Hello fellow Apple fans and welcome to another edition of AppleTalk Thursday. We have quite a bit of Apple news and rumblings this week so let’s see what’s happening.
Steve Jobs Medical Leave
Let’s address the big elephant in the room first. I will simply restate what I wrote on Tuesday. Not a lot of details as to why as the CEO of Apple is very private person when it comes to himself, but for the second time Steve Jobs is taking a medical leave and Tim Cook will run the day to day operations just as he did the last time while Jobs remains CEO during his absence. So this may explain why Cook was there for the iPhone-Verizon announcement last week and not Jobs as many expected. We here at TupeloGeek wish Steve nothing but the best and pray for a full recovery for him and look forward to his excellent keynote speeches soon enough. Great so now that we have that out of the way, let’s move on.
Apple releases iOS 4.3 to developers
I touched on this briefly last week when I mentioned that Apple had included a Hotspot feature in 4.3 but in addition, it will also allow developers to utilize AirPlay features. That is great news cause it means apps like Netflix, and maybe even Hulu Plus will be able to stream video to AppleTV. It also gives the option back to the user to decide if the slider switch on the iPad should be a mute or screen lock orientation switch. Also there appears to be a Find my Friend feature for MobileMe users, this would be similar to Latitude from Google.
Apple boosts market share in slumping US PC market
Interesting little tidbit here on how Apple is increasing its sales even during one of the worst periods for PC sales. All I can say is neener-neener.
Gloves for touchscreen users
Well, here we are in January and for a lot of folks it is COLD! Recently there was snow on the ground in 49 States (sorry Florida). So what do you do if you are out for a morning or late night run or walk and you use an app like RunKeeper on your iPhone and need to access some data without freezing your fingers off? Well, MacWorld offers a review on some touchscreen friendly gloves. Granted some of these gloves can be pricey, but they do offer both comfort and functionality at the same time...or you could just join a gym or move to Florida.
Safari and iTunes together?
Strictly rumor at this point, but imagine a tightly integrated iTunes with Safari. This could really push Safari out of being a niche browser into a true multimedia browser. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
A5 processor 4x faster than A4 chip for iPad 2 and iPhone 5
AppleInisder is reporting that the upcoming iPad and iPhone updates will sport a chip known as the A5 that will be 4x faster than its predecessor the A4. Lot of specs in the article so you hardcore techies, knock yourself out.
Cool feature in Twitter for Mac
I came across this article on a nice feature that works quite well for me it turns out. If you installed the recently updated Twitter app for the Mac (formerly known as Tweet when you highlight something and right click a contextual menu appears and at the bottom is an option that says, “Tweet” it basically will then copy and paste what you have highlighted into a tweet box to send out. It is really great when I write something on Facebook that would make for a great tweet. Give it a try!
Well, that is going to do it for this edition of AppleTalk Thursday. See you all next week with more news from our favorite tech company!
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Tuesday Tech Talk #70
Hey everybody and welcome to another installment of Tuesday Tech Talk.
Big Brother looking at disabling your cellphone in a vehicle
This is somewhat tech and a lot political, but it was enough to fire up the libertarian in me (note the small “L”). Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was quoted as stating the following:
“There’s a lot of technology out there now that can disable phones and we’re looking at that,” said LaHood on MSNBC. LaHood said the cellphone scramblers were one way, and also stressed the importance of “personal responsibility.”
Now here is the problem I have with this statement, scramblers would scramble any cellphone in the vehicle so even if you are a passenger in the vehicle, your cellphone would be scrambled too. Of course if you are driving you should not text and drive that is just personal responsibility which he states at the end. Never the less, with the whole controversy of TSA naked X-Ray machines and pat downs, the last thing the American people want to hear is how someone else in the government wants to take away more of our freedoms. Go shove it Mr. LaHood!
Hulu Plus leaves Preview and drops its price
Hulu Plus is now for everybody and at a $7.99 price and, is available on Roku boxes. No word yet on an AppleTV deal, but with it being available on the iPad and iPhone, it can only be a matter of time before it is available for AppleTV.
Zuckerberg talks Messaging, Data Portability, and Mistakes
Last week at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the future of messaging and how email will be used in more formal communications, but more casual messaging is growing more and more through IM, SMS Texting, and Facebook messaging. He also touches on data portability and mistakes made.
Twitter CEO takes issue with China over labor sentencing over a retweet
Dick Costolo sent out a tweet last week critical of the Chinese government sentencing a woman for one year to a labor camp for “reeducation”. Here is a snap shot of the Tweet:
News Corp and Apple building iPad only Newspaper
According to Women’s Wear Daily, Apple and News Corp are collaborating on an iPad specific digital newspaper called The Daily, that would sell for 99 cents per week. There is even speculation that Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs will make a co-announcement sharing the stage together. I have thought the iPad is perfect for reading a digital newspaper, in-fact I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal newspaper on my iPad and if The Daily is anything like the WSJ, then we are in store for something special at a cheaper price than the WSJ.
Apple working on CDMA-GSM iPad?
According to All Things Digital, Apple may be working on a “World iPad” in that it would contain both a CDMA and GSM chipset to work with multiple carriers. If so this would be huge and is going to sell units in just about every wireless providers store. Take that Samsung Galaxy and Blackberry PlayBook!
GoogleTV gets double negative reviews from New York Times and Wall Street Journal
Basically calling it complex and not as straight forward as the AppleTV. The New York Times and WSJ said that GoogleTV is a step in the wrong direction and missing the mark, respectively. Quite frankly, I would agree, I played around with both the Logitech Revue and Sony-based systems and found it to be a cross between watching WebTV while viewing TV content. Look, if people want to browse the web while watching TV, their going to do it from their laptop, smartphone, or tablet device and not their TV. It may be ahead of its time possibly, but for right now it is a pure geek device and not something you would get your parents or grandparents. By contrast, the AppleTV is straight forward, you have a basic remote for browsing a basic onscreen menu to jump between the different services that all do one thing, provide video and audio content for your TV. Once again, Apple gets it, try again Google!
Well, that is going to do it for this edition of Tuesday Tech Talk, I still love you guys at Google, but with Thanksgiving this week, there will be no Googling Friday this coming Friday. You don’t need to spend your time reading my blog that day, instead spent it with your family. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Big Brother looking at disabling your cellphone in a vehicle
This is somewhat tech and a lot political, but it was enough to fire up the libertarian in me (note the small “L”). Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was quoted as stating the following:
“There’s a lot of technology out there now that can disable phones and we’re looking at that,” said LaHood on MSNBC. LaHood said the cellphone scramblers were one way, and also stressed the importance of “personal responsibility.”
Now here is the problem I have with this statement, scramblers would scramble any cellphone in the vehicle so even if you are a passenger in the vehicle, your cellphone would be scrambled too. Of course if you are driving you should not text and drive that is just personal responsibility which he states at the end. Never the less, with the whole controversy of TSA naked X-Ray machines and pat downs, the last thing the American people want to hear is how someone else in the government wants to take away more of our freedoms. Go shove it Mr. LaHood!
Hulu Plus leaves Preview and drops its price
Hulu Plus is now for everybody and at a $7.99 price and, is available on Roku boxes. No word yet on an AppleTV deal, but with it being available on the iPad and iPhone, it can only be a matter of time before it is available for AppleTV.
Zuckerberg talks Messaging, Data Portability, and Mistakes
Last week at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the future of messaging and how email will be used in more formal communications, but more casual messaging is growing more and more through IM, SMS Texting, and Facebook messaging. He also touches on data portability and mistakes made.
Twitter CEO takes issue with China over labor sentencing over a retweet
Dick Costolo sent out a tweet last week critical of the Chinese government sentencing a woman for one year to a labor camp for “reeducation”. Here is a snap shot of the Tweet:
News Corp and Apple building iPad only Newspaper
According to Women’s Wear Daily, Apple and News Corp are collaborating on an iPad specific digital newspaper called The Daily, that would sell for 99 cents per week. There is even speculation that Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs will make a co-announcement sharing the stage together. I have thought the iPad is perfect for reading a digital newspaper, in-fact I subscribe to the Wall Street Journal newspaper on my iPad and if The Daily is anything like the WSJ, then we are in store for something special at a cheaper price than the WSJ.
Apple working on CDMA-GSM iPad?
According to All Things Digital, Apple may be working on a “World iPad” in that it would contain both a CDMA and GSM chipset to work with multiple carriers. If so this would be huge and is going to sell units in just about every wireless providers store. Take that Samsung Galaxy and Blackberry PlayBook!
GoogleTV gets double negative reviews from New York Times and Wall Street Journal
Basically calling it complex and not as straight forward as the AppleTV. The New York Times and WSJ said that GoogleTV is a step in the wrong direction and missing the mark, respectively. Quite frankly, I would agree, I played around with both the Logitech Revue and Sony-based systems and found it to be a cross between watching WebTV while viewing TV content. Look, if people want to browse the web while watching TV, their going to do it from their laptop, smartphone, or tablet device and not their TV. It may be ahead of its time possibly, but for right now it is a pure geek device and not something you would get your parents or grandparents. By contrast, the AppleTV is straight forward, you have a basic remote for browsing a basic onscreen menu to jump between the different services that all do one thing, provide video and audio content for your TV. Once again, Apple gets it, try again Google!
Well, that is going to do it for this edition of Tuesday Tech Talk, I still love you guys at Google, but with Thanksgiving this week, there will be no Googling Friday this coming Friday. You don’t need to spend your time reading my blog that day, instead spent it with your family. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday Tech Talk #68
Hello folks and apologies for the late edition of this weeks Triple T. Last week I blogged about our new AppleTV so lets return back to the normal format this week.
iWork ’11 to be released in Mac App Store?
As Apple mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the App Store for Mac will be launching early next year with a full rollout with OS X 10.7 Lion. Now there are reports that Apple’s iWork application will be sold through the store. This makes a lot of sense, for one thing unlike iLife, the file size is not as huge. In addition, it will give the options to only buy what you want for example you may just want Pages instead of the whole package, which according to Steve Jobs presentation showed each one priced at $20. I love iWork, but I don’t use Keynote as of yet, so having the option to just buy Pages and Numbers would be beneficial to me.
iOS 4.2 coming Friday possibly
According to various sources besides Apple themselves, iOS 4.2 should rollout Friday around 1pm ET/10am PT. There is much speculation as to if AirPrint will be withheld from the update due to technical issues. According to Steve Jobs though, this appears to not be the case. It would be nice to have this feature, but it is not the primary reason I’m excited about 4.2, I’m excited about AirPlay, multitasking, and folders for my iPad. I just have too many screens on my iPad right now and folders will help to organize that. I have an AppleTV now so AirPlay is going to be awesome! But more about 4.2 next week once it is out.
Most homes have HD television, fewer watch in HD
Interesting study here, although 56% of US homes have an HD television, only 20% if programming is being broadcast in true HD. There are many issues for this, if you subscribe to a satellite or cable service, you will need an HD capable box from them to watch HD programming and that is if the actual channel is in HD. Example, where I live the local channels are broadcast in HD but DirecTV is not carrying the HD feed of those channels yet even though Dish and Comcast do. Not sure why DIrecTV is dragging their feet on this but in a year, it won’t be my worry when I switch to Dish (I would say Comcast, but their internet service is spotty so not sure I trust them on the TV side.) Of course there are many channels besides locals that don’t even broadcast in HD yet which adds to that 80% figure. Have I mentioned how much I love our AppleTV?
Amazon Kindle to offer higher percentage of revenue to periodicals and newspapers
Amazon announced this week it will increase the percentage of revenue it gives to magazine and newspaper publishers to 70% from 30% or basically turning the tables on themselves. I think this will be key in getting more magazine and newspaper publishers to stick their toe into the digital pool and offer their content. I buy all my books in digital form now and so I expect the same in periodicals. Call this my effort in reducing my carbon footprint, even though I don’t believe in that environmental junk.
Conan’s Pale Whale
Finally, I was happy this week as Conan launched his new show on TBS. I truly believe NBC screwed him over and he should have had more time with the Tonight Show. But that is a rant for another day, an artist created an image of the famous (or infamous) Twitter Fail Whale for Conan but this one is known as Pale Whale and as you can see Coco is riding him. Welcome back to late night Coco!
Well, that is going to do it for this weeks Tuesday Tech Talk, I’ll have some app reviews next week. Have a great week!
iWork ’11 to be released in Mac App Store?
As Apple mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the App Store for Mac will be launching early next year with a full rollout with OS X 10.7 Lion. Now there are reports that Apple’s iWork application will be sold through the store. This makes a lot of sense, for one thing unlike iLife, the file size is not as huge. In addition, it will give the options to only buy what you want for example you may just want Pages instead of the whole package, which according to Steve Jobs presentation showed each one priced at $20. I love iWork, but I don’t use Keynote as of yet, so having the option to just buy Pages and Numbers would be beneficial to me.
iOS 4.2 coming Friday possibly
According to various sources besides Apple themselves, iOS 4.2 should rollout Friday around 1pm ET/10am PT. There is much speculation as to if AirPrint will be withheld from the update due to technical issues. According to Steve Jobs though, this appears to not be the case. It would be nice to have this feature, but it is not the primary reason I’m excited about 4.2, I’m excited about AirPlay, multitasking, and folders for my iPad. I just have too many screens on my iPad right now and folders will help to organize that. I have an AppleTV now so AirPlay is going to be awesome! But more about 4.2 next week once it is out.
Most homes have HD television, fewer watch in HD
Interesting study here, although 56% of US homes have an HD television, only 20% if programming is being broadcast in true HD. There are many issues for this, if you subscribe to a satellite or cable service, you will need an HD capable box from them to watch HD programming and that is if the actual channel is in HD. Example, where I live the local channels are broadcast in HD but DirecTV is not carrying the HD feed of those channels yet even though Dish and Comcast do. Not sure why DIrecTV is dragging their feet on this but in a year, it won’t be my worry when I switch to Dish (I would say Comcast, but their internet service is spotty so not sure I trust them on the TV side.) Of course there are many channels besides locals that don’t even broadcast in HD yet which adds to that 80% figure. Have I mentioned how much I love our AppleTV?
Amazon Kindle to offer higher percentage of revenue to periodicals and newspapers
Amazon announced this week it will increase the percentage of revenue it gives to magazine and newspaper publishers to 70% from 30% or basically turning the tables on themselves. I think this will be key in getting more magazine and newspaper publishers to stick their toe into the digital pool and offer their content. I buy all my books in digital form now and so I expect the same in periodicals. Call this my effort in reducing my carbon footprint, even though I don’t believe in that environmental junk.
Conan’s Pale Whale
Finally, I was happy this week as Conan launched his new show on TBS. I truly believe NBC screwed him over and he should have had more time with the Tonight Show. But that is a rant for another day, an artist created an image of the famous (or infamous) Twitter Fail Whale for Conan but this one is known as Pale Whale and as you can see Coco is riding him. Welcome back to late night Coco!
Well, that is going to do it for this weeks Tuesday Tech Talk, I’ll have some app reviews next week. Have a great week!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Tuesday Tech Talk #2
It’s Tuesday which means it’s time for another edition of Triple T. Here is what’s grabbing my attention this week.
iMissal for iPhone/iPod touch This is one cool app if your a geeky Catholic like myself. For $7 you get the daily readings and the order of the Mass right on your iPhone and no WiFi or 3G/EDGE connection required to access it. If your in the RCIA and have an iPhone or touch you might like this as it helps in understanding the order of the Mass. It also has a Liturgical calendar and over 50 prayers as well. Well worth the $7!
Updated MacJournal is out, I will see if there are any new exciting features to report in the next Triple T. If you use a Mac and are a blogger this is one of the best blogging apps you can buy. They also offer a Windows version too. I finally figured out how to embed a YouTube video on MacJournal which was the only time I actually had to go to my website’s dashboard to post. But now that I have figured it out on MJ, no more visits to WP to post a blog.
It appears Apple’s Snow Leopard’s API appears set. We should see some cool features at WWDC hopefully.
Finally a new updated Twitteriffic is out for the iPhone/iPod touch. They have added some great features like the ability to use multiple accounts, retweeting, and filtering capabilities. A welcome update for an app that saw others pass it by in capabilities.
iMissal for iPhone/iPod touch This is one cool app if your a geeky Catholic like myself. For $7 you get the daily readings and the order of the Mass right on your iPhone and no WiFi or 3G/EDGE connection required to access it. If your in the RCIA and have an iPhone or touch you might like this as it helps in understanding the order of the Mass. It also has a Liturgical calendar and over 50 prayers as well. Well worth the $7!
Updated MacJournal is out, I will see if there are any new exciting features to report in the next Triple T. If you use a Mac and are a blogger this is one of the best blogging apps you can buy. They also offer a Windows version too. I finally figured out how to embed a YouTube video on MacJournal which was the only time I actually had to go to my website’s dashboard to post. But now that I have figured it out on MJ, no more visits to WP to post a blog.
It appears Apple’s Snow Leopard’s API appears set. We should see some cool features at WWDC hopefully.
Finally a new updated Twitteriffic is out for the iPhone/iPod touch. They have added some great features like the ability to use multiple accounts, retweeting, and filtering capabilities. A welcome update for an app that saw others pass it by in capabilities.
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