Apple Lossless Audio Codec Now Open Source
Apple:
The Apple Lossless Audio Codec project contains the sources for
the ALAC encoder and decoder. Also included is an example command
line utility, called alacconvert, to read and write audio data
to/from Core Audio Format (CAF) and WAVE files. A description of a
‘magic cookie’ for use with files based on the ISO base media file
format (e.g. MP4 and [...]
Sprint CEO Says iPhone Will Help Them Keep Unlimited Data Plans
Elizabeth Woyke, interviewing Sprint CEO Dan Hesse for Forbes:
Industry observers often speculate when Sprint will have to adopt
tiered pricing like AT&T and Verizon Wireless. Sprint is still not
saying when it may make that switch, but credits the iPhone for
helping it push the date out further. “One of the beauties of
carrying the iPhone is it extends [...]
Jack Donaghy Demos the Siri-Based Apple TV
“Crap.” (Via Joey Tyson.)
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Forrester Urges IT to Support the Mac
As Philip Elmer-DeWitt quips, this really is a “hell has frozen over” moment.
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Dan Frommer: ‘Here’s Why Apple’s TV Needs to Be an Actual Television, and Not Just a Cheap Add-on Box’
Dan Frommer:
Right now, the Apple TV box is aiming for “input 2” on your TV
— most people still reserve “input 1” for their cable or
satellite box. (Believe it or not, the average American still
watches more than 5 hours of TV per day.) If you have a game
console, maybe Apple TV is even input 3 or [...]
Apple’s Siri powered TV as imagined by 30 Rock
Rumours suggest when, not if
Ever since Steve Jobs was quoted in his biography saying that he “cracked” the final piece in the Apple TV puzzle the inter webs have been buzzing with rumours that it’s not a case of if, but when will Apple launch a full blown television.?
The latest rumour, coming from the New [...]
Google+ gets new ‘Ghoulish’ features
What’s Hot, Ripples, and more
Google has added a host of new features to Google+ on Thursday including features first seen in Google Wave and new photo editing options.
“What’s Hot” on Google+, a new place to visit for interesting and unexpected content says Google and will let you see popular posts from others that you don’t [...]
WEBSITE OF THE DAY: What’s Your Number?
You’re unique – and here’s your number to prove it…
Despite what Patrick McGoohan famously screamed in The Prisoner, it would appear that we all are, in fact, numbers.
At www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15391515#output_1 (yes, I know: back-to-back Beeb plugs and still no discount on the TV License – shocking isn’t it?) you can find out your true place in [...]
Windows Phone 7 Mango now available to all first gen WP7 users
Update updated
Microsoft has said that it is now pushing out the Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) update to all eligible smartphones around the world.
“We’re now delivering Mango to 100 percent of eligible phones around the world, regardless of carrier. (In other words, to everything that’s not listed as “scheduling” or “testing” on Where’s My Phone Update?),” [...]
Google Apps users get Google+ access
Now open to everyone
As we reported last week, Google Apps customers can now use Google+. Google made the change on Thursday.
“You’ve been asking for it. I’ve been talking about it. And today we’re excited to make Google+ available to all Google Apps customers worldwide,” said Vic Gundotra, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google.
The new [...]
