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The Wall Street Journal is currently reporting that Apple will be adding a number of photo-centric features to iCloud that could directly compete with Flickr and other photo-sharing services like 500px. The new features are rumored to include tools to let iCloud users share photo sets and folders outside of the all or nothing Photo Stream service that's already featured in iCloud. [quote]The maker of the iPhone and iPad is preparing a big upgrade to its online service iCloud that includes new photo-sharing features, according to people familiar with ... more
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You might remember last week when we reported on a strange Apple propaganda video that depicts a 1944 World War II scenario where IBM is the axis of evil. Since then, a little bit of info has come to light about the video and how it came to be. It seems that in the late 70s Michael Markman was creative director of Image Stream, an L.A. media company, and his job was to help bring the video to life. Here's a bit from his blog: [quote]Given the way Steve had ... more
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I've spent a lot of my adult life defending Apple against haters, but an internal team-building video that features some serious weirdness won't get anything from me other than this. Recently uncovered by Network World, the video shows Steve Jobs portraying Franklin Delano Roosevelt and calling up some sort of military commander to give him a quick pep talk to bolster his spirits in the upcoming war... a war which must be won against IBM. The Ed Wood-esque propaganda film was intended to embolden Apple employees in their ... more
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If you've ever tried to take video with your iPhone single-handed, you know that the image can be quite shaky. Even with image stabilization software, your unstable hand can really make your video look awful. That's why you need to grab your very own Slingshot. This device works like a tiny steady cam attachment for your iPhone. Snap in your phone, grab the handle, and start filming. Better yet, it even has retractable legs that allow the Slingshot to stand on its own on any flat surface. Heck, the ... more
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Last year, Google took their VP8 codec, packaged it as WebM, and released it as a supposedly patent-free AV codec. Legal quarreling aside, Opera and Mozilla latched onto this as a decent video format that they won't have to pay for to implement in their software. Google slapped WebM support into Chrome, and then promised to get rid of h.264. Over a year later, that hasn't happened on the desktop, and the mobile landscape has grown even more reliant on h.264.Mozilla and Opera are left holding the bag ... more
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If you're into doing fun little video projects with your iPhone, you may want to check out The LOVE BOX Video Mixer for iPhone. There's only 17 available on Etsy. The mixer was built to help videographers record both a front and back shot at the same time, using the rear facing camera on an iPhone 4/4S. From the creators: [quote]The product was conceived in Paris, whilst recording a documentary about love and love after love (named "THE LOVE BOX Conversations"). We wanted to find a way to film conversations ... more
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This week Luca teams up with Sean Rioux to show off some music making applications as well as a controller for the iPad and iPhone. If you're thinking about getting into making music on your iOS devices this is a must watch episode. We chat about and show off the following: Rockmate for iPad The iRig Midi The Korg iMS-20 Application The Alesis DM Dock Akai SynthStation25 GarageBand for iPad The iPad Camera Kit [Download][Direct Feed][iTunes]
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Every couple of months articles crop up on the Internet calling Apple’s ecosystem a "walled garden" or a "golden cage" (1, 2, 3). These articles usually try to convince the reader that Apple has lured users into a trap using design/popularity/marketing, shut the door behind them and thrown away the key. The company’s recent foray into the education market, coupled with the controversy surrounding the badly worded and thus promptly misinterpreted licence agreement of its iBooks Author application, made the topic of Apple’s <a ... more
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Thursday, film and video post-production software company Avid released Avid Studio for iPad. Currently available for $4.99 (introductory price, soon to be $7.99), it's a clear competitor to Apple's iMovie for iOS (which is also available on iPhone). This mimics Avid's "big boy" competition in the world of fully-fledged professional post software on the desktop. Since the release of FCPX, many editors have gone back to their Avid roots with programs like Avid's Media Composer. The goal here is clear: show existing Apple customers how great Avid's products are, and hope ... more
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This incredibly fun video pays homage to the visual and auditory symphony that iOS and Mac users experience on a daily basis. We think you'll appreciate it. Also worth noting is that Chris Crutchfield, the director, editor, and composer, composed the music in Logic and Reason while editing the video in Final Cut Pro X. Hat tip to MG Siegler
Gizmos & Gadgets
I love the thinness of the iPhone 5, but hate how fragile the device can be at times. Though I don’t drop my iPhone often, it has happened, and the only thing that has saved my mobile connection to the world is my case. As a frequent iPod, iPhone and
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Feature Post
Two hundred and ten days, 22 hours, 33 minutes and 22 seconds No that’s not how long since the last Fast and the Furious sequel, it is the excruciating time lapsed since the last major Apple product launch. On October 23, 2012, the world was a kinder and more joyous
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