Category: Apple

SVT Play

Soon SVT Play will be available for the iPhone. The application just has to be approved by Apple first – which unfortunately can take some time. SVT (the Swedish public service broadcaster) is running a cute campaign-site labeled “Dear Steve Jobs” They want to speed up the approval, I see it more as an honorable compliment to [...]

Startup chime doesn’t play on startup

Startup chime doesn’t play on startup
Startup chime stopped working on my iMac (24-inch Early 2008) running OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leaopard, i don’t know when this happened since i rarely restart my system. But still it got me worried and it’s been bugging me.
But the solution was as simple as i thought, it was the [...]

Sneak Preview Of Zio iPhone Music Visualization App

This is a teaser trailer for Glenn Marshall’s iPhone music visualization application, Zio.
Marshall is known to Synthtopia readers for his amazing generative music videos.
About Zio, Marshall says:
I would say I’m at the half way stage now, and after doubting almost daily the project and my ability to realise it, for the first time I feel confident that I [...]

Remastered Beatles Box Sets: First Look

Here is a sneak peek at the Beatles’ remastered box set to be released on September 9th, 2009. The original Beatles catalog has been digitally remastered for the first time. Each of the CDs is packaged with replicated original UK album art, including expanded booklets containing original and newly written liner notes and rare photos. [...]

Cult of Mac says: Bring back Marble Madness!

What it was: A trackball-controlled arcade classic, released by Atari in 1984. You had to guide your marble through six perilous courses. Think Super Monkey Ball’s granddad, with a penchant for Escher and isometric projection, minus the monkeys.
What we’d like to see: Although there were, at the last count, 46 billion iPhone ‘marble rolling’ games, [...]