Doremisoft released a Simple and Powerful Video
Editor for Mac

post from prMac on 01 September 2011 10:57:00 PM. © prMac

Doremisoft has announced Video Editor for Mac. With Video Editing Software, you can capture video from digital recorders; the best can capture video from DV, HDV, MicroDV, AVCHD and analog camcorders as well as from digital and PC cameras. Capture video from traditional entertainment formats, like analog TV and VCR recording with the right hardware. You can rearrange, mix or combine video, with timeline editing, drag & drop video clips or files to where you want them to be.

Read The Full Article:
http://prmac.com/release-id-30198.htm

Add to del.icio.us

Digg this

Post to Furl

Add to reddit

Add to myYahoo!

Photo Slideshow Director for iPad is Available on
iTunes App Store

post from prMac on 01 September 2011 10:02:00 PM. © prMac

Socusoft Studio has introduced its first iPad application Photo Slideshow Director 1.0, for making photo slideshows and streaming photo slideshows to HDTV at up to 1920*1080. Photo Slideshow Director helps you create photo slideshows with music, transitions, themes, etc in minutes, immediately bringing your still photos to life. This iPad app is designed especially for streaming photo slideshows to HDTV, which enables your projects to be presented on TV in full screen.

Read The Full Article:
http://prmac.com/release-id-30196.htm

Digg this

Developer Week in Review: HP fires up the
TouchPad production line one more time - HP's unique take on marketing, James Gosling leaves Google, and Apple continues its tavern distribution program.

post from O'Reilly Media: Mac and iPhone on 01 September 2011 07:03:26 PM. © O'Reilly Media: Mac and iPhone

Read The Full Article:
http://feeds.oreilly.com/~r/oreilly/digitalmedia/mac/~3/b19NJM08UU0/hp-touchpad-j
ames-gosling-iphone-leak.html

Digg this

Starz Says It Wont Renew Giant Netflix Deal

post from Daring Fireball on 01 September 2011 07:03:17 PM. © Daring Fireball

Peter Kafka:

Satellite TV channel Starz says it won?t renew its distribution deal with Netflix when it expires next February.
If the company follows through on that statement, it will mean Netflix won?t be able provide digital access to movies from Sony and Disney ? a scenario Reed Hastings and company have been trying to avoid for years.

February is a ways off, but this would severely hurt Netflix’s streaming library if they can’t work out another deal with those studios. This is the problem with being a middleman.

?

Read The Full Article:
http://allthingsd.com/20110901/starz-says-it-wont-renew-giant-netflix-deal/

Digg this

Lenovo U300s Ultraportable Laptop

post from Daring Fireball on 01 September 2011 04:03:19 PM. © Daring Fireball

Reminds me of something, can’t quite put my finger on it.

?

Read The Full Article:
http://www.slashgear.com/lenovo-u300s-ultraportable-laptop-revealed-01175972/

Digg this

Compromise

post from Daring Fireball on 01 September 2011 04:03:18 PM. © Daring Fireball

Another interesting post from Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky, on the thinking behind the design of Windows 8. I detect a theme (emphasis mine):

From the start, our approach has been to reimagineWindows, and to be open to revisiting even the most basicelements of the user model, the platform and APIs, and thearchitectures we support. Our goal was a no compromisedesign. [?]
Why not just start over from scratch? Why not just removeall of the desktop features and only ship the Metroexperience? Why not “convert” everything to Metro? Thearguments for a ?clean slate? are well known, both for andagainst. We chose to take the approach of building adesign without compromise. [?]
Windows 8 brings together all the power and flexibilityyou have in your PC today with the ability to immerseyourself in a Metro style experience. You don?t have tocompromise! You carry one device that does everythingyou want and need. [?]
Our design goal was clear: no compromises.

Like I wrote yesterday, Microsoft and Apple are going in two very different directions, especially when you compare iOS to Windows 8. Apple has embraced compromise. The compromises in iOS are, for many people in many contexts, what makes the iPad better than a Mac. The compromises enforce simplicity and obviousness in design, and at a technical level they lead to iOS’s excellent battery life.

I do work on the road using a MacBook Air, not an iPad, because I’m one of those users for whom the iPad’s design compromises get in the way, and slow me down. But I like having the iPad as a separate device, for reading and video. The marvel of the iPad is not that it can replace a Mac. It’s that it opened the door to all sorts of things that a Mac was never all that good for.

This bit from Sinofsky is interesting:

As we showed, you get an amazing touch experience, and also onethat works with mouse, trackpad, and keyboard. And if you want tostay permanently immersed in that Metro world, you will never seethe desktop — we won?t even load it (literally the code willnot be loaded) unless you explicitly choose to go there! This isWindows reimagined.

I’m on the record as a skeptic regarding Windows 8’s “one OS for all machines” design. What it boils down to is that I think their goal is too ambitious. It’s a boil-the-ocean plan. But if they pull it off, they might really have something. I just think it’s too big an “if”.

Read The Full Article:
http://daringfireball.net/2011/09/compromise

Digg this

Apple CEO Tim Cook Promotes iTunes/iCloud Chief
Eddy Cue to Senior VP of Internet Software and Services

post from Daring Fireball on 01 September 2011 04:03:18 PM. © Daring Fireball

Nice scoop from 9to5 Mac. Includes Tim Cook’s company-wide announcement.

?

Read The Full Article:
http://9to5mac.com/2011/09/01/itunes-chief-eddy-cue-gets-promoted-to-senior-vice-
president-of-internet-software-and-services/

Digg this

PlayHaven's New Platform Helps Mobile Developers
Monetize on iOS

California based PlayHaven announces today the launch of their real-time marketing platform, built specifically to help developers maximize the success of their mobile games. By providing tools that bring the speed and flexibility of the web to mobile game development, PlayHaven's new platform enables mobile game developers to effectively market their apps, engage their users, and boost their average revenue per user in real-time.

Read The Full Article:
http://prmac.com/release-id-30299.htm

Digg this

Play Tic Tac with Friends online with Gamecenter
on iPhone/iPad

Schogini Systems releases gamecenter based Tic Tac with Friends online social gaming app. With its elegantly laid out graphics of apples and oranges theme, Tic Tac with Friends offers users to play with the system, or play with anybody close by, or online with a friend anywhere in the world over the Internet or WiFi. The game features elegant and beautiful graphics with apples and oranges theme for enhanced experience. Tic Tac with Friends offers playing in three enjoyable modes.

Read The Full Article:
http://prmac.com/release-id-30293.htm

Digg this

Enjoy exciting Rolling Rat game with a crazy rat
on a gliding wheel

Schogini Systems has announced the release of Rolling Rat, a simple yet addictive game for all ages. With Rolling Rat, players enjoy rolling down a hill with a crazy rat on a crazy wheel. Rolling Rat challenges users to avoid obstacles like blazing balls of fire and hanging spiny balls to keep the rat speedily gliding. Rolling Rat ensures players will be engrossed by the game time and time again. Players can easily fill up every free moment of their day regardless of where they are.

Read The Full Article:
http://prmac.com/release-id-30294.htm

Digg this