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iPhone Quick Tip: Extract Photos From Captured Video

Written on November 12, 2009 by Nick Santilli and 3 people have commented

I love having the luxury of video capture on my iPhone 3GS, because it’s available to me anytime I need it. The only problem is, it’s either video or photo capture, so I’m potentially out of luck if I captured one and decidedly would have rather had the other. Yeah, I kind of like having [...]

Camtasia vs. ScreenFlow: Creating Your First Screencast

Written on October 28, 2009 by Matthew Bookspan and 26 people have commented

If you have need to visually demonstrate your product, and you have the resources, then it just makes sense to produce a screencast. With the release of ScreenFlow 2.0, I thought it’d be useful to perform a real-world comparison review of the screencast heavyweight champ versus the relative newcomer (at least to the Mac), Camtasia.
Getting [...]

Weekly App Store Picks: October 23, 2009

Written on October 24, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 6 people have commented

The long-awaited weekend has finally arrived and with it comes the opportunity to consider purchasing some shiny new Apple hardware. If you’re looking for a distraction from those wallet-emptying new Apple toys, I suggest you check out my picks from the App Store.
This week’s picks are all about distractions, I’ve selected four apps to take [...]

ReelDirector: Full-featured Video Editing Comes to the iPhone

Written on October 21, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 14 people have commented

Despite some predictions to the contrary, the iPhone 3GS launched without a portable version of iMovie for editing of clips. Yes, you can scrub and trim video you shoot on the device in the native Camera app, but beyond that, you can’t do much. New app ReelDirector changes all that, for the relatively low price [...]

EyeTV Returns to the App Store, Minus 3G Streaming

Written on October 20, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 1 person has commented

As we reported just yesterday, Apple didn’t take too kindly to El Gato’s “accidental” inclusion of a workaround to enable 3G streaming of live TV on the iPhone using its EyeTV app. The app, combined with an EyeTV USB Mac TV tuner, allows users to stream that content from their computer. I say allows, not [...]

Apple Planning to Sync Video Across Devices

Written on October 16, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 5 people have commented

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office posted on Thursday a very interesting application from Apple, one which shows that MobileMe could have far more in store than just personal info synchronization. Movie playback position syncing appears to be on the way, so long as this patent sees its way to fruition, which isn’t always the [...]

Update for iMovie ‘09 Brings Support for New Nanos, Industry Standard

Written on October 14, 2009 by Liam Cassidy and 4 people have commented

Home movie makers, start your Software Updater, for Apple has released an update to iMovie ‘09. The latest version, 8.0.5, brings the usual improvements in compatibility and fixes for “minor issues,” but the real story here is the introduction of a brand new video format called ‘iFrame.’
iFrame (not to be confused with the troublesome iFrame [...]

Apple Promises iTunes LPs for All

Written on October 14, 2009 by Charles Jade and 3 people have commented

Just days after the head of an independent label claimed Apple was charging as much as $10,000 in production fees associated with the new media format, Apple has denied that there are any production charges at all. Even better, the iTunes LP format will soon be available to all content creators.
Introduced at the Apple Music [...]

$10,000 LPs Now Playing at the iTunes Store

Written on October 11, 2009 by Charles Jade and 18 people have commented

Introduced by none other than Steve Jobs at the Apple Music Event last month, the iTunes LP adds content like lyrics, liner notes, animation, and video interviews to the traditional album for a little more money, at least for the consumer. It turns out Apple is charging artists $10,000 in production costs for creating an [...]

CNN Launches iPhone App, Includes Lazy Reporting Feature

Written on September 30, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

As a major news outlet, it’s a little late to the iPhone party, but CNN has finally released an official app that covers its entire news network, unlike the previously available CNN Money application. The paid app features text, video and photo updates throughout the day, including breaking news updates that make use of the [...]

Dropbox: Now Native on Your iPhone

Written on September 30, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 14 people have commented

Of all the file syncing solutions available, one of the most popular is Dropbox. As one of the solutions that is also cross-platform compatible, many Mac users have embraced Dropbox as a more reliable and robust solution than other alternatives, like MobileMe’s iDisk. Diehard Dropbox users can now rejoice as the Dropbox team is at [...]

New iPod Nano Raises Privacy Concerns With Fitness Chain

Written on September 23, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 7 people have commented

One of the great things about the iPod nano is that you can use it with Nike+ to track your workouts. Or you could, if the fitness center would let you bring the media player in to the gym. Life Time Fitness, a U.S.-based gym chain, is officially blacklisting the device according to TwinCities.com, and [...]

Weekly App Store Picks: September 19, 2009

Written on September 19, 2009 by Olly Farshi and No one has commented

It’s the end of another week and so it’s time for me to scour the latest releases in the App Store for the hottest new iPhone apps. As ever, I’ve selected four hot picks released in the last seven days for you to check out.
This week I’ve plucked our picks from across the globe. Hailing [...]

iTunes 9: Deconstructing LPs & Extras

Written on September 14, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 12 people have commented

Leading up to Apple’s music event last week, rumor sites had been circling about a new format from Apple that would provide additional content, like lyrics, liner notes, video interviews and more. The rumors came true as Apple announced yet one more way to spend more money inside iTunes: iTunes LPs for music and iTunes [...]

New Mac Ad, Just in Time for Football Season

Written on September 11, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 9 people have commented

I was watching the NFL season opener yesterday between Pittsburgh and Tennessee when I got a nice surprise. A new “Get a Mac” ad aired during a commercial break, along with the existing Patrick Warburton “Top of the Line” spot.
The new commercial, called “PC Innovation Lab,” once again brings John Hodgman and Justin Long back [...]

iPod Nano Gains Camera, Microphone and Speaker, Larger Screen

Written on September 09, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 17 people have commented

So it seems like case manufacturers were only half right when it came to their designs for new iPods. The iPod touch didn’t get a camera at today’s special “Rock and Roll” Apple event, but the iPod nano did.
Not only that, but it also got a built-in mic and speaker, which makes sense when you [...]

Purported Video of iPod Touch With Camera Surfaces

Written on August 17, 2009 by Charles Jade and 8 people have commented

While faked images of Apple products are numerous, faked video is a hoax of another order of magnitude. That’s why this video posted by Sirius XM radio personalities Covino and Rich is worth a second look.

Weekly App Store Picks: Aug. 15, 2009

Written on August 15, 2009 by Olly Farshi and 6 people have commented

It’s time to take a look at my recommendations for iPhone, hand-picked from the week’s App Store releases.
This week I’ve been looking at Mujik, Whiteboarder, Qik and Civilization Revolution.
Mujik (Free)
There’s a special screen on my iPhone dedicated just to sound toys and music apps. Top of the list is FourTrack, which recreates the classic [...]

Qik Gets Legit On the iPhone, Loses Core Feature

Written on August 14, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 4 people have commented

It seems like just yesterday Kevin Rose was teasing us all with tantalizing tweets about an upcoming Qik iPhone application that would allow you to stream live video from your device to the web. Of course, that was before the iPhone 3GS, which brought actual video recording capabilities. Somehow, in those heady, optimistic days, it [...]

Rumor Has It: Apple Tablet Video Surfaces, Impresses, Not Likely Real

Written on August 13, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 11 people have commented

Even though I will warn you, as I was warned, that these videos are almost certainly clever fakes, the Mac addict portion of your brain will likely still experience a pleasurable thrill when you see them. I first saw these over at Cult of Mac, but they’ve been making the rounds, with TechCrunch and Gizmodo [...]