If you run Mac OS X Server and have an iPad, you have to try this.
[via Ars Technica]
Skype for iPad Coming This Summer
According to Skype’s Asia-Pacific VP, Dan Neary, Skype will have a native iPad version of its client out by this summer. The app currently works in compatibility mode, but users are forced to run it in double-pixel or mini mode.
Neary also hints at the upcoming iPhone “HD” with front facing camera and a new iPad with enhanced communication capabilities:
“We believe that video is part of the Skype experience,” says the VP, “and we believe that video is moving aggressively into the mobile environment, so stay tuned on an announcement on that.
I think the iPad is an incredibly exciting product but it is clearly not the same communications device in its current form that the iPhone is,” he says. “So we’re looking forward to further advancements in the iPad and where that can go in the future.”
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Apple Updates iWork Apps for iPad
Apple has just updated all the three iWork apps for iPad: Pages, Keynote and Numbers. All the updates seem to address stability and compatibility issues with iWork ‘09 files, you can find the changelogs after the break.
Achieving A Great iPad - Mac Setup
When I bought my iPad I didn’t think there could be an easy way to make it fit into my everyday-blogging workflow. There’s no good blogging app out yet, WordPress’ backend doesn’t work fine with Safari and writing quick posts with the iPad is a pain. Writing articles aside, what’s the best way to work with an iPad and a Macbook at the same time, in the same context? The answer was in apps of course, with a little bit of creativity.
In this post I’ve rounded up 8 apps that are helping me achieving a perfect integration between the iPad and Mac OS X. Have you got further tips and app suggestions? Drop us a line in the comments below.
Hulu Sticks With Flash
Hulu thinks HTML5 is not ready yet, and they’re sticking with Adobe’s Flash as the technology to serve their online content. With a published, then pulled, then cached from Bing blog post, they stated that, for now, Hulu isn’t changing its video player.
iPhone Prototype Running OS 4 Is Fake
Earlier today a picture of the Vietnamese iPhone prototype running OS 4.0 appeared online, letting everyone believe that the guys managed to unlock the device and install an operating firmware on it.
An iPad, An Apple II And a Music Video
Panic rocks, even when it’s not about new applications coming out of their offices. They got an email two weeks ago, and they were asked to run the source of a text animation written for a music video on their (now popular) Apple IIe, just to see it if worked and take a few pictures. To do so, they had to load the source code into a “cassette deck”, which wasn’t available.
So what, give up? Nah, they just decided to use an iPad for that. Check out the Panic’s video here the original one after the break, it’s an impressive result.
Steve Replies to Email About Mac Design Awards: “Just The Normal Cycle Of Things”
Mac users and developers shouldn’t worry about Apple focusing only on iPhone OS, after all. Since Apple dropped the Mac category from this year’s Apple Design Awards (ADA) at the upcoming WWDC, people worried that Steve might only care about iPhones and iPads - leaving the Mac behind forever. Ars Technica even launched its own Design Awards for Mac applications.
Matthias Gansrigler, developer of Flickery for Mac, sent us a copy of an email conversation he’s had with Steve Jobs about the ADAs at the WWDC.
Adobe Founders Respond to Apple
Adobe has just launched a brand new ad campaign called “We [heart] Choice” (see more info here) and published an open letter written by founders Geschke and Warnock, responding to Apple’s position against Flash and closed technologies.
You can check out the screenshots of the ad campaign (first seen on Engadget) and the letter after the break.