Every time a format dies, he has a bonfire and holds a little ceremony. He did it with vinyl records, video tapes, CDs and now DVDs. But in the future I wonder how he’ll burn “the Internet.”
Paper Monsters is a beautiful side-scrolling platform game. The controls are very natural and the gameplay is pretty deep. Give it a try.
In Lion you can use Mission Control to see the most recent documents opened by the current application. With the application at the front, use Control+down arrow to bring up Mission Control in Application Windows mode. You can also Control+click on the Mission Control icon in the Dock and select “Show Application Windows.” In addition to seeing all of the open windows, you will also see a list of documents at the bottom of the screen.
If it is possible for an app to already be a classic, then High Noon would be it. The idea is based on a lot of the gunslinger games that predate it on computers and consoles. But with your iPhone you have to holster and then draw — you actually have to hold the device by your side and draw to start a duel. Then you need to move your iPhone around to target your opponent. This makes it much more challenging than point-and-click game.
Apple released updates to Mac OS X Lion and Final Cut Pro this week. The OS X update, version 10.7.3 includes support for some new languages, as well as bug fixes and security fixes. The security updates are also available for Snow Leopard users. These updates can be downloaded by simply running Software Update.
Final Cut Pro version 10.0.3 adds multicam project support, allowing videos to automatically sync using timecodes or audio. Also included are new chroma keying features, a media relinking interface, better support for XML 1.1 and broadcast monitoring over Thunderbolt devices. The update can be downloaded using the Mac App Store.
In other news, apple has hired a new senior vice president for retail: John Browett, former CEO of Dixons, a european electronics retailer. He replaces Ron Johnson who oversaw the creation and evolution of the Apple Stores before leaving to become CEO of JC Penney last year.
“I’m always online. I constantly update my blog, a YouTube page and my Twitter stream.”
“Want to come by and see me tomorrow?”
“Sure! What’s your URL?”
Did you know your Mac has a second clipboard buffer for text? In addition to Command+C/X to copy/cut and Command+V to paste, you can use Control+K to cut and Control+Y to paste (Note: Control, not Command). And this is a separate storage space from Command+C/X. So you can store one piece of text in the Command+C/X buffer and another with Control+K.
A fun puzzle game is Where’s My Water? by Disney. Each level has you slashing at the ground to let water drain into a pipe to feed an alligator’s shower. While that metaphor is quite a stretch, the result is some good puzzle gameplay and nice graphics.
Want to email someone a quick screen capture? You don’t need to capture the screen, save to a file, and then attach it to an email. You can do it all from right inside Lion Mail. Just write your email, and then choose Mail, Services, Capture Selection From Screen. Then you can grab whatever it is you want to show them and it automatically becomes an attachment in the message. You can also do this from inside other applications like TextEdit or Pages.
It seems that almost every quarter Apple breaks new records. With $46 billion in revenue and $13 billion in net profit the 20122 holiday quarter was more than twice as profitable as 2010.
More than half of Apple’s revenue comes from the iPhone which sold 37 million units. iPad sales totaled more than 15 million. Also more than 5 million Macs were sold, a new record for a quarter. The Mac sales broke down into 3.7 million MacBooks and 1.5 million desktops.
“Yes, I know that iPhone is way too big. So was the wish-list of new features you wanted added to it.”
