PCMag:
Apple has built a completely new, faster, cleaner, and more intuitive digital video editing package. While some professionals are still kicking and screaming about the changes it brings, we predict they’ll eventually be won over by Final Cut Pro X’s significant speed and usability advances. Meanwhile, prosumer video enthusiasts get a less daunting upgrade path to a pro-level Mac editor.
FCPX has come a long way.
[Via AI]
Corel Corp. announced Tuesday that it has completed the acquisition of Roxio from Rovi. The two companies initially announced the transition in January. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Roxio is a maker of media conversion software for Mac … Continued
Great stuff. […]
Wired Threat Level:
A one-of-a-kind website enabling the online sale of pre-owned digital-music files got a legal boost late Monday when a federal judge refused to shutter it at the request of Capitol Records.The brief ruling by U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan of New York did not clearly outline the reason for the decision. But in a transcript of a court proceeding Monday, he said that Capitol is likely to prevail at trial.
“Used MP3s”? Sounds shaky at best…
LA Weekly: Like many people, Petrick had come to rely on his cellphone. He wasn’t as good as he used to be about memorizing phone numbers. Excitedly, he recalled one person’s cell number and dialed it. His elation, however, quickly … Continued
Good editing job by Patrick Crowley. […]
Samsung includes a stylus with its newest smartphones, what’s it going to include with this beast, a wagon to carry it in?
Thanks to @abdophoto for sending the photo of Leo Laporte holding the devices.
Jim Cramer talking about how all of the football players pulled out their iPhones to capture the moments at the end of the game.
But what matters to me is that when everyone else is paying $3 million per commercial, Apple paid nothing and easily had the best ad of all.
[Via DF]
This is so cool.
How important are apps in this new economy? According to new research from TechNet apps have created 466,000 jobs since 2008. […]
Chris Ziegler posted a good look at Chrome for Android on The Verge.
MG Siegler brings up a good point:
Second, it’s only compatible with Ice Cream Sandwich which is currently on — wait for it — 1% of Android devices.
So congrats to those 1%, I guess.
No wonder they can copy Apple’s products so fast.
BGR:
Impressive data points from Apple’s record-setting holiday quarter continue to trickle out, and new estimates suggest that the company accounted for a staggering share of mobile profits in the fourth quarter of 2011. Morgan Keegan analyst Tavis McCourt wrote in a research note on Tuesday that Apple took in approximately 50% of all mobile industry revenues last quarter. Even more impressive, the analyst says Apple’s high-margin iPhone lineup accounted for more than 80% of all mobile phone profits. Read on for more.
How can this be if Android is winning?
Matt Burns at TechCrunch examine’s Honeywell’s patents, which it says Nest Labs is infringing upon with its learning thermostat.
Phil Goldstein:
A royalty fee of 2.25 percent would have cost Apple more than $1 billion in 2011 iPhone sales alone.
If you can’t make a decent product yourself, sue someone that does.
NERF is resurrecting Lazer Tag this summer with an iOS twist.
Apple warns iOS app makers not to use ranking services, or risk losing their developer license.
Twelve South’s new Hoverbar lets you hang an iPad on your desk, iMac or Apple Display.
John Gruber:
Have you noticed that Safari’s hovering-over-a-link pointing-finger cursor looks a little different in Mac OS X 10.7.3? It’s not just that the finger is at a slightly different angle — it’s a new UI resource that scales gracefully to larger sizes.
He’s right, I hadn’t noticed.
New York Times: But unlike other big-ticket corporations, it doesn’t have an inventory of widgets or gadgets, cars or phones. Facebook’s inventory consists of personal data — yours and mine. Facebook makes money by selling ad space to companies that … Continued
Ryan Cash interviewed me about The Loop and posted it today.
Shawn Blanc has a good story on that question today.
Wired’s Gadget Lab:
Since when has Best Buy, the nation’s most well-known electronics retailer, become a player in the Apple rumors game?We asked, and Best Buy answered: “The customer survey was a routine offer effectiveness survey conducted by one of Best Buy’s research partners. Any brand reference was hypothetical. The survey is no longer available,” Best Buy told us in a statement.
Apple leaped past Samsung and LG to become the best-selling U.S. handset brand in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2011. In a quarter that featured the launch of the iPhone 4S and the addition of Sprint, Apple’s three available models combined to capture 43 percent of the U.S. smartphone market in Q4.
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[/caption] Pennsylvania’s General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (Grasp) laboratory shows how a massive groups of quadrocopters can work together in large formations. In the video, 20 of the whirring drones fly in unison, transitioning between formations and avoiding collisions.
I, for one, welcome our new nano robotic overlords.
John Gruber responding to a misguided article by Lance Ulanoff:
Apple doesn’t need to pay for Super Bowl ads to get high-profile attention for major announcements.
Why is it that the PC-focused press continues to pretend they know Apple? Ulanoff’s comments show he doesn’t understand how Apple works and perhaps never will.
Apple doesn’t do what other companies do. They don’t have to.
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[/caption] Huffington Post:
Queen Elizabeth II marked her Diamond Jubilee on Monday with a message thanking all those who had supported her over her 60-year reign and reaffirming her dedication to serving the British people.The 85-year-old monarch ascended the throne when her father, George VI, died on Feb. 6, 1952. She is the longest-serving monarch after Queen Victoria, who reigned for more than 63 years.
It’s remarkable to be in any job for that long let alone one with as much pressure as this one. Congratulations, Mum!
Neil Hughes:
By potentially partnering with carriers and cable operators, Apple could enter the market on a level playing field with everyone else for content. With access to a variety of content through existing providers, as well as the content already available on the iTunes Store, Misek believes that Apple could package everything with a “superior user interface and ecosystem” and beat out the competition.
There are a lot of variables to consider, but many have hoped that Apple could bring some type of subscription service to Apple TV.
BGR:
42-inch 1080 LED display; Runs iOS; App Store functionality; iCloud for access to all your music, TV shows, movies, photos, and videos; iPhone and iPad as a remote control with AirPlay to push content from your devices to the TV; Built-in FaceTime camera and microphone (we’d imagine Siri, as well); Netflix, YouTube, Flickr support; and $1,499 price.
I have a hard time buying this, unless Apple is a lot further along than we thought it was.
A gamer lay dead for several hours before anyone noticed at an Internet cafe in Taiwan.