Over Fifty Percent of Video in H.264 is Now HTML5
Mefreedia, a media search research firm, released some interesting data results this week detailing how strong the HTML5 movement, heavily influenced by Apple, is doing on the Net. The results presented showcase that over 50% (roughly 54% to be more precise) of video encoded with the H.264 video codec on the Net is available in HTML5. That’s double the share of what it was on the Web just under half a year ago. The cause for the transition in video is attributed the substantial boom of the mobile computing industry, led, of course, by Apple’s iOS mobile platform.
iDOS Emulator Supports DOS and Windows 3.0 on iOS Devices Now Pulled
A new application has presented its self on the App Store this week that has been getting the attention from both public and Apple (bad attention from Apple that is). iDOS is a new emulator presented on the App Store that allows users to run Dos and even Windows 3.0 on their iOS devices, (and yes, this is was in the App Store). Are friends over at TouchArcade did some gazing into the application.
Apple Updates the Apple Store Application
Cupertino took some time to add a slew of interactive features in their Apple Store app for iOS. The new features include user check-ins, geo-location to detect which store you are current visiting and engraving capabilities for qualified purchases.
Back in the Day: Steve Jobs was Heated When Redmond Bought Bungie
Very interesting news coming from Develop who interviewed the former head honcho of game publishing for Microsoft Ed Fries. In an intriguing testimony, Eddie revealed that he was personally given the task to satisfy SJ after he learned that Microsoft bought Bungie, a prominent Mac developer at the time, and turned HALO into an exclusive Xbox project.
“As soon as we announced we bought Bungie, Steve Jobs called,” Fries said.
Apple seeds Mac OS 10.6.5: Build 10H562 10H563: Update
Apple has released Mac OS 10.6.5 build 10H563 to developers. This just comes four days after the previous build we reported on, 10H562, was released. As the other recent issues of the beta, Apple has documented no known problems within the software.
A Combo updater was found in the previous build that indicates that Cupertino is wrapping things and preparing to put the software on their servers. This is the fastest release of the beta that has been issued since Apple has accelerated the disperse rate to a week apart.
Apple Axing Adobe Flash From Its Future Mac Lineup
Pretty funny update coming at the end of the week. Seems like individuals who have been test driving the new MacBook Air have noticed that the machine doesnt come packed with Adobes Flash software (ha ha). Apple has always shipped their machines with Adobe Flash preinstalled for some time now. Most of you new Mac users out there may not have notice, but you werent prompted to installed Flash to watch something on Vimeo or YouTube. However, newcomers after you may get that message now because Apple not only cleared up the confusing by stating that the MacBook Air doesn’t come shipped with Flash, but their entire lineup of computer machines wont either from this point on (ha ha 2x).
Mac OS X: Lion Launchpad + Mission Control + App Store + Full Screen Apps
With the introduction of the next generation operating system for the Mac, Apple has based this rendition of Mac OS X on the mobile software that it help build, iOS. Demoed this week at the Back to the Mac event, Cupertino showed off three aspects of the new OS that is patented iOS and will be making its debut this summer with the Lion release: Launchpad, Mission Control and the every so familiar App Store.
Launchpad has been designed to behave like the Home Screens on iOS. Using the power of Multi-Touch through your Magic Trackpad or Magic Mouse, users can navigate through multiple home screens (there was no limit mentioned at the event) to launch all the applications that are currently installed on your Mac. Users can even drag applications on top of one another to create folders, just like it’s done on iOS.
Apple Discontinues Custom Java Updates
Along with the announcement that Flash will no longer be preinstalled on Macs this week, Apple will also not be providing any further customized updates for Java on future OS X releases either. Steve Jobs personal gave his reason for the move in an email to Scott Fraser, CTO of Portico Systems, who was rather concerned when he heard the news and sent off an email to Steve. SJ replied implying that Apple-custom updates may not be the best way to keep users up to date.
Apple seeds Mac OS 10.6.5: Build 10H562
Quick update for those questioning the release of the Mac OS 10.6.5 update. Apple is speeding up the beta releases of the next update to Snow Leopard. Build 10H562 of Mac OS X come just one week after the previous 10H555 build. Again, as with the other build and the one before that one, there are no reported issues with the software. In addition to that, the focus h remained the same asking developers to precision on QuickTime, Graphics, Time Machine, USB Devices and Printing.
iLife 11 is Here
This week Apple rolled out iLife 11, the new upgrade to the user-friendly multimedia software suite. iLife 11 incorporates some new features that make the software more powerful than its predecessor set.
iPhoto brings home the new influence of full-screen apps on the Mac OS X front, incorporating the elements from iOS. The full-screen view goes more in-depth than the previous experience adding new functionalities and features. Along with that, Apple also expanded on some features, more precisely, iPhotos social network integration. Facebook integration now includes updates and comments made on the photos posted on the users account. The app also includes an more elegant, simplistic, integrated method for emailing photos to recipients. You can now set up an email message with the photos cropped according into a variety of templets. Custom letterpress options are also now available in iPhoto. Letterpress is the process of printing from a hard, raised image under pressure, using a thick and consistent ink. Being that the theme of the event was creating a cycle between the iPhone/iPod, iPad and Mac, the new iPhoto also introduces a new iBooks-like shelf to hold all of your album creations.
