Paintings Inspired by Films

post from Daring Fireball on 25 February 2011 11:03:36 PM. © Daring Fireball

Gorgeous, evocative work. (Via John Nack.)

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Consumer Reports Claims Verizon iPhone Still Has
Antenna Issues

post from Daring Fireball on 25 February 2011 10:03:41 PM. © Daring Fireball

Yet miraculously, in the real world, no one has this problem. Seriously, where are the actual Verizon iPhone users complaining about this?

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How Sun Almost Bought Apple in 1996

post from Daring Fireball on 25 February 2011 10:03:41 PM. © Daring Fireball

Chris Preimesberg for eWeek:

Would there be iPhones, iPads and iPods on the market today if SunMicrosystems had been able to close a deal to buy out Apple in themid-1990s?
No, says former Sun CEO Scott McNealy. “If we had bought Apple,there wouldn’t have been iPods or iPads … I’d have screwed thatup,” McNealy conceded in a talk Feb. 24 with another former SunCEO, Ed Zander, at a Churchill Club dinner at the Santa ClaraConvention Center.

Refreshingly honest.

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You Win, RIM

post from Daring Fireball on 25 February 2011 09:03:48 PM. © Daring Fireball

Jamie Murai:

You win. I concede defeat. I no longer want to attempt developingan app for the Playbook. Are you happy now? Surely you must be.Considering how terribly designed the entire process is, from theregistration right through to loading an app into the simulator, Ican only assume that you are trying to drive developers away byinconveniencing them as much as humanly possible. Just in caseyou?ve forgotten, let me give you a little recap of the processyou?ve put together.

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Claim Chowder on Yours Truly

post from Daring Fireball on 25 February 2011 09:03:48 PM. © Daring Fireball

Me, back in March 2006:

One nice side effect of the continuing growth and success ofApple?s iPod / iTunes / iTMS platform is that we?re no longersubjected to moronic business and tech pundits proclaiming thatApple, despite its initial success, is ?making the same mistakewith the iPod that they made with the Macintosh in the 1980s.?

Maybe the most wrong I’ve ever been. (Thanks to DF reader Tim Ricchuiti.)

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Mac OS X Lion Building in Support for Super High
Resolution Retina Monitors

post from Daring Fireball on 25 February 2011 04:04:42 PM. © Daring Fireball

This is why the iPad won’t increase in resolution until they can double it — increments less than 2x just don’t work out neatly.

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igh-resolution-retina-monitors/

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One Man Left Releases Tilt to Live Cooperative
Mode

post from prMac on 25 February 2011 03:50:00 PM. © prMac

One Man Left Studios has announced the release of its first multiplayer gametype for Tilt to Live for iOS, called Viva la Coop! It's a free addition to the game's Expansion, Viva la Turret. This cooperative mode works over wi-fi or Bluetooth between two local devices. Wi-fi play will sync the pair's highscore to a dedicated Coop leaderboard. Tilt to Live HD is an arcade shooter with five different modes of play and a unique combat system.

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Bord - Turn your iPad or iPhone into a beautiful
and unique chalkboard

Pixle is pleased to introduce Bord 1.0 for iOS. Designed for children and parents alike, Bord turns your iPad or iPhone into a beautiful and unique chalkboard simulator. You can teach your child letters, numbers, shapes - everything without leaving a chalk dust trail. Create drawings using six colors and three thicknesses of realistic chalk. You can even draw with 10 fingers at once. Your saved drawings can be loaded with playback in the realtime or with different speeds.

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Bugs & Fixes: Apps vanish; backups save the day

Bugs & Fixes: Apps vanish; backups save the day Ted Landau's heart skipped a beat when he discovered an empty Applications folder. Thanks to a redundant backup strategy, however, his bacon, heart, and data were saved.

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iCrates Launches iPhone App For Record Collectors
And Music Lovers

iCrates announces the release of their iOS app to compliment the iCrates suite of products. iCrates 1.1.1 gives instant access to one of the biggest music databases and marketplaces. Users find detailed information on releases, artists and labels while searching for music in record stores or on flea markets. The built-in barcode scanner allows even faster access to search results. iCrates users can even listen to audio samples and full tracks or watch related videos on Youtube.

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http://prmac.com/release-id-22148.htm

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