The Story Behind The “Steve Jobs as Franklin Delano Roosevelt” Video
The Story Behind The “Steve Jobs as Franklin Delano Roosevelt” Video Michael Markman has published an interesting blog post detailing the backstory behind the rare Apple video featuring Steve Jobs as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I called Chris in L.A. to outline what we were thinking. War movie. Stock footage from the D-day landings. Chaplin...
Ivy Bridge Macs
Ivy Bridge Macs Alex Brooks at World Of Apple has published an interesting and detailed analysis of Intel’s Ivy Bridge processors and Apple’s possible timeframe for Mac refreshes this year. In 2012 Intel’s new architecture is named Ivy Bridge, on a technical level the architecture marks a huge leap from the previous Sandy Bridge taking...
Twitpic Releases iPhone App
Twitpic Releases iPhone App Popular Twitter photo sharing service Twitpic announced today the release of its first official iPhone app, available for free on the App Store. Unsurprisingly, the app comes with a dedicated “editing” interface to apply filters to photos. The built-in photo editor allows you to craft your perfect photo with simple editing...
Apple Releases iOS 5.1.1 [Direct Links]
Apple has just released a new version of iOS, 5.1.1. The new version is showing up now on iTunes, and should be propagating shortly to Apple’s servers. iOS 5.1.1 includes “improvements and bug fixes”; as reported from the official changelog: Improves reliability of using HDR option for photos taken using the Lock Screen shortcut Addresses...
Adobe CS6 Available Today, Creative Cloud Coming This Friday
Adobe CS6 Available Today, Creative Cloud Coming This Friday Adobe today announced the release of Creative Suite 6, the latest iteration of the company’s design and publishing product line. As previously detailed, CS6 includes updated versions of Photoshop, InDesign, lllustrator, Dreamweaver, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Flash Professional and other products. Adobe also launched four...
Adobe CS6 Available Today, Creative Cloud Coming This Friday
Adobe CS6 Available Today, Creative Cloud Coming This Friday Adobe today announced the release of Creative Suite 6, the latest iteration of the company’s design and publishing product line. As previously detailed, CS6 includes updated versions of Photoshop, InDesign, lllustrator, Dreamweaver, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Flash Professional and other products. Adobe also launched four...
Rovio’s 2011 Numbers
Rovio’s 2011 Numbers In a statement published today, game developer Rovio reported its official financial results for the full calendar year 2011. The company reported revenue of €75.4 million ($106,3 million), with earnings before tax of €48,0 million ($67.6 million) or 64% of total revenue in 2011. Rovio CEO Mikael Hed said: The heavy investments...
Evernote Acquires Penultimate, Will Remain A Separate App
With a blog post published this morning, Evernote has announced the acquisition of Penultimate, a digital handwriting app for iPad developed by independent studio Cocoa Box. Penultimate, which we have covered on several occasions on MacStories in the past, is one of the richest — and best selling — handwriting apps for iPad, featuring smooth...
Mirroring Multiple iOS Devices To A Mac: Comparing AirServer and Reflection
In my review of AirFoil Speakers Touch 3.0, I wrote about AirPlay: Ever since developers started reverse-engineering the AirPlay protocol that Apple introduced with iOS 4.2 in November 2010, we have seen all kinds of possible implementations of Apple’s streaming technology being ported to a variety of devices, for multiple purposes and scenarios. From tools...
Apple Extends MobileMe’s 20 GB Free Upgrade to iCloud Until September 30
As noted by Macotakara (via AppleInsider), Apple has quietly extended the free period of 20 GB of iCloud storage given to previous MobileMe subscribers until September 30, 2012. When Apple started transitioning customers from MobileMe to iCloud last year, they noted MobileMe services would stop functioning on June 30, 2012, providing detailed instructions for users...
Slow Feeds Brings A Simple, Unique Innovation To RSS Apps
In the oft-abused Death of RSS debate, a common and universal truth is typically forgone: RSS is a standard, not a single entity, and as such its survival or presumed “death” should be related to the services that use it, not the standard itself. The problem many people have with RSS is roughly the same...
