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 […]
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Video of the Apple Special Event, Sep 2012
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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.
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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.
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Tagged Apple, business, design, design process, podcast, product design, steve jobs, strategy, zwame, zwamecast
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WWDC 2011 Keynote video (updated)
Apple just released the WWDC 2011 Keynote streaming video (fullscreen available on Safari only). Watch it here for a detailed overview of the new Apple announcements: Mac OS X Lion, iOS5 and the new free service iCloud. Update: Apple has posted the full video in iTunes as a podcast. Get it here. ~ Apple’s OS X Lion and iOS […]
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Tagged 2011, cloud, icloud, ios5, iPad, iphone, ipod touch, keynote, lion, mac, mac os x lion, notifications, steve jobs, sync, video, WWDC
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New iPods, Apple TV and… iTunes Ping
Apple’s media event just finished a few minutes ago. In case you missed it, Apple has already posted the Keynote video for your viewing pleasure. You can watch it here. New, fully redesigned, iPod line — shuffle, nano (with touchscreen, loses the click wheel) and Touch (with Retina Display, FaceTime, HD video recording) were introduced. The iPod […]
Apple to provide Live Video Streaming of Sept 1 Event
Apple announced that it will broadcast today’s media event online. Apple hasn’t done live video streaming of their events for quite some time. Quite a surprise. Wasn’t expecting it. Of note is the fact that the audience tuning into this live broadcast will be much larger than the last time Apple live streamed an event, that’s […]
A New interface input model for a new Apple TV?
What I find most exciting about a rumored (or in-the-works) Apple product is thinking about its design and by that I’m encompassing user experience (software interface, input technology), physical hardware and how it works/fits in our lives, being the user experience and interface design favorite subjects of mine. Continuing with the exciting guessing game that precedes each Apple […]