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Autodesk Brings Sketchbook Product Line to the iPhone

Written on September 17, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 3 people have commented

Is the iPhone quietly becoming a serious mobile illustration platform? That’s the question I asked myself after seeing news this morning that yet another drawing and painting program has been released for the device. Autodesk’s Sketchbook Mobile is available now in the App Store.
Those of you who’ve done professional illustration work on a Mac will [...]

9 Year-Old App Developer More Than Just a Feel-Good Story

Written on February 06, 2009 by Lisa Hoover and 9 people have commented

Here’s a story that gives new meaning to the term Apple fanboy. A 9-year-old youngster from Singapore, prompted by his younger sisters’ love of drawing, created an application for the iPhone called Doodle Kids. Budding artists create pictures by dragging a finger across the screen and then shake the phone to return to a blank [...]

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Beta Rocks Aqua On Intel

Written on May 12, 2008 by Bob Rudis and 12 people have commented

VMware was not the only pre-release surprise this past week as OpenOffice.org launched a beta of their new 3.0 office productivity suite complete with native OS X GUI support (no need to run X11 anymore!) along with a sizable list of other enhancements and bug fixes. TAB put the suite through a series [...]