Our lead story is one that will likely appeal equally to the print, design, publishing and communications sectors, as Apple once again goes game changing! The Mac App store is now open for business and it kicks off with over 1,000 apps , so will be well worth a visit for Apple fans. Mashable offers positive thoughts on the project, whilst Lifehacker brings us back down to earth with the problems that such a move might pose, particularly to existing users. From the neutral perspective (PIND is PC based!), I perceive the move to be another bold innovation from Apple that the PC world can only watch and admire from a distance. To finish the topic on an upbeat note, Mashable provides its thoughts on ten must have apps.In the world of print, PrintWeek provides us with news of the first known casualty of 2011 as SV Two Digital slides into liquidation. Accentuating the positive, York-based Wood Richardson, a 100-year-old-plus print business, has upgraded its digital production equipment with a Xeikon installation.
The team at PrintSpeak.co.uk have this week offered us a Quick Demo video featuring the Screen 2055VI violet platesetter along with the thoughts of Apex MD Bob Usher.Regular readers will know that we have been on the QR code bandwagon in recent editions. Further references on the topic need to be added into this edition, not least because the good people of Digital Asset Management tell us that QR codes will be one of the top ten disruptive trends that will shape the year of 2011. We would agree, and so will revisit the topic on a regular basis. Firstly, for those still needing to be convinced on the benefits of the technology, QRazyStuff’s blog tells us of top 10 UK advertisers who are already using this technology. In my opinion, only some of these are good examples – see the Wilkinson Sword piece and the Liberal Democrats MP. Try both of these codes out; they work well. Finally on this topic for now, Mashable delivers some further thoughts on creating your own QR codes.
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) has been dominating the news on the technology and communications blogs and news feeds this week. From what I have seen so far, it actually hasn’t brought that many surprises to the fore: primarily we have seen loads of tablet launch news. A summary of this can be linked to from the following: we particularly liked this IdeaPad laptop with a detachable screen to create a tablet!; you might fancy a dual screen approach, NEC has just the product for you; Toshiba is about to enter the tablet fray – see the video; the Dell Streak 7 is now official; and Asus announces four tablets. On a more general note, you might also like to take a look at this short video of the Connected Home Appliances Tech Zone for a glimpse into the near future!Oh and just one story that I meant to include last week: you might already have seen stories about the 3D printer, but its worth including again, just to get PIND readers thinking about the possibilities that it might offer. Do please e-mail your ideas on what you might like to print in 3D (keep them clean!) to PIND.Editor@gmail.com
Finally, do keep checking back to see what will be featured in our next edition, PIND 38. Details of new stories will be added to this text page during the course of the week.
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