Archives for April, 2008

Budget records for Apple

Yesterday, Apple has released quarterly budget is like, partly anticipated, was a record quarter. But analyzing data, the results are extremely positive.

Apple has Mac sold for a total of 2.3 million units. A record positive if obtained in a period known not profitable for Apple. Compared with the previous year the increase was 51%. The total turnover was 7.5 billion dollars with a profit of 1.05 billion. Profits were up 43%.

The has produced numbers to 1.7 million while the iPod (probably helped by Touch) have exceeded 10 million units sold. The iPhone is sold only in certain countries and the 3G version is close to the issue while the iPod is a saturated market. It would be interesting to have the sales figures by type of iPod, but unfortunately these data were not published.

The quarterly results of Apple, at a time not flourishing for the American economy (with the risk withdrawal) show the keeping of the company and the prospects seem to be hopeful for the future. In a report more detailed you can see that Apple has totalled great numbers in all areas as well as in the various countries where it is present.

It will be interesting to observe the next two quarters, according to recent indiscretions Apple may revise the line Mac and introduce new products, without forgetting the iPhone 3G. In your future that awaits Apple?

Release the SDK beta 4 for iPhone

Released fourth release of the suite of development for iPhone, called 5A258f and weight of 1.15 GB.



The main novelty of SDK are few, but substantial:
Support for Open GL ES: Emulator iPhone will be able to perform rendering OpenGL ES directly in applications, similar to what will the firmware 1.2, expected in June.
Better Code Signing: to be loaded sull’iPhone, applications hour will need a valid certificate, obtained with the sole subscription all’iPhone Developer Program, the cost of $ 99. Without it the software will be permitted to operate in the simulator, not in physical devices.



For more information, please see the release notes directly on the Apple site to this page (you’ll need to be registered as developers).

Djay: mix songs in iTunes real time

Djay is the program dedicated to all those who love the mixing of songs, suitable for beginners and profesionalists.



The software uses a very simple, as immediate interface that simulates an audio two plates on which load playlists of your iTunes library.
Once chosen songs to be used, you can apply a variety of effects. There you can go from simple to mix automatic processing more advanced as a change of the base times, adding echo and reverb up to the scratching between the two songs active at that time.



Continuing with the functions at your disposal, you can use Djay with various external equipment to your Mac, whether they are sound cards or simple USB microphones. In this way you can completely control the course of your evening live.
It is not over here. Being an application well integrated with Mac OS X, you can interact with other dj present through the standard Bonjour, local area network, to immediately share your compositions.

 

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