Nobody should blame the movies for Friday’s horrific killing spree during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises at a theater in Aurora, Colorado. At this point we know little about James Eagan Holmes, the 24-year-old Colorado man who allegedly donned a gas mask and body armor before sneaking into the Century 16 theater in Aurora and firing into the crowd during a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. Holmes is being questioned by police, and who knows what they will discover.
While I congratulate the Sparrow team on moving on to bigger and better projects at Google, one thing leaves a bad taste in my mouth: the fact that the Sparrow team is no longer free to build products for itself. When I last spoke at length with Sparrow founder Dom Leca, he told me about how he left a corporate app-developing world to build something he wanted to use. "To build a better mail," he'd say. Each day Leca and friend / colleague Dinh Viet Hoa set out to build an email app they'd want to use.
Sparrow originally launched on the Mac, but an iPhone version was released earlier this year. Leca also said that Sparrow's products will continue to be made available with "support and critical updates", but Sparrow does not plan to release new features. There's no word whether Push email support -- promised earlier this year -- will make its way to the iOS app or if that has been pushed aside.
It’s a good day to be Fred and Carrie. The nominees were announced for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards this morning and “Portlandia,” still hot off its second season, was nominated in two major categories. Considering that only 16 episodes have been aired between the show’s two seasons, that’s pretty impressive, especially given the show received one Emmy already for its first season.
Just over two weeks ago, I talked about more interactive experiences within expanded Tweets and how easy it is for users to discover even more great content on Twitter. The technology behind expanded Tweets -- Twitter cards -- gives developers and publishers a way to tell richer stories on Twitter, directly within Tweets and drive traffic back to their sites. Since launch, we've seen great engagement and more than doubled the number of partners that are part of expanded Tweets, and we continue to add more.
Since he sprang from the pages of DC Comics onto the big screen, Batman has been put through the extreme makeover mill more than any other superhero. From his cartoony 1960s version, via Tim Burton’s brooding 1989 effort and Joel Schumacher’s high-camp Caped Crusader, he’s always looked striking, but rarely cool. Until Christopher Nolan came along, that is.
If you work regularly with an editing program of any sort – be it Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Avid, or other advanced programs – chances are good that you understand how truly important your personal preference files are. From keyboard shortcuts to import/export presets to installed plugins, preference files can incorporate a lot in a good editing program. In fact, without the proper preference files in place, an experienced editor’s productivity can completely disappear.
Facebook is deactivating Facebook apps with no privacy policy
Generate a privacy policy for your Facebook app.
“The vast majority of the parents of youth we serve value their right to address issues of same-sex orientation within their family, with spiritual advisers, and at the appropriate time and in the right setting,” said Bob Mazzuca, Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts. “While a majority of our membership agrees with our policy, we fully understand that no single policy will accommodate the many diverse views among our membership or society.”
Application compatibility & feature support for OS X & iOS
The best way to know if your apps will keep working in Mountain Lion.
Following reports of a hack that lets users bypass payments when making in-app purchases on their iPhone or iPad, developers found a new addition to purchase receipt files referencing unique identifier codes. While Apple isn’t saying exactly what the codes will be used for, developers are speculating that they will be used to help block systems that let users make in-app purchases without paying.
The Space Shuttle Enterprise is open for business in New York City. The Intrepid Air and Space Museum officially unveils the shuttle exhibit to the public on July 19, but Mashable got a sneak preview. First impressions? The Shuttle is huge. I attended a shuttle launch a few years ago and got to be within a mile of the Space Shuttle Atlantis when it blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It looked pretty big from afar, but it’s not until you’re standing nose-to-nose with a NASA shuttle that you get a true sense of their size.
Dr. Steve Mann, the original inventor of digital eyeglasses, blogged extensively Monday about an altercation earlier this month in a Parisian McDonald's. A customer attempted to rip the device off Mann's head, to which it is permanently fixed.
A hack that lets iOS users trick the App Store into giving them in-app purchases for free has gone public, potentially costing app makers revenue and causing Apple a major headache.
In the context of digital interface design, this essentially means making elements look like real world objects. Wooden textures, torn paper and stitched ribbons are all examples of skeuomorphism in action and no doubt you have come across many more in recent times.
BREAKING: Game of Thrones Season 3 premieres March 31, 2013 on HBO. What are you most excited to see?
If you can't make it to Comic-Con, you can still get your SP fix right here! Check out Matt and Trey's E3 presentation for the new South Park game, "The Stick of Truth"…
Many people have been asking me when the new edition of The Photographer's Guide to Yosemite will be available. Well as I write this an actual, real, physical copy is sitting on my desk. It's an advance copy, which means it was shipped by air—the rest are on a boat from China, and should be here and on bookshelves by late July. So the wait is almost over! The new edition has three new locations, and completely revised and updated information for the entire park. You'll find new tips specifically designed for digital photography, including Digital Camera Settings, White Balance, Exposure, and HDR and Exposure Blending, plus Depth of Field, Filters, Night Photography, and much more. Most of the 100+ photographs are new too, and the reproductions are excellent—a pleasant surprise for an inexpensive guidebook. Of course I'll let you know when the book goes on sale. And if you can't wait, or prefer the convenience of having all the information in your smart phone or tablet, all the information in the new book is in the iPhone and iPad app. Thanks to all of you who have purchased The Photographer's Guide to Yosemite over the years. So many people have taken the time to let me know how much they love the book, and I really appreciate that. I hope you'll like the new edition just as much!
Workshops, apps and a manual
Neat idea to pay the parkking with your iPhone.
