Like settlers preparing for the Oklahoma land rush, developers are massing at the starting line of the iPad, eager to mark off territory in a market they hope will provide a new bonanza of opportunities and revenue.
Apple has told reviewers that about 1,000 new iPad-specific apps will premiere in the App Store when the device goes on sale Saturday.
As I had pointed out in earlier posts, the Apple marketing machine is on course to ‘do it again’.
According to Apple Insider, Apple has already sold out its initial stock of iPad models via pre-orders. Sure, Apple may purposely have kept its stock fairly low to achieve the “we’re sold out already ‘cuz everybody wants [...]
Man, the issues with Apple’s Mountain Lion just keep coming. After Windows Media video files not playing properly with Flip4Mac , here’s another issue, although not nearly as many folks will be affected by this: OpenVPN client Viscosity (my favorite thus far) needs to be upgraded to the newest version (1.4.1) if you want it to work on Mountain Lion. [...]
So you got the new Mac OS X Mountain Lion installed…and Windows Media video (.wmv) files aren’t playing – or the videos are playing but there is no sound – even though you have Flip4Mac installed. Here’s the problem: the older version of Flip4Mac doesn’t play well with Mountain Lion. But there is a new [...]
Before you use the Dictation feature on Apple’s new Mountain Lion OS, be sure to read the Privacy notice: “When you use the keyboard dictation feature on your computer, the things you dictate will be recorded and sent to Apple to convert what you say into text. Your computer will also send Apple other information, [...]
Apple just pulled the Messages Beta app for Mac OS X from its site. But fear not, you can download Messages Beta here. Just a warning though: Apple is rumored to be actively disabling existing iMessage beta installs for current Mac OS users. Launch day for Apple’s newest OS X version, Mountain Lion, is still [...]
Final Cut Pro X not cutting it for you? Need to open up legacy projects? Want to edit like a fucking professional again? Why, get your dialin’ fingers read: Apple has a limited quantity of Final Cut Studio (the previous version. The one that rocks) available via its phone sales department. It’s like $999 or [...]
So HP is contemplating getting out of the consumer PC business. Now, HP is HUGE in the computer biz. That’s like Pepsi saying they’re getting out of the soft drink business. But HP should stop making consumer products. HP blamed low profit margins and declining consumer PC sales on a supposed consumer preference shift to tablets. [...]
Among my clients sites, around 13% of all visitors and members are on a Mac. Yet an estimated 30% or more of all their tech/customer support requests come from Mac users. For some odd reason they seem to forget their passwords and mistype their user names (that they picked themselves…) more often than the rest. [...]
If you use Adobe software on a Mac and upgraded to Apple’s new OS X Lion, take note: Adobe published a list of bugs in OS X Lion which includes problems with Photoshop, Lightroom, Flash Builder, Dreamweaver, LiveCycle, Premiere Pro, Contribute, and others. If you haven’t upgraded yet, check out the OS X Lion/ Adobe [...]
