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Tunewear unveils entire Tuneshell iPod line

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Tunewear today announced the availability of the Tuneshell clear case for the entire current iPod lineup. The Tuneshell is constructed from clear polycarbonate plastics, and offers complete screen protection, while leaving ports and controls open for use. Three case styles are available for the iPod nano 3G, which include Tuneshell Mirror, and Tune…

Deals: Pixelmator 49% off today only

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Today’s featured promo on MacUpdate offers Pixelmator for US$29.99 (49% off, retail $59)…

Briefly: European iPhone sales figures, insider stock transactions

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T-Mobile recently announced that it has sold 70,000 iPhones in the first 11 weeks since the device went on sale in Germany in early November, as a number of factors appear to be affecting Apple’s ability to ramp up sales of the iPhone overseas.

USBfever unveils fixed zoom lens for iPhone

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USBfever recently unveiled a crystal clear plastic case for the iPhone that has a removable telescope attachment for the camera. The telescopic lens is advertised as being distortion-free, and can zoom at a fixed six times the distance of the iPhone’s built-in camera. Users attach the telescopic adaptor to the case by sliding it into place over thr…

uvLayer: view, organize and share videos with friends

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Unknown Vector today launched the uvLayer beta, a free, multi-service video sharing community that allows users to communicate with friends across several social networks. uvLayer relies on Adobe AIR to provide a full-screen video organization and sharing area. Users can sort videos however they choose, by stacking, dragging, and throwing video thu…

Magic Bullet Frames: convert video to 24p

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Red Giant Software today unveiled Magic Bullet Frames, its latest plugin for Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Premiere Pro. The plugin is designed to allow users to shoot video on low-cost film, and then scale the footage to 24p, giving it a professional finish. Magic Bullet Frames uses motion-adaptive and field-blended modes to process frames, and can a…

Article: Ask iLounge 1-31-08

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This week’s Ask iLounge topics: Apple TV AirTunes Support, iPod Games on 5G and classic, Keeping videos only on iPod, Syncing iPod using checked songs, Charging with Universal Dock, International iPod and iTunes Store use

News: Apple TV 2.0 guided tour now available

Posted under apple tv, Apple on January 31st, 2008 by admin0 comments

Apple has posted a new guided video tour of Apple TV software version 2.0, which walks viewers through most of the major new features and interface changes of the software. Announced during Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote address, and explained further in a feature article, version 2.0 of the Apple TV software — also called Apple TV Take 2 — will allow users to browse, purchase, and rent content from the iTunes Store, perhaps most…

Briefly: iPhone dev book, gaming site

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In brief: A book on iPhone binary development has made its debut, a new gaming site for users with disabilities is available, Big Nerd Ranch has announced plans for a Ruby on Rails boot camp, and Apple introduces 30 Coding Head Starts … iPhone Open Application Development is a new title designed to teach users how to write Native Objective-C Appl…

Torque Game Builder 1.7 released

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GarageGames today released Torque Game Builder 1.7, an update to the game development software that features improved editors for modifying link points as well as collision polygons. Further changes include new methods for dealing with scene objects, and a new editor for creating vector objects. The latest update to the TGB engine follows the relea…