Blackpad soll der Touchscreen-basierte Tablet PC von Blackberry konsequenterweise heißen, der im November, Bloomberg-Informationen zufolge, auf den Markt kommen soll. Die Domain blackpad.com hatte sich RIM erst vor kurzem gesichert. Nicht nur das Display wird mit 9,7 Zoll Größe dem iPad ähnlich sein. Auch ist ein Einstiegspreis von 499 Dollar angedacht. Besonders interessant klingt natürlich das Tethering-Feature, das beim Blackpad mit dabei sein soll. Heißt, man... [weiterlesen]

A new job posting on Apple’s website describes that the company is in the market for someone who wants to help develop a revolutionary new feature in the Mac OS software. Although the company keeps the wraps on what this feature is, they don’t hesitate to mention that the feature will indeed be revolutionary and dazzle the people who witness it. “Are you looking to... [weiterlesen]

After having seen the DEKA iBot by David Bulfin last week, it is now time for another masterpiece by the American designer. Developed for LG, the “Smile” is a hi-tech cellphone that treats the camera as a primary function, rather than a feature. For it includes a generous optical zoom lens, high output flash and a standard tripod mount to capture high-resolution photos. When closed, the device acts like a standalone point and shoot with... [weiterlesen]

Today, Redmond offer a view into the upcoming Microsoft Office suite of software that will be coming to the Mac OS X platform later this year. Via YouTube, the compnay has taking footage of developers explaining the their jobs on the project and disccusing new features that the software will be incorporating. “Starting off with the new... [weiterlesen]

As we expected (much sooner than we expected) here at MacApper, Apple has released the trackpad software update for the MacBook for owners to utilize the three-finger window managing feature that is present in the new Magic Trackpad.  Trackpad update 1.0 carries a 75MB data weight count and requires Mac OS 10.6.4 to be installed as the current OS firmware. The update also provides support... [weiterlesen]

Apple has released an update to Safari that enables the public release of the Extensions feature along with the corresponding Extension Gallery. The Extension feature allows users to add functions and features from third party developers that can allow them to complete a variety of tasks. This feature not only adds another dimension of versatility to the Safari web browsing, it... [weiterlesen]

The Khronos Groups has released the new OpenGL 4.1 on Monday, July 26 at the SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Graphics) conference. The new spec brings even tighter integration with mobile OpenGL ES and OpenCL Application Programming Interfaces as well as tapping deeper into the graphics performance on both Macs, PCs and mobile devices, especially on the iPhone, iPod and iPad. The OpenGL standard serves as the software that... [weiterlesen]

Probably one of the most used speech-to-text applications used on iOS, Dragon Dictation, has recently updated their application to bring some new additions and fixes to the software. Facebook and Twitter integration One of the updates that has been brought to the app, and possibly the most requested for, is Facebook and Twitter integration. When you speak your text for the software to interpret, the app now give you... [weiterlesen]

Remember the Front and Back Clock we talked over a month ago from the series named ‘The Wrong Objects’. The designers of the series Giha Woo and Shingoeun have shelled yet another unusual but highly functional creation. Retaining the hallmark minimalist design feature of the series, the latest clock called ‘The Bent hands’ has a series of concentric lines with the names of major cities written within. A spiraling arm with points... [weiterlesen]

New information about a potential security risk in Safari was presented this week by the Register. According to the group, there is a security exploit in the AutoFill function of Safari that could possibly allow malicious infiltration of personal data from the Address Book service within the Safari web browser. Security research Jeremiah Grossman follow-up with a demonstration of the exploit on his blog to... [weiterlesen]