Archive for May 11th, 2010

Creative Sushi in Bedok heartlands

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
User interface of GarageBand

Anybody can make music using Apple's GarageBand

A relaxing evening at Bedok Regional Library catching up with fellow creative crew on the local scene. “Sushi chefs” Ivan Chew and Stefano Virgilli put their heads together to produce a short 2-min video slideshow of 40 digital photos, complete with self-composed instrumental soundtrack.

Linus Lim kicked off the evening’s program by waxing lyrical about Adobe Fireworks’ usefulness as a prototyping tool and revealed that the splash screens for the software in Adobe’s CS5 suite were made using Fireworks. He briefed on the enhancements in the CS5 version of Fireworks.

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Android smartphones outsell iPhone in US 2010Q1

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Smartphones have become the next battleground for the technology behemoths to seize pole position. Exciting times lie ahead with the rivalry between Apple’s iPhone/iPad and smartphones based on Google’s Android, while HP plots its next move with the newly acquired Palm’s WebOS, and incumbent leader RIM seeks to preserve its market share.

Google Android Nexus One and Apple iPhone

Google & Android vs Apple & iPhone

According to the NPD Group, smartphones sold during the first quarter of 2010 in the United States stands had the following OS (operating system). NPD’s sales data are based on large consumer surveys:

  1. 36% – Research in Motion’s Blackberry OS
  2. 28 % – Google’s Android OS
  3. 21% – Apple’s iPhone OS

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