Now that’s a very cool suggestion from the folks at KAIST Institute of Information Technology Convergence. This video of a design proposal for the iPad interface zips straight through the Internet. Easy browsing like a real book. Just when Apple has again taken a big step towards digital books and especially textbooks that would be a great improvement, or what do you think?
Apple sells 350.000 textbooks in 3 days
We just got over the big discussion about Apple iBook 2 and textbook deal. You know, if it is ok, is it good, bad, evil, normal and so on, but than there comes the next big number. Apple sold 350.000 textbooks in the 3 days after their event in New York. Of cause, we
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Gameloft 9 iOS games for 99 cent
Today on 01/023/2012 the Chinese celebrate their New Year. The Year of the Dragon begins. Reason for Gameloft once again to launch a new discount promotion. There are 9 iOS games for a short time for 99 cents. I can´t tell why Android owners are left out. Below is the complete list of games: iPhone Silent Ops BackStab Fast & Furious 5: Offizielles Spiel Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard N.O.V.A. 2: Near Orbit
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Apple wants to revolutionize the textbook
No, I have not forgotten about it. Today was the Apple Education Event in New York’s Guggenheim Museum. Apple had once again something, in their eyes, Revolutionary to presented.Apple wants to revolutionize the textbooks. Idea: With digital books, blinking text, photos, and many built-in videos, studying will be twice the fun… yeah sure. But enough of the banter, I can find some positive points: It saves weight. Not bad. 1 iPad instead of 5 books These things should be cheaper than real books. This will have to show iBooks will be always up-to-date.
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orkut iOS App for iPhone und iPod
Now I totally confuse you guys. No. 1 is today Apple Store day at techsloth? - No, it is not, but I can not influence the incoming of the coolest news: o) No. 2 orkut WTF? You don´t know it? Doesn´t matter. Orkut from Google is a Facebook competitor. Hmm … isn´t that Google Plus? Yes true, but not in India and Brazil. Over there orkut is the place to be and Google has now released the iPhone / iPod app. So, if you have friedns
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Soulcalibur for iPhone and iPad in the App Store
It is finished. Long it has been announced and today it is finally on the Apple App Store to find. SOULCALIBUR Manufacturer Namco Bandai offers the fighting game for 11.99 in the App Store. I personally find a bit too high, even if it is 20 % off at the moment. 7.99 would have done too, right? Great, the 215Mb version is a multi platform version, therefore, you buy it one an can play it on your iPhone and iPad.But
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Apple iMac unboxing and first look
Another video from my techsloth archive. How I got my first Mac. It was an 21.5 inch iMac. Great machine but I hated the glossy display.
be.ez MacBook case test
I found an old video of me unboxing and testing the be.ez MacBook soft case. After 10 month I still have it and today it´s protecting my 13 inch MacBock Air. Ok, the Air has some space left, but my old 13 inch MacBook Pro fit perfectly.
DSM 4.0 BETA from Synology is now available for your NAS
The Synology DSM4.0 BETA is out and can be testedby brave people. And uh, no, I do not belong to them.I have so much stuff on my 211J Disk Station NAS … If I had a second NAS for backup of the first, then ok, without hesitation. But so? No chance ;o) But there is a solution. Synology is so nice and offers a live demo on the net. So everybody can see their new design and play around with it. It looks really nice and makes you want the
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