Apple has made available a series of WWDC 2007 session videos through the iTunes store. The videos are now available to all members of the Apple Developer Connection. They include "Designing Web Content for the iPhone." Apple describes the video "iPhone completely redefines browser-based web access on a mobile phone. Watch iPhone engineers provide the latest techniques on mobile browser-based user experience design and development, and how to optimize your web application and content for the features and capabilities of iPhone." Also included are eight Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) sessions from WWDC 2006, including "Welcome to Xcode" and "IT State of the Union." Purchase of the Leopard Early Start Kit is required to receive sessions from Leopard sessions WWDC 2007.
There is also a group of videos dubbed "Coding Headstarts: Introductory Videos" that include step-by-step guidance on building application features that take advantage of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard components (APIs, frameworks, etc.) Among them are Getting Started with Cocoa Bindings, Polishing a Quick Look Plugin, Calendar Store Framework, Resolution Independence Introduction, Carbon and Cocoa Integration Introduction, Creating a PDFViewer with PDF Kit Introduction and more.
To access the videos, click this link which will automatically launch the appropriate section of the iTunes Store. (Note: With a free ADC account, we encountered two errors when attempting to download one of the WWDC session videos, but were eventually able to download it by clicking the reload button after selecting "Downloads" in iTunes).
Apple's .Mac site warns users that the .Mac service will be undergoing maintenance on August 7th between 10 AM an 12 PM PDT.
Due to scheduled maintenance, .Mac members might be intermittently unable to access some .Mac services from 10 AM to 12 PM PDT on 08/07/2007. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Coincidentally, this time corresponds exactly to Apple's Media Event which is scheduled to take place on August 7th at 10AM PDT.
Steve Jobs said that .Mac would be updated in the near future during a recent interview.
Nobody knows for sure, but looking at sites, analysts and newspapers everywhere, the consensus is that tomorrow we will see new iMacs coming from Apple. And with the Intel transition more than done, it's time for new eye candy, like this iPhone-styled model.
As many thought, The Wall Street Journal has just confirmed that Steve Jobs will specifically be at the Apple event on Tuesday, August 7th. The Apple event is described to be a Mac-focused event with many expectations of a new iMac revision.
A picture of the new Imac has been leaked. Not really... It was determined as a fake photoshoped picture. But nonetheless it looks cool. We sadly will have to wait it out.
Miglia’s VideoExpress is a hardware-based video file converter enabling you to turn your unprotected DVDs and QuickTime or MPEG files into h.264, the format readable by your AppleTV, video-capable iPod, or iPhone. VideoExpress speeds up the process of converting your files, giving you a fast way to make h.264 files.
Plug VideoExpress into a USB 2.0 port of your Mac, launch the software and you’re all set to go. The wide range of presets enable you to choose exactly the format you want, letting you create h.264 videos for your AppleTV, iPhone or iPod.
Whether you’re a Final Cut, iMovie or QuickTime Pro user, the included QuickTime plug-in which lets you convert your projects into h.264 without ever leaving the application.
Key Features • High speed video file conversion to h.264 • Convert unprotected DVD’s into the space saving h.264 format • Turn your TV recordings and videos into iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV ready files • Includes QuickTime Plug-in. Export straight out of iMovie, Final Cut and many more apps.
Converting your TV recordings with VideoExpress is easy. Drag and drop your video file onto the VideoExpress software application, choose a target format and press "Start." The result will be an .mp4 file in h.264 quality that takes up to half as much space on your hard drive. This makes VideoExpress a good companion to any TV Tuner product.
The US$100 VideoExpress supports QuickTime as well as MPEG-2 recorded files, making it fully compatible with digital TV tuners. VideoExpress works in conjunction with "The Tube" software, which powers several Miglia TV tuners.
Of course, apart from accelerating the conversion process, VideoExpress also takes much of the load off your Mac’s processor, enabling you to keep working on your other projects.
According to PC World, Symantec has upped the warning level to Mac users this week on a Samba exploit first discovered in May of this year after discovering the exploit has been uploaded to the Metasploit hacking framework. Despite Samba’s developers having released a fix a day after the discovery, Apple has yet to patch the hole.
The exploit can allegedly allow a hacker to gain root access to a Mac which is running Samba. Samba is turned on in Macs when a user checks the “Windows File Sharing” checkbox in the System Preferences’ “Sharing” panel. Symantec suggests Mac users uncheck that box until Apple releases a patch (not exactly the solution many of us on mixed networks would like to hear).
"If you're not a music industry executive, you probably haven't spent much time perusing the documents from the recent UK Copyright Tribunal's decision on online royalty rates for music publishers. But some people have, and they've turned up evidence that Apple is maybe planning to introduce ad-funded music on iTunes," Stuart Dredge reports for Tech Digest.
"The Tribunal's decision quotes witness evidence from iTunes VP Eddie Cue, where he states that Apple would only pay advertising revenue where 'that revenue is earned as a result of an advertisement, sponsorship or a click-through link located on a Licensed service … and only where the Licensed Service is offered to the User at a price which has been artificially depressed to reflect such revenue,'" Dredge reports.
Apple's brand appeal has increased 17.7 percent to overseas customers, according to a new study of top global brands. The research -- which looked at a mix of 33 U.S. brands between November of 2006 and January of 2007 baesd on a total of 30,000 interviews with consumers at least 13 years old -- revealed that U.S. brands are losing traction with foreign customers overall, but that companies like Apple and Google are thwarting the downward trend, according to CNNMoney.com. "Today it's more difficult to get people to like your brand because consumers in developing and emerging markets have become much more discerning," said Jennifer James, a consultant with Gfk Roper Consulting.
"Last year there was still heightened enthusiasm for American brands and also for European and other international brands. That's starting to wane." Google managed to increase its brand popularity with overseas customers by allowing users to customize their experience, while Apple's popularity gain likely ensued as a result of the company's string of popular product releases.
“After more than a week of using it—as my only personal phone—I’m still gushing,” reports Stephanie Angelyn Casola (hometownlife.com) of her new iPhone. It provided “the most painless set-up for a new cell phone I’ve ever experienced.” Casola explains that she easily assigned “pictures to my contacts. Then, when someone calls, I can see instantly who it is.” “The ease with which this is accomplished makes it easy to see why iPhone is so revolutionary. It’s not just the combination of uses, it’s the way Apple has managed to make this device so very simple.”
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