Further to details last week of Centurfax’s EasyDot dotmeter product as a PrintWeek “Product of the Week”, this week you can see the product in action with a PrintSpeak.co.uk video. The film features Ripware MD Paul Foster and a guide through the capabilities of the product.The Centurfax/Ripware combination has also been having success with its low cost dotmeter, the microDot, as the story regarding Brown Brothers confirms.
It was good also to see news this week of the appointment of Martyn Elmy to the position of Director of Sales and Marketing with Baco Chemical Services. Commenting on the new product range in his charge, Elmy said: “"Having discussed the Baco range of printing chemicals, surfactants and additives with leading experts I am confident that Baco products are unsurpassed in this industry.”Broader comms news from BBC Business news yesterday highlighted the takeover of McAfee, the security tools guys, by Intel for a mere $7.68 billion; some deal!
We recently ran a top 12 tips piece for learning the basics of Adobe Photoshop. Well our friends at Mashable have done it again with a top 12 tips for learning Adobe Illustrator. We thought you might like to know!On the subject of tips, the same team at Mashable have just given us 10 top tips for using the iPhone keyboard. You might like to know about these too! It can be handy just to learn a few workrounds for the times that you do need to you the integral keyboard, rather than your Bluetooth Apple keyboard!!
A neat little iPhone app that came to my attention earlier in the week following an article from Lifehacker is Pastefire – see pastfire.com for the full details – it’s a slick and simple way to get info out of your desktop and onto your iPhone. Typically this is going to be something pretty small – like say a phone number that you have found on a web site, or a URL. The new phone number is a good example: highlight the number you have found on a web page; control C; then click Pastfire [have it on your bookmarks toolbar for ease of use]; the number is now in the Pastefire app on your phone; the software offers you plenty of options (see pic) of what to do with the number; call the number, or send an SMS, and then save it in your phone book. That description might sound longwinded; it really isn’t, and it saves any errors creeping in! It’s a small app, but a really handy one.One PC operating “feature” that I came across this week, and had never heard of before, was the “Spike”. Like and extended copy and paste, the “Spike” allows you to collect bits of data and then paste them all in one go. Take a look at the link and see if it might be a help to you!
The big tablet news of the week has been focused on Google, with claims that a Chrome OS based product will be launched jointly with Verizon in the US on November 26. The good fellows at the Download Squad were the first to break the news, and others have just leapt on their lead [as have we I guess!]. A lot of the story is just speculation and rumour at this point in time, but I do like the bit of gossip that suggests that with a Verizon data contract you can get this new hardware for free; a bit cheaper than an iPad in other words, or about £400 and something pounds cheaper in fact!Whilst magazine are clamouring to get an iPad app launched, photographers are seeking to hold back the tide, Canute style! It would appear that the launch of an app for People magazine in the US is being held back due to a dispute with a raft of photo agencies. Online photo fees are significantly less than print fees, with publishers taking the stance that an online publication is just an extension of the printed magazine. This one could roll on, but you can guess who the winner might be, can’t you?
On the subject of iPad, I did like this blog that came to my attention earlier in the week via the pages of Digg: “Why you shouldn’t buy an iPad (yet)” sums up a lot of the question marks that we have posed about this fledging, but excellent, technology. Have a read; let us know your thoughts via PIND.editor@gmail.comPIND018
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