Apple store is closed for updates. The question is for what? Based on the information from the imaginary Apple Employee, it’s all about MacBook Pro. Let’s see if the information is actually real.
Apple: Web Clip Bookmark Icon
iPhone Web Clip Icon has been widely publicized, so there’s nothing really new here. This post basically is for my personal reference.
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/devcenter/designingcontent.html
Create a Web Clip Bookmark Icon
iPhone and iPod touch allow a user to save a Web Clip bookmark to your site on their Home Screen.
To specify a bookmark icon for all pages of a web site, place a PNG image named “apple-touch-icon.png” at the root directory of your web server – similar to the “favicon.ico” for site icons.
To override the site bookmark icon on a specific web page, insert a <link> element similar to <link rel=”apple-touch-icon” href=”/customIcon.png”/> within the <head> element of the page.
The bookmark icon dimensions should be 57×57 pixels. If the icon is a different size it will be scaled and cropped to fit.
Safari will automatically composite the icon with the standard “glassy” overlay so it looks like a built-in iPhone or iPod application.
Apple recommends the size of the icon as 57×57 pixels, but as we all can see, Apple’s own Web Clip Bookmark Icon is 129×129 pixels.
Yahoo! Responds to Microsoft’s Takeover Bid
Yahoo! has responded to Microsoft’s takeover bid.
Yahoo! Board of Directors to Evaluate Unsolicited Proposal From Microsoft
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb 01, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today said that it has received an unsolicited proposal from Microsoft to acquire the Company. The Company said that its Board of Directors will evaluate this proposal carefully and promptly in the context of Yahoo!’s strategic plans and pursue the best course of action to maximize long-term value for shareholders.
In related news, Terry Semel announces his departure from Yahoo! Board of Directors.
Yahoo! stock gains $9.20 as the market closes today (Friday, February 1st, 2008).
Microsoft Bids on Hostile Takeover for Yahoo!
Microsoft has made their intentions clear, they want to assimilate Yahoo!. Microsoft has been approaching Yahoo! in 2006 and 2007 for some kind of partnerships and even a merger. Yahoo! has been rejecting the proposals, and now Microsoft is moving in for the hostile takeover. Now it is up to Microsoft and Yahoo! shareholders to decide the fate of this hostile takeover. This reminds me of Futurama episode “Future Stock“.
Breaking news on the tech industry as Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo! for $44.6 billion in stock and cash. As reported, Microsoft would pay shareholders $31 per share. Yahoo! share closed on $19.18 on Thursday January 31st, 2008.
REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 1, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) today announced that it has made a proposal to the Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) Board of Directors to acquire all the outstanding shares of Yahoo! common stock for per share consideration of $31 representing a total equity value of approximately $44.6 billion. Microsoft’s proposal would allow the Yahoo! shareholders to elect to receive cash or a fixed number of shares of Microsoft common stock, with the total consideration payable to Yahoo! shareholders consisting of one-half cash and one-half Microsoft common stock. The offer represents a 62 percent premium above the closing price of Yahoo! common stock on Jan. 31, 2008.
“We have great respect for Yahoo!, and together we can offer an increasingly exciting set of solutions for consumers, publishers and advertisers while becoming better positioned to compete in the online services market,” said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft. “We believe our combination will deliver superior value to our respective shareholders and better choice and innovation to our customers and industry partners.”
Microsoft’s consistent belief has been that the combination of Microsoft and Yahoo! clearly represents the best way to deliver maximum value to our respective shareholders, as well as create a more efficient and competitive company that would provide greater value and service to our customers. In late 2006 and early 2007, we jointly explored a broad range of ways in which our two companies might work together. These discussions were based on a vision that the online businesses of Microsoft and Yahoo! should be aligned in some way to create a more effective competitor in the online marketplace. We discussed a number of alternatives ranging from commercial partnerships to a merger proposal, which you rejected. While a commercial partnership may have made sense at one time, Microsoft believes that the only alternative now is the combination of Microsoft and Yahoo! that we are proposing.
CNBC: Microsoft Makes $44.6 Billion Bid for Yahoo
CNN: Microsoft bids $45 billion for Yahoo
Reuters: Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion
This would be interesting, because Yahoo! owns numbers of widely used services such as Flickr, del.icio.us, Yahoo! Mail, and others. As a matter of fact, 37prime.com (my site) is hosted by Yahoo! Web Hosting.
to be continued!
Apple Releases iWeb 2.0.3 Update
Apple releases iWeb 2.0.3 to address compatibility with Mac OS X.
(I thought that iWeb only works with Mac OS X, the description is a bit confusing.)
01/30/2008
iWeb 2.0.3 | 17.2MB
This update addresses compatibility with Mac OS X.
The updates is available through Software Update or Apple Support Downloads site.
Apple Updates iWork ’08
Apple releases updates to iWork ’08.
01/29/2008
Keynote 4.0.2 | 32MB
This update primarily addresses performance issues while playing or exporting presentations.Pages 3.0.2 | 27.8MB
This update addresses compatibility with Mac OS X.Numbers 1.0.2 | 26.2MB
This update addresses compatibility with Mac OS X.
The updates is available through Software Update or Apple Support Downloads site.
VMware Fusion 1.1.1 is Released
VMware releases VMware Fusion 1.1.1 (for Intel-based Mac OS X)
Read the release note here.
VMware 1.1.1 | 01/24/08 | 72241 | 171 MB
VMware-Fusion-1.1.1-72241.dmg
http://www.vmware.com/download/download.do?downloadGroup=FUS-111
VMware user account is required.