Posts Tagged ‘ Mac OS X ’

Can Twitter Handle Apple’s WWDC Traffic?

Jun 8th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: General

There’s a lot of rampant speculation going on about Apple’s WWDC announcements tomorrow.
The biggest question, though, may be whether or not Twitter will go down because of the traffic during Steve Jobs’ keynote.
Over the last year, Twitter has become a love/hate relationship for most users. The site has the worst uptime of all social networks, [...]



Is Google Going After Seesmic?

May 12th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: Microblogging, Podcasting Software, Video

Google has released a new free Mac OS X app, Vidnik, that’s designed to make it easy for users to record video, add a Title, Tags & Description and upload it to YouTube:
You can use Vidnik to create a video diary, or just to quickly record a video comment to attach to an existing YouTube [...]



Steve Jobs Blows Off Mac Users At MacWorld

Jan 12th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Commentary, Computer Hardware

No one seems to have noticed this in the rush to cover the iPhone, but Steve Jobs seems to have completely blown off Mac users at MacWorld this year.
There were no announcements of new Macintosh computers. There were no updates of Mac OS X. No mention of iLife updates. Apple didn’t even announce any cool [...]



PodJournals Intros Social Podcasting Service

Nov 19th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Audio Podcasting, Podcast Hosting, Podcasting Services

PodJournals has announced the beta release of its social podcasting service, as well as client software for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher.
According to the company, their service is designed to make the podcast the new center of the social networking experience.
“Podcasting has traditionally been a static, top-down medium, but we see that it [...]



Apple Upgrades MacBook Line

Nov 8th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Computer Hardware

Apple today unveiled its new line of MacBook consumer notebooks that now include Intel Core 2 Duo processors. According to Apple, the new MacBooks are up to 25 percent faster than the previous generation and feature a built-in iSight video camera for on-the-go video conferencing, Apple’s MagSafe Power Adapter that safely disconnects when under strain, [...]



Mac OS X Catching Up With Windows 2000

Nov 5th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Computer Hardware

The percent of computers accessing the Internet that are running Macintosh OS X is up by 35% since last year, according to figures from Market Share.
5.21% of the computers accessing the Internet were Macs in October, compared to 3.87% a year ago.
While these numbers are good news for OS X fans, Macs still trail PCs [...]



Sling Media Releases SlingPlayer for Mac OS X Beta

Oct 31st, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Computer Hardware, Streaming Video, Video

Sling Media has announced the immediate availability of the SlingPlayer for Mac OS X, a software download for Slingbox customers who wish to view their home TV natively on an Apple Macintosh computer.
The Slingbox allows users to watch their cable, satellite, or digital video recorder (DVR) programming from wherever they are, turning any Internet-connected laptop, [...]



MacBooks Get Faster Processors

Oct 25th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Computer Hardware

Apple today announced that its entire MacBook Pro line of notebooks now includes the new Intel Core 2 Duo processor, delivering performance that is up to 39 percent faster than the previous generation, according to the company.
All MacBook Pro models now offer double the memory and greater storage capacity than the previous generation, as well [...]



New App Creates iTunes Playlists By Mood

Oct 20th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music, iPods & Portable Media Players

Potion Factory has released a beta release of Tangerine, an application designed to create playlists based on the BPM and beat intensity of the songs in your iTunes library.
“We came up with the idea after I noticed that I was spending a good 30 minutes to come up with about 30 tracks for working out. [...]



Podcasting Tool Updated

Jul 25th, 2006 | By James Lewin | Category: Podcasting Software

NotePage has introduced a new release of FeedForAll Mac, software for creating, editing and publishing RSS feeds, podcasts and videocasts.
FeedForAll Mac can be used to create and maintain an unlimited number of RSS feeds and podcasts, letting users maintain and distribute multiple content streams. Existing RSS feeds that are improperly formatted are automatically repaired by [...]