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- Macworld 2010: ScreenGuardz Privacy film keeps prying eyes off your iPhone
Filed under: Macworld, Accessories, Interviews, iPhone
NLU Products makes a very large line of screen and computer protection products. I got a chance to speak with Kirk Feller the President and CEO of the company about their newest product ScreenGuardz Privacy (US$19.95), that was released last month at the Consumer Electronics Show.
With the iPhone gaining more functionality seemingly every day through third party apps, privacy has become a concern. I really don't think I want someone looking over my shoulder when I'm doing online banking or reading private email. Kirk told me that there is a large demand for products that not only provide screen protection, but also increase privacy protection.
ScreenGuardz Privacy is a very sturdy screen protector for the iPhone 3G and 3GS. The film used to cover the screen adheres using static electricity making it easy to put on and take off. But there are a lot of screen protectors out there, some offering privacy protection. This does it a bit differently.
Using tiny louvers built into the film, ScreenGuardz Privacy uses four way privacy protection. This means that whether you are using your iPhone in portrait or landscape mode, anyone to your side will see a dark screen. It also helps reduce the amount of light put out by the display which may be distracting in some situations. According to Kirk, other privacy protection products are fine under normal use, but turn the phone to landscape mode and your screen will be visible to any prying eyes. This is the first screen protection product that gives you full privacy protection,
I played with it for a few minutes and it worked exactly as advertised. The iPhone felt just as responsive as ever, but unless you were looking directly at the display, the screen appeared dark and this was true any way I held the device. This is a very simple idea, but the implementation is perfect. It's easy to install, and gives you some peace of mind. For anyone concerned with sensitive data, it seems well worth the price.
Click the 'Read More' link to see a short video of ScreenGuardz Privacy in action.TUAWMacworld 2010: ScreenGuardz Privacy film keeps prying eyes off your iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: Chat live with team TUAW
Filed under: Macworld
Welcome back to our team coverage of Macworld 2010. We're wrapping up day 2 of the expo with an all-hands chat... and you can join in! Click 'Read More' below to see the video live and chat with us directly at the show.
It's been a busy couple of days with plenty to talk about.Chat below...TUAWMacworld 2010: Chat live with team TUAW originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: Moodagent has synced over one billion songs
Filed under: Macworld, TUAW Interview
In December we reviewed Moodagent [iTunes Link] a wonderful music app that puts you in control of creating Genius like playlists of your iTunes library. On release it didn't recognize about 20% of my library, but now, after analyzing over one billion songs, I find it to be about 95% accurate, and getting better all time.
I spoke with Richard French, the CEO of Syntonetic Inc., the parent company of Moodagent, who gave me an update on what's in store for the app and if you like it now, you're going to love it in 3 - 6 months. On the front burner is an iTunes plug-in which has been the most requested feature. I can easily see this completely replacing Genius playlists by putting you in the drivers seat when using iTunes on your computer.
I asked about the possibility of importing Moodagent playlists into iTunes and found that it's going to be difficult since the easy way would by necessity stomp all over some Apple proprietary code, but it's not impossible and it's going to happen this year. It will just take a lot of work and time. Another upcoming feature is integration of social networking so you can share your playlists on Facebook, Twitter and all the usual suspects. The limit of a 25 song playlist will eventually be raised, which would be my first request. This will is also on the drawing board and will be gotten to eventually.
It was interesting to learn a bit of how Moodagent works. Recent musicology graduates in Copenhagen sample songs during syncing and process them through 50 expert filters adding to the songs that Moodagent recognizes. They constantly work on improving the filters to make Moodagent more accurate. There is no tagging going on behind the scenes.
Moodagent is a great app now but after my discussion, I can see it being incredible about half a year from now. I can't wait.TUAWMacworld 2010: Moodagent has synced over one billion songs originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Winter Olympics 2010: The iPhone experience
Filed under: Other Events, iPhone, iPod touch
The Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics kicks off tonight at 7:30pm ET/PT. Here's a list of some ways you can enjoy this year's games on your iPhone.
2010Guide - Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games: The Official Mobile Spectator Guide [iTunes link] Free.
This app is a location-aware schedule detailing more than 2,000 sport and cultural events taking place over 17 days between February 12 and 28, 2010. Updated throughout the Games, the schedule adjusts to your time zone and works even without a data connection. Plan your Olympic experience by creating a personalized itinerary using Favorites. The app also includes real-time results for every sport as well as headlines, photos and twitter streams.
CTVOlympics.ca [iTunes link] Free.
The official CTVOlympics.ca iPhone app. Covers up-to-the-minute headlines and news on every sport at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Stunning photo galleries with hundreds of spectacular photos, in-depth Canadian and International athlete profiles, venue information and the upcoming event schedule for the Games. It's everything you will need on the Games from Canada's official broadcasters: CTV, TSN, Rogers Sportsnet, RDS, V, RIS Info Sports, OLN, OMNI, APTN and ATN.
More Games-related apps and downloads after the break.
NBC Olympics on AT&T [iTunes link] Free.
Experience the best of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games with the NBC Olympics app. Follow all the action with live real-time updates on every event from Vancouver. Check out NBC Olympics video clips and highlights, news stories for every sport, results & schedules, and updated medal counts. Plus, you can follow your favorite nations, sports and athletes on Facebook and Twitter -- all from your phone.
Winter Sports 2010 Premium with PUSH [iTunes link] $4.99
Outstanding interactive features which provide extensive live coverage of all the events winter sports in Vancouver, British Columbia. It has the most complete data with stunning and intuitive user interface.
Cowbell2010 [iTunes link] $0.99
It's hard to make noise in mittens and gloves! Fans, family and teammates around the world know that it's tradition to cheer on the athletes by ringing Alpine Cowbells. Their distinctive clamor lets the athletes know they're being supported by the crowds. With the Cowbell2010 App, your iPhone or iPod Touch becomes your very own clanging cowbell, draped in the country flag of your choice, that you can shake until the cows come home.
TransLink [iTunes link] Free.
Ever wondered when the next bus in Vancouver, Canada is coming? Guess no more! Check out the TransLink application to access complete schedules for buses, SkyTrain, WestCoast Express and SeaBus. You'll also see service alerts, star your favorite stops and access the GVRD transit maps.
I Believe / J'imagine - CTV's 2010 Winter Games Theme Song EP [iTunes Canada link] $3.49CAN
Three versions of the theme song: I Believe (English Version) by Nikki Yanofsky, J'imagine (French Version) by Annie Villeneuve, and I Believe (Instrumental Theme) by Stephan Moccio.
'One Dream' by Sarah McLachlan [iTunes link] $1.29
Official song of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Enjoy the games, everyone!
Thanks to reader Gary Mark for the links.TUAWWinter Olympics 2010: The iPhone experience originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: TUAW livestream from the show floor
TUAW is broadcasting live from the show floor of Macworld 2010. Stay tuned all day long for live video from the show floor, including interviews, demos, and hands-on with vendors, friends, and luminaries.TUAWMacworld 2010: TUAW livestream from the show floor originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: TUAW interviews Dr. Ge Wang of Smule
Filed under: Macworld, Software, Education, iPhone, iPad
We've talked to a lot of people at Macworld already, but Dr. Ge Wang is one of my favorites -- he's the co-founder of Smule, creators of popular apps for the iPhone that combine music and social experiences in a very interesting way. Wang's day job is an associate professorship at Stanford, and you can tell when listening to him talk about these apps that he's very passionate about using interesting platforms like the iPhone (and soon, as we discuss, the iPad) to help people from all walks of life make and share their own songs and musical experiences.
I can't say I've been a fan of all of Smule's apps (as we say in the video, I still don't really understand the full appeal of Sonic Lighter), but I can't argue that Dr. Wang has some really intriguing ideas about how to use this platform. And Smule's ongoing popularity can't be debated, either. Watch the interview after the link below to see if you might just be a fan of one of the more impressive iPhone app developers.
TUAWMacworld 2010: TUAW interviews Dr. Ge Wang of Smule originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Frozen sausage as iPhone stylus
Filed under: Accessories, Hardware, Humor, Odds and ends, iPhone
Using an iPhone in the cold presents a quandry. You don't want to freeze your fingers, but gloves make the touchscreen difficult to use. Unless you've got Dots Gloves.
Or sausages.
In South Korea, CJ Corporation noticed a sharp increase in sales of their frozen sausages. Not because they're especially tasty, because cold commuters have discovered that they make an effective iPod stylus. It seems that they're electrostatically compatible with the iPod's touch screen, and nearly as effective as using a human finger.
Here's a Google-translated story on the phenomenon from a Korean newspaper (the translation into English is quite poor, but you'll get the idea).
I don't know about you, but i'll be buying a box of Jimmy Deans this weekend.
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Переслать - Use your iPhone and your iPod touch as a flash drive
Filed under: Odds and ends, Freeware
There have been some other utilities that turn your iPhone/iPod touch into a flash drive, but this one is free and very easy to use. It's called iPhone Explorer. You install the app on your Mac, or your PC (there's an app for each platform) and you're ready to go. You'll see your iPhone appear when it's plugged into your computer. You can view the folder structure, and drag and drop items to or from the iPhone to your desktop or back the other way.
You can create, delete and rename folders on your iPhone. If your iPhone is jailbroken, you can access the real root and then recover things like your address book, emails and SMS messages.
if you want to do this over a wireless network there is Discover and Air Sharing. Discover is free, Air Share is U.S. $2.99.
I'm not really sure why Apple didn't allow this functionality to begin with, but that's Apple just being Apple. I tried iPhone Explorer on my desktop Mac and it connected to my iPhone 3GS in a split second and I was good to go. Don't expect to be able to interact with your iPhone with this app in any complex way. It's really just giving you flash drive capability, and if that's what you want, this is a good place to get it.TUAWUse your iPhone and your iPod touch as a flash drive originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: Hands-on with Microvision's SHOWWX laser pico projector
Filed under: Macworld, Accessories, iPod Family, Peripherals, iPhone
I'm still skeptical about laser projectors -- while the technology is impressive, the practicality is still a little limited. And unfortunately, Microvision's demo of their SHOWWX projector here at Macworld 2010 didn't do much to change my mind. It's a nice little device -- it's almost exactly the size of the iPhone, and the rep told me that most of the unit is actually the battery -- and there are some good applications for it. But for the consumer market that Microvision really wants, the $500 unit (that will go on sale in March) is still a little too small in terms of scale and usability.
Just using the device, which will project clear images and video from an iPhone or iPod on a wall about three to four feet away (more or less depending on ambient light), you can tell that the idea of a microprojector is almost at the level where it could be really successful. As the rep said to us, the iPhone is a 1:1 device, and while many of us do use it to show pictures and video to each other, it's really only meant to show one person at a time. But the projector goes to a "1 to few" relationship instead, and that's a prospect that will be appealing to anyone who wants to show off business presentations, video, or pictures of family members to anyone else.
There are a lot of other good things about the projector as well: since it's a laser projector (the specific technology is called "pico p," and Microvision is looking to sell not just these retail units, but the tech itself to anyone willing to pay), there's no focal requirements -- you can basically point it at any surface shape, and it'll project in a visible way. It's a piece of cake to use -- just plug it into the iPhone and go.
There are enough issues that the unit isn't perfect yet, and not all of them are Microvision's fault. For one thing, that battery -- it only lasts two hours (enough to watch a movie, but not much else), and it basically doubles the size of the iPhone. For another, the capability -- Apple hasn't yet enabled developers to project screenshots or actual app screens from the connector port, so while this might be a great device for showing off apps to friends and business groups, no dice. And the price is still a bit high -- at $500, business users may be interested, but not many regular people will pay more than they paid for their iPod touch just to project pictures from it.
Personally, I think we will see projectors more and more -- eventually, they'll be included in a successful device (maybe even an Apple device), and consumers will enjoy projecting their favorite content on makeshift larger screens. But the technology just needs to get a little smaller, less power intensive, and a little cheaper. Microvision's projector will be available in the US in March, and you might even see the sales guy bring one around the next time he arrives at your company for a pitch.TUAWMacworld 2010: Hands-on with Microvision's SHOWWX laser pico projector originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Cradle developed which turns the iPhone into a CPR device
Filed under: Hardware, iPhone, iPod touch
Medical uses for the iPhone are nothing new - an app has even saved a man's life - but now Ivor Kovic, an emergency physician from Croatia, has developed a device which turns the iPhone into a physical tool.
The device, which is only in the prototype stage now, allows for an iPhone or iPod touch to be inserted into a plastic cradle that assists an individual in performing Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR (also known as 'basic life support' in most of the world). The user would open the PocketCPR app (free) [iTunes link] and place the iPhone into the cradle. The cradle allows for greater leverage during CPR, thus reducing administrator fatigue, while also allowing unobstructed views of the the CPR app which is giving audio and visual commands to the user.
Dr. Kovic says that his device isn't necessarily intended for non-medical professionals who might only have to perform CPR once in their lives. He sees its primary advantage in hospital settings where doctors perform CPR on a daily basis. Also, the device could be useful in schools and businesses as an inexpensive way to help people perform CPR correctly.
You can find out more about the cradle at Dr. Kovic's blog.
Death from sudden cardiac arrest is not inevitable. If more people knew CPR, more lives could be saved. To find a class in your area, in the US contact the American Heart Association. In the UK contact Bart's City Life Savers.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: Hands-on with the Blue Mikey
Filed under: Hardware, Portables, Podcasting
Blue Microphones are on the show floor here at Macworld, and they invited us by their booth to take a look (and a listen) at the newest version of the Blue Mikey iPhone microphone. And with most of Blue's products (I have a Snowball that I use for podcasting, and it works and sounds great), it's quite impressive, producing excellent sound in a well-designed and easy-to-use form.
Earlier this year, Blue announced the second revision of the Mikey, with enhanced features for $20 more than the first $79 version. That's the one we used, and it looked and worked great. They've added a line input (for recording guitars), and a USB passthrough, as well as put the entire body on a swivel (so it can even swing all the way around and point forward while shooting video on the 3G.
Construction is quite solid, as with all of the Blue mics, and the sound is terrific -- we held the mic at about chest level while recording, just randomly pointed in the air away from us, and the played-back audio, even on a crowded convention floor, sounded as if we were speaking directly into a studio microphone. Blue also played back a full band recording for us that had been done with the Mikey, and while the mix wasn't perfect (it never will be when you're recording a full band with just one microphone), you could hear both the highs of the cymbals and the lows of the bass and the kickdrum as the jazz band played. It's not the best mic ever, but for a microphone this portable that's recording into an iPhone, it sounded very impressive.
We're not the only ones who think so -- we were told that Butch Walker heard the Mikey and actually recorded an entire song on it. The mic works along with the Blue FiRe software on the iPhone to record, and the software itself is nothing super special, just a quick recording, playback, and audio organization app, which is actually a free Blue-branded version of the FiRe field recording applications. You can FTP the files off the iPhone to a local webserver to mix and edit them later as well, so the Mikey can actually be used as a full-fledged mobile recording platform.
Blue also told us that they were very excited about the iPad -- while they expect the Mikey to work with Apple's tablet, obviously they haven't been able to do much more than run apps in the simulator yet. But the rep from Blue told us with certainty that they planned to develop for the platform, and that they were excited about the possibilities of a more complicated recording app with the bigger multitouch screen.
The new Mikey is a solid mic -- you will not find a better iPhone microphone for $99 guaranteed, and the sound actually rivals some higher end mics designed for standard recording. Blue hasn't disappointed yet -- if you need a worthwhile microphone but don't want to carry a lot of recording gear, it's worth a look if not a purchase when it releases later this year.TUAWMacworld 2010: Hands-on with the Blue Mikey originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iPad elicits huge surge in app development
Filed under: Macworld, Software, App Store, iPad
Brainstorm Tech is reporting something incredible today. Even though the iPad hasn't officially launched, it's already produced an unprecedented spike in app development, compared to Android.
Flurry is a data and research firm that uses apps running their Flurry Analytics to track usage. They reported today that some 600 new applications were developed for the App Store in December of 2009, while more than 1,600 were built during January. Phillip Elmer-Dewitt of Fortune identified this spike as the largest in Flurry's history. Many believe that, as with the iPhone's initial launch, the first apps to be made available specifically for the iPad will realize huge sales. A land grab, if you will.
Many of the developers we're speaking with at Macworld Expo are excited about the iPad, but cautious. For example, when we spoke with Steve Shepard of Storyist, he said that he's excited to buy one and consider how it could fit with his product, but doesn't have solid plans to get right to work.
We'll see if the excitement is maintained after the device actually launches.TUAWiPad elicits huge surge in app development originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: HyperMac brings some style to the battery backup market
Filed under: Macworld, Hardware
We're still on the lookout for battery backup options to power recharge your iPhone, iPod touch or just about any USB mobile device. The market just got a bit larger with the introduction of the HyperMac line of batteries at Macworld. Hypermac is also showing its backup batteries for the MacBook Pro here at Macworld, and is offering a 10% show discount.
The first thing you notice is that they are very easy on the eyes, which is unusual in a market filled with very utilitarian design. These batteries come in in 9 iPod Nano colors (black/silver/pink/red/orange/yellow/green/blue/purple) and are housed in an attractive aluminum casing. The second thing I noticed is that they are much lighter than they look.
The HyperMac line for iPhone and iPod is made up of three models.- The HyperMac Nano rated at 1800 mAh and selling for US $69.95 is an iPod Nano sized device that come with a built in charging cable.
- The HyperMac Micro rated at 3600 mAh selling for $89.95 looks like a slightly version of the picture above.
- The HyperMac Mini rated at 7200 mAh selling for $119.95 as pictured.
Since the largest battery backup I had previously seen was the ZAGGsparq which came in at 6000 mAh, and could charge an iPhone about four times, I was interested in the largest capacity model. Booth spokespeople claim that the 7200 mAh model will charge an iPhone six times, but I find that hard to believe. It turns out that they came up with the number of charges by simply dividing 7200 mAh by the 1150 mAh iPhone battery. Commenters have previously pointed out that there is a good deal of energy wasted in the process of recharging, so I would think that five times would be a more accurate number.
Using lithium ion batteries that are advertised as being good for 1,000 charges, Micro and Mini can also charge other USB devices. The back panel sports inputs for USB, DC in and mini USB. There is one light that turns red when mostly discharged and green when fully charged. A nice touch is that along with the AC adapter, a USB to 30 pin cable as well as a mini USB cable are included.
HyperMac is currently running a show special slicing $20 off of each model, and the batteries can be bought online at their site.TUAWMacworld 2010: HyperMac brings some style to the battery backup market originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: TUAW adventures, day 2
Filed under: Macworld, Humor, Video, TUAW Business
Day 2 of Macworld 2010 brought lots more work and lots more fun -- we spent the day covering the show floor, livestreaming right here on the site, and networking and interviewing with all sorts of Mac fans at the crowded show. In the evening, we headed out to a few media receptions, and were lucky enough to take a brewery tour at the Thirsty Bear here in San Francisco before braving the oncoming rain back to the hotel to take the Muni back to the hotel.
Click on to see what TUAW's been up to behind the scenes on the second day of Macworld.
TUAWMacworld 2010: TUAW adventures, day 2 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: Elgato products roundup
Filed under: Macworld, Hardware
Although it isn't exhibiting this year, flagship Mac television hardware gadget maker Elgato still had a presence on the show floor in the person of marketing VP Adam Steinberg, who visited our booth yesterday.
Adam ran down some of the current Elgato product offerings, including the Turbo.264 HD compression accelerator, the EyeTV line and the Video Capture standalone unit. He also left behind his demo Turbo unit -- which, if all goes well, we will give away to a lucky showgoer later this week.
TUAWMacworld 2010: Elgato products roundup originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: The faces behind Welcome to Macintosh
Filed under: Macworld, Cult of Mac
The producer/director team of Mac history documentary Welcome to Macintosh came by the TUAW booth to chat a bit yesterday; Josh Rizzo and Rob Baca shared their experience as the film has taken off, the work they're currently doing to update it and add new interviews, and their expectations for the next project down the pike.
Thanks to Rob & Josh for taking the time to visit!
TUAWMacworld 2010: The faces behind Welcome to Macintosh originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: Microsoft's MacBU talks Office for Mac 2011
Filed under: Macworld, Enterprise, Software, Interviews
The next version of Microsoft's Office suite, slated for arrival during the fourth quarter of 2010, has a new name, enhanced functionality, and even a more streamlined look. TUAW met with members of the Microsoft Mac Business Unit (MacBU) on Thursday to hear how the developers of Office for Mac are responding to requests from users to make it easier to work on documents across platforms.
Some of the most welcome additions to the suite from an author's point of view are the co-authoring tools (see below). These tools enable Mac users to work on Office documents across platforms and locations, eliminating issues with version control. Office for Mac 2011 will have a Presence Everywhere feature providing status updates on who is working on a document at a particular time. The suite will also connect to Microsoft Office Web Apps (currently in beta) so that any Office documents can be shared or accessed from any Internet-connected computer.
Microsoft has taken a cue from the "tool ribbon" in the existing Windows Office applications and changed the Office for Mac user interface to be familiar to Windows users, yet intuitive to Mac users. The team noted that more than 80 percent of the features used most by Office users are now located in the tool ribbon so that the users don't have to dig around to find tools.
The MacBU had previously announced that the Office 2008 collaboration application, Entourage, would be replaced by Outlook for Mac. According to the team, Outlook for Mac utilizes the Exchange Web Services protocol and is a Cocoa app, providing not only additional Exchange compatibility but also better integration with Mac OS X. Many Microsoft customers had requested that Outlook for Mac have the ability to import .PST files from Outlook for Windows, and that wish has been granted. The single database used in Entourage is being replaced with a high-speed file-based database that works well with Spotlight and Time Machine.
If you need to make sure that sensitive documents or information are not spread outside the confines of your company's email system, Information Rights Management is now built into Outlook for Mac. That essentially puts a lock on sensitive information, insuring that it isn't readable by non-authorized personnel.
Microsoft's MacBU wants to hear from you! The team has a Twitter account (@OfficeforMac), a Facebook page, and a blog, and they'd love to hear your input about this application suite. We'll be sure to keep you updated as we get closer to the release date.TUAWMacworld 2010: Microsoft's MacBU talks Office for Mac 2011 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: Andrew Gregory of AutoTune the News
Filed under: Macworld, Interviews, Music
We can reveal our secret now: during Macworld's setup, we wandered into the wrong room, and randomly came across a stage shared by David Pogue, LeVar Burton, and the Gregory Brothers A.K.A the AutoTune the News crew, all rehearsing for David Pogue's keynote. The keynote went off well, and afterwards, I asked Andrew Gregory to come by for a conversation at the booth; Andrew does the extremely popular Autotune the News segments on YouTube with his brothers Michael and Evan, along with Evan's wife Sarah. He kindly agreed, and you can watch the video of our chat by clicking on the link below.
Andrew told us that he and his brothers have been Mac users from the start, and he also shares with us part of the story behind the I am T-Pain AutoTune app, along with his impressions of the Macworld show floor. It was very fun to meet up with him in a pretty unlikely place -- be sure and give our chat a look.
TUAWMacworld 2010: Andrew Gregory of AutoTune the News originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW Livestreaming from Macworld 2010
Filed under: Macworld
We'll be livestreaming every day that the show floor is open!TUAWTUAW Livestreaming from Macworld 2010 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Macworld 2010: OWC's Grant Dahlke demos USB 3.0 drive, fastest SSD
Filed under: Macworld, Hardware, Peripherals, Video, TUAW Interview
Mac expansion powerhouse Other World Computing always has something incredible to show off at Macworld Expo, and there was no doubt about it when we visited the OWC booth on Thursday.
OWC's Grant Dahlke displayed some of the new products coming out from the company, including their first USB 3.0 drive, a new smaller-format portable RAID array, and the fastest SSD on the market. The latter product, called the OWC Mercury Extreme Enterprise SSD, has a five-year lifespan and blinding speed. In the video below, you can watch a MacBook Pro equipped with the drive zip through a reboot and load a pile of CS4 applications in seconds, while a similar MBP with a faster processor and 5400 RPM hard disk plods through the same activities. Trust me, you're going to want a Mercury Extreme Enterprise SSD after watching the video.
The USB 3.0 drive has not yet been benchmarked by OWC, since no Macs or PCs with USB 3.0 ports have been released at this time. The first devices will ship in 2010, and include a SuperSpeed mode that provides transfer rates of 3.2 Gbits/second (about 400 MB / second) or about 8 times the speed of USB 2.0.
If you're at Macworld Expo 2010 over the next few days, be sure to drop by booth 1354 and see these new and unbelievably fast drives for yourself.TUAWMacworld 2010: OWC's Grant Dahlke demos USB 3.0 drive, fastest SSD originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The storage mavens at Box.net took a few moments for us on the show floor at Macworld this week to demo the iPhone app that links to their service, which provides quick and consistent access to all your stored files; you can also view common file types, and even send download links to folders or files anywhere in the world. The latest update adds the ability to comment on files or folders from inside the app.
Another new addition at the show is the capability for QuickOffice users on the iPhone to open and edit Box.net stored files, which could provide a big productivity boost. It was impressive -- with the app, you can jump in and edit Box.net files from anywhere. Good stuff.
And heck, just imagine what's around the corner for iPad users with QuickOffice and Box.net. If Box.net is able to pull off an app like this on the iPhone, we can't wait to see what they do with the extra multitouch space.
TUAWMacworld 2010: Box.net now supported in QuickOffice iPhone app originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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