India’s government has decided not to go ahead with a proposal to require Apple and others to pre-install the country’s biometric identification app Aadhaar on smartphone phones, reports Reuters. Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique identification number issued by UIDAI to...
This is great news at a time when the right of free speech is under attack in this country: a court has stopped the U.S. government from forcing Apple to take down ICE reporting apps from the App Store, due to it being a violation of the First Amendment, reports...
Apple has announced that its 2023 Worldwide Developer Conference will be held June 5-9. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says that, unlike most predictions, the rumored “RealityPro” won’t debut then due to production problems. However, the Sellers Research Group (that’s me)...
Transcend’s JetDrive Lite 330 for the MacBook Pro is an expansion card that adds 512GB or 1TB of storage to the laptop. It’s not the perfect way to add super-fast, extra storage, but it is an excellent Time Machine option for the laptop. As Transcend says, the...
I’ve long wished I could use my 12.9-inch iPad Pro as a replacement for my MacBook Pro since I have the tablet with me most of the time. Sadly, I can’t because iPadOS is simply too limited for my Apple World Today workflow compared to macOS. However, some folks...
Gasket from id America (http://www.id-case.com) is a funky looking, brushed aluminum case for the iPhone 4. But it’s funky looking in a manly sort of way.
Gasket — inspired by the shape of a head gasket on an engine — is great for guys (or gals) who don’t want to dress their iPhone in a frou-frou case. It looks like no other iPhone case I’ve ever seen. I mean that in a good way, though you’ll either love the unique look or hate it. I love it.
Sanho Corp.’s HyperShield (http://www.hypershield.com) Back Cover for the iPad 2 makes a great companion for the iPad 2 and the popular Smart Cover — if you’re not looking for a hard protection option for the backside of the Apple tablet.
By Mike Mackenzie
Car shows are notoriously terrible places to take decent photos. They’re almost always held during the middle of the day when the light is harsh, but the worst part is it’s nearly impossible to position yourself to take a decent shot.
With most lenses, you need to put considerable distance between you and the car, and show attendees constantly get in the frame. So a large car show seemed like the perfect place to test Sigma’s (http://www.sigmaphoto.com) new, US$950, 10–20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM wide-angle zoom lens.
Cinematize 3 Pro — there’s also a non-Pro version, but more on that later — lets you extract audio and video clips off of any unencrypted DVD and save them in formats compatible with applications such as iMovie, QuickTime, Final Cut (Pro and Express), PowerPoint, and iTunes.
Note the “unencrypted” adjective; it won’t work with commercial DVDs so you can’t grab scenes off of No Country for Old Men and insert them into your home movie. Cinematize 2 Pro also works with the iPod. You can extract clips as short as fraction of a second or as long as a complete movie.
