Thoughts and musings on Technology, Politics, Art, & Travel by Justin Flood
Today's inspiration is an absolutely stunning piece of landscape photography by Breizh'scapes. This is apparently a 33 meter tall lighthouse in Brittany, France. This is a one-in-a-million shot if I've ever seen one. Fantastic work.
This makes nothing but sense to me. If this technology works as well as I've been hearing, its a no brainer to bring it to iPhone. Something tells me this will eventually tie into what Apple is doing with that stylus for the "iPad Pro". Pressure sensitivity via touch or stylus throughout the OS would be a game-changer for artists who like to paint or sketch on an iPad or iPhone. From Cult of Mac:
“Apple Watch will borrow a lot of tech from the iPhone when it ships in April, but according to a new rumor from supply chain sources in China, Apple is planning to bring one of its wearable’s coolest features to the next iPhone.
The Economic Daily News has reported that Apple is considering adding ‘3D touch’ technology to the iPhone 6s, similar to Apple Watch’s Force Touch. According to the sources, Apple’s is planning to tap US-based Avago Tech as the main supplier for the iPhone 6S 3D touch technology.
The report doesn’t fully explain how Apple will implement the technology on the iPhone 6s, but if it’s the same as Apple Watch, the new displays will use tiny electrodes to distinguish between a light tap and a deep press to trigger contextually specific controls.”
The fact that Aperture is still on sale despite the fact that they have publicly announced that they are getting rid of it is a surprisingly scummy move from Apple. I mean will they refund you if you are dumb enough to buy it the day before they get rid of it? Not only should it be gone now, they should be offering Lightroom in its place. From MacRumors:
“Shortly after last week’s deployment of OS X 10.10.3 to developers, Apple updated its official Aperture page on its website, adding a notice stating that Aperture will be removed from the Mac App Store when the Photos for OS X app launches.
The same notice can also be found in the app’s Mac App Store description, as noted by MacGeneration [Google Translate]. Once removed from the Mac App Store, it will no longer be possible for new users to obtain the Aperture software, but those who have previously purchased Aperture will continue to be able to download it from the “Purchases” tab. ”
Somehow I'm surprised that there are even 760,000 people out there wearing smartwatches.
“Over 720,000 Android Wear devices shipped in 2014 out of a total of 4.6 million smart wearable bands. Though the Moto 360 remained supply constrained through Q4, Motorola was the clear leader among Android Wear vendors. LG’s round G Watch R performed significantly better than its original G Watch, while Asus and Sony entered the market with their own Android Wear devices. Pebble meanwhile shipped a total of 1 million units from its 2013 launch through to the end of 2014. Continual software updates, more apps in its app store and price cuts in the fall helped maintain strong sales in the second half of the year. ‘Samsung has launched six devices in just 14 months, on different platforms and still leads the smart band market. But it has struggled to keep consumers engaged and must work hard to attract developers while it focuses on Tizen for its wearables.’ said Canalys VP and Principal Analyst Chris Jones. - See more at: http://www.canalys.com/newsroom/over-720000-android-wear-devices-shipped-2014#sthash.MKQjVMsv.dpuf”
Well, Crap. Don't you think he should have done this BEFORE John Oliver and Stephen Colbert left? From The AV Club:
“Ending one of the most venerable and trusted careers in making a complete mockery of the news, Jon Stewart has announced that he is stepping down as host of The Daily Show. According to sources who were there (some of whom are already passing word along on social media), Stewart let the news slip at the taping of today’s episode, telling those in the audience that he’s retiring.”
The fact that the Smithsonian is taking this much care to restore a MODEL spacecraft shows just how much influence Star Trek has had in cultivating our current technology and spaceflight programs.
From The Verge:
“Spider-Man will appear in upcoming Marvel movies. Sony Pictures has announced a deal with Marvel that will see the web slinger appear in an as-yet-unspecified movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — the same universe that contains Iron Man, Thor, and the rest of the Avengers.
The timing of the deal means Spider-Man’s likely to make his first Marvel movie appearance in Captain America: Civil War, but the agreement doesn’t mean that Sony is giving up the movie rights to the character. The next Sony Pictures Spider-Man movie is due on July 28th, 2017, and the deal works both ways — Sony Pictures said it was also “exploring opportunities to integrate characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe into future Spider-Man films.”
Can you say Avengers 2 Post Credit Scene? I can.
Seriously though, this is a HUGE deal for Marvel as they have finally made the first step in wrestling the rights back to one of their most popular characters from Sony. I wonder if Andrew Garfield is attached to this or if Marvel has insisted on recasting him? Here is the link to Marvel's Press Release.
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