Apple News: Apple’s Tim Cook takes TV project from hobby to “intense area of interest,” says the industry is 20 to 30 years behind
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s much hyped NBC interview is set to air tonight at 10PM EST, but we are already learning much of what will be discussed during the conversation that took place in, among other places, Apple’s Grand Central retail store location in New York. Earlier today a profile from Bloomberg revealed Cook’s plans to bring at least some production of the Mac back to the U.S. in 2013, but he also hinted that the company has big plans for a next-generation Apple TV product. According to a preview of the interview on NBC’s website, Cook referred to the project as an “intense area of interest,” opposed to the “hobby” the company has considered the product since its inception.
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Technology News: 10 ways cloud computing will change in 2013
Enterprise use of cloud services continues to grow – albeit from a small base – and in 2013 analyst house Forrester says many companies will begin deployment of private clouds. As spending on cloud services and platforms picks up, the way businesses use such services will also evolve. Forrester has put together 10 ways its analysts expect attitudes surrounding cloud to change next year.
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Programming News: James Ward on Client Server Application Development with HTML5 and Java
Application development, whether it’s client server, traditional web or a mobile web application, the recent trend is to use patterns like Fluid Grid Layout and Responsive Web Design and technologies like HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript (on both client and server tiers). Also, the tools for building the client-side of modern web apps (desktop and mobile) are quickly evolving and changing.
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Photography News: Black marble: new high-resolution satellite images of the Earth at night
Almost 40 years to the day after the Apollo 17 crew snapped the famed “blue marble” image of Earth floating in space on December 7, 1972, Nasa has unveiled “black marble” views of the planet by night. The cloud-free pictures, taken with a high-resolution visible and infrared imager aboard a NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite, capture the night lights of Earth in unprecedented detail.
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