From time to time some organizations offer inexpensive Mac OS X software bundles. Usually (but not alwasy) a portion of the sales are given to charity. Sometimes also depending on the number of bundles sold, more software are included in the packages. The bundles always include several applications (or games), but when a bundles are looked more closely, there are one or two appealing applications and the rest are fillers.
At the moment, there are two Mac software bundles available. The first one is by TheMacSale. They offer “10 amazing Mac apps at an unbelievable price”, for $49.99 (36.65€). The TheMacSale…
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Microsoft has presented their take on online maps, called Bing Maps. Take a look at what they can offer, it’s pretty amazing. It combines maps, Sim City like view, Bing’s panorama photos and end users’ Flickr photos and blog posts into versatile experience. They will also include historical data into their maps.
I’m not sure if the cool features are available for public yet (I haven’t installed Microsoft Silverlight) but Bing Maps work nicely also in normal way. It feels much smoother to operate than Google Maps after a quick test drive.
Via Ilmestyskirjanpito (in Finnish).
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Yesterday in Barcelona, during Mobile World Congress, Microsoft published their updated and reformed mobile platform which will replace Windows Mobile 6.5 during 2010. The new platform is called Windows Phone 7 Series and it has been designed mobile phones in mind. They have totally rebuilt the new mobile operating system / platform. They have used elements from Zune HD media player and Xbox Live user interfaces. As with all modern mobile devices, the home screen is customizable with “Live Panels”, small widget-style boxes.
According to the keynote speech, Windows Phone 7 won’t include Adobe Flash support in early stages. It will…
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Nokia Ovi Maps, a navigation application for Symbian 60 smart phones, became free at the end of January, 2010. Within a week the free application had been downloaded over a million times. At the moment the service works with ten Nokia smartphones and in March it will be included with all Nokia smart phones with built-in GPS. By the end of January, the most active Ovi Maps users were from China, Italy, UK, Germany and Spain and the most used devices were Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia N97, Nokia 5230 and Nokia E72.
Nokia has gotten a head start…
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Webdesigner Depot has put together a nice and informative Adobe Photoshop history. On February 10th the life saver of every web designer and photographer turns 20. The article also includes an interview of John Knoll, one of the original creators of Photoshop.
Credits: Screenshot by Guidebook gallery.
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The writer is a Finland (located in northern Europe) based freelance web designer and photography and technology enthusiast. Sipping Designs is noteboard for ideas, discoveries and implementation.
