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The Macally MD-HD6C, is a Mini DisplayPort to HDMI cable with a length of 180 cm, connects your Apple computer with a Mini DisplayPort to any HDMI device, such as HDTV.
Supports a video resolution up to 1080p at 60Hz (full HD) and audio!
Continue reading → Macally MD-HD6C Mini DisplayPort to HDMI now Available
Coverage of the ongoing legal case between Apple and Samsung has kept us all glued here to the office whenever there’s an update. Here’s that video which is doing the rounds from the Conan show highligting how Samsung doesn’t copy Apple š
Our license to include the YouTube app in iOS has ended, customers can use YouTube in the Safari browser and Google is working on a new YouTube app to be on the App Store.
First it was Maps and now it’s YouTube which will no longer feature as part of the upcoming iOS 6 release later this year. Ā For those serious about YouTube and iOS,Ā m.youtube.com offers a much better experience than the baked in app.
Available to developers now iOS 6 Beta 4 is available via the usual methods; connecting to iTunes and Over-the-Air (OTA) and those with registered UDIDs. We’ve scoured the net to find out what changes have been made in the latest iOS beta
Todays neat program comes from Get iPlayer AutomatorĀ that letās you download any TV or Radio show over on the BBC iPlayer, 4od or iTV players, rather than dealing with a limited time to view and watch. Ā Once a show is downloaded a nice thumbnail is created and the show put into your iTunes library. Ā Version 1.8.1 Has been released. Ā See the Updated UI at the bottom at this post.
Continue reading → How To Download Programs From BBC iPlayer : Get iPlayer Automator
still very applicable hereā¦
A ā Approach the customer
P ā Probe (lol!) for what the customer needs
P ā Position a solution
L ā Listen to any objections
E ā End with a fond farewell.
Pre orders have been stopped and google have said they will be fulfilling all pre orders for the Nexus Q for free citing the fact it needs to be Android powered and a lack of functionality.
Being an underwhelming device despite the massive hoo haa upon release it did seem expensive for what it was, limited and never really capturing the imagination of developers. How does this make you feel, in a day of polished presentations and delivery do you feel that google should of perhaps thought this through more before delivery?
(Source Wired)
āOur goal isnāt to make money. Our goal absolutely at Apple is not to make money. This may sound a little flippant, but itās the truth,ā said the British designer. āOur goal and what gets us excited is to try to make great products. We trust that if we are successful people will like them, and if we are operationally competent we will make revenue, but we are very clear about our goal.ā
A nice article over at the Telegraph covering the Apple attitude and mindset. Source (The Telegraph)
Here’s a nice little freebie from the good people over at UnoTelly. If you live outside of the UK and would like access to the 20+ olympic streams we have here in the UK FOR FREE it couldn’t be simpler. UnoTelly are running an Olympic 2012 Promotion: Free UnoDNS access to BBC iPlayer to streaming all Olympic live events.
No registration required, no sign up’s, no handing over your details just head over to UnoTelly.com for full details. It’s right there on top of the front page!
In a quiet and unannounced fashion Apple has added Hulu Plus to their “hobby” Apple TV. I’ve yet to try this in the UK but performing a software update for the Apple TV then restarting Hulu Plus will magically appear.
Continue reading → Hulu Plus Now Showing on Apple TV (another reason to sign up for UnoTelly!)
But what exactly do users get for their twenty bucks? In short: a
nicer, more polished version of Lion.
Agreed. But there’s more and a whole host of hints to the operating systems future.
A true apple apology style (source joyoftech.com)
In allowing users to redownload any film they have purchased through their UK iTunes account, Apple is giving customers a way to easily track and retrieve previously purchased content. This is especially helpful for users with smaller hard drives in their MacBooks and iOS devices. Now they don’t have to back up and store all the large media purchases they made. When finished watching a film, the user can just delete it and the redownload it again when necessary.
Continue reading → Apple rolls out iTunes movies in the Cloud to UK, Australia, Canada, more
Judge first insists Samsung Galaxy not as cool as iPad, but then wants Apple to promote Galaxy on their site??
For those not familiar with the goings on, a UK judge ruled that Samsung couldn’t of copied Apple’s iPad design citing “Samsung aren’t cool” Ā Samsung win the case due to ”Ā real commercial harm,āĀ Apple are now forced to runĀ notices in the Financial Times, theĀ Daily Mail, Guardian Mobile magazine, and T3.
Source (Bloomberg)
Another neat feature of Mountain Lion is the ability to keep your text documents in iCloud. This seems to be a trend now with ML overall, there’s no real big killer feature but lot’s of little handy things that make sense. I’m not on iOS6 yet but i’d bet they synch up nicely. Handy.. very handy.
Continue reading → Mountain Lion Supports Text Documents in iCloud