Flickr App for iOS is now optimized for iPad.
Now, if only I still actively use Flickr.
No, Oracle, No!
Apparently this is still a thing for an application to add/change search provider. Java installer/updater is asking user to install search app by Ask.com.
This has to stop.
Doesn’t Oracle have enough money already? Why are they doing this?
Adobe used to do similar thing. Now Adobe offers Photoshop Lightroom when user downloads Flash Player. It goes something like this: “Your Flash Player is out of date, please update it and have a trial of Photoshop Lightroom to go with it.”
iWork for iOS and Third-Party Storage Providers
iPad Air 2
Now just 6.1 mm thin and weighing less than a pound, iPad Air 2 features an improved Retina® display for enhanced contrast and richer, more vibrant colors, and better cameras for taking stunning photos and videos. Available in gold, silver and space gray, the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini™ 3 offer Touch ID™ so users can unlock their iPad with just the touch of a finger and make purchases easily and securely within apps using Apple Pay™.
Inclusion of Touch ID is definitely a huge plus.
The improved Retina display features a fully-laminated design that brings images and content closer to the user’s fingertips, resulting in an even more personal and intimate experience. A custom-designed anti-reflective coating reduces glare by 56 percent² for a clearer display in the office, the classroom or outdoors.
Apple is finally including anti-reflective coating.
iPad Air 2 is powered by the new Apple-designed A8X chip, which delivers a 40 percent improvement in CPU performance and 2.5 times the graphics performance of iPad Air, and still delivers the up to 10-hour battery life³ users expect while working, playing games or surfing the web.
Apple ABX chip is a huge improvement even from last year’s A7X chip.
iPad Air 2 is at 6.1 mm thickness.
iPad Air 2 pre-order starts on Friday, October 17, 2014.
iMac with Retina 5K display
iMac with Retina 5K display delivers an amazingly immersive user experience. With a resolution of 5120 x 2880, iMac with Retina 5K display has four times more pixels than the standard 27-inch iMac and 67 percent more pixels than a 4K display.
That’s a lot of pixels in a 27-inch display.
The display on the new 27-inch iMac has been engineered for performance, power efficiency and stunning visual quality. iMac with Retina 5K display uses a precisely manufactured oxide TFT-based panel to deliver vivid display brightness from corner to corner. A single supercharged Apple-designed timing controller (TCON), with four times the bandwidth, drives all 14.7 million pixels. iMac with Retina 5K display also uses highly efficient LEDs and organic passivation to improve image quality and reduce display power consumption by 30 percent, even while driving four times more pixels at the same brightness.
Apple is saying that they had to invent a new hardware to accommodate the 5K display.
iMac with Retina 5K display starts at $2,499 (US).
Apple Special Event, October 16, 2014.
Apple Special Event for October 16, 2014 titled “It’s been way too long.” will commence at 10:00 a.m. Cupertino Time.
Apple is expected to announce:
- New iPad Air and iPad mini
- iOS 8.1
- Apple Pay deployment
- OS X Yosemite release date
Many people wants Apple to announce:
- New Macs
- New Apple TV
Go to Apple.com/live for the live stream. Assuming Apple had sacked the people responsible for September 9, 2014 live stream and replaced them with llamas.
Google Nexus 6
Nexus 6 Specs:
Display
5.96” 1440×2560 display (493 ppi)Battery
3220 mAhCamera
13MP rear-facing with optical image stabilization
2MP front-facingProcessor
CPU: Qualcomm SnapdragonTM 805 – Quad Core 2.7 GHz
GPU: Adreno 420
Memory: 32 GB, 64 GB
It is freaking huge, and a lot of pixels. Pretty sure it has more molecules too. Obviously, it will shipped with Android 5.0, Lollipop.
From The Verge:
The Motorola-made smartphone will start at $649, available for preorder later this month
Yikes! $649?
I am expecting Nexus phones to undercut the competitors, not this time. I bought a 16GB Nexus 4 for $349 before the price drop.
Nexus 6 will be available Late October in the US from Google Play Store and:
