Make & Sell Your Own iOS Games with Sketch Nation Studio
Hitting the app store this Wednesday (4.18.12) is a clever new app that puts the tools in your hands to create and sell your own iOS games — right from your iPhone or iPad.
August 29, 2023
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Save 20% on iPhoto Books and Calenders
Between now and February 28th 2008, you can save 20% on photobooks and calenders from Apple. It might be a good time to think ahead for a good Valentine’s or Mother’s Day present while you can save a few bucks. If you’ve never printed a book through iPhoto, you should really give it a shot….
Ping Now Supports Playlist Creation And Sharing
Apple added new features to iTunes — playlist creation and sharing — to enhance the social sharing aspect of Ping. The new features were added quietly and are part of Apple’s interest in making Ping more social. Anyone part of the social network can import their playlists from iTunes and share it with their friends….
Apple Sends Out Invites for $100 Million Education Program
So who said Apple doesn’t do its part in giving back to the community? This week, Apple has started sending out applications/invitations for the $100 Million Education Program it is carrying out in line with the White House’s ConnectED initiative. This initiative was announced by the Obama administration in 2013, with goal of enriching “K-12…
It’s Official: Susan Bennett is the Voice of Siri
The mystery has been solved. CNN has published a verified report revealing that the iconic original voice of Siri is voiceover actress Susan Bennett of Atlanta, Georgia.
Get in the Halloween Spirit with your very own Jobs-O-Lantern
From the “Wow…that’s odd” department comes… Joy of Tech’s pattern for making your very own Jobs-O-Lantern. I’m not sure why you’d want your Halloween pumpkin to look like good-old Steve here…but if you’re into that sort of thing then, by golly, get after it. Ah…Halloween…it’s a very strange holiday indeed… Joy of Tech also has…
Why is HEVC Better than H.264?
In High Sierra and iOS 11, Apple will be implementing a new video encoding process called High Efficiency Video Coding, or HEVC. It promises to shrink video size by a huge margin, supporting new high-resolution content while saving disk space. But what makes HEVC better than H.264, the video codec it plans to replace? HEVC,…
YouTube Flashback: Macworld 2000 – Introducing OS X and The Dock
Some people hate the Dock, but I love it. It’s one of my favorite things about OS X. This video is a segment from Macworld 2000 that I stumbled across on YouTube and was really entertained by. It’s funny how dated and sad Vista truly looks when compared to this operating system introduced in 2000….
New iPod software update improves Coverflow, but doesn’t fix Video problems
Apple has released an updated version of the software for iPod Nanos and iPod Classics. The new version, 1.0.2, improves iPod Coverflow, and has some calender improvements as well. Also, it appears that now, after you start a video with Apple’s TV out cables, you can then repalce the cable with a 3rd party cable,…
Great Free Backup Apps for macOS
Data loss is a constant threat to our technology-heavy lives. Hard drives are unreliable, mobile devices get lost, children destroy laptops: it’s a rough world out there for your data. You need to protect your files with a reliable backup system that reproduces your data both locally and remotely. You can start creating your own…
Why All Signs Point to Apple Working on a Car
There has been a lot of speculation lately about what Apple’s next big product could possibly be. There are rumblings of a new Apple TV being in the works of course, and a streaming television service too. We all know that there will be new iPhones, iPads, and possibly even Apple Watches in the fall, but…
The History of Online Video
Apple fans usually are among the first ones to enjoy new technology, often even to help new technology become a standard. Examples are Firewire (hold your hand up if you have actually something plugged in to your FW port right now), Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and definitely the internet as a streaming platform. Quicktime, Apple trailers and…