If you’re looking for that last minute gift, an Apple Store is a fine destination. But if, like my hirsute Uncle Bob, your wrapping skills max out at wadding a clump of disintegrating newspaper around your gift and entombing it in an impenetrable, inch-thick layer of duct tape upon which you’ve written your season’s greeting [...]
Q: Is that one of the Google founders in front of their garage from where it all started? A: Nope, it is one of the rare pictures of Steve Jobs in front of the garage where it all began, Apple inc, one of my favorite brands. Q: Is there more? A: Yes, CNNMoney.com shared a gallery rare pictures of the Apple CEO and a nice article about the Decade of the Apple CEO. He is called CEO of the Decade.
[Update] “…there is one more thing…” I just included a video at the bottom of this post, brought by Maclife. In this video, we can enjoy all the great Apple products, Steve Jobs had introduced to the world. It starts with the introduction if the iMac and it ends with the iPhone 3G. Excellent!
Today, the New Jersey Apple store is robbed by some dudes. At 60 sec, the surveillance shows, a single object decimated the glass doorway and enabled five thieves to enter, snag 23 MacBook Pros, 14 iPhones and 9 iPod touches, all in just 31 seconds. They security guard fled once they pointed a gun at him.
Q: What? A: Minutes ago, a virtual instrument app named Fingerbeat [App Store Info $3,99] is released in the app store. Q: What is Fingebeat? FingerBeat is a virtual instrument designed for creativity & self-expression, inspired by retro synthesizers & samplers. Available on iPhone & second generation iPod touch.A homage to Dance Music & Pop Culture from the last decades.FingerBeat is a classic for absolutely everyone. Q: Do I need to learn musical notes to use it? A: You don’t need to know a single musical note to create beats or draw melodies using your finger. Annotate your musical ideas, record external sounds directly into the pads to express yourself. Q: The screens are stunning, but what is are those buttons and sliders exactly? A: This is explained here:
Step Sequencer: Making beats is easy as drawing and taping boxes to generate unique sequences. Each color is associated to each channel type of pad.
Pitch Keyboard + Editor: While recording, the notes you play will immediately appear in the editor. Its easy to make changes and draw free-form to create / delete notes using your finger. Multi-Touch Mixer: FingerBeat is built for user experience & live performance. Create your very own mix. Pocket Sampler + Kit Edit: Record any external sound using the built-in microphone. Or load any existing sounds from the library. Perform & Sing: Once you have programmed some patterns, connect to headphones and hear yourself sing over your musical creation. Conveniently change patterns with your thumb. Q: Are there technical specifications around? A: Yes, check the list below.
Low latency pads
x8 Pads/Channels with Volume, Balance Mixer + Mute functions
x6 Pattern blocks per Kit
x6 Themed Skins + User Photo option using iPhone camera or gallery.
x16 Kits “x8 User”
Built in sounds + kit templates
16bit 44Khz Sampler using internal microphone
Demo Patterns
Ability to use microphone* with external speaker source
* only on iPhone & iPod Touch 2nd generation. For user reviews or to buy it, please follow this App Store Info link.
Q: What is going on? A: Apple rejected an iPhone app game that let you select a known U.S. politician (both republicans and democrats) and have him/her jump a virtual trampoline. Pretty harmless. Q: What is the reason for the app rejection? A: The Obama Trampoline iPhone app was denied because [source a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/07/apple-rejects-obama-trampoline-iphone-app-leaves-us-puzzled/"TechCrunch/a]:blockquote style=”font-style: italic;”pbr //pp… it contains content that ridicules public figures and is in violation of Section 3.3.12 from the iPhone SDK Agreement which states:/p p“Applications must not contain any obscene, pornographic, offensive or defamatory content or materials of any kind (text, graphics, images, photographs, etc.), or other content or materials that in Apple’s reasonable judgement may be found objectionable by iPhone or iPod touch users.”/p/blockquotebr /object width=”200″ height=”150″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/-_nOnJ-_1BAamp;color1=0xb1b1b1amp;color2=0xcfcfcfamp;hl=nlamp;feature=player_embeddedamp;fs=1″param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/-_nOnJ-_1BAamp;color1=0xb1b1b1amp;color2=0xcfcfcfamp;hl=nlamp;feature=player_embeddedamp;fs=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”200″ height=”150″/embed/objectbr /The Obama part starts at around 55 sec.br /br /Q: Does the Obama Trampoline app actually ridicule public figures and what is your opinion? A: If the worst part is in this video, than it is not that bad, it looks more charming, positive and human! Apps like a href=”http://iphone-tips-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/02/iphone-app-store-hooters-calendar.html”Hooters/a and a href=”http://iphone-tips-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/02/iphone-app-store-ivibrateme-is-vibrator.html”iVibrateMe/a are accepted in App Store so what point is the limit…. How about your opinion? Please let me know on Twitter what you thinkem style=”font-family: arial;” /ema style=”font-style: italic;” href=”http://twitter.com/home?status=Pretty%20good%20stuff%20about%20IPhone%20at%20http://iphone-tips-tricks.blogspot.com”Click to Tweet/abr /span style=”font-style: italic;”/spanbr /via a href=”http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/02/07/apple-rejects-obama-trampoline-iphone-app-leaves-us-puzzled/”TechCrunch/abr /em style=”font-family: arial;”***Looking for an scratch proof iPhone 3G case? Go get an /ema style=”font-style: italic; font-family: arial;” href=”http://www.anrdoezrs.net/click-2741201-10565129?sid=ITT-TOP-5-10″ target=”_top”invisibleSHIELD for the iPhone/aem style=”font-family: arial;”, the strongest protection for your iPhone backed by a 30 day moneyback guarantee, lifetime replacement warranty, and FREE shipping!**/emdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”a href=”http://www.dpbolvw.net/bf106vpyvpxCFKHEFDECEDHLHDGL?sid=feed” target=”_top”
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