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When we first saw the iPad 2 Smart Cover, we thought it was pretty neat.
However, a small company from Holland called Miniot has taken the idea and used wood to create a beautiful alternative, and it looks amazing.

The cover is made with a single piece of wood and can be used as a stand in similar ways to Apple’s Smart Cover, thanks to the handy lines cut into the wood which allow it to roll up. The only downside is that when it’s in portrait, it looks like you’ll knock your iPad over quite easily. It sure is a thing of beauty, though.

Video of the cover in action after the jump.
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Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP may be a game you’ve never heard of, but there has been a lot of buzz about it in the run up to today’s iPad-only release. To put it simply, the game is an 8-bit styled retro action adventure, built around a compelling soundtrack by composer Jim Guthrie. Players can casually explore a fantasy world, solving mysteries and getting into the odd brawl.

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP was built exclusively for “Apple’s touchtronic machinery” as it’s described on the games’s website. The game was developed in Toronto, Canada, with the backing of independent game studio, Capy, and will also be coming to the iPhone and iPod touch in April 2011.
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We spend a lot of time talking about Apple around here, but we know very little about what it’s actually like to work for the company. Things are so tight-lipped at times that it seems like we’re chasing unicorns through the halls of a vast labyrinth.

Today, we’re getting just a little nugget of what it was like to work for Bertrand Serlet. David Cásseres wrote up an interesting little post about their relationship, and what it was like during the NeXT/Apple merger during the late 90s.

Here’s a golden nugget,

And in 2003 after working with OS X for a few years, I was laid off. As I left, Bertrand was hounding me to fix a bug in a system I was only peripherally related to. I was pretty bitter about Bertrand for a few years. Called him a few names. But I eventually calmed down.

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Youtube Video of Steve Jobs introducing OS X Public Beta at Macworld Expo 2000.

Happy birthday Mac OS X. You’ve come a long way, cat. The first version of OS X 10.0 Cheetah was released on this day in March 2001.

Article Via OS X Daily.

Loren Brichter (@atebits) created Tweetie in November 2008. At that time there wasn’t half as many iOS Twitter clients as there are now, and I would hazard a guess to say that without this app there still wouldn’t be. Tweetie, and later Tweetie 2, not only spurred developers to create bigger and better Twitter clients, it also revolutionized iOS app development. Without Tweetie there would be no Pull to Refresh, a feature that feels so natural in many iOS apps that it feels like something Apple implemented.

In April 2010, Twitter bought Tweetie—and Brichter’s company Atebits—and rolled it into the organization. Loren now develops mobile apps for the company, and in that same month the third iteration of the client was released, renamed Twitter for iPhone, and included some branding and UI changes. Since the re-brand, there have not been many significant changes to the app—that is until version 3.3.

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Are you wishing that you could be sitting in the pews during the Royal Wedding? Decca Records is going to make that happen, kinda. The record label has been hired to record the the royal wedding and bring the ceremony to iTunes within hours of the service. You’ll also be able to buy the recording on CD, vinyl or cassette on May 5th.

The album will include the service, readings, vows, hymns, blessings, and all the music from the ceremony.

Mark your calendar folks, the royal wedding is heading to iTunes on April 29th.

Article Via People

It’s a mobile revolution, and we’re smacked right at the starting line. Well, for most of us, we were at the starting line in 2007 when the first iPhone shipped, but society is finally beginning to catch up to the early adopters.

When given the choice between a dumb phone and a smart phone, most opt for the later. Smart phones are no longer a business class device, so as the market shifts, demand for mobile applications can drive growth for mobile handset makers.

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It’s iPad 2 day Down Under, but unless you’re  planning to make it into line to snag your iPad, you’ll be waiting 2-3 weeks for your iPad to show up at your door. Normally Apple overestimates their shipping times, but now that there’s already shortages in the U.S., we suspect that most will be waiting for at least two weeks.

Apple’s officially listed iPad 2 shipping time as 2-3 weeks on their Australian website.

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