We don’t know how much Apple paid for the several-person team it acquired very recently. But we heard from people knowledgeable about the deal that the company plans to directly integrate Embark’s technology into Apple Maps.
Nice scoop for Jessica Lessin.
So App Cubby is no more, but the people are the same. David Barnard is one of the good guys in the development scene who cares about his customers and the apps he makes. He’s showcasing a new app called Perfect Weather on the Contrast Web site.
The new Nexus 7 has all the makings of a great tablet but it’s been plagued by multiple problems ever since its release, including faulty GPS and a bug-riddled touch interface. Because of this, Consumer Reports is warning tablet fans to avoid buying Google’s newest tablet until the company fixes all these issues. The publication in particular singles out the Nexus 7′s shoddy touch screen implementation as particularly headache-inducing.
Apple is probably sending a cake to the Nexus 7 team for making its tablet suck so bad.
Apple on Thursday made some significant changes to its “Apple and Education” Web site, adding resources, stories, planning ideas and more for students, teachers and IT staff.
We believe that technology has the power to transform the classroom. It can pave new ways of thinking. New ways of sparking ideas. Yet the foundation never changes: A dedication to learning that’s always been part of our DNA. We’ve been proud to work alongside educators and students to reinvent what it means to teach and learn. And together we’re doing things we never thought possible.
The new site offers a number of sections including Mac, iPad, Special Education and Real Stories, which focuses on innovative teachers.
Each section presents its own stories and resources, allowing you to find the best teaching plan, apps and information to suit your style. There is even a section profiling schools that have used technology to further their student’s knowledge and education.
Macs have always been an important part of education and with nearly 10 million iPads being used in schools worldwide, Apple is bringing a new generation of technology to learning.
Apple products took the top positions for the smartphone and tablet categories in a recent survey conducted by Nikkei PC magazine. In fact, multiple Apple products landed in the top three in both categories.
With an overall ranking of 5.67 in the smartphone category, the iPhone 5 took the top spot, followed by HTC (5.22) and then the iPhone 4/4S (5.16). Samsung’s Galaxy finished in fifth place with a score of 3.59, well behind the top three.
Apple did even better in the tablet category with the iPad mini taking the top spot with a score of 6.40. The iPad took second spot with 5.85. Google’s Nexus finished in fourth with an overall score of 5.76, followed in fifth by another iPad (5.58). Samsung’s Galaxy Tab finished a distant 11th with a 2.99 score.
The Nikkei PC magazine says that 14,279 people took part in the survey.
ReadQuick helps you read faster than ever before. Designed for the iPad, this app helps you speed read your way through your reading list. ReadQuick displays the articles of your choice one word at a time at a pace you set. It is the only app that teaches you how to speed read while getting through your daily reading.
It has support for Pocket, Instapaper and a Featured, as well as giving you your reading stats.
Great article by Bobby Solomon on how making “hollow icons” aren’t going to confuse your users.
A few days after release, we started noticing some pretty strange statistics on the Android version. At the last minute we had included an analytics package into the game that told us how many unique users there were playing around the world. After two days we had sold a total of 8 copies on Google Play, but we were getting significantly more players. The numbers surprised us so much that we actually contacted the analytics company to confirm that we were interpreting them correctly. Once we had done that I posted on the Lucky Frame twitter feed, asking people to guess how many pirated copies were being played. Nobody got anywhere near:
Ok! I think I’ll call time on this. Official Android sales numbers for Gentlemen! after three days: 8 copies sold. 2,462 copies pirated.
— Lucky Frame (@lucky_frame) July 19, 2013
If you’re interested, after three weeks those numbers are now 144 copies sold, 50,030 copies pirated. So, as you can tell the piracy rate has not really slowed down at all – if anything it has gotten even stronger!
Yann Seznec says it’s not a big deal because they used Unity to build the game, so it was trivial to make an Android build. Imagine how differently Yann would feel if they did any serious engineering on it.
The National Security Agency’s snooping practices may be costing American companies a lot of money. German publication Zeit Online has obtained leaked documents that purportedly show that IT experts within the German government believe that Windows 8 contains back doors that the NSA could use to remotely control any computers that have it installed.
Wow.
Due to a friend’s tip, he discovered one of his photos as winning entry on Samsung Camera’s photo contest „Live the moment“ on Facebook. Horizontally flipped, slightly cropped and digitally altered with an instagram filter, a user submitted the photo as his own to the contest via his instagram profile – and won. Samsung Camera made a congratulatory shout out on Facebook, including the picture.
Chief among the affected services is iMessage. Here’s a link to the Apple System Status page so you can check for yourself.
This is pretty fascinating. The call was taped on April 30, 1973, the same evening H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman had resigned. Reagan was calling Nixon to offer his condolences.
Terrific speech given to incoming Georgia Tech freshmen. Gotta love this kid’s enthusiasm.
Seriously, even I’m starting to feel bad for them.
Jim and Dan talk about Jim’s so-called “Apple-centric” stance, the upcoming iTunes Festival in London, the gold iPhone 5S, hacking Facebook, the Samsung watch, and Katy Perry. Also, Dan’s eviscerates the new Jobs movie.
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This is a lovely bit of design. Student Mugi Yamamoto created a compact printer which is placed on top of a stack of paper.
When printing, “Stack” slowly moves downwards and swallows the pile until no paper is left.
Really nice.
So true. Sometimes “perfect” isn’t so perfect.
Daniel Jalkut is talking about his profession as a software developer, but the lessons could be applied to many occupations.
Circling the drain.
AT&T Inc. has been sued by Al Jazeera for refusing to carry the Qatar-based broadcaster’s new U.S. cable-news channel as part of its pay-television service.
BusyCal’s unique and powerful features include customizable calendar views, scrolling Month and Week views, an integrated Info Panel for quickly viewing and editing events, integrated To Dos that display in the calendar and carry-forward until completed, custom font sizes and styles, graphics, live weather feeds and moon phases, and a menu bar app for quick access to the current day’s events and weather.
BusyCal supports iCloud, Exchange, Google Calendar, and other CalDAV servers, enabling you to sync and share your calendars through the cloud with other Macs running BusyCal or the built-in Calendar app on OS X, as well as iPhones and iPads running the built-in Calendar app on iOS.
New version just released.
Much respect beard.
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano blogs about his near death by drowning, in his helmet, on a recent space walk.
…as I turn ‘upside-down’, two things happen: the Sun sets, and my ability to see – already compromised by the water – completely vanishes, making my eyes useless; but worse than that, the water covers my nose – a really awful sensation that I make worse by my vain attempts to move the water by shaking my head. By now, the upper part of the helmet is full of water and I can’t even be sure that the next time I breathe I will fill my lungs with air and not liquid.
Riveting.
A man who hacked into Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page to expose a software bug is getting donations from hackers around the world after the company declined to pay him under a program that normally rewards people who report flaws.
Wonder why Facebook is not paying him under their bug bounty program.
This is a great app. I don’t like to-do apps, but I like Finish.
Apple is going all out this year with a star-studded line-up at its iTunes Festival—Katy Perry will close out the show, according to a story on AP.
With Lady Gaga opening the festival on September 1, and Katy Perry closing out the festivities 30 days later, Apple has secured two of Pop’s highest-ranking female stars. Both women recently released singles that are being well-received by fans, according to the latest Billboard charts.
iTunes Festival will also feature Elton John, Kings of Leon, Justin Timberlake and John Legend, among many others throughout the month-long concert series.
Held in London, England every September, the iTunes Festival features 30 days of free concerts. Tickets for the concerts are free on a lottery system for UK residents, but Apple also provides the shows free on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV for anyone to watch.
This interview was done in 1990, before Star Wars Episodes I-III were created. Pretty interesting stuff.
…the beam entered the back of Bugorski’s head and came out around his nose. Shortly after this happened, Bugorski’s left half of his face swelled up beyond recognition. He was taken to the hospital and studied as this was something that had never been seen before and so they closely monitored him thereafter, fully expecting him to die within a few days at most.
Yikes!
They released a new Zildjian Artist MIDI Groove Library today, but the best product they have is the Andy Johns Classic Drums. He is the master.
I made it 2:25 through and had to stop.
