TechCrunch Macintosh Stories: Busy Being Born The Macintosh User Interface wasn't designed all at once; it was actually the result of almost five years of experimentation and development at Apple, starting with graphics routines that Bill Atkinson began writing for Lisa in late 1978. Like any evolutionary process, there were lots of false starts and blind alleys along the way. It's a shame that these tend to be lost to history, since there is a lot that we can learn from them. Fortunately, the main developer of the user interface, Bill Atkinson, was an avid, lifelong photographer, and he had the foresight to document the incremental development of the Lisa User Interface (which more or less became the Mac UI after a few tweaks) with a series of photographs. He kept a Polaroid camera by his computer, and took a snapshot each time the user interface reached a new milestone, which he collected in a loose-leaf notebook. Here are some more demos of the initial graphics routines. ...into a mouse/windows based user interface.
NL_AFFILIATES (TWIZOPHRANIC) sur Twitter Bluetooth-fähige Handys unter Mac OS X - iSync und die Alternativen Falls Sie mit Ihrem Bluetooth-fähigen Handy nicht nur ins Internet wollen, sondern Adressbuch und Kalender mit dem Mac synchronisieren wollen, ist das auch schnell eingerichtet, wenn Sie ein von iSync unterstütztes Gerät auswählen. iSync ist Bestandteil von Mac OS X und damit kostenlos. Wenn Sie noch keine Gelegenheit gefunden haben, aus Entourage von Microsoft Office auszusteigen, können Sie Ihr Handy statt mit Apples Adressbuch und iCal auch mit Entourage synchronisieren. Kostenlos ist die entsprechende Software nicht, aber so teuer wie Microsoft Office wiederum auch nicht. MobileSync Handys unter Mac OS X - iSync Plugins Die Liste der von iSync unterstützen Handys mag noch so lang sein, dort fehlen auch viele Handys. Eine Anleitung von Steffen Zimmermann, um solche Plugins für iSync selber herzustellen, findet man unter: www.isync-hilfe.de Handys unter Mac OS X - Integration in Apples Adressbuch Durch die Synchronisierung mit dem Handy können Sie - wie z. BluePhoneElite Ericsson Client
Modder outfits Nexus One with an Arduino-powered, pager-style display -- of course Not satisfied with a Sony Ericsson LiveView as a secondary display for your Android phone, or a dual-screen device like the Kyocera Echo? Then you might want to consider something like this decidedly more homebrew approach from modder "follower," which uses the Android Open Accessory protocol to connect the Frankenpager-type contraption you see above to an otherwise ordinary Nexus One. Of course, that two-line display does limit things somewhat, but it will at least let you see the time and any incoming text messages without forcing you to leave your game. Comments iPad 2 jailbreak available now? (video) Can't say it happened at Mach 3, but the iPad 2 jailbreak that we saw teased back in mid-March seems to have made its way out into the wild at long last. According to the video hosted up just past the break, JailbreakMe 3.0 is now available with support for the iPad 2. It's bruited that the version making its way around now was leaked by a beta tester (read: it ain't the final build), and we're seeing mixed success / failure stories in the related YouTube comments. We'd encourage the daring to tap the links below in order to get started, and if you do, let us know how it all works out below. Per usual, you'd be doing yourself a solid by fully syncing and backing things up before diving off the deep end. Update: This is working only for iOS 4.3, so if you've updated, you're sadly out of luck. Update 2: We've received multiple reports that this particular jailbreak is available for iOS 4.3.0, only. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Comments
First-Person Final Cut Pro X, Day One: Completely at Sea Professional film & video editor Matthew Levie is based in San Francisco, produced and edited the documentary Honest Man and writes Blog and Capture. First-Person Final Cut Pro X is the unvarnished story of his week-long introduction to the new Final Cut. [Note that all opinions and assessments of FCP X expressed here are Matt's own, not TUAW's, and that any misconceptions or misunderstandings of FCP X features represent Matt's hands-on first reactions. –Ed.] So I really, really did not believe that FCP X would be "iMovie Pro." If you thought no multicam was the problem, you're thinking way too far ahead for this program. There is, in fact, a way to mark a perfectly good in and out point, contrary to rumor. Heck, I can't even find a way to do an overwrite edit. I should confess at this point that I've never used iMovie. It turns out, of course, that all of these basic features are in the program, but the documentation isn't very well written. Now I doubt we're going to get that far.
Facebook to launch in-browser video chat powered by Skype? Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype hasn't closed yet, but it looks like Redmond is already working behind the scenes to make the service even more ubiquitous. According to an anonymous source interviewed by TechCrunch, Facebook is going to introduce video chat next week, and that service will be powered by none other than Skype. And while the service will be browser-based, it's also said to include a desktop component. We'd say none of that sounds too fantastical -- video calls would be a logical extension of Facebook chat, and let's not forget about the $240 million Microsoft invested in the site back in 2007. Comments
Nokia bringing NFC to all Symbian phones When Nokia announced its latest Symbian Belle phones last week, the company emphasized that all three devices support Near-Field Communications (NFC) technology that enable the devices to be used as payment methods and mobile wallets at point of purchases: if retailers support the technology, they can just wave their phones near point-of-sales terminals and approve the transaction—depending how users have things set up, payments might come off a credit card, out of a bank account, or get appended to a user’s phone bill. NFC technology can also be used to transfer contact and calendar information between proximate devices and has significantly applications for gaming and social sharing. Nokia’s Symbian operating system might be going the way of the dodo—eventually—but the company is planning broad NFC support across future Symbian handsets. Symbian phones should have universal NFC support by mid-2012.
Openwave sues Apple and RIM for patent infringement Add one more to the tally of patent lawsuits involving Apple and RIM. This time it's Openwave Systems using the license-by-litigation technique, and it's alleging that multiple devices infringe five of its patents on mobile internet -- including offline email access, cloud computing, and secure server access. The company claims that Apple's iPhone 3G, 3GS and 4, the iPod Touch, both iPads, plus RIM's Blackberry Curve 9930 and the PlayBook all infringe its IP. Apparently, Openwave initially took the pacifist route to persuade Cupertino and Waterloo to pay up, but when its overtures were ignored, it decided upon more aggressive tactics. As others before it, Openwave wants to fight a two front war in the ITC and federal court, but we'll have to wait and see if the ITC elects to take up the cause. Comments
Toshiba Thrive to land in UK September 1st, now known as the AT100 Neuss, Germany, 31st August 2011 – Toshiba Europe GmbH today announces that its latest multimedia tablet will be available in the UK on 1st September 2011. Following our announcement early in 2011, the device will be known as the Toshiba AT100 and combines leading hardware with Android™ 3.1, Honeycomb, to deliver a highly versatile tablet allowing users to enjoy many experiences such as browsing the web, reading emails, watching HD movies, reading ebooks and online newspapers and catching up with friends on social networks. Ideal for users who want to enjoy HD performance on their tablet, the Toshiba AT100 combines NVIDIA® Tegra™ 2 processing technology with Android 3.1 providing both power and everyday ease-of-use. Its 25.7cm (10.1'') HD capacitive display is ideal for watching movies and Adobe® Flash® support, Toshiba Resolution+ image enhancement and innovative sound technology ensure premium multimedia performance. A range of accessories
Toyota smashes EV record on Nurburgring, speed rivals gas-powered cars (video) Toyota Electric Racer Sets New Lap Record at Nürburgring COLOGNE (Germany) - Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) has set a new lap record for an electric vehicle (EV) at the legendary 20.8km Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany. The TMG EV P001, with 100% electric powertrain and Jochen Krumbach at the wheel, set a new lap record of 7mins 47.794secs to beat the previous lap record, which stood at 9mins 1.338secs, by a very substantial margin. Using two electric motors, the TMG electric powertrain has a top speed of 260km/h which combined with 800Nm of torque to achieve impressive speeds on the extremely challenging Nordschleife track, which includes significant elevation changes and lengthy flat-out sections. TMG's target prior to the 29 August record run was to become the first electric vehicle break the eight-minute barrier and this was achieved comfortably on a day when the notoriously changeable Nürburgring weather stayed fine, although track temperatures were relatively low.
Sony's new A, E, and S series Walkmans to get Music Unlimited freebie Music Unlimited™ will be available on Sony® Walkman® MP3 Players WHAT: Music Unlimited, Sony's cloud-based digital music service, will be available on Walkman NWZ-A860, S760BT and E460 models this year. Owners of the three newly announced Walkman models will be able to simply download a set-up launcher and access over 10 million unique songs. Music Unlimited is currently available in the U.S, U.K., Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand (service availability varies by region). Sony will offer a free 180 day trial of Music Unlimited service upon launch for purchasers of these Walkman series (available to first time users of Music Unlimited). WHY: Music Unlimited service on the Walkman NWZ-A860, S760BT and E460 will allow music lovers to easily download all their favorite songs instantly. WHEN: Music Unlimited service will be available on all three Walkman models (NWZ-A860, S760 and E460) later this year.
Pete Cashmore - Google+ - Have you spent more time, less time, or the same amount on… I put my invite link up on FB, for my friends to join - not 1 (ONE) have joined or even commented on the link, can't even convince my wife. As +Grant Hancock says - Google+ has to offer something very special and unique that most people would find worthwhile, because I don't think people have the time or interrest in keeping several social networks up to date - where to post checkins, where to post status updates and pictures and especially how and addressed to whom - as the security models are very different it takes too much thinking and people have to mentally switch context, I don't think there are a lot of people who'd want to make that sacrifice, posting should be a nobrainer.