Saturday, June 16, 2007

Apple's iPhone Website: Demonstrations in 3D

Apple's iPhone Website: Demonstrations in 3D
The new Apple.com website has quite a bit of surprises. While looking though the its iPhone technology section I learned they updated their 3D demonstrations. Pretty cool.

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Introducing iPhone Developers Camp

Introducing iPhone Developers Camp
Created by BarCampers (Raven Zachary, whurley, and Chris Messina) iPhone Developers Camp is an upcoming gathering to develop web-based applications and optimize web sites for iPhone. It is a non-commercial event, organized by volunteers, with attendance free to all. The event is being held the week following the public release of the iPhone.

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Gas.app - Find Cheap Gasoline on Your iPhone

Gas.app - Find Cheap Gasoline on Your iPhone
Here is a gasoline finder app for iPhone that I created. It isn't completely done yet, but it is in a very usable state. It includes its own keypad, price lookup, and Google Maps integration (with directions coming soon). Let me know what you think. Leave your comments, bugs, and suggestions in the comments. Thanks!

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Is Apple using Windows Safari Beta Test to stamp out iPhone security holes?

Is Apple using Windows Safari Beta Test to stamp out iPhone security holes?
Within hours of Apple releasing the Safari 3 beta for Windows, computer geeks from around the world began pointing out various security holes in the browser. Is there a chance Apple is hoping that by releasing a beta of Safari for Windows, it can let the hacking community do its QC work for it?

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HILARIOUS Darth Vader iPod spoof [PIC]

HILARIOUS Darth Vader iPod spoof [PIC]
Page full of iPod ad spoofs, Darth Vader being the coolest of course.

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Are Apple UI designers learning from Pixar?

Are Apple UI designers learning from Pixar?
Apple UI designers have learned how to grab your attention using a classic physical animation technique called squash and stretch. Think of a cartoon nose squishing exaggeratedly as it bumps into a wall, then going pop! as it pulls away
—that’s squash and stretch. Animators have been using it for decades to give their drawn figures depth and weight

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Microsoft Versus Google: Apple Wins - Forbes.com

Microsoft Versus Google: Apple Wins - Forbes.com
While the two giants fight over antitrust allegations, Steve Jobs moves forward.

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Mac OS X Leopard: Wired Preview - Screenshots

Mac OS X Leopard: Wired Preview - Screenshots
Wired News has obtained a preview copy of the new Mac OS X 10.5 operating system. We installed Leopard on our test machine (a quad-core Xeon Mac Pro), and the installation was accomplished very quickly with zero difficulty. We checked the option to keep all of our personal settings and preferences, and those were preserved when Leopard booted...

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