Swivl by Satarii

Heres a neat iPhone accessory. SWIVL uses a motorised base that follows a radio transmitter in a fill 360º arc so if you attach your iPhone while on Skype or Facetime it will track you as you speak. Could this be a soultion to automate the shooting of Pieces to Camera for Mojos. Ill try to get my hands on one and let you know…ships early 2012. check out the site http://www.swivl.com/

Swivl by Satarii, posted with vodpod

VidyoCast – IP based multi-source production system

VidyoCast. If you’ve heard of Vidyo then yes Vidyocast is indeed part of that group. Vidyo are best known for the innovative teleconferencing solutions. I recently saw a demo of their Vidyocast system for broadcast and I have to say I was impressed. They use a proprietary H264-SVC codec that is VERY impressive even over low-bandwith / internet connections. Ive been waiting for them to launch an iPhone App to allow remote (mobile based) contributions into their production suite, the VidyoRouter being the effective Brain of the system. Keep an eye on these guys- their like Skype on overdrive but with professional / broadcast / webtv in mind. A turnkey solution like this could close the gap on iPhone based two-way live reporting for web -oh and did I mention they include multi camera vision mixing, ifb, remote ip-based camera control, and custom graphics / key overlays as part of their product line!

Check out their H264-SVC demo from YouTube

Associated Press Stylebook 2011 for iPhone etc, on the iTunes App Store

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AP Stylebook 2011 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad on the iTunes App Store. The Associated Press Stylebook is an essential tool for writers, editors, students and public relations professionals. It provides fundamental guidelines on spelling, grammar, punctuation, usage and journalistic style, with special sections on reporting business and sports.

Take the 2011 AP Stylebook with you anywhere with this easy-to-use application. This handy app lets you:

- Search listings across all chapters
- Create your own custom entries
- Add notes
- Bookmark frequently visited listings

Vadim Lavrusik: How journalists can make use of Facebook Pages » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism

Vadim Lavrusik: How journalists can make use of Facebook Pages » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism. Really interesting article, well worth a read for social media savvy journos…

Silicon Republic: MOBILE MAY: A beginner’s guide to smartphones

MOBILE MAY: A beginner’s guide to smartphones – Digital Life – Digital Life | siliconrepublic.com – Ireland’s Technology News Service. As part of a feature on mobiles, Silicon Republic has published a number of up to date reviews on handsets, this concise introduction and a nifty short eMag using YuDu which I blogged about recently…see what you think.

Olympus LS-20M boasts dual mics and 1080p recording, split personality — Engadget

Olympus LS-20M boasts dual mics and 1080p recording, split personality — Engadget.

Photosynth App for iOS Impresses with Quick and Intuitive Panoramic Image Creation (free) | Carrypad

Photosynth App for iOS Impresses with Quick and Intuitive Panoramic Image Creation (free) | Carrypad.

Gizmodo’s Essential iPad Apps

Gizmodo’s Essential iPad Apps. Following hot on the heels of my iPad APP LIST here is Gizmodos must have list…

My iPad App must have list

Im still an iPad 1 user- I havent made the leap to the second generation for a number of reasons – but mainly the fact that my iPad 1 is barely a year old. Anyway in response to numerous recent discussions about favourite iPad Apps here is my shortlist…

CREATIVITY / KNOWLEDGE / NEWS APPS

RTE NEWSNOW €FREE RTÉ News Now for iPad has all the latest news, business, sport and entertainment stories from RTE.ie. The iPad app features live video streaming as well as on demand video clips and podcasts from RTE’s top news and current affairs programmes. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/rte-news-now-for-ipad/id417236880?mt=8

SkyNews €FREE (limited offer) ky News for iPad – free for a limited period Sky News for iPad is a completely new way to put Breaking News in your hands, allowing you to decide what you watch and how you watch it. A world of live events, expert analysis and amazing graphics – all designed specifically for iPad . Key Features: 
THREE VIEWS OF THE NEWS -
Timeline: Follow the day’s news live as it unfolds and unravel key moments from the last 24 hours 
Top Stories: Keep track of the day’s biggest stories, prioritised by importance 
Live TV: Watch Sky News TV streaming live in full screen 
Full video functionality is currently only available in the UK and Ireland
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-news-for-ipad/id422583124?mt=8# 

Adobe Ideas : €4.99 Adobe® Ideas is your digital sketchbook, letting you capture and explore ideas anywhere you go.  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-ideas/id364617858?mt=8

Nasa HD €FREE Come explore with NASA. Now on your iPad.
• Thousands of images from NASA IOTD, APOD and NASAImages.org
• On demand NASA Videos from around the agency
• Live Streaming of NASA TV
• Current NASA Mission Information
• Launch Information & Countdown clocks
• Current Visible Passes for the International Space Station (ISS)
• ISS and Earth Orbiting Satellite Tracker and more…http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nasa-app-hd/id387310098?mt=8

GoogleEarth €FREE Hold the world in the palm of your hand. With Google Earth for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, you can fly to far corners of the planet with just the swipe of a finger. Explore the same global satellite and aerial imagery available in the desktop version of Google Earth, including high-resolution imagery for over half of the world’s population and a third of the world’s land mass. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-earth/id293622097?mt=8#

VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHY / UTILITIES

AirVideo: €2.39 Enjoy your entire video collection everywhere! *
Get more of your video library on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Air Video is a great solution to watch your AVI, DivX, MKV and other videos. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/air-video-watch-your-videos/id306550020?mt=8

DSLR Slate €7.99 DSLR Slate is the perfect companion for the DSLR Filmmaker. As a Universal App, DSLR Slate runs natively on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Designed for all needs from student to hollywood, DSLR Slate will be just as useful as the traditional film slate, if not more. “Slating” shots has become standard practice on set and helps streamline shot logging. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dslr-slate/id374241045?mt=8

Pocket Call Sheet €5.49 P.C.S. is the ONLY iPAD NATIVE Call Sheet application available on the App Store. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-call-sheet/id371900568?mt=8

Dropbox €FREE Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your iPhone and iPad and even the Dropbox website! With the Dropbox app, you can take everything that matters to you on the go. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dropbox/id327630330?mt=8

GAMES

Angry Birds HD: €3.99 The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake. Dish out revenge on the green pigs who stole the Birds’ eggs. Use the unique destructive powers of the Angry Birds to lay waste to the pigs’ fortified castles. Angry Birds features hours of gameplay, challenging physics-based castle demolition, and lots of replay value. Each of the 240 levels requires logic, skill, and brute force to crush the enemy. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/angry-birds-hd/id364234221?mt=8

MUSIC

Aweditorium:  €FREE Aweditorium reimagines what a music experience feels like on iPad. It takes all of the disparate content surrounding an artist — beautiful photography, lyrics, high definition video, interviews — and ties it all together into a fun, intimate experience on a multi-touch display. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/aweditorium/id399946763?mt=8

VEVO HD €FREE Your iPad entertainment options just got a whole lot more exciting now that VEVO for iPad has arrived. VEVO’s free high-quality music & entertainment programming experience is now available within a gorgeous new app we built just for you and our favorite magical tablet. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vevo-hd/id407623377?mt=8

DJAY €15.99 Ready to rock your next party? Introducing djay, algoriddim’s award-winning and highly acclaimed DJ software.djay transforms your iPad into a full–fledged DJ system and seamlessly integrates with your iPod library, giving you direct access to all your favorite tracks and playlists. A hyper–realistic touchscreen interface and ultra low–latency converge to offer you a true professional mixing experience, all with your own music. You can perform live, record mixes on–the–go, or enable Automix mode and let djay mix your favorite playlist from your iPod library auto–magically! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/djay/id382604769?mt=8#

GarageBand €3.99 GarageBand turns your iPad into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio — so you can make music anywhere you go. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play pianos, organs, guitars, drums, and basses on your iPad. They sound and play like their counterparts, but let you do things you could never do on a real instrument. Enjoy a full range of Smart Instruments that make you sound like a pro — even if you’ve never played a note before. Plug an electric guitar into your iPad and play through classic amps and stompbox effects. Use the built-in microphone or a guitar to record, or capture any performance. Then mix up to eight tracks to create a song you can share. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garageband/id408709785?mt=8#

OFFICE APPS

Bento : €3.99 Organize contacts, track projects, plan events, and manage things – all in one easy to use iPad personal database! Bento for iPad is one of the top iPad apps and the most popular personal database for iPad. Use it standalone or synchronize with Bento 4 for Mac, sold separately. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bento-for-ipad/id363230518?mt=8

SOCIAL MEDIA  /AGGREGATORS

Flipboard €FREE Named Apple’s iPad App of the Year and one of TIME’s top 50 innovations of 2010, Flipboard is a fast, beautiful way to flip through the news, photos and updates your friends are sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, Flickr and Instagram. See your social media in a magazine layout that is easy to scan and fun to read. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/flipboard/id358801284?mt=8

Taptu: €FREE Taptu is a social news feed reader that puts all of the stuff you’re into in one beautiful little app. Taptu lets you add your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and the content from your favorite web sites and blogs (via RSS feeds or Twitter) and transforms them into gorgeous visual streams. Found a news article or stream you like? Share with friends…http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/taptu/id392240746?mt=8

News.Me €FREE to install but in App subscription required. News.me is a different kind of social news experience that shows you not just what your friends are sharing, but what they are reading as well. Have some friends with impeccable taste in music? Find out about new artists from the same places they do. Curious what Steven Johnson or Nicholas Kristof has been reading lately? Browse through their streams and find out. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/news-me/id420744916?mt=8

ZITE: €FREE Zite is a personalized magazine for your iPad that automatically learns what you like and gets smarter as you use it. Zite gives you personalized news, articles, blogs, videos and other content from a variety of both mainstream and niche publications and sites. Zite can personalize by syncing with your Twitter or Google Reader account or on its own. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338?mt=8

MAGAZINES & NEWS-STANDS

MagCloud €FREE HP’s MagCloud is the web’s first print-on-demand magazine service. With the MagCloud app, you can discover, buy, download, and view the best new magazines in a gorgeous full-color digital format that looks great and is as easy to use. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/magcloud-magazine-store-reader/id380768663?mt=8

Zinio €FREE Zinio is the world’s premier high fidelity mobile reading experience, with the best magazines from around the world, in pure digital form. Zinio lets you read and share articles from top titles, buy digital subscriptions or single issues, and manage your library on multiple devices. Read what you like! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zinio-magazine-newsstand-reader/id364297166?mt=8

Kindle: €FREE The Kindle app is optimized for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, giving users the ability to read Kindle books on a beautiful, easy-to-use interface. You’ll have access to over 900,000* books in the Kindle Store, including best sellers and new releases. Amazon Whispersync automatically syncs your last page read, bookmarks, notes, and highlights across devices (including Kindle), so you can pick up where you left off on another device. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindle/id302584613?mt=8#

The IrishTimes ePaper €FREE to install but in App subscription required Read The Irish Times in true printed format, enhanced with the latest digital tools. Flip pages, pan and zoom in to view any page, article or photo in stunning clarity. Link to your existing epaper account to download the paper wherever you are. New subscribers can choose from a range of options, from €1.90 for a single edition to an annual subscription of €160. http://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/the-irish-times-epaper/id395407338?mt=8#

This list is far from exhaustive but these are some (not all) of my favourite Apps on the iPad1 – All to the best of my knowledge will run on iPad2 with no issues. 

NFC in phones: what you need to know | News | TechRadar UK

NFC in phones: what you need to know | News | TechRadar UK. Near-field communications (NFC) is a technology that’s getting a lot of coverage recently, thanks to its inclusion in the Google Nexus S and rumours that it’ll be present in the iPhone 5.

And one in five smartphones will feature NFC tech by 2014, according to forecasts by Juniper Research.

But what is it, and what’s it good for?

Read more: http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/nfc-in-phones-what-you-need-to-know-948410#ixzz1KkJW35yN