12 posts tagged “apple”
For my friends and readers who don't often watch all this tech and nerd stuff, Apple released a new operating system back in October called Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5, to be exact). While it does tons of fancy new things many people might not notice (at least consciously) or care about, one bit advancement is the ability to control another Leopard user's screen with just the click of a mouse (and their permission of course) in iChat, Apple's chat program that works over AOL's AIM service.
I've had family members and friends pick up new Macs or upgrade to Leopard since October and the holidays, and this feature has already become a god-send to me for helping people fix problems or learn how to use something. A nice touch is the fact that audio chat gets turned on as well, so we can speak with each other while I'm poking around or explaining how to do something.
I know there are plenty of other programs and services out there that have offered this for a while, but many of them cost money in one way or another, and none are as simple for both parties as iChat's single click to start the Screen Sharing feature (well, technically, it's two clicks: the first is on my part to ask permission, the second is on the recipient's part to grant it).
So to my friends, especially the long distance ones, who are considering picking up your first Mac or just upgrading, I'm always happy to help. With this new Screen Sharing feature though, I can hopefully be more useful.
Stylish and less obnoxious than some coffee mug phrase like "Somebody has a case of the Mondays."
I somehow lost my last tumbler which was actually a bit smaller. I much appreciate this new one via Nik Fletcher on his vacation to California and the Apple Corporate Store.
While I can't afford Wil Shipley-sized bets just yet, I can say this: I got $10 that says the iPhone is opened to 3rd party development on June 11th, the day of Steve Jobs' keynote at WWDC 2007. Now it might be some sort of a managed development process, where apps need to be submitted to and cleared by Apple in order to get listed on some closed iPhone Downloads page, but I'm still throwing down that the iPhone opens up in at least some basic fashion straight out the gate.
All this talk about 3rd party apps 'bringing down the network' is for the birds - developers, start your engines!
Originally published at 1FPS | David Chartier. You can comment here or there.
In February, Apple CEO and founder Steve Jobs stirred up controversy when he called for an end to DRM in an open letter to the industry published on Apple's Web site. At the time, Microsoft responded harshly to Jobs' statement -- a Zune spokesman called it naive and irresponsible -- but now the company seems to have literally changed its tune.
"Apple has added Xvid to its online QuickTime Components list. The Xvid-for-QuickTime component, which you can download here, allows you to play and encode Xvid video."
Hooray! Now we all can play the codec of choice for pirates everywhere in QuickTime and any other apps that require it. Possibly even iTunes (I haven't downloaded to test yet). Why $30 is too much for pirates to pay (or pirate, har har) for the ability to encode in true H264, the codec chosen for both new competing high definition DVD formats, escapes me to this day.
Originally published at 1FPS | David Chartier. You can comment here or there.
...that matter
The Delivery Status widget accepts the Apple logo keyboard shortcut (opt-shift-k), which is just cool. Interestingly, this is also how Apple displays the Apple TV's product name on their site as well. To my knowledge, they've never done that before, though I've only been interested in Apple for the last 5 years or so.
No Apple, thank you. I promise to put the upgraded 200GB and 2GB of RAM to good use. Hell, thanks to you for doing nothing to stifle my music and video habits, my iTunes library alone is up to 47GB! To make up for the media addiction you inflicted upon my psyche, I think the least you could do is hurry up!
Originally published at 1FPS | David Chartier. You can comment here or there.
Personally, I learned a lot. This was my first time covering a major event of any kind (including live-blogging a major keynote), and boy was it an experience. I met some great people, interviewed some awesome people (footage and podcasts pending) and was offered some exciting freelance opportunities. Three cheers for networking! We already have a ton of ideas for doing things differently and better, and I'm already excited for WWDC, even though it's a completely different beast and not quite as consumer friendly.
Still, Macworld Expo 2007 rocked, and I am incredibly thankful I had the opportunity.
Originally published at 1FPS : David Chartier. You can comment here or there.
We're covering the hell out of Macworld Expo 2007 at TUAW and I'm loving it. Two podcasts, tons of live keynote blogging and a boatload of showroom floor coverage throughout the entire week - and more - are all on the menu. We're rocking Macworld pretty hard so far, and having a blast doing it. I also had the fortunate opportunity of putting together a few short intro bumps for all the video we're shooting here, which will go well on my pending portfolio page.
All in all it's been a great - though draining - experience so far, complete with meeting some of my co-bloggers in person for the first time. Stay tuned!
Originally published at 1FPS : David Chartier. You can comment here or there.
