Saturday, June 9, 2012

Apple TV: a rumor too good to be true?

This is the buzz of the moment. A source site Cult of Mac swears he approached a prototype of the Apple TV. Specifically, the device would look like an Apple Thunderbolt Display screen, in much bigger. No surprise, he would board three key technologies from Apple to distinguish themselves from the competition: an iSight camera to make FaceTime family, AirPlay easily stream content stored on other Apple devices (Mac, iPad, iPhone ...) and Siri (to control the Apple TV). To this we should probably also add icloud.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Aaron Sorkin: "Writing about Jobs is like writing on the Beatles"

Aaron Sorkin spoke about a new project which currently occupies that of the Sony Pictures adaptation of the biography of Steve Jobs. D10 invited to the conference, he told Walt Mossberg be the beginnings of this new writing work. Sony Pictures has confirmed his participation 15 days ago: "I will first go through a long period, from the outside, will not be like writing. It is rather like watching ESPN (the great American sports channel). A process of procrastination during which we try to find what will be the film. "

D: All Things Digital: Tim Cook - a big boss

On the occasion of the tenth conference D: All Things Digital, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher have extensively interviewed Tim Cook. Apple's CEO obviously did not make outlandish statement, but made many developed on the company, its products and its strategy (a few video clips are also available & read Tim Cook on Siri and the names of the iPhone). 

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Google and Microsoft acquires bought Quickoffice Press Play


Google announced the acquisition of QuickOffice, the publisher of the eponymous mobile office applications. If the press release of the two parties goes beyond the usual self-congratulatory, it is no doubt that Google seeks to build capacity by editing Google Docs and Google Drive within IOS and Android. 

Touch screens: 5 "440 dpi at LG and new Mirasol

The Korean manufacturer LG follows the lead of Sharp, who had presented last week (read: Sharp continues in IGZO screen with a 498 dpi). LG has unveiled a prototype screen 5 "Full HD, or a resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels.

The resolution of such a slab is 440 dpi - Retina screen of the iPhone has him 4S 326 dpi resolution. By comparison, the Galaxy S III which approaches the 5 "screen with its 4.8" has a definition of 1280 x 720 pixels (306 dpi).