Apple News: Apple Makes More From iTunes and Accessories Than Most Companies Do From Phones
An analysis by Asymco of Apple’s newly-introduced revenue breakdowns claims that Apple made more money from iTunes and accessories sales alone than all other companies except Samsung made from phone sales during the most recent quarter. As noted in its latest earnings release for the first fiscal quarter of 2013, Apple’s total revenues from iTunes and accessories amounted to over $5.5 billion – ahead of the total phone revenues of each of Nokia, Motorola, Sony, LG, RIM (now rebranded as BlackBerry) and HTC.
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Technology News: Critic Markup Brings Markdown-Like Change Tracking To Plain Text
Oh man. Writing any kind of text on iOS is easy thanks to Markdown and the profusion of plain text editors in the App Store. But revising that text? Making edits and tracking them between author and editor? You need Microsoft Word for that. You need a computer for that. But what if there were a Markdown-like markup syntax for plain text copyediting? You know where I’m going with this don’t you? That tool is here, and it’s called Critic Markup.
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Programming News: Why agile can be good for user experience
The last few weeks have seen some heated debate over the advantages and disadvantages of agile and lean practices for creating great user experiences. My perspective in these discussions comes from managing a number of software products and software development groups through the transition from waterfall to agile approaches. In these roles I created and owned the product concept and was responsible for its realisation in the delivered product. I found this much easier to do in agile rather than waterfall projects.
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Photography News: Biggest Game Changers in Digital Photography
“Photography forum” are certainly the best words to define the spirit and purpose of PhotographyTalk.com for hundreds of thousands of digital photographers around the globe. As one of the fastest growing photography communities online, PhotographyTalk serves beginners, aspiring amateurs and proven professionals, including those shooting wedding photography, HDR photography, family or wildlife photography, Black and white photography and landscape photography.
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