Archive for April, 2009

What Disney-Hulu Means for Apple - BusinessWeek

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

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What Disney-Hulu Means for Apple
BusinessWeek - Cliff Edwards
Like Hulu, Apple has demonstrated an ability to attract a large audience. Users downloaded 1 billion App Store applications in just nine months. The company has its own entrée into homes with Mac computers, its Apple TV product, and a growing stable of ...
Disney to Acquire 30% Hulu Stake, Full ABC Shows on the Way: Report Wired News
paidContent.org - Disney's Anne Sweeney Talks Hulu: It's All About ... Washington Post
Hulu Plus Disney: Why Jason Kilar “Gets It” Elites TV
AFP - Electronista
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Next iPhone to Easily Record, Edit and Share Movies?

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Considering all the leaked evidence of video recording and editing in the iPhone 3.0 beta, it's not really a stretch to predict that the next iPhone will offer long-requested video features. Still, Businessweek's Peter Burrows confirms that to be th...

Disney-Hulu pact could have big implications for Apple - MacDailyNews

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Disney-Hulu pact could have big implications for Apple
MacDailyNews
"Like Hulu, Apple has demonstrated an ability to attract a large audience. Users downloaded 1 billion App Store applications in just nine months. The company has its own entrée into homes with Mac computers, its Apple TV product, and a growing stable ...
Apple to add YouTube support to QuickTime Afterdawn.com
Making Movies: The Next Big Thing in iPhones? BusinessWeek
3 ways to download put YouTube Videos to iPod, iPhone ITvoir
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Microsoft releases new Laptop Hunters ad

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Microsoft has expanded its "You find it, you keep it" series of television ads, now bringing the cash limit up to $2000. The segment features a filmmaker, Sheila, as she tries to find a notebook with a fast processor, big screen and "able to cut video." She migrates to "the best Apple," a MacBook Pro, but eliminates the choice because it only has 2GB of RAM....

Graphisoft intros EcoDesign energy evaluation tool

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Graphisoft has introduced EcoDesign, an energy evaluation utility that works in conjunction with the company's ArchiCAD 12 modeling tools. The software enables users to optimize the energy consumption of their building designs. Rather than analyzing the buildings when the project is in its advanced stages, architects can assess a variety of factors in the beginning steps....

Aquafadas Releases PulpMotion 2.2

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Aquafadas has updated PulpMotion, its slideshow animation program. Both standard and advanced versions of PulpMotion 2.2 include slideshow themes from the first generation PulpMotion, as well as an additional four new themes. All of the four new themes feature the ability to include 3D animations. Several bugs from the previous PulpMotion have also been fixed, making it more reliable than its pred...

SGN opens banner ad network to other app developers

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
iPhone developer SGN (Social Gaming Network) has launched a cross-promotional network between itself and other iPhone developers. The first two companies to join the network are games developer Punch Entertainment and Smallmedium, publisher of eMees Avatar Creator. The network aspect involves in-game banner ads promoting products for network members, with direct-download support in the ad, and rev...

Zillow Real Estate app launches for iPhone

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Zillow.com has launched Zillow Real Estate for the iPhone and iPod touch, an application that provides real-estate data and information on U.S homes. The app uses GPS to pinpoint the correct location before displaying Zestimate values and information on the surrounding homes. The map moves and updates as the user travels around. Details are provided for approximately 88 million U.S homes, includin...

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Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Former Blizzard devs get $4.5M financing from iFund

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Developers Keith Lee, Brian Morrisroe and Sam Christiansen have received funding for their new start-up, Booyah, that will specialize in apps for the iPhone and iPod touch. The $4.5 million Series A financing is drawn from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' iFund. The trio of company founders draw previous experience from Blizzard Entertainment, Activision and Insomniac Games....