Cloud based music services are all the rage as of late, first Amazon, then Google and predictably now Apple has entered the arena. The key difference being that Apple brings with it the backing of all five major music labels and some substantial experience and muscle in terms of online music downloads. Read more…
Positive connotations aside this song sums up Facebook activity rather well.
Here it is, the iPad 2. No philandering, let’s get straight into what’s changed, what’s stayed the same and what’s missing. At first sight your eyes may deceive you into thinking the new beast is the same as it’s predecessor, but you’d be wrong, quite wrong in fact.
Demonstrating the ability of Kinect to track facial expressions, whilst this recent demo of Microsoft’s upcoming Avatar Kinect may not in itself be awe inspiring, it is rather impressive and more importantly, indicative of the device’s potential.
As anticipated, Apple announced today its new MacBook Pro lineup. With speed bumps all round, a nifty new FaceTime HD camera the already stellar MacBook just got better. Oh and they also sport a tinglingly exciting Light Peak port re-branded as Thunderbolt. For a full-ish list of improvements see after the break. Read more…
Sock… Apparently Apple has something to talk to the world about and it would appear to be shaped a bit like an iPad.
The internet has been awash with iPad 2 speculation since the introduction of the first model. In the past few months numerous sources have all but confirmed the introduction of a front-facing camera and a much faster processor than the already zippy A4.
The above invite doesn’t exactly give anything away, but then this is Apple we’re talking about. All will be revealed on 2 March and you can tune in here for all the info.
USB has been around for quite some time now in what is now three separate guises, 1, 2 and most recently 3. USB 3 has been pushed in recent years as the future standard for data transfer, the only problem with this is that not many companies, never mind consumers have been quick on the uptake. Sure, it’s a lot faster than USB 2, and who wouldn’t want their peripherals to operate with a little more haste, the real issue however is that for a number of years now there has been a shady figure hiding in the darkened corners of the halls of Intel biding its time before leaping out to devour the competition. It seems that time may be now, or at least soon (ish). Read more…
Since Kinect hit the shelves there have been a number of rather impressive hacks. This time it’s about playing Street Fighter by throwing some shapes. Hadoken!
Props to YouTube user demize2010 and his coding skills.
Some big rumours from Apple sources this week regarding the future direction os iOS products. Some of this is detailed so let’s keep this hard and fast for a change. iPhone 5, iPad 2 and Apple TV are all getting better this year. Now for the stuff you didn’t already know, how. Read more…
Over the past few days several photographs of third-party iPad 2 cases have hit the internet purportedly illustrating the shape and additional features of the inevitable refresh of Apple’s iPad line later this year.
Well, direct from the Consumer Electronics Show is the above shot published by iLounge and being shown at the show by peripheral company Gopod mobile. The company is showing off the case to illustrate its new foldable charging accessory.
Obviously there’s been nothing official from Apple yet on the iPad 2 and whilst the case shown above is not an iPad 2 and simply a mockup, it certainly reflects the information that has so far hit the internet about the slight re-design, speaker grill at the base and camera.