LG now claims complete ownership of the webOS source code, its documentation and webOS websites. It has obtained HP licenses, as well as the patents that Palm transferred to its owner when it was acquired in 2010.
LG will use the OS for its smart TVs.
Derrick Story offers some excellent tips for users of Apple’s Aperture photo software.
Bare Bones Software on Thursday announced the release of an update to their free text editor for OS X, TextWrangler. The new 4.5 release is now available for download from their Web site or through the Mac App Store. Highlights … Continued
Lots of new features and its a free download.
Some interesting changes from Twitter.
A nice looking utility for your Mac.
A new photography blog with a clear vision on what they want to provide the reader. It seems like a great idea.
Apple on Tuesday admitted to being the victim of a hacker attack by the same people that went after Facebook last week. Apple said it is taking steps to help it’s customers, including releasing an updated Java malware removal tool. […]
Apple, which is working with law enforcement to track down the hackers, told Reuters that only a small number of its employees’ Macintosh computers were breached, but “there was no evidence that any data left Apple.”
Reuters says its the same hackers that hit Facebook last week.
To improve their chances of beating a spam filter by sending you spam from your contact’s account, the spammer first has to break into that account. This means many spammers are turning into account thieves.
Good to see Google fighting these people.
Adobe has launched a public preview of Edge Reflow, a responsive Web design tool, and made several other Web-specific enhancements to its Creative Cloud offerings.
One of my favorite apps gets updated with some bug fixes.
Test your browser. I got two different scores in Safari, although they were close. Chrome scored about nine points higher.
A handy tip from Michael Gorbach, an engineer that works on Kaleidoscope 2.
As much as iCloud is the right idea still not realized, Dropbox is the wrong thing done brilliantly well. And at the end of the day, that still amounts to the wrong thing.
Interesting article by Rene Ritchie.
Ben Brooks has a big list of things he wants for his ideal platform. I would like many of those items, but I would most like a simple interface that only loads the code needed for what I’m using on a particular page on the site.
I would pay for a platform like that.
Twitter now requires users of its Vine video app to certify they’re old enough to see boobies.
A bit of a follow-up to yesterday’s HTML5 media players.
Apple said today that it has sold more than 25 billion songs on its iTunes Store.
Bored of getting your inbox filled with comments from your WordPress Blog? Want’s to see those comments in the Notification Center on your Mac? Wants to see how many unread (and total!) comments are on your blog at a glance? Comments.app is your new friend, it’ll let you know, and one click later, you’re approving, marking as spam or replying.
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Twitter says that attackers got a hold of personal information for about 250,000 users.
The Omni Group founder Ken Case gives us a look at the upcoming app.
Audio engineer Paul DeCarli put together 20 of his favorite tips for Pro Tools and published them in a book for the iPad. I met with Paul at NAMM last week and he did a good job with this book.
WakeyWakey is a utility application that runs on Mac OS X (Lion or Mountain Lion). It was born out of necessity. I have two Macs that share a keyboard and mouse. The problem was that the second system’s monitor would go to sleep. I had to figure out a way to wake up the second monitor. The result is WakeyWakey.
There’s a companion iOS app too.
Daniel Eran Dilger:
Among these online movie rental competitors, Apple now takes 45 percent of unit share, followed by Amazon’s Instant Video with 18 percent, the Walmart-owned Vudo with 15 percent, Microsoft’s Zune/Xbox with 14 percent share, and other players (including Google Play and Sony’s PlayStation Store) splitting the remaining 8 percent (no other player can command more than a 5 percent share).
So basically there’s Apple and then everyone else fighting for second.
Microsoft has launched Office 365 for Windows as a $100/year subscription service.
iOS 6.1 is available for download and installation.
The International Telecommunication Union has approved H.265, the successor to the ubiquitous H.264 video format.
If you’re confused about iTunes 11’s interface changes, Kirk McElhearn has an e-book right up your alley.
Use Kaleidoscope to spot the differences in text, images, and folders. Review and merge changes in seconds with the world’s most advanced file comparison application.
Great looking app from the folks at Black Pixel.