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OS X Mountain Lion Developer Preview

Apple Hot News — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:07:25 +0000

Apple today released a developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion — the ninth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system — which brings popular apps and features from iPad to the Mac and accelerates the pace of OS X innovation. Mountain Lion introduces Messages, Notes, Reminders, and Game Center to the Mac, as well as Notification Center, Share Sheets, Twitter integration, and AirPlay Mirroring. The preview release of Mountain Lion is available to Mac Developer Program members starting today. Mac users will be able to upgrade to Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store in late summer 2012.

Mooresville’s Shining Example (It’s Not Just About the Laptops)

Apple Hot News — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:06:01 +0000

The New York Times reports that a MacBook Air one-to-one program is helping raise student attendance, engagement, and performance at North Carolina’s Mooresville Graded School District, which “has quietly emerged as the de facto national model of the digital school.” The article notes, “Mooresville ranks 100th out of 115 districts in North Carolina in terms of dollars spent per student — $7,415.89 a year — but it is now third in test scores and second in graduation rates.”

Fair Labor Association Begins Inspections of Foxconn

Apple Hot News — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:06:57 +0000

Apple today announced that the Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, at Apple’s request. “We believe that workers everywhere have the right to a safe and fair work environment, which is why we’ve asked the FLA to independently assess the performance of our largest suppliers,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. A team of labor rights experts led by FLA president Auret van Heerden began the first inspections Monday morning at the facility in Shenzhen known as Foxconn City.

Apple Scores with Digital Textbooks and App

Apple Hot News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:40:56 +0000

USA Today reviewer Edward C. Baig describes his experience using the first Multi-Touch digital textbooks published for the iBooks 2 for iPad app, noting that they are “engaging in ways that were simply not possible with the textbooks I grew up with.” Baig likes the portability, updatability, and low pricing of iBooks 2 digital textbooks and touts specific features like instant search, highlighting, bookmarking, and interactive graphics. Writes Baig, “It’s better to see an animated tour of the genome in E.O. Wilson’s Life on Earth than just to read about it. ”

Apple Invades Corporate Market with iPad

Apple Hot News — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:08:58 +0000

Bloomberg’s Peter Burrows reports that Apple is making rapid headway selling into corporations — especially financial services and pharmaceutical firms. Burrows writes that Apple’s corporate sales are being driven chiefly by iPad, which “has become a standard business tool.” The article quotes Matt Wallach, co-founder of Veeva Systems, who says: “I’ve seen a lot of devices come and go over the years. Nothing touches the speed of adoption of the iPad.”

Apple Updates Final Cut Pro X

Apple Hot News — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0000

Apple today released Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.3, a significant update to its revolutionary professional video editing application. Version 10.0.3 introduces Multicam Editing, which automatically syncs up to 64 angles of video and photos; advanced chroma keying for handling complex adjustments right in the app; and enhanced XML for a richer interchange with third-party apps and plug-ins that support the fast growing Final Cut Pro X ecosystem. It also includes a beta version of Broadcast Monitoring that supports Thunderbolt devices as well as PCIe cards. Final Cut Pro X version 10.0.3 is available from the Mac App Store for $299.99 (US) to new users, or as a free update for existing Final Cut Pro X customers.

Final Cut Pro X Update Reinvents Multicam Editing

Apple Hot News — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:56:48 +0000

StudioDaily’s Beth Marchant reports on “key features” delivered in Final Cut Pro version 10.0.3. Marchant interviews Radical Media CTO Evan Schechtman — an early adopter of Final Cut Pro X — who calls version 10.0.3 “an even bigger deal than the original release,” noting that his company is “ready to transition completely to Final Cut Pro X now that broadcast monitoring and multicam editing are in the mix.”

AirHub

eagos — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:26:37 +0000

File Manager experience is now available for iOS devices. AirHub allows you to manage your files whether its locally on the device or on a remote server. Now you can play movies, videos and music without requiring them to be stored locally.

Supported Servers:
1- WebDAV
2- WebDAVs
3- FTP
4- SFTP
5- MobileMe iDisk
6- box.net
7- Dropbox

Features:

Copy and Move files from local to remote servers or vice versa, or even directly between servers.
Delete files locally or remotely.
Rename files.
Create folders.
Archive/Unarchive files. (zip)
Email files.
Import Photos/Videos from camera roll.
Export Photos/Videos from remote server to camera roll. (Video extensions that are supported by Apple’s camera roll can be only exported. HD formats and others might work on iPhone 4S and iPad 2 but not the other supported devices)
Fully featured file browser and navigation.
Stream videos and audio remotely from WebDAV server without being required to download them locally.
View pdf, doc, excel, and other supported filetypes from the app.
Open email attachments with AirHub to store them locally or to then copy them remotely. You can also use other apps to open files using air hub if they support the open in feature.
AirHub automatically detects webdav and ftp servers on your network and lists them for you.
Download files from safari. Just replace ‘http://’ with ‘airhub://’
Sort files by Name, File Size, File Type, and last modified date
Two view options. List View or Icon View.

Airhub Video Tutorial

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For tutorials on how to set up your own WebDAV server visit one of the following links:
Click here For Mac OSx
Click here for Linux.
Click here for Windows IIS 7.0

For instructions on how to set up your own FTP server on Mac OSx:
Open Terminal and then
To start ftp server type:
sudo -s launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist
To stop ftp server type:
sudo -s launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist

Version 1.0.1
1- Sort files by Name, File Size, File Type, and last modified date.
2- Commands can now be accessed through a menu instead of the toolbar. You activate the menu by holding on an empty space or by holding a file.
3- The path bar is now more user friendly when it comes to navigating inside a lot of folder.
4- UI changes
5- Add list view as one of the view options.
6- Major bug fixes when decompressing files from zip.
7- Other bug fixes

Version 1.0.2
1- Bug fixes.
2- Added portrait mode with hide-able sidebar.
2- Audio played from app will remain playing in background.
3- Double click on a zip now gives you an option to unzip or open with.
4- Minor UI changes

Version 1.1
1- Added support for WebDAVs, FTP, MobileMe iDisk remote servers.
2- Several bug fixes.

Version 1.2
1- Added support for SFTP and box.net.
2- New icons.
3- Bug fixes and other improvements.
4- iTunes File Sharing is now supported

Version 1.2.1
1- Add support to Dropbox
2- Bug fixes that made box.net and MobileMe iDisk not work because of empty address.
3- Bug fixes and improvements

Version 1.2.2 - Submitted
1- Added feature, swipe right/left to show/hide sidebar.
2- Minor bug fixes with Dropbox and Importing from camera roll.
3- Bug fixes with zipping and unzipping folders directly on remote servers.
4- Bug fix where device locks when Airhub is active.
5- Other bug fixes.

Version 1.3+ – Future Roadmap
1- Add support to AFP, SMB, iCloud

SFTP Credits:
Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Sara Golemon
Copyright (c) 2005,2006 Mikhail Gusarov
Copyright (c) 2006-2007 The Written Word, Inc.
Copyright (c) 2007 Eli Fant
Copyright (c) 2009 Daniel Stenberg
Copyright (C) 2008, 2009 Simon Josefsson
All rights reserved.

Apple Reports Highest Quarterly Revenue and Earnings Ever

Apple Hot News — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:17:17 +0000

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter, which spanned 14 weeks and ended December 31, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. “We’re thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads, and Macs,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Apple’s momentum is incredibly strong, and we have some amazing new products in the pipeline.”

Apple Reinvents Textbooks with iBooks 2 for iPad

Apple Hot News — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:00:24 +0000

Apple today announced iBooks 2 for iPad, featuring iBooks textbooks, an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, engaging, and truly interactive. iBooks textbooks offer iPad users gorgeous, full-screen textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, and unrivaled navigation. Leading education services companies including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson will deliver educational titles on the iBookstore, with most priced at $14.99 or less. And with the new iBooks Author, anyone with a Mac can create iBooks textbooks and publish them to Apple’s iBookstore. Starting today, iBooks 2 is available free from the App Store and iBooks Author is available free from the Mac App Store