Xee ³, an streamlined image viewer

Xee ³ is a direct competitor to preview the visualization software integrated with OS X. Though it is paid, this utility does not lack arguments against Apple's pictures tool. Trackpad users can easily move from one image to another in the same folder, which can be useful for reading a comic book, for example. In this regard, the software can extract photos from an archive to display without having to decompress the archive in question. Compatible with all picture formats, Xee ³ knows to display all the information that can be expected for each image and offers some thoughtful features, such as the export which allows you to select a folder already used up very quickly. For moving images, such as GIF or some famous WebP files, the software not only offers preview, view all images used in animation, he also plays the file in its interface.

 According to its designer, this tool is better at resizing images on the fly and that more systematically exploits the graphics card to speed up operations. In addition to its many gestures, Xee ³ can also count on a flurry of keyboard shortcuts set as desired in its settings. Xee ³ is a new version of this utility which is quite old, after major update, a complete solution that pays for all users. If you want to find out, you can use the demo version available on the website of the publisher and even buy that version for the same price as the Mac App Store. The advantage of this version is not to be subject to the constraints of sandboxing and thus be more flexible, especially to see all pictures from any folder. To add that its previous version of the software is always available free here. It does not contain the new Xee ³ including printing.

Apple Thinks Color Correction in FCP X

Apple was recently awarded a Patent No. 8,468,465 for a 2D interface to make color corrections on a video clip. The patent application for the "2D Slider Control" was filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in August 2010, a year before the release of Final Cut Pro X. Among the "inventors", worth mention is certain Peter Warner, based in Paris and characterized "Designer at Apple," according to his LinkedIn profile. The rest of the beneficiaries are located in California (Los Gatos, San Jose, Livermore, SF and more). Final Cut Pro X also uses a different GUI for the color calibration part, with a representation of the color range in the form of a rectangle. The 8,468,465 patent meanwhile, uses the more traditional form of "color wheel". The interface changes the appearance of the cursor when moving in the wheel to indicate a change in intensity of the color. But the cursor will remain the same if we simply rotate around the central axis, thereby maintaining the same level of saturation for this new color. Will the 8,468,465 patent move to the graveyard of many patents the manufacturer never made consistency? They will do it, instead, in a new version of FCPX, or an X Color?

App Store Nearing 50 billionth Downloads!

The person who downloads 50 billionth app will receive an Apple voucher for 10,000 dollars. Despite competition from increasingly aggressive, the Apple App Store does not slow down the pace of its sales. Having passed the 25 billion apps downloaded in March 2012, the platform is now preparing to exceed $ 50 billion. In a little over a year, the number of downloads have doubled, driven by the success of the iPhone and iPad on the planet. The user or the mobile user who downloads the 50 billionth app (which will happen in the next few days) will receive a voucher worth 10,000 dollars to spend on the platform. The unlucky 50 arriving after still receive a consolation prize with a voucher for $ 500 each. The question is whether Apple will be more generous in the App Store will surpass the incredible milestone of 100 billion applications downloaded. This should not take much time.

iTunes Store and its growth in last ten years!

On 28 April 2003, Apple launched the iTunes Music Store. Ten years later, nearly half a billion people have an iTunes account and have purchased music, TV shows, movies, books and apps on the Apple store. That does not impress its competitors, more every day. Ten years ago, Apple sells more 30,000 iPods per month but makes no profit. Napster, Kazaa and incompetence of the majors have destroyed the music market and it becomes less difficult to keep a foot in the online music. But not necessarily in practice, which is an obstacle to the success of the iPod, which is nothing without music. Universal, Warner, Sony, EMI and BMG are persuaded by Steve Jobs and Eddy Cue, by which they ensures that it is possible to beat piracy, is "simply" more practical, more complete, more safer and better than him. They accepted and provide 200,000 pieces encoded in AAC 128, but only for one year and on the express condition that they are protected by DRM and readable only by the 13 million users of Mac OS X. On 28 April 2003, the iTunes Music Store opened its doors - a million pieces sold in one week, three million in six months. Majors grant exclusive to Apple and are eager to accept the launch of the iTunes Music Store on Windows.

At the same time, the iPod loses its FireWire port that provided the Mac and Apple's successful gamble: owner, shop owner, software port, it is now fully integrated ecosystem head. Apple last decade and can be read through the evolution of his shop. The iPod sales quadruple in the world. The iTunes Music Store was launched internationally in early 2004. The 5G iPod can play videos. Clips and TV series are added in late 2005. The Apple TV will soon be presented? The iTunes Music Store and iTunes Store is home movies. IPhone gains the ability to run third-party apps. The App Store is part of the iTunes Store. The large iPad screen is perfect for reading. Never mind, you can also buy books via iTunes since January 2010! Apple is the largest technology company in the world and the sales figures of his shop give dizzy. The iTunes Store is sold 25 billion songs in ten years, over a billion iTunes U downloaded in five years, a whopping nine billion dollars donated to apps developers and hundreds of millions of pounds digital sales. Apple is still the largest music retailer in the world - all media - with four times more market share than its main competitor, Amazon, which we cannot yet say that it is a dwarf. For it is today that the iTunes Store is at the top it is also the most turbulent. "People buy their music for as long as you can buy music," said Steve Jobs in 2003: ten years later, 62% of Americans believe that it is not essential to have his music.

The Apple co-founder drew red ball on Spotify even before its launch today; streaming services represent 15% of sales in the market for music. The numerous commercial operations around the streaming show Apple still has not lost the ear of the majors. The second decade of the iTunes Store may well begin with the launch of iRadio, a streaming service that will radically change the business model of the Apple store. Another track is that Apple become content producers, as for example with Netflix become House of Cards. It could start with the iTunes Festival, which will not be broadcast on TV this year - but could continue to be via the Apple TV. Imagine that it continues on this path with TV shows or movies: Apple TV is the only access to some exclusive content because it is the Apple products. The loop is looped and the iTunes Store is more than ever the Apple backbone.

Apple acquires WiFiSlam

Apple confirmed on March 24 the acquisition of a start-up in Silicon Valley, called WiFiSlam specializing in designing map applications for smart phones. Apple hopes to develop its expertise in the field of inland navigation, facilitating the movement of users of such technology within public buildings. Technology WiFiSlam uses WiFi nearby user to determine the exact position - with an accuracy of 2.5 meters - of the smart phone holder. As usual, Apple has confirmed the purchase, but without giving details about it. The news was leaked at first by The Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the case and that the Cupertino Company would have paid a whopping $ 20 million for the sapling.

Apple (Plans) and Google (Google Maps) are in a race to provide their users with better mapping and GPS tools. The company led by Tim Cook had even publicly apologized to the poor quality of the first GPS tool developed at the launch of the iPhone 5. Paradoxically, WiFiSlam be the work of two former Google employees. According to TechCrunch WiFiSlam could count on the support of angel investors including Naval Ravikant, Don Dodge and Felix Shipman. Recall that Apple has a war chest of about U.S. $ 137 billion in combined cash and investments, without calculating the cash flows generated from the last quarter. The Apple also presents its latest financial results on April 23. As its stock (AAPL-Q) is currently trading around U.S. $ 443, after playing in a swing between 419 and $ 705 range.

Rumors about iWatch!

The rumors of a new Apple product are louder. Explains Apple could present a smart wristwatch soon. In recent months in internet again and again it appeared image of iWatch. Californians are working on a Smart Watch, a modern version of the watch, which is closely connected with the Smartphone for quite some times. It is baptized by the Internet as "iWatch" device which is going to come later this year to the market. At the same time, the combination of clock and mobile phone seems to be useful if the clock via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to the second screen of your Smartphone is inconspicuous.

 So you could check with a look at the iWatch incoming mails, updates on social networks and upcoming events. When the phone rings in his pocket then shows the clock whose calling. Or to control the MP3 player and is used by voice control built to launch their own calls or send text messages. At the same time it would be possible for each user adjusts the display's iWatch about apps to their needs, to see there about the current weather conditions or to follow the live ticker of football games. The social media are circulating rumors that from an independent iWatch Apple phone to be worn on the wrist. It is a chic accessories but it could be a real argument for buying the Apple phone.

Other mobile phone manufacturers are of course also come to the clock idea. Samsung working on a Smart Watch for its Galaxy S4 Google programmed a version of Android for the wrist and even FirefoxOS, the latest mobile operating system, seen on prototypes for the bracelet. Other competitors have already more or less in the Smart watches in the market. Sony is selling its Smart watch for about 80 Euros a high-tech clock that connects to the phone via Bluetooth. Nike (169 Euros), Motorola (249 Euros) and Garmin (149 Euros) have models specifically for athletes in the program.

Apple does not want to hear about Phablet!

Halfway between the Smartphone and the tablet is the Phablet. These devices whose size is generally between "a little more" 5 inch and "a little less" 7-inch - because there is no precise definition of this category - have long been the preserved Samsung. The Galaxy Note, then the Note II, met some competitors, notably towards China with Huawei Ascend Mate 6.1 inches.

 An analyst with investment bank Goldman Sachs has asked Tim Cook if his company had a product in cartons of this type. His answer was quite clear: "The iPhone 5 features, as you know, a new 4-inch screen retina, the screens most advanced in the industry. It also provides a larger size without sacrificing ease of use with one hand that our consumers love. " Simply put, if you want a device to hold with both hands, you iPad or iPad Mini. Phone, Apple must yet be manageable with one hand.

Apple Memory

A reputed company founded in the year 2001 has been providing products for all computing and Pro A/V equipments which can be located at dvwarehouse. To fulfill the needs of all their customers, they are well stocked on products of Mac computer products for the Apple Macintosh community, Apple parts, and Mac computer models together with accessories and add on various options, offering 50 to 75 percent discounts on their products. With ready stock made available for their valuable customers their deliveries and quick and efficient. The products available are listed at the site some of which are apple floppy drive, apple memory, apple ac power adapter, apple modern, apple processor/CPU etc. User could make a one stop shopping for all required products at this single platform offering great pricing and save a great deal on purchases done at the site. They could also check on updates on specials, top sellers and other attractive deals that are posted from time to time for the benefit of their viewers.

 Besides Apple computers and Apple parts, they also provide Video editing and pro audio accessories the updates of which are readily made available at the site. Users could also refine their search through the search option for any desired products which can enable the user in locating the product if available at the site. Moreover users could also use all the briefings and information with regards to the products on sale and get well acquainted with the product in question before purchasing them. Besides this, additional information on Gift Center Agreement, Purchase Agreement, Product inquiry etc. is also posted at the site which could prove to be helpful to the user. Should there arise any queries, relating to the product or the order placed, the same can be resolved through phone or emails which is attended by their service staff in an efficient manner The services rendered by their supportive team on board are par excellence leaving their customers well satisfied on the products purchased from their store. Having an extensive inventory on products at their disposal, at warehouse pricing, users are at an advantage while shopping at their sites with competitive prices.

First photos of IPhone 5S surfaced!

    Apple had already upgraded the iPhone 4 to the iPhone 4S. Some of the snipers smelt that Apple has repeated the company's method for iPhone 5 too. Recent rumors indicate that the device is already in the work plan. Of Latest the first photos of a possible 5S prototype have surfaced in the internet. CNet reports on photos of an iPhone Prototypes that have surfaced on the Internet. They showed a slightly different iPhone 5, and in which a few screws inside the telephone are placed different.

    In addition, parts of the product are replaced by X. An indication that it is the photographed Apple phone is an iPhone prototype. Already in November 2012, a Chinese newspaper reported that Apple is planning to bring out a revised version of the iPhone 5 in December 2012. According to the newspaper, Apple could rechristened the device as an iPhone 5S and introduce in the market, writes DigiTimes. The name is indicative of better hardware and maybe a surprise one or two – similar to that time the iPhone 4S. To start, there are probably 50,000 to 100,000 units, the serial production will start in the first quarter of 2013, it said. Further details are not yet known.

iPad Retina mini and Apple TV in 2013?

   

    According to Gene Munster, analyst at Piper Jaffray, the Roadmap of Apple for 2013 will be punctuated by four major product announcements in March, June, September and November which will include the arrival of a mini iPad Retina of 7 iOS, iPhone 5S and especially the famous Apple TV set at 2000 dollars. This prediction was delivered by him very recently. According to him the coming year will be probably be less dense product announcements from apple. But Apple will lay a strong ground work for forth coming years. He guess iPhone will be available for 200$ in the recent years.

       He hopes Apple will eventually need to accelerate the schedule of updating iPhone because of the frequency of launching Android handsets, Eventually Apple need to accelerate the cycle of updating its product twice the year. Munster predicts in March 2013 mini iPad Retina will be launched and after the June month Worldwide Developers Conference you may expect iOS 7 and Mac OS X 10.9. 7. In September you may expect 2013 iPhone 5S with swifter processor, best camera sensor and enough memory back up. A real big announcement can be heard in the month of November 2013, The launch of Apple TV with sizes 42 to 55 inches for the price ranging from 1500 to 2000$ in elegant design with the a facility to use the TV as the main interface on multiple devices which will integrate Siri and Face time.

Barrack Obama chooses Steve Jobs rather than Google

 

The race for the White House that engage Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in the United States seems to imply some personalities of the high-tech, and especially the late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple. His name was indeed mentioned by both candidates as a model of success in the U.S., especially by Obama, who would have preferred to mention his name rather than Google in a speech.

"We believe that a girl who has the opportunity to escape poverty, or who has the opportunity to go to college could build the next Google," is the phrase that Barack Obama had before, on his teleprompter during his campaign speech Thursday. However, the sentence he gave is slightly different: "We believe that a girl who has the opportunity to escape poverty, or who has the opportunity to go to college, can become the new Steve Jobs. "

This small change sentence may seem trivial, but it has been noticed. The successful example given by Steve Jobs would it be speaking, as candidates for the U.S. presidential election, that Larry Page and Sergei Brin with Google? It should be noted that Mitt Romney, Obama's opponent in this campaign has also used the name of the founder of Apple in a speech last week, again suggesting a model of success: "Steve Jobs was Apple does return, then he came back and he changed the world. "

15 exclusive features you would like to see the jailbreak on iOS - VI

Increase the size of application folders (InfiniFolders)

Since 2010 and the arrival of iOS 4, the iPhone offers the ability to create application folders for meet and avoid duplicated too many pages on his smartphone. But on the Apple phone, the number of applications is limited to 12. With InfiniFolders, the recipe is expanding to not setting any limits. Operation is simple: more than 12 applications, scroll mode automatically turns on. Beware though, this feature is not free: $ 1.99 on Cydia.

15 exclusive features you would like to see the jailbreak on iOS - V

Filtering calls and SMS (iBlackList)

How to handle annoying calls mistresses, bosses who are to rule the weekend or even hysterical fans on his iPhone? Simple, just to jailbreak then install iBlackList. Create lists (former teachers or work for example), add the relevant contacts and voila. The application also handles SMS, on the same model. Only bad news: this tweak is free for 10 days and then paying $ 12.

15 exclusive features you would like to see the jailbreak on iOS - IV

View the weather and upcoming events on the lock screen (LockInfo)

The weather is probably one of the most used features on smartphone. But according to the devices, it may be faster or slower to navigate. Here, no need to unlock his iPhone to check out the local forecast.

15 exclusive features you would like to see the jailbreak on iOS - III

Enable / Disable WiFi from the notification center (SBSettings)

A feature that has been around for ages on Android but still conspicuously absent for IOS. Never mind, developers are responsible for BigBoss to carry on iPhone using SBSettings. This tweak can offer easily enable and disable the WiFi from the center of notifications, without going through the tedious settings.

15 exclusive features you would like to see the jailbreak on iOS - II

Download paid applications for free (Installous)

Developers who focus their work on the jailbreak will not say never, but the main reason that drives users to jailbreak is being able to download paid applications for free. There is obviously a tweak (application linked to jailbreak) for this. It is installed Installous, a form of alternative App Store in which there are official applications to get without paying.

15 exclusive features you would like to see the jailbreak on iOS - I

The jailbreak ingenious, convenient and free

Developers jailbreak enthusiasts have a habit of jumping on every new version of IOS and more generally on every new mobile device from Apple. But what do the jailbreak? This is a modification of the source code of the phone (or tablet) of the Apple brand. The purpose is twofold: to manipulate the program to its source but also its iPhone defy a ban announced by Apple.

Apple continues to own the iPad name for $ 60 million

Apple released a legal battle around the iPad, and more specifically the name of its unit as being too generic competition. Its trial in China against Proview just settles amicably.

Proview is asserted owner of the name "iPad" in China and thus claiming $ 400 million to Apple for the operation of that name in the Chinese territory. When the case broke last April, Proview immediately made known its desire to "reach an agreement out of court.

The gel that turns the screen of the iPhone keyboard

Despite a worldwide hit, the iPhone and its touch screen still does not satisfy everyone. Researchers have designed a rather special gel that can turn the touch screen of the iPhone screen to physical keys. To be more precise, this substance affixed to the 3.5-inch touch-sensitive surface, detects the virtual keys and highlights when they appear.

Apple wants to ban the Galaxy S3

The patent war is not over, here's further proof. Apple went to the court in San Jose, California, accusing the Samsung patent for the Galaxy S3. Demand for the Apple brand? The ban on the marketing of the latest smartphone from Korean manufacturer in the United States!