This is interesting and appropriate for the info junkies amongst us. App developer T-Minus 5 has just released an app called Eye Web to help you speed read at over 600 words per minute (the average adult reads about 250 words per minute).
Built for iPhone or iPod Touch (where’s the iPad version?), Eye Web claims to rewire your brain to read at higher speeds using some scanning techniques.
Best of all, it’s free.
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Apple started notifying iOS developers that version 4.2 is in GM status and available for download.
In addition to fixing the iOS 4.1 DST bug, iOS 4.2 will bring the following features to the iPad:
– Multitasking
– Folders
– AirPlay wireless music, movie, and photo streaming
– Printing support over wireless networks
– Game Center for multiplayer and social gaming
– Unified and improved Mail inbox
– Search text within Safari
– Enhanced enterprise support
– Accessibility enhancements
– Keyboard and dictionary enhancements
Did you know there is Starbucks Etiquette? If not, you’re probably breaking the rules.
While eHow has a short article explaining the etiquette of ordering, there so much more! People apparently lose all common sense when they smell their newly created Skinny Cinnamon Dolce Latte.
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The 8th major version of Mac OS X was officially announced on 10/20/2010 at the Apple Media Special Event. Codenamed “Lion”, Jobs calls this release “OS X meets iPad” with features including multi-touch gestures, Mac App store, auto install apps, one-click download for apps, auto update, licensed for all personal Macs, app home screen called the Launchpad, full screen apps, auto save, auto resume and Mission Control which provides a dashboard of all spaces, apps and widgets running.
Check out the iLife 11 updates below.
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At Apple’s Special Media Event on 10/20/2010, Jobs announced the newest version of the MacBook Air in his typical “one more thing…” fashion during the keynote. While referring to the theme “Back to the Mac”, he showed how features Apple learned and used in iPods and iPads will now be used in Macs… or as Jobs put it: “What if the MacBook and iPad hooked up?”
The features Jobs specifically talked about included instant on, great battery life, amazing standby time, solid state storage (no optical or hard drives), and more mobile (thinner and lighter).
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According to a study by Sandvine, 20% of non-mobile internet traffic during prime time can be attributed to Netflix instant accounts during prime time usage periods in the US while streaming media accounts for 43% of peak period traffic. While Netflix accounts for almost half of the streaming bandwidth between 8p and 10p utilized by only 1.8% of Netflix subscribers.
While only 1.8% of Netflix subscribers are using the streaming capabilities, CEO Reed Hastings envisions Netflix as a streaming service. “In fact, by every measure, we are now primarily a streaming company that also offers DVD-by-mail.”
I happen to agree with Hastings as my video content viewing has dramatically changed from TV to Netflix Instant since I dropped premium channels such as HBO and Starz. In addition to the 1 disc in mail I tend to watch a movie or TV episode on the iPad at night and I’m watching less and less TV except for the few shows which I follow.
Content in the cloud (both audio and video) is the future.
Source: Wired
Although tablets existed before Apple introduced the iPad, they’ve certainly gone a long way to turning it into a full-fledged niche of its own and no longer simply a minor laptop variation. Of course, no electronics company wants to ‘miss out’ on the possibility to rake in some dough on the back of this hot new trend and to that end, dozens — yes dozens — of companies are releasing products this year.
Here’s another cool mobile app that is more at home in front of your TV and home entertainment center. The EyeconTroller is best described as a bridge between your media (music, video, photos, Internet content) and your entertainment devices.
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Did you see the word ‘tablet’ and switch off because apart from the myriad of Android tablets out and upcoming, there’s of course also the Apple iPad. But wait, this one has a few twists – this Neuros Control Tablet 1002 comes with a remote control app for the Neuros LINK installed as well as a Boxee remote control.
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