Apple Hot News http://www.apple.com/hotnews/ Hot News provided by Apple. en-us Copyright 2009, Apple Inc. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:08:31 PDT Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:08:31 PDT Apple In house http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss/ Learn how to draw Garfield on iTunes U http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/vdoe.brpbs.org.2029969714.02029969716?sr=hotnews Thanks to the Virginia Department of Education and the Professor Garfield Foundation, you — and your kids, of course — can get an Introduction to Comics on iTunes U. The 15 video episodes encourage children to draw, sculpt, and carve. In fact, Jim Davis — who created Garfield — gets the course off to a great start, showing us all how he draws his famous lasagna-loving feline. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:00:00 PDT Coming Attractions: Julie & Julia http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/julieandjulia/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss Meryl Streep is already receiving rave reviews for her performance as Julia Child in Julie & Julia. The film, which co-stars Amy Adams as Julie Powell, is based on Powell’s memoir, Julie & Julia, and Child’s My Life in France. Written and directed by Nora Ephron (You’ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle), Julie & Julia opens in theaters on Friday, August 7. Bon appétit. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:15:00 PDT Apple releases MobileMe iDisk app http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=320654497&mt=8?sr=hotnews If you subscribe to MobileMe, you can now use your iPhone or iPod touch to view and share Pages documents, Keynote presentations, Microsoft Office documents, PDFs and more. To view documents, simply select them. To share them with others, just tap the share icon and choose your recipients. iDisk will send them an email with a download link. Get the free MobileMe iDisk app from the App Store. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:28:28 PDT Taking care of business on the App Store http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124881952727688085.html?sr=hotnews Salesforce Mobile, RoamBi Visualizer, the eBay Profit Calculator, Invoice Makers, Day Tracker, Bid Estimates — they’re but a few of the growing number of apps now available for small business owners on the iPhone App Store, according to Riva Richmond (online.wsj.com). Says iphonebootcampnyc.com dveloper Jonathan Sarno, “For the road warrior, the iPhone is perfect. Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:16:29 PDT App of the Week: Rolando 2: Quest for the Golden Orchid http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=321084051&mt=8?sr=hotnews Ready for a sequel that outplays the original? Rolando 2 breaks new ground, taking you underwater and up in the sky, offering new vehicles and weapons, and featuring a new 3D look and 45 levels of play. Like the original, it encourages you to touch, tilt, and slide your Rolandos to new levels of achievement. You can let friends know about your high scores, or challenge them via Facebook or email. Will you be able to discover the Golden Orchid? Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:05:55 PDT iPhone: Essential Equipment http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/profiles/sunbelt-rentals/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss For Sunbelt Rentals, the iPhone is as indispensable as hard hats. Sunbelt rents scissor lifts, cranes, backhoes and other heavy machinery to construction companies in 34 states. And its 1200-strong sales team depends on iPhone for real-time customer, business, and inventory information. The company even created its own iPhone app — Mobile SalesPro — to deliver that information to every member of its sales force. Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:46:11 PDT Richard Massey: Demystifying Dark Matter http://www.apple.com/science/profiles/massey/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss Astronomer RIchard Massey maps “dark matter,” little understood material that holds our universe together but is otherwise invisible. The presence of dark matter can be inferred, however, by its effect on galaxies we can see. So Massey takes high-resolution photos of distant galaxies using the Hubble Space Telescope. And to analyze the huge, multi-terabyte images he captures, Massey depends on his Mac. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:12:11 PDT Creativity through collaboration http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/profiles/aedas/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss “Once you get a new employee an iPhone, they are in,” says Aedas Sport’s Michael Sedlacek. “They’re connected.” And that connection has spiked productivity — by as much as 400%, the architectural firm estimates. “We couldn’t imagine letting people work without one,” adds managing director Dan Meis. “Because that would mean they weren’t connected to us. And ultimately, that would cost the business money, far more than the cost of a phone.” Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:13:23 PDT (500) Days of Summer: (15) Questions http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/in-action/fivehundreddays/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss “I prefer Final Cut,” explains Alan Bell, who edited the new film, (500) Days of Summer, “because it offers me an open and easy way to move media and elements in and out of the system, while handling multiple file types and sizes in the same timeline. So it just works better and faster than any other editing solution out there.” Read the full interview with Bell and the film’s director, Marc Webb, on the new Final Cut Studio site. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 10:55:24 PDT Bet you can’t watch just one http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/new.duke.edu.2256724776?sr=hotnews Believe it or not, we’ve been watching television commercials for nearly 70 years. Some have made us laugh. Some have made us cry. A few have even encouraged us to go out and buy something. And many TV ads have entered popular culture, influencing us in ways unexpected by advertisers. Though you won’t see many of these ads on TV anytime soon, you can see them on iTunes U thanks to Duke University and its AdViews. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:06:58 PDT Coming Attractions: Funny People http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/funnypeople/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss Written, directed, and co-produced by Judd Apatow (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up), Funny People stars Adam Sandler as George Simmons, a comedian who learns he has less than a year to live, and Seth Rogen as Ira Wright, a struggling stand-up comic that Simmons befriends. The film, which opens in theaters on July 31, also stars Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, and Jonah Hill. Enjoy. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:43:23 PDT App Store Pick of the Week: Shakespeare http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=285035416&mt=8?sr=hotnews If you’re headed back to school soon, don’t forget to pack a copy of Shakespeare. On your iPhone. The free app brings you the full text of all forty plays, as well as the Bard’s poems and sonnets. Customize your reading experience by picking the font color and font size. Opt to scroll or tap your way down the page. You can even rotate iPhone or iPod touch and read Shakespeare in landscape mode. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:29:21 PDT Apple updates Final Cut Studio with more than 100 new features http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/?sr=hotnews.rss Apple today announced a significant update to Final Cut Studio, offering more than 100 new features and new versions of Final Cut Pro, Motion, Soundtrack Pro, Color, and Compressor. Final Cut Pro 7 expands Apple’s ProRes codec family to support virtually any workflow and includes Easy Export for one step output to a variety of formats. At $999, the new Final Cut Studio is $300 less than the previous release and is also available as an upgrade for just $299. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:30:15 PDT Apple unveils new Logic Studio http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/?sr=hotnews.rss The new version of Logic Studio introduced today offers major upgrades to Logic Pro and Mainstage and more than 200 new features that simplify tasks. “The new Logic Studio is ideal for professional musicians, live performers and GarageBand enthusiasts who want to take their music to the next level,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. Available today, Logic Studio sells for $499. Current Logic Studio and Logic Pro users can upgrade for $199. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:30:10 PDT Apple reports best non-holiday quarter revenue in company’s history http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/07/21results.html?sr=hotnews.rss “We’re extremely pleased to report record non-holiday quarter revenue and earnings and quarterly cash flow from operations of $2.3 billion,” said Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer. For its third fiscal quarter, Apple posted revenue of $8.34 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.23 billion, or $1.35 per diluted share. Apple sold 2.6 million Macintosh computers, 10.2 million iPods, and 5.2 million iPhones during the quarter. Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:30:05 PDT Mac OS X Tip: Keep applications in the Dock http://www.apple.com/business/theater/?sr=hotnews/#appsindock?sr=hotnews.rss If you use an application all the time, there’s no need to navigate to the Applications folder whenever you want to use it. Mac OS X Leopard lets you keep frequently used applications in the Dock, where you can launch them with a mouse click. And in today’s Quick Tip, you’ll find out how easy it is to add aliases of your favorite applications to the Dock. Take a look. Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:53:03 PDT Open Yale Courses now available on iTunes U http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/yale.edu?sr=hotnews Though you can already enjoy a significant number of Yale University lectures and interviews on iTunes U, now you can sign up for entire courses in Game Theory, Frontiers of Biomedical Engineering, Milton, and others by subscribing to the newly available Open Yale Courses. Yale offers free access to a variety of introductory courses in a variety of disciplines “to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.” Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:15:27 PDT Coming Attractions: G-Force http://www.apple.com/trailers/disney/gforce/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss Ready for some fun? Catch G-Force, a new Disney comedy — in Disney Digital 3-D — produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. In the film, Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Penélope Cruz, Tracy Morgan, Jon Favreau, and Steve Buscemi play a team of secret agents out to protect the world against billionaire Leonard Saber (Bill Nighy). Of course, these secret agents just happen to be guinea pigs, moles, and hamsters. Enjoy. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:06:34 PDT Franz Ferdinand: Better at Night with Logic Pro http://www.apple.com/logicstudio/in-action/fferdinand/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss “When it comes to recording, I don’t want to be a technical person,” says Alex Kapranos, lead singer/guitarist for Franz Ferdinand. “The studio should be a creative place. So I like a system that is really straightforward, visually appealing, and simple.” He found that system, writing most of the songs for Tonight: Franz Ferdinand on his MacBook Pro using GarageBand and Logic Pro. The result? A sound “different from everything we’ve ever done before.” Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:29:31 PDT This Just In http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/action/cronkite/?sr=hotnews?sr=hotnews.rss To train the next generation of professional journalists, Arizona State University built a state-of-the-art facility for its prestigious Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. There, student journalists write, shoot, edit, and broadcast their own stories on Mac computers using Final Cut Pro. “Among the most critical decisions we made,” says News Director Mark Lodato, “was choosing Final Cut Pro as our editing tool, and I don’t think we could be more pleased.” Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:11:14 PDT