Connection Kit.
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Smith Micro Software has released Spring Cleaning Essentials for Mac, a suite of tune-up utility tools to help users keep their Macs running like new. It lets users clean up, optimize and maintain their Macs with tools that organize files, reduce clutter and completely uninstall unwanted applications.
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Motorola just reported lower mobile phone shipments than Apple for the second quarter in a row, reports “Silicon Alley Insider” (http://macosg.me/2/m3). Motorola shipped 2.7 million smartphones in the second quarter of the year, up from 2.3 million in the first quarter.
However, that was below recently raised expectations of 3.2 million from Morgan Stanley’s Ehud Geldblum, and 3.1 million from Citi’s Jim Suva. Apple shipped 8.4 million iPhones during its June quarter, verses 8.3 million for Motorola — including just 2.7 million Android smartphones.
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In a brief reply to Apple in the ongoing legal brouhaha over Mac clones, Psystar asserts that copyright only governs copying and not restrictions on use, reports “World of Apple” (http://macosg.me/2/m2). The company also denies Apple’s position that their copyright restrictions do not stifle creativity.