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Yet Another Tablet OS Leaked Video

Or should I say “yet another fake video”? I wonder why these videos are always bad quality.

I do hope the widget rumor was fake. Apple just won’t do something like this. But the question is: let’s say Apple really came out with this idea of iPhone OS apps as widgets plus native tablet apps. Would you use them?



A Day’s Sales For Haiti

Link & Link

“In the spirit of OneFingerDiscount and MacSanta, I’d like to aggregate all of the participating companies onto a single site that customers can go to, see the products being offered and make their purchasing decision. You would handle the sales of your product on your store and at the end of the day donate the sales to your charity of choice.”

Now you understand why the Mac community is so great. Looking forward to January 20th.



News From the Simplenote Private Beta

I’ve been testing the private beta of the next Simplenote update for a few weeks, and I really would like to tell you what’s coming in a matter of a few days. But I can’t. Anyway, Mike and Fred from the Simplenote have been so kind to let me reveal some info about the upcoming update, which will bring a lot of new stuff, improvements and fixes. Among these things:

  • faster startup time;
  • faster scrolling;

  • faster syncing.

But there’s one thing which will revolutionize the whole Simplenote experience I can’t tell you yet. Trust me, it’s gonna be great. Be sure to follow @simplenoteapp on Twitter to stay updated.


Mac OS X Finder Now Saves Open Windows in Real Time

Via Betalogue

“I don’t know exactly when this improvement was introduced. I don’t remember noticing it before today, and I have had crashes in Snow Leopard before, so it cannot have been in Snow Leopard itself, i.e. in Mac OS X 10.6.0. It might have been introduced in Mac OS X 10.6.1 or Mac OS X 10.6.2. I also need to experience a few more crashes in order to confirm that it does indeed happen every time.

Out of curiosity, I just made a slight change in my window setup and then option-clicked on the Finder’s Dock icon and chose “Relaunch,” and the slight change that I had just made was not preserved when the Finder was relaunched. It returned to the previous state, i.e. the state that was correctly preserved when the kernel panic happened.

As far as I can tell, using this “Relaunch” command is the equivalent of force-quitting the Finder, which should mimic what happens in the event of a crash.”

They say sometimes you have to actually notice things to appreciate them. It felt so natural I didn’t even notice it.


Today 2.0 Is Out

“With Today you can keep track of what’s on your plate for any given day without keeping iCal open all the time. Today syncs with iCal and your life’s agenda so daily events & tasks are always available via one, convenient little interface.”

Seems delicious. I’ll give it a try.


Notify Winners Announced

Thanks everyone for the support and the comments! Also, I’d like to thank the Vibealicious team for giving us these 5 licenses to give away.

Now, here are the winners:

Ned Falconer

iMaddin

Kévin

Rich Cousins

Jimi

You’ll receive the license straight in your inbox in a matter of a few hours.

Cheers!


3 Billion Apps.

“Three billion applications downloaded in less than 18 months—this is like nothing we’ve ever seen before,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “The revolutionary App Store offers iPhone and iPod touch users an experience unlike anything else available on other mobile devices, and we see no signs of the competition catching up anytime soon.”

…And still so many things to improve and fix. I hope the Tablet will help.