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Flash-to-HTML5 Converter on its Way

Wallaby is touted as being “very easy” to use (drag and drop) and is intended to allow developers to get their content onto iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. Adobe is looking for developers and designers to test out the tool and see how the new code looks and functions.

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Morning Musings: Did Apple just kill the CD?

MG Siegler over on TechCrunch has been chronicling his experience with picking up a new Macbook Air.  One of the startling revelations Siegler has proposed is that of Steve Jobs and Apple killing the CD/DVD for the computer industry with the introduction of the USB reinstall drive.  The Macbook Air does not come with a built-in optical drive [...]

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Morning Musings: FaceTime(beta) now available for Macs! Are you going to use it?

Officially launched yesterday shortly after their ‘Back to Mac’ release keynote, Apple has launched a beta release of FaceTime for Mac computers (Snow Leopard or higher).  The popular FaceTime video chat protocol was previously available for iPhone 4 and new iPod touch users with the inception of the front facing camera on the device.  FaceTime [...]

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Morning Musings: Apple is releasing the iPad on Verizon!

Good news for anyone looking to use the iPad on Verizon’s 3G network!  Apple and Verizon have just announced a partnership in releasing the iPad for Verizon Wireless customers this holiday season and bringing an end to AT&T exclusivity of Apple 3G devices.  There will be one major difference between AT&T 3G iPad’s and those [...]

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Morning Musings: Amazon launches Kindle for the Web

Amazon announced a further expansion for the Kindle platform jumping to a browser friendly format for the web. Already hitting most major mobile platforms, Amazon’s Kindle for the Web is currently in beta format allowing book previews and samples to be read directly from the browser.  Kindle for the Web content can be embedded directly [...]

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Morning Musings (afternoon edition)- Harrisburg University Provost Bans Social Media (for a week)

Starting this week students on campus at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology in Pennsylvania will be in for a big surprise when they try to load their Facebook profiles.  Provost Eric Darr has enacted a campus wide lock out of all social media for users of the campus network. However, this lock out will [...]

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Morning Musings: Facebook Announces Places

Announced yesterday afternoon, Facebook is adding location check-in to the mobile platform through the use of a new feature known as Places.  Those with iPhones and mobile browsers that support HTML 5 will be able to share the geographic location with Facebook.  Places will allow users to add locations, check in to those locations, and [...]

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Morning Musings: Amazon kindle books outselling hardcover

With the emergence of Apple’s iPad, many have been wondering if there was still a place in the world for the Amazon Kindle or similar least robust or less featured e-readers.  Well, it turns out there is.  In 2010 Kindle books have been outpacing Hardcover books in sales from Amazon, and the actual e-readers have [...]

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Morning Musings: Are you having issues with iPhone 4 reception?

Well it looks like everyone in the world, or at least on the internet, is talking about the iPhone 4 and the antenna issues it appears to be having since launch on June 24th.  Almost every media outlet, from Mashable to CNN, has been talking about this problem nonstop this since nonprofit advocacy group Consumer [...]

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Morning Musings: Foursquare hits 2 million users, are you using it?

Location based social network, Foursquare, recently surpassed the 2 million+ user mark and is showing no signs of stopping.  Foursquare is a social network that  allows users to “check-in” on the web or mobile device and offers the ability to share their current location via status update to followers.  While it isn’t the only location-based [...]

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