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3M has introduced the must-have iPhone-friendly MPro150 Pocket Projector, a tiny device that’s bound to climb onto at least a few expense accounts.

It features 1GB built-in memory, a removable micro SD card, all-in-one application suite and an intuitive user interface in an entirely cable-free, ultra-portable device.

The company is sells an adapter cable which enables you to project video from an iPhone via the new £349 3M projector. Read the rest of this entry »

I hate it when people ask me to fax forms back, it seems so dated and the process is so annoying since my trusty all-in-one (with fax) finally flickered its way into landfill.

This means I’m hoping new App, Zosh will enable me to sign forms and so on in a way the fax functionaries will find acceptable. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple’s been called up: so soon we’re going to see lines of battle-hardened iPhones, tooled-up iPads, weary iMacs and battalions of MacBook Pros marching to America’s wars as a leading US Army group plans to migrate to the Mac.

Major General Nick Justice and several members of his staff traveled to Cupertino this month to discuss using Apple’s solutions in the field.

Major General Justice leads the US Army’s Research, Development, and Engineering Command. He wants to abandon some proprietary Army systems in favour of consumer products, including Apple mobile products. Read the rest of this entry »

It really wasn’t that long ago when Apple introduced Mac OS X – in fact it shipped nine years ago today.

“Mac OS X is the most important software from Apple since the original Macintosh operating system in 1984 that revolutionized the entire industry,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We can’t wait for Mac users around the globe to experience its stability, power and elegance.”

Also interesting to note the list of developers Apple trotted out in support of the release – where are they now?

“4D, Aladdin Systems, Alias/Wavefront, Avid, Connectix, Dantz, Digidesign, EarthLink, FileMaker, IBM, Macromedia, Microsoft, MYOB, Palm, Sun, Symantec, and Thursby Software Systems.” Read the rest of this entry »

What’s with this all-new forever emailing Steve Jobs and his new sunny disposition to answer questions and reassure Apple fans?

I mean, from being arguably one of the most enigmatic men in the industry, this newer, friendlier, slightly more talkative Jobs just can’t seem to stop himself engaging with Apple users. Read the rest of this entry »

David Rowan, Editor Wired UK promises the iPad editions of the magazine will be lower priced than the paper versions in a chat with Audioboo founder and CEO, Mark Rock.

The more we see of these things the more we like them. Here for your delectation and delight is the glorious Steampunk iMac. Read the rest of this entry »

Kings Of Leon’s ‘Only By The Night’ has become the first album to hit the quarter of a million sales mark, the Official Charts Company can announce.

The album – which was released 18 months ago – has now sold 250,000 units, firmly establishing itself as the biggest selling digital album of all time in the UK. It is also the only UK album to have sold more than 200,000 to date.

Other albums which have sold particularly strongly over the past 12 months include Florence & The Machine’s Lungs and Lily Allen’s It’s Not Me It’s You. Kings Of Leon’s closest challenger in the digital arena is Lady Gaga, whose debut album The Fame is likely to pass 200,000 downloads within the next month or so.

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Hilary Mantel will appear in conversation with Erica Wagner to discuss her Man Booker Prize-winning novel, Wolf Hall, on 24 March at the Apple Store, Regent Street, London.

In what could perhaps be a sign of things to come, it is interesting to note that Wolf Hall is currently available as an audiobook from the iTunes Store and as an app from the App Store, though the app isn’t presently available in the US.

And that in addition to the written text the app also contains around 30 minutes of video discussion between the author and renowned historian, David Starkey.

The book dramatises the life of Thomas Cromwell born the son of a blacksmith who gradually advances to become one of Henry VIII’s most prominent courtiers.  Set during the 1520s to 1540s during Henry’s break with Rome, the novel charts a course from Wolsely’s fall from grace to the evening of Thomas More’s execution. Read the rest of this entry »

The latest report from Netherlands-based app store analytics company, Distimo, offers some interesting observations about Apple’s App Store and worldwide app consumption patterns. Read the rest of this entry »