| rss2email.ru |
 Тут раскрываются секреты SEO  |  Реализация финансовых возможностей  |  Новости программного обеспечения  |  Скачивайте лучшие фильмы  |
 |  The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) http://www.tuaw.com рекомендовать друзьям >> |
- Siri updated for iPod touch and gets some new features
Filed under: Odds and ends, Freeware, iPhone, iPod touch
Siri for the iPhone was quite a hit when it came out earlier this year. You could ask it questions like, "where is the best pizza nearby?" and Siri would find the answer. My favorite response was when I asked if there was a God, and Siri gave me directions to the nearest churches.
As much as people loved the app, iPod touch owners were left out in the cold. Not now. The app has been updated to run on the iPod touch with OS version 3.0 or above. And if you've already been using it, the app has been improved with more data, a larger vocabulary and some improvements to its reasoning algorithms.
You can also give it integer math problems and you'll get an answer. The app uses Microsoft Instant Answers from Bing for the heavy lifting.
Siri uses the speech recognition from Nuance Communications, which also powers the Dragon Dictatation and Dragon Search apps for the iPhone and iPod touch. It is uncannily accurate in my daily use, so Siri has gotten a bit smarter and learned a few new tricks. For free, it's a must have.TUAWSiri updated for iPod touch and gets some new features originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
iPhone - Siri - IpodTouch - Apple - Nuance Communications
Переслать - Judge suspends Apple/Nokia lawsuit pending ITC investigation
Filed under: Hardware, Software, Apple
With all of the furor around the gigantic patent lawsuit that Apple dropped on HTC this week, you might be forgiven for forgetting about the first big patent smackdown of the year, the lawsuit that Nokia laid at Apple's door. But a judge in Delaware hasn't -- he ordered a suspension to both the case and its countersuit while the International Trade Commission works out the complaints between the two companies.
Clearly Nokia and Apple have it out for one another, but apparently they're going to take it one step at a time. Once the ITC has completed its probe, which was scheduled to take 45 days after it agreed to perform the investigation on February 22nd, then the lawsuit will presumably move forward. That's if it's still on and not settled by then, although Nokia seems in it to win it, and Apple apparently has enough bandwidth (and legal fees) to pick two fights at once anyway. So bring it, ITC, and then let's get this show on the road.
[via Macworld]TUAWJudge suspends Apple/Nokia lawsuit pending ITC investigation originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - Daily Deals for March 5, 2010
Filed under: Deals
It's refurbished Mac madness today! Today's deals via our friends at DealNews....
- Ending today, ExperCom offers the Apple iMac Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 21.5" Desktop, model no. MB950LL/A, upgraded to 8GB RAM and bundled with three years of AppleCare for $1,399.
- The Apple Store again has six factory-refurbished Apple Mac Pro workstations on sale in its Special Deals section, with prices starting at $2,149.
- B&H Photo-Video offers the Apple iMac 24" Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz 24" Desktop, model no. MB419LL/A, upgraded with the Apple Wireless Keyboard and Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse for $1,299.95 with free shipping.
- The Apple Store has stock of four factory-refurbished previous- and current-generation Apple Aluminum iMac Desktops in its Special Deals section.
TUAWDaily Deals for March 5, 2010 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - revMobile: write iPhone and iPad apps without knowing Objective C
Filed under: Developer, iPhone, iPad
One of the biggest barriers to entry for people who want to develop their own iPhone apps is the requirement to actually know how to program in Objective C. Runtime Revolution (AKA RunRev) has been developing and marketing a HyperCard-like development environment since 1997. To quote the company's site, "Rev uses plain-English words and phrases for most of its operations, eliminating the obscure symbols and complicated structures required of other programming languages. Rev is easy to learn and use, requires 90% less code, and can deliver a 10-fold increase in productivity over traditional languages."
What does this have to do with developing for iPhone and iPad? The answer is simple -- the company is stretching the development environment to the mobile computing market with a new product, currently in pre-alpha, called revMobile. For developers who want to market their products to the widest possible range of mobile devices, revMobile not only supports the iPhone and iPad world, but Nokia's Maemo platform and Windows Mobile 7 as well. Since apps can also run on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, this represents a very robust development environment. The video at the top of this post shows a simple game being conceptualized, designed, and written in a little over 3 hours.
RunRev has always been compiled at runtime, but for the purposes of getting RunRev apps into the App Store, revMobile apps are going to be compiled at build time so that a single executable is available for submission. You can find out more about revMobile, including pricing and availability, at the RunRev website.TUAWrevMobile: write iPhone and iPad apps without knowing Objective C originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - AAPL hits intra-day all time high, headline writers scrounge thesauri for 'stratospheric' synonyms
Filed under: Apple Financial
Apple's announcement earlier today of an on-sale date and presales for the iPad seems to have struck a major chord with investors. Never mind the fact that April 3 only equals "late March" for unusually large values of March; when it comes to magical & revolutionary, Wall Street votes "yes, please" with a record intraday high for AAPL. The stock hit $219.70 at 1:14pm this afternoon, and is on track to remain above yesterday's close of $210.71.
Apple investors who bought in 5 years ago, when the stock traded around $40 -- or even those who sought a bargain in January 2009, and picked up some shares in the mid-$80s -- are undoubtedly delighted. Just in today's trading, Apple's market capitalization is up over $7.5 billion dollars, at around $198B total; compare to Google's138B$180B, HP's $123B, and IBM's $165B. Not too shabby.
Update: Closed at $219. Jim Cramer's "Stop Trading! " segment included his philosophy of trading AAPL, which suggests a buy and hold now, dump right before April 3, then buy back in during the inevitable backlash against the iPad when the press says it's not deserving of the hype, "because they will be wrong."
[h/t Silicon Alley Insider]
Note: I hold a small, long-term position in AAPL.TUAWAAPL hits intra-day all time high, headline writers scrounge thesauri for 'stratospheric' synonyms originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - Found Footage: Dalek controlled by iPhone accelerometer
Filed under: Humor, Found Footage, iPhone
Self-respecting science fiction fans will remember the Daleks. They're the mutant alien villains from the Doctor Who television series with armored casing, warbling voices and a penchant for extermination.
Steve at BotBuilder is a fellow fan who combined his love of sci-fi and bots into the iPhone-controlled Dalek you see above. In what he calls "a cool and ultimately pointless experiment," Steve uses the iPhone to send messages to the board in the Dalek over Wi-Fi which, in turn, operate servos and lights up LEDs. The cool part is that he can move the bot about using the iPhone's accelerometer.
This isn't the first iPhone-powered remote control device we've seen of course (The Parrot AR.Drone was clearly our favorite), but it delights us as Dr. Who fans. Well done, Steve!
[Via Cult Of Mac]TUAWFound Footage: Dalek controlled by iPhone accelerometer originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - Highest-resolution Earth photo looks familiar for a reason
Filed under: Odds and ends, iPhone, Apple History
Last month, Gizmodo posted an incredible image from NASA: The most accurate, highest-resolution photo of Earth taken to date. It's stunning, in all of its 2048 x 2048 pixel glory. In fact, there are two images: One showing the Americas and one showing Europe. Both make a great desktop image.
They're also oddly familiar, and now Gizmodo confirms what many suspected: It's the same Earth image that's welcomed new users to the iPhone since its launch in 2007.
NASA noted that the image has been public since 2002, and is the results of many months of work. "Using a collection of satellite-based observations," NASA shares on their Flickr page, "scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of our planet."
The image recently started generating a lot of traffic on the web as Apple fanboys realized the connection. Now, the next time you see that image on your iPhone, say thank you to the hard-working NASA employees who put it together.TUAWHighest-resolution Earth photo looks familiar for a reason originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - Reiner Knizia's Money app worth spending time with
Filed under: iPhone, iPod touch, App Review
The iPhone is shaped a little bit like a deck of cards. Like a deck of cards, Apple's little magic
toydevice can be used to play any one of a number of different games. Unlike standard cards though, the iPhone can easily transform into specific decks of cards from the Eurogame world.
We recently took a look at the iPhone version of Reiner Knizia's card game Poison and there are a slew of other "decks" (ok, programs) available in the App Store. Today, we turn our focus to the card game Money [$1.99, iTunes link], which might be the best card game app out there. In the near future, we'll be reviewing Mü and some other card games, so the position is not secured forever. Still, of the iPhone card game apps we've played so far, Money is our hands down favorite. Continue reading to see how this clever bidding game won our heart and why we're excited for more.
The Game
Money is played with a deck made up of 69 cards. Each of the seven different currencies (suits) in the game - Australian dollars, Brazilian reals, Canadian dollars, European euros, Japanese yen, English pounds and U.S. dollars - has nine cards (three each of 20 and 30 and then one each worth 40, 50 and 60). There are also six Chinese coins, which function a little differently than the standard currency cards and are each worth 10.
Each player starts with six cards and each turn bids on one of two piles of four cards. The highest bidder gets to either a.) exchange his bid for one of the two lots, b.) swap his bid for another player's bid or c.) take his bid back into his hand. After he's done, the next highest bidder does a, b or c, too. On almost every turn, then, the overall value of your hand will grow and you'll have more to bid with in the future while collecting some cards for final scoring.
The trick to winning, though, is that final scoring. This process is slightly complicated, which is par for the course in a Knizia game. The goal is to collect sets of currency, because the more you have of a particular suit, the more it's worth. For currencies you've collected with a total value of under 200, you get the value minus 100 (but never less than zero). If you manage to collect 200 or more points of a currency (there are 300 points of each currency in the game), you get the full value of the currency. And, let's not forget those low-value 20s and 30s, because they're worth something, too. For each triplet you collect, you score 100 bonus points so if you get all nine cards in a suit, you'll score 500 points. The Chinese cards are always worth ten points each. Sound hard? It's not that bad, and on the iPhone, of course, all the math is done for you, and the app even keeps a running total for your score on the bottom left of the screen throughout the game. Very useful. You play until the deck runs out and then total up your scores. Read the in-app game rules here and here.
For a detailed look at the currently available card version of Money, which includes bluff cards that you don't need in the app, read this.
The App
When crunched down into the iPhone's small screen, it's kind of difficult to see and correctly tap the cards in your hand (iPad, here we come!), but in all other aspects, the app version of Money is, well, money. The cards look good against the green "felt" background and the numbers on them are as clear as they can be on the small screen. There is no numerical deck countdown, but the deck does visually shrink so you know when the end of the game is getting close, a nice touch.
When playing with friends, Money takes around 10-15 minutes. On the iPhone, it's a five-minute affair, which is grand. The shuffling and math are all handled for you, so you just have to concentrate on figuring out which bids to make and which currencies to focus on. Usually, having two strong currencies is enough to beat the AI opponents. This is the major weakness of the game, because the AI is not exactly strong, even on the most difficult "hard" setting. It seems, with a game this mathematical, designing a wicked good bot opponent would be doable. Then again, as game players and not game designers, perhaps we just don't know whereof we speak. Shannon Appelcline, the developer, wrote a little over a month ago that, "Good players can beat them [the AI opponents] regularly, more average players less so. I'm certain we'll have some new options on future releases." We hope so. For more on how the game came to be, you can read some insight posted by the developer here and find a more in-depth essay on how some parts of the game were coded (i.e., the input and output methods) here.
The six AI players do have names and skill levels, and you can see who you are playing against - and if they are the better or worse opponents - by touching their cards for a moment. Because of the iPhone's limited screen real estate, the app can only display two or three AI opponents at a time, and there are no pass-n-play or networked multiplayer options available. So, while the app can be played with up to four players at a time, the analog card game can handle up to five. Five players is a bit long and chaotic anyway, so it's a sacrifice we're willing to make. Thankfully, the game has no sound effects, and iTunes plays in the background just the way we like it to. Cheers for that.
This is the first Eurogame iPhone app from Shannon Appelcline, but there should soon be more. Fans of Reiner Knizia's 1995 game High Society, for example, can get extra excited. An ad in the Money app says is a iPhone version of High Society is coming sometime in the second quarter of 2010. We look forward to that review almost as much as we want to play just one more quick game of Money right now.TUAWReiner Knizia's Money app worth spending time with originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - Ask TUAW: File ownership and permissions, converting FLV and OGG, extra displays, and more
Filed under: Features, Troubleshooting, Ask TUAW
Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly troubleshooting Q&A column. This week we have questions about changing file ownership and permissions, adding two external displays to a MacBook Pro, converting OGG and FLV files on an older Mac, transferring a Time Machine backup to a new disk, and more.
As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you're using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we'll assume you're running Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac if you don't specify), or if it's an iPhone-related question, which iPhone version and OS version you have.Juan asks
I was getting sick of my startup speed and huge libraries of each program so I decided to start sort of "from new" What I did: I created a new user account as an administrator, and moved all my files to this new account, and deleted the old one and its library. Everything sounded good except for the PERMISSIONS. Now if I want to modify.. hmmm let's say a file name, I have to make sure to get the info, change the permissions, etc etc and that is a PAIN!... Anyway, please is there I way that I can just change ALL the file permissions at once? through terminal maybe? I fixed permissions with Disk utilities but that has nothing to do with read and wirte and stuff.
While you can do this in the terminal, of course, with the CHMOD command, you don't have to. There's a nice GUI application that should do what you want in BatChmod (donation requested). While in principle you should actually be able to use the Finder Get Info window to do this (select the highest level folder and at the bottom you'll see the Sharing & Permission section; click on the gear and make yourself the owner, also making sure it's applied to the enclosed items), some folks have found BatChmod more reliable.
Laz asksI'd like some advice that perhaps only TUAW or its readers can answer. I've just purchased a new macbook pro and I have an odd problem and it has to do with my palms. I don't have a problem with overly sweaty palms, but for some reason, the paint on the top of my last macbook pro and before that my titanium powerbook would rub away in the spot where my palms rest when I type. I use this macbook to death, all day and into the evening. The only thing I can think of is that the moisture in my palms may be more acidic than normal? Is there anything I can do to prevent this?
I would suggest having a look at a plastic film guard such as the moshi PalmGuard. Apple sells them online, and you can also get them from Amazon. The reviews seem overwhelmingly positive, and I would suspect that it should help a lot with your problem.
howiegroove asksI have a new MacBook Pro running OSX Leopard. I have a 32" 1080i HDTV and am inheriting a 50" 1080i HDTV. What is the best way to connect so that I get the best picture possible on the HDTV, running as a dual screen or mirroring? Also, is there a way to connect two HDTV's to a MacBook Pro to run a dual screen setup (with reasonable pricing) without having to get a Mac Pro?
If you're only connecting the MacBook Pro to one HDTV, I'd use a MiniDisplay Port to HDMI adapter, like this one from MonoPrice.com. If you want to connect both HDTVs to your MacBook Pro, however, the only possibility that comes to mind is a USB video card DisplayLink device like this one from OWC. The main issue is that the resolution of this device tops out at 1680 x 1050, so you won't get a full 1080p image on the second HDTV. Video performance will also be slow on this USB device, though it would be fine for regular GUI windows, etc.
Eug asksI have a 200GB HD that I originally partitioned as 100GB Time Machine, and 100GB as NTFS to back up my parents' PC. I've since lost the need to back up a PC, and repartitioned the 100GB as HFS+Journal. I am also to the point where the TM partition is full and TM is deleting old backups to make room for new. is there a way to merge the 2 partitions while still retaining the current set of backups? Also, I'm thinking of getting a larger HD such as a 500GB-1TB to serve as TM drive. can I copy the existing TM backup to this larger drive so that i can recall those files if needed?
All you need is Disk Utility. You can actually use it to transfer your existing Time Machine backups to a new disk using the Restore function. All you have to do is turn Time Machine off, plug in the new disk and start Disk Utility. In the Restore tab, select the Time Machine disk as Source and the new one as the Destination.
You can also use Disk Utility to non-destructively repartition the original disk. You'll need to delete the second partition and then use the Partition tab. Now keep in mind that while this is supposed to be a non-destructive process, you should never re-partition without a backup (well for that matter, you should always have a backup no matter what). So in your case I would actually first buy the external disk first and restore the Time Machine backup to it before attempting the repartition.
Jason asksIs there any other place I can get a Remote Shared Folder to show other than the Desktop? Ideally, but completely unlikely, when connected, a Server will be collapsable/expandable like a folder. Less ideally, semantically speaking, a share would be listed in the "Devices" section of Finder. I never look at my Desktop!
Remote Servers actually should automatically appear in your Finder sidebar, not in the DEVICES section, but the SHARED section. If you don't see a SHARED section, it may be turned off in the Finder Preferences. Open the Finder Preferences, go to the Sidebar tab, and make sure "Connected servers" is selected under SHARED.
Stephen asksI'm running Tiger on a PowerMac G4 Quicksilver. I can not find a way to convert my ogg and flv files (the latter from YouTube) to mp3 and mp4, respectively. All2MP3 crashes when I try to use it, and ffmpeg won't compile correctly. I think I'm a "power user", and I don't mind mucking in Terminal.app, but I can't find anything that works. If you have any ideas, please let me know.
For the OGG to MP3 conversion, check out SoX Wrap which is apparently compatible with 10.2.8. I don't have a comparable machine to yours to test, but I would expect that to work. Though in your case with an older machine, I would actually suggest that you might check out an online convertor, such as Media-Convert which will do both the OGG to MP3 and FLV to MP4 on files up to 200MB. If you have the bandwidth (and assuming the content of the files is not that sensitive) I'd give that a shot. There are actually a lot of online video convertors, some of which can work directly from a YouTube URL.
TUAWAsk TUAW: File ownership and permissions, converting FLV and OGG, extra displays, and more originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - "Sockintosh" power adapter foot cozy keeps your feet warm, might light you on fire
Rachael Burns, based on her knitting abilities, will make an excellent grandma some day. She's knitted a pretty sweet foot cozy that turns your Apple power adapter into a foot warming device. Rachel says she knitted the aptly-named Sockintosh after realizing she constantly used her power adapter to keep her feet warm.
Rachel is quick to point out that the Sockintosh was knitted as a joke. "Your power adapter should be kept very well ventilated for safety reasons. Don't set fire to yourself please. And don't tell me to go and die thank you."
So readers, remember, don't go making your own Sockintosh because you could burn to death and don't tell Rachel to die because she's got a bright future as a grandma who knits ugly Christmas sweaters for her grandchildren who were hoping for that new iPad instead.
TUAW"Sockintosh" power adapter foot cozy keeps your feet warm, might light you on fire originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - Sausage stylus comes to the US
Filed under: Accessories, iPhone
It was a little less than a month ago when news broke of a South Korean company called CJ Corporation noticing a sharp increase in sales of their frozen sausages. CJ did some digging around and it turned out the good people of South Korea were using their sausages as iPhone styluses. Someone who was sick of taking their gloves off in the cold Korean winter to use their iPhone found out that the sausages were electrostatically compatible with the iPhone's touch screen, and nearly as effective as using a human finger.
South Korea is one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet. Anything they're doing, we want. And now we can have it. CaseCrown, a company that sells iPhone cases, has acquired a large shipment of the Korean sausages. They are on sale for a limited time for only 99 cents (down from $3.99). So if you don't mind carrying a mixture of dubious quality meat around in your pocket and live in a cold area, the iPhone Sausage Stylus may be just right for you! The sausage stylus is compatible with all iPhone and iPod touch models.TUAWSausage stylus comes to the US originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - iPad ships April 3. Preorders start March 12
Filed under: Apple
Today Apple announced that the iPad will ship in April, writing that the device will "be available in the US on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. In addition, all models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April." Consumers will be able to pre-order their units starting March 12th, with pick-up at Apple retail stores.
With Apple's reportedly limited stock, will pre-orders work the way they did with the iPhone 3GS? Namely, will your reservation get you first shot at an iPad pick-up until stocks run out? Or have analysts "misunderestimated" (in the words of a certain American Idol judge) supplies, and there will be iPads available for everyone who wants to lay down the cash, starting at $499 plus local tax? There are no firm answers at this time.
Apple has clarified that iBooks will be available as a free download at the first date of shipping from App Store. iBooks represents the first time that Apple has shipped its own major product (iWork titles will follow shortly thereafter) from App Store. If it proves successful on the iPad, keep your eyes open for a potentially similar distribution move via iTunes for Macintosh software.
TUAW has been guessing April 2nd for the launch since early January. Nice to know we weren't too far off.
Hat tip, TwitterificTUAWiPad ships April 3. Preorders start March 12 originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - Apple job listing hints at official App Store advertising
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Developer
A little over a month ago, Steve Jobs blasted Google at an Apple Town Hall meeting for entering Apple's territory. "We did not enter the search business. They entered the phone business," Jobs told employees. "Make no mistake: they want to kill the iPhone. We won't let them [...] This 'don't be evil' mantra? It's bullshit." Notice Jobs didn't say, "We didn't enter the ad business."
A recent Apple job listing for a Senior Interactive Web Developer pretty much confirms that Apple is entering the mobile advertising business head on. The listing begins "Apple advertising is an opportunity to redefine the advertising on mobile devices. It's an exciting environment and a fast-paced development organization. We're looking for an experienced interactive developer." The successful applicant will be responsible for developing the front end web UI development of compelling, interactive digital advertising experiences.
The posting hints that Apple wants to make it as easy as possible for developers to monetize their apps. As AppleInsider points out, Apple wants to make it as trivial for developers to add advertisement placements to their applications as it currently is to add buttons or interface controls.
With the iPhone and Android totaling 75% of U.S. smartphone web traffic as of last November, it's no surprise Apple wants to enter the ad business on their device that is responsible for 51% of the market.
Last November, Google bought Admob, the largest mobile ad company in the world, for $750 million. Shortly thereafter rumors emerged that Apple had been in talks with Admob before Google's deal. Less than two months later, Apple acquired Admob competitor Quattro Wireless in a deal valued at $275 million.
It looks like Apple is as serious about the mobile ad business as Google is about the smartphone business.TUAWApple job listing hints at official App Store advertising originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - Gartner: iPad will "change entire PC ecosystem"
Filed under: iPad
Gartner's latest forecast is projecting global PC shipments will total 366.1 million units in 2010, a 19.7 percent increase from 305.8 million units shipped in 2009, with global PC spending forecast to reach $245 billion in 2010, up 12.2 percent from 2009. These latest numbers don't only include traditional PC towers and laptops, however. Garnter believes that netbooks and tablets will comprise a significant portion of the 366 million PC expected to ship this year - and they believe the iPad will help change the entire PC ecosystem.
"User requirements are clearly segmenting, and the mini-notebook proved this point," said Ranjit Atwal, principal analyst at Gartner. "Vendors can no longer afford to just think in terms of traditional PC form factors or architectures. With the rise of Web-delivered applications, many users no longer need a traditional PC running a resident general-purpose operating system and fast x86 CPU to satisfy their computing needs. Apple's iPad is just one of many new devices coming to market that will change the entire PC ecosystem and overlap it with the mobile phone industry. This will create significantly more opportunities for PC vendors as well as significantly more threats."
Netbooks aside, Gartner believes that vendors could ship up to 10.5 million traditional tablets and next-generation tablet devices worldwide in 2010 - that's roughly 2.8% of the total PC market tally. How much of that tally could be iPads? "The most likely scenario for iPad sales this year is 4.2 million units," says Gartner analyst Angela McIntyre. Most Wall Street analysts expect Apple to ship slightly more - around 5 million iPads in 2010.
One thing is sure: the PC market is changing. Some people, like my mother, will only require a tablet for simple browsing and email. Gone are the days when PC technology was "one size fits all."TUAWGartner: iPad will "change entire PC ecosystem" originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать - Incoming, outgoing Apple employees
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Software, Apple, Security
A few Apple employees played some musical chairs this week. Executive Pablo Calamera, who was in charge of MobileMe while at Apple, is off to work as the CTO of Thumbplay, a company that peddles ringtones and music to mobile devices.
HR shouldn't have to change the big "35,000 employed worldwide" sign, though: former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder was picked up by Apple this week. She'll jump in as a senior security product manager, a job that will take advantage of her work both at Mozilla and previously at Microsoft, where she worked on both Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Sure, she's got the experience, but has she ever worked for a company that does this for its incoming employees? Didn't think so.TUAWIncoming, outgoing Apple employees originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
Переслать
Новинки каталога интернет-супермаркета SoftKey - самого популярного в Рунете продавца софта.
| rss2email.ru | отписаться: http://www.rss2email.ru/unsubscribe.asp?c=6894&u=24004&r=484673635 управление подпиской: http://www.rss2email.ru/manage.asp |
