Archive for January, 2008

Life and Death of a Tea Bag

Posted on 28. Jan, 2008 by DigMo.

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Digital stop-motion animation chronicling the life and death of a tea bag. This video was created using istopmotion then edited in final cut. The animation demonstrates how a simple story can be brought to life with imagination and creative uses of the software available.

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Movie Credits with Keynote

Posted on 26. Jan, 2008 by DigMo.

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I was always impressed at Keynote’s tag phrase ‘Cinema quality presentations for everyone’ and wondered was this really the case. If you are a Final Cut Pro user you may by now feel a little limited by the power of the titling functions within the application.

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Screen Steps 2 Released

Posted on 25. Jan, 2008 by DigMo.

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The creation of visual software training and documentation has always been a laborious and time consuming process. This is the prime reason that such little quality software documentation is available.
Blue Mango Learning Systems has launched screensteps Live and screensteps Desktop to provide a seamless workflow which allows companies and individuals to quickly create clear visual [...]

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Apple TV 2 Guided Tour

Apple TV 2 Guided Tour

Posted on 23. Jan, 2008 by DigMo.

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Apple have updated the AppleTV site to include a new guided tour to the new movie rental service. Apple announced the update AppleTV at last week’s Macworld promising the software within two weeks. It looks as if things are getting ready. Want to rent a movie? Just grab the remote.
With Apple TV, you don’t need [...]

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Aardman on iTunes

Posted on 22. Jan, 2008 by DigMo.

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Apple have just released the Wallace and Gromit films to the UK iTunes store.Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series of four British animated short films, a series of ten short-animated sequences, and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. All the characters were made from moulded plasticine modelling clay [...]

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Pink Apple ?

Pink Apple ?

Posted on 22. Jan, 2008 by DigMo.

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Apple have announced that it is adding a gorgeous new pink iPod nano to the lineup of the world’s most popular music player.
The much-requested pink iPod nano is available immediately in an 8GB model for £129. iPod nano features a two-inch display which lets users watch the brand new iTunes® Movie Rentals, or TV shows [...]

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iPhone Springboard

Posted on 18. Jan, 2008 by DigMo.

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As you all probably already know Apple have released updates for both the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows you to create ‘web clips’ of sites and add them directly to the ’springboard’ (that is the main screen to most people). Well did you know you can customise the button for your site so if [...]

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iPod Touch Now offers Mail

Posted on 14. Jan, 2008 by DigMo.

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Apple have announced that the iPod Touch will now offer Mail.app officially! The update will add Mail, Stocks, Weather and Notes. This is great news for Touch users. The cost of the update will be $20 and will be available from 15th January 2008.
iPod touch customers already have the most advanced mobile web browser in [...]

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Free UK iTunes TV : Damages

Free UK iTunes TV : Damages

Posted on 10. Jan, 2008 by DigMo.

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iTunes UK users have received their first TV freebie in the form of BBC One’s new series ‘Damages’. Glenn Close stars in this powerful 13-part drama which combines a compelling legal thriller with a riveting murder mystery. Damages is a legal thriller set in the world of New York City high-stakes litigation. The series, which [...]

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Widget : To Do!

Widget : To Do!

Posted on 10. Jan, 2008 by DigMo.

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A great new TO DO widget has been released this week. To Do is a lightweight and fast widget to manage tasks. Thanks to Mac OS X Leopard it integrates with iCal and Mail. The big advantage: to manage your tasks you don’t have to leave these applications open.
Customizable
Don’t use priorities? Just want to [...]

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Apple to reduce iTunes Pricing

Posted on 09. Jan, 2008 by DigMo.

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Apple today announced that within six months it will lower the prices it charges for music on its UK iTunes® Store to match the already standardised pricing on iTunes across Europe in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Spain. Apple currently must pay some record [...]

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