2013-03-20

Microsoft Says Paying Developers Not Main Strategy for Windows Apps - Ina Fried - Mobile - AllThingsD

Microsoft Says Paying Developers Not Main Strategy for Windows Apps: "In a statement to AllThingsD, a Microsoft representative said that paying developers is not its primary strategy."

$100? That's the same amount you'd get by uploading a $0.99 app to an App Store. Too bad you actually have to make the app. Maybe they would accept a Photo Shop mockup. Which is what most apps are anyway.

2013-03-18

A Third Steve Jobs Movie? Please Tell Me They’re Not Calling It iSteve … - John Paczkowski - News - AllThingsD

A Third Steve Jobs Movie? Please Tell Me They’re Not Calling It iSteve: "Because two Steve Jobs biopics aren’t nearly enough, Funny or Die will release a third that will beat the Kutcher and Sorkin projects to market. "

This will be the good one. It's too soon for a serious biopic, the time is ripe for a skewering.

3 Quirky Free Graphic Design Software Programs for Mac

1. DotMatrix FREE from b-l-a-c-k-o-p.com.

DotMatrix FREE is a retro graphics generator that uses the Mac's built-in webcam (iSight or FaceTime) camera. Hundreds of customizable retro art presets are available with virtually unlimited color customization.

The higher priced pOpOp version can output vector graphic PDF files.

The tool includes a variety of integrated masking, posterization and halftoning tools which are combined in unique and suprising ways.

The product claims to make art creation accessible to those "without talent" and I think they have a point.
2. InspectPNG for Mac.

InspectPNG is a tool that only the techically inclined will love. If you find yourself with a weird PNG file that doesn't display correctly somewhere/anywhere, InspectPNG will probably have the answer. It seems that the new Retina ICNS on Mountain Lion are using new PNG features. Who can keep track? Isn't a PNG just a PNG? Apparently not.
3. FaceBoof! may be unique in claiming to be absolutely useless. Whimsy and comedy abound in this simple application which is sometimes free and sometimes cheap. You may want to use an App price monitoring tool to determine the best time to download.

2013-03-16

Briefly: 'Jobs' biopic release date delayed

Briefly: 'Jobs' biopic release date delayed
According to people familiar with the matter, the film's production company Open Road wanted more time for marketing after the film debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival in January."
This can't be a bona fide Apple movie, because if it was, it would "ship on time".

2013-03-13

Microsoft Now Supports Adobe in Windows 8, Windows RT Browser - Ina Fried - News - AllThingsD

Microsoft Now Supports Adobe in Windows 8, Windows RT Browser - Ina Fried - News - AllThingsD
Microsoft has changed its mind, yet again, on when and how to support Flash within the latest versions of Windows."
The enemy of my enemy is my friend and other illogicisms.

2013-03-06

TV Is Changing Before Our Eyes - David Pakman - Voices - AllThingsD

TV Is Changing Before Our Eyes - David Pakman - Voices - AllThingsD: "As more of our viewership takes place over IP, we lose our allegiance to networks as the point of distribution and allow new distributors to guide us toward content choice."
We'll never put our television shows on your stinky internet! We have our own dedicated network.

2013-03-03

QOTD: Money Changes Everything - John Murrell - Voices - AllThingsD

QOTD: Money Changes Everything - John Murrell - Voices - AllThingsD
Andrew Mason, in an interview about a month before he was fired as Groupon’s CEO"

Yet another entrepreneur learns what it means to be owned by bankers.