It seems the new Apple iPad has completely polarised opinion, as always, on what people think a new product like this should do and what it actually does do. The general consensus from those that do not like it seems to be that it is nothing more than an enlarged iPod Touch; basically the same but with a bigger screen so what is the point. Why not just buy a NetBook or a laptop if it is a question of size and ease of use? Read the rest of this entry »
It is now possible to have the entire world in the palm of your hand and at the (iPod) touch of a button as Google have today launched Google Earth for iPhone and iPod Touch. The app is free and downloadable from the iTunes App Store. It contains all of the same functionality you would expect from Google Earth including, geo-located wiki articles, photos, 3D terrain modelling and so on.
All good things come in 7s don’t they? The seven wonders of the world, seven pillars of wisdom, the film Se7en, the Caterham 7. But of course like so many things in life where there is light there is also dark… the seven deadly sins.
So, with that in mind here are 7 tips for optimising your CSS. I think that it’s like a lot of things that seem pretty obvious once you’ve read them but until someone points it out and says “why don’t you do that like this”, you don’t think to do it. On a seperate, note this made me laugh. Yes people actually bought an Apple iPhone App priced at $999.99 (max price allowed on the app store) and the developer is now $5600 richer! just a bit annoyed that I didn’t think of it.
At the risk of appearing Apple blog heavy I’ve stumbled across an new app from Wordpress that allows you to write blog entries from you iPod Touch or iPhone.
Experiences using Safari on the iPod were not too satisfying with Wordpress’ causing Safari to crash. This app however makes the whole thing much easier and quicker.
It has a handy preview feature allowing the blog to be seen as it would when published. As yet no rich text editting, so no adding links or fancy font colours. There’s the option to add pictures straight from your photo library or take a new one with built in camera.
So far it all works very well, the only draw back being the strain it puts on your typing finger!
In the wake of the problems that plagued Apple’s launch of it’s MobileMe technology, the company has issued an apology to it’s MobileMe subscribers. As MacWorld states there is to be a free 30 days subscription to all those that signed up, which one has to say is generous and thoughtful, it’s not often a company of Apple’s size and power admits to a failure like this and tries to make amends.
Despite these issues the 2.0 update and the launch of the Apps Store have proved a hit with users, with a reported 10 million downloads in the first weekend alone.
