Rovio released the first gameplay video of Angry Birds Star Wars. Birds using lightsabers and the force? It seems to change the gameplay principle of the original version a bit. We’ll see how well it fares when it is released on November 8.
Category Archives: iPod
How To Report a Problem With iOS 6 Maps Data
iOS 6 Maps has revealed quite a bit of teething troubles. Apple says the system will improve with use and time. Well, there’s a way to help speed up the process. How? Good ol’ human input can surely play a big part in the solution. MacRumors.com shows what to do when an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch user encounters […]
Video of the Apple Special Event, Sep 2012
Apple posted the streaming video of today’s Special Event where it announced the iPhone 5 and new iPod models. You can watch it here. — I’ll update this post when Apple releases a video podcast version of the event. Update: The video is now available as a Podcast on the iTunes Store. You can get it here in different […]
Also posted in Accessories, App Store, Apple, design, event, Hardware, iOS, iPhone, iTunes, Media Event, Mobile, press, product design, software, Tech, video
Tagged 1080p, Apple, apple keynotes, Apple Keynotes Podcast, hd, iphone 5, ipod, ipod nano, ipod touch, iTunes, Keynotes, Lightning connector, Media Event, podcast, special event, streaming, streaming video, video
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Apple announces iPhone 5 and new iPods
Apple just announced new models of their iPhone and iPod lines. The long rumored iPhone 5 was officially revealed and has a taller screen size, thinner and lighter design, an A6 processor (twice as fast as the previous A5 chip), better camera for low-light situations, LTE broadband and better FaceTime HD front-facing camera. It will be available […]
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Tagged Apple, apple event, EarPods, headphones, iOS 6, iphone, iphone 5, ipod, ipod nano, iPod nano 7th-gen, ipod shuffle, ipod touch, iPod Touch 6th-gen, iTunes, Lightning connector, Media Event, special event
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Efficient compression in iTunes 1080p video
The new 1080p iTunes video files show better quality overall than 720p ones and not that much increase in file size, despite increased compression. This is due to improved decoding in Apple’s latest chips. From the Ars Technica article: This means that the increased 1080p resolution breaks compatibility with everything older than the iPhone 4S anyway, […]
Apple Education Event — Video
Apple posted the video feed of today’s Education event. New iBooks app with textbooks support and a new iBooks authoring software were announced and released. Check the video on apple’s site or download it as a podcast here.
Also posted in Apple, Apple PR, design, event, iBookstore, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, Mac App Store, Macintosh, media, Media Event, podcast, video, World
Tagged Apple, authoring, education, ibook author, ibooks, ibooks creator, ibooks store, publishing, special event, text books
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Om Nom Stories
A nice animated short featuring Om Nom from ZeptoLab’s ‘Cut The Rope’. The game is one of those quality titles that best embodies the spirit of touch interfaces on mobile devices. ‘Cut The Rope’ games are original addictive puzzles with great quality art direction and animation.
ZwameCast #111
Yours truly speaking about Steve Jobs, Design and Apple’s modus operandi in Zwamecast #111, a podcast from Zwame, the largest independent portuguese site/forum about technology in Portugal. Sorry international readers, this one is in portuguese only. By the way, in the podcast I’m referred to as @el_extranjero, my twitter handle.
Also posted in Apple, design, interface design, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, Mac OS X, Macintosh, media, podcast, product design, Tech, Typography, World
Tagged Apple, business, design, design process, podcast, product design, steve jobs, strategy, zwame, zwamecast
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Video Stream of Apple Special Event October 4, 2011
Apple has just posted the streaming video of today’s Apple Special Event. Watch it here. The video requires Safari 4 or 5 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard or Lion, Safari on iOS 3 or later, or QuickTime 7 on Windows. Update: Apple has released the video as a podcast.
Also posted in App Store, Apple, event, iOS, iPhone, media, Media Event
Tagged Apple, event, iphone 4S, ipod, ipod nano, ipod touch, media, Media Event, nano, Siri, special event, touch
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