Convert Panasonic HDC-TM700K 1080/60p MTS to FCP
from HD Converter Mac

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MomentMap storytelling app released for the Apple
iPad

post from prMac on 26 April 2012 09:35:00 PM. © prMac

MomentMap Limited announced that its first offering, MomentMap 1.15, is now available exclusively for the Apple iPad. MomentMap is a storytelling and image enrichment tool which allows its users to overlay personal experiences and interpretations on to an image, giving it context and meaning. Unlike complex image editing tools, MomentMap allows users to focus on the task at hand: creating informative visual narratives about a specific moment. The moments can be shared with other users.

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Samsung Hires Mob to Protest Outside Apple Store

post from Daring Fireball on 26 April 2012 06:03:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Embarrassing.

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Good Quarter for Amazon

post from Daring Fireball on 26 April 2012 06:03:00 PM. © Daring Fireball

Revenue is up year over year, although profits were down. This caught my eye:

?I?m excited to announce that we now have more than 130,000new, in-copyright books that are exclusive to the Kindle Store ?you won?t find them anywhere else. They include many of our topbestsellers ? in fact, 16 of our top 100 bestselling titles areexclusive to our store,? said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO ofAmazon.com.

So 16 percent of bestselling titles are exclusive to the Kindle Store — and theDepartment of Justice is investigating Apple’s iBookstore. Got it.

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Fun With Headlines

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Inside Social Games: “Zynga Reports Highest Ever Bookings for Q1 at $329M”.

Same facts, different headline from Reuters: “Zynga Reports $85 Million Quarterly Loss”.

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Film Stocks Now Available for Final Cut Pro X and
Motion 5

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Digital Film Tools, developer of visual effects software, today announced that its Film Stocks plug-in now supports Apple Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5. Existing Film Stocks video/film plug-in customers will receive this upgrade at no charge. Film Stocks offers a wide range of preset looks as well as the necessary controls to create analog film stock presets from scratch, including color correction, curves, colored filters, sharpness, diffusion, vignetting and film grain.

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PC makers should fear that iPads are first Apple
products for 1-in-4

post from Apple on 26 April 2012 04:02:54 PM. © Apple

Apple’s iPad continues to dominate the overall tablet market, but that alone shouldn’t be scaring manufacturers of other tablets and PCs. Instead, they should be concerned about this statistic: for one in four people buying iPads, the tablet is their very first Apple product. NPD Group reported the data on Thursday and notes that the while the iPod used to be the first Apple product many bought, today it’s a combination of iPads and iPhones.

Relatively speaking the iPad and iPhone are considered to be bulletproof consumer electronics devices. Sure, both have had issues in the past — the iPhone 4′s “antennagate” and iPad’s wireless problems come to mind — but the overall experience remains rock solid. A Changewave survey from earlier this month, for example, showed that 98 percent of all new iPad owners were either “very” or “somewhat” satisfied with their iPad purchase. And by the growing number of iPhone sales, it’s reasonable to think Apple’s handset is meeting or exceeding expectations as well.

So what’s the potential problem that PC makers should be concerned about? If consumers are happy with their first Apple product, they’re apt look to the company for additional hardware. Think MacBooks, iMacs, Airport routers and so on. And here’s the kicker for these first timers on an iPad or iPhone: Bits of the iOS look and feel are already part of Mac OS X Lion and will be expanded in Mountain Lion. When you add in the iCloud sync for Reminders and Messages that works on both iOS devices and Mac computers, the higher priced Apple laptops and desktops become even more compelling. Or even worse: Folks may consider not buying a PC at all and simply use an iPad for more computing tasks.

Sure there are a few PC makers that are trying to find some success in both the computer and the mobile industries: Samsung, Toshiba, Sony and Lenovo are some that come to mind. But none of these companies has melded the mobile and desktop experiences, user interface and ecosystem like Apple is doing. So while 25 percent of new iPad owners are getting their first taste of an Apple product may not sound alarming, warning bells should be ringing in the offices of those focused on desktops and mobiles as two discrete product lines.

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Android in Early 2007 Looked Very Different Than
It Does Today

Reminiscent in some ways of [Windows Mobile 5][5]. Doesn’t remind me at all of Android as we know it.

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Sincerelys card-giving app evolves into a
charitable giving app

Sincerely is adding a charitable twist to the holiday and special occasion cards users generate with their mobile phones. Starting Thursday, customers can choose from a selection of Sincerely Giving cards on their iPhones, iPads and Android devices that are linked to specific non-profits. By paying a premium for the card, the giver places a donation to that charity in the receiver?s name.

CEO and co-founder Matt Brezina said Sincerely is starting with three non-profits, the National Breast Cancer Foundation, buildOn, and Thirst Relief International, but plans to expand the program to more. According to Brezina, Sincerely?s mission has always been to make the act of card giving more thoughtful. So far that thoughtfulness has taken the form of customization ? allowing customers to insert their own photos, images and sentiments into the cards they send. Attaching a charitable donation to those cards is the next logical step, Brezina said.

Each non-profit has multiple card templates within the Sincerely Ink store, each of which can be customized with a giver?s own photos and messages. The cards run either $10 or $20, but 70 percent of that cost is giving directly to the non-profit selected. As with Sincerely?s regular cards, which start at $1.69 for U.S. addresses, the San Francisco startup prints out each card and mails it to its intended recipient.

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Smith and Tinker Infests Mobile Gaming Devices
with Nanovor

Smith & Tinker, the Seattle-based mobile game company, today announced the release of Nanovor, a collectible card style battle game available worldwide on the Apple App Store. Originally launched for the PC in fall 2009, Nanovor has been re-engineered specifically for touch-based mobile devices once again allowing players to collect, connect and battle. Nanovor follows the story of science whiz Lucas Nelson who discovered a nanoscopic world inside his computer.

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