Apple took all of the tech headlines this week following release of its third quarter financials, the release of Lion, and an update to its kit line-up, including some deletions as well as additions. Just for the record, the headline numbers include $7.31 billion profit, 20 million iPhone’s and 9.25 iPad’s sold this last quarter!As for the introduction of the Lion OS, you can find an in-depth review here. Further detail on Lion Versions is is offered by CNET UK; the same guys tell us all about Lion Gestures; and the ability to create floating desktop web apps is highlighted here by Lifehacker.
And then there is the hardware news: LimeRain offers some thoughts, and our friends at TÚAW provide a good summary of the topics that you need to know about, including saying goodbye to the MacBook. On that subject CNET UK offers some suggestions on what PC products you might buy instead. From the Apple perspective, CNET UK road tests the new MacBook Air 13-inch.The Guardian, meantime, examines the whole PC / tablet issue in the light of Apple’s latest figures, and offers some crystal ball gazing thoughts on the future of the personal computer. Backing up all of the tablet talk, we also see that Apple now claims to have now caught up with iPad2 demand, and for iPad fans, 30 of the best app interfaces.
Publishers may well already have had a read of the latest subscription details offered by the New York Times. Whilst 281,000 digital subscribers might not be their ultimate goal, I guess it’s a reasonable starting point at least!Our friends in the e-book club might well like to take a look at this interesting link for details of free publications (check right down through the posting for the best detail!); while Amazon have rolled out a text book rental system, promising some 80% discount on buying a text.
QR code info this week incorporates how to include an image or logo within your code, and this level of flexibility is wonderfully illustrated in a Mashable post detailing 15 highly creative QR codes. Going back to basics, this link offers 26 “must have” facts on these clever black-and-white-squares.An interesting little snippet for Firefox fans: an add-on called gui:config which allows the easy adjustment of preferences within the about:config file.
Almost finally: for those in a position where money is not a sensitive subject, why not splash out $18,000 for the Ideum MT55 Platform multi-touch table: great for parties and exhibitions!Finally, do keep checking back to see what will be featured in our next edition, PIND 63. Details of our next edition will be added to this link during the course of the week. For an RSS feed of PIND, copy this link into your feed reader; and for the GenesisNews Print Daily, take a look at the link and take out a free subscription!
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