iPad Living

More on Marvel's digital first Infinite Comics

The Nova story that will soon be in readers hands employs a number of new techniques for dolling out the moments of a comic narrative including captions and dialogue that fall into place over an image one-by-one at the readers command and panel transitions created by a change in focus from foreground to background. "That was Stuart Immonen," Waid said of the latter notion. "That was his brainchild as we started talking about this and how to use it as a storytelling technique, which I love. In a sense, it's a film technique, but it's not a cheap trick. It's the same thing you would do if you were putting those panels side-by-side on the page. But this allows you to consolidate the space and get the story across that way.

via www.comicbookresources.com

Straight-to-digital comics arrive…

Marvel Infinite Comics will be “the first marvel comics built strictly for digital. They’ll use parameters of your iPhone or iPad. It’s a new canvas for storytelling.” Readers will still control the pacing, but starting with the Nova series, panels of the digital comics will be slightly animated to make them feel alive.

via techcrunch.com

The CIO's nightmare

Apple’s newest iPad has some new elements that could make it a (bigger) hit in the enterprise, such as higher resolution screen for video conferencing and presentations, as well as taking dictation. But it has become increasingly clear to corporations that their networks can’t handle the iPad or, really, most of the devices employees are bringing into their walls.

via gigaom.com

I almost feel sorry for all those Microsoft-centric CIOs that are trying to deal with this tidal wave. Almost.

“Hey Zuckerberg, you’ve had more ‘new’ Facebook...

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College launches course devoted to iPhone photography

A college is planning a new evening course entirely devoted to taking better photographs on an iPhone.

The course, in 'iPhoneography' at London's Kensington and Chelsea College, is thought to be a UK first.

The college says many iPhone owners struggle to use the camera properly.

Students will create images using the iPhone camera and a range of apps. Tutor Richard Gray said: "All you need is a passion for photography and a creative mind.

via www.bbc.co.uk

Beware Hedonic Adaptation…

There’s no denying that we get tremendous pleasure from the things we have. But the pleasure is disappointingly short-lived. And although this adaptation happens to us again and again, we never seem to learn to anticipate it. The result is that even when we get exactly what we want, we often end up disappointed.

via www.thedailybeast.com

Just forget about that computer…

Large cameras meant for kids to use have been around for years, but Sakar's AppClix appears to be the first to be aimed at those whose parents own an iPad. The colorful camera, adorned with your choice of several Disney characters, is nothing to sneeze at with a 7-megapixel sensor and 4x zoom. However, instead of a USB cable, there's a 30-pin dock connector.

via www.tuaw.com

The start of something bigger…

The iPad handbag

via coquette.blogs.com

Really?

Oh, dear.

Apple kit rules airport Wi-Fi

The figures from June, 2011 show that the iPhone makes up 42.1 percent of the mobile device connections to Boingo's airport hotspots, while the iPad is second at 23.5 percent. Don't count out the iPod touch -- it's the third most popular device at 17.5 percent. For mobile devices, that means that Apple products make up a whopping 83.1 percent of all of the connections to Boingo's hotspots. Android? It's taking a very small back seat to iOS at 11.5 percent.

via www.tuaw.com

iPad gained market share as Android tablets launched

Apple managed to gain market share in tablets at the very time that many of its new competitors were supposed to be taking that share away, IDC said Wednesday. Having full access to data from the past spring, it found that the iPad had gained share, moving up from 65.7 percent at the start of the year to 68.3 percent.

via www.electronista.com

Looking more like the MP3 player market than the mobile market right now…