Mar 2, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

2 Cool, Completely Unrelated Videos (HTML5, Flash, OK Go…)

Ben Paar from Mashable has interviewed Adobe’s group product manager for the Flash platform – Aaron Fisher. You can see the full interview here (with an insider opinion on the HTML5 vs. Flash “war”): And on a completely unrelated note – great idea for a music video ... read more

Feb 1, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

Adjectives Don’t Make the iPad Better

Here are some scenes from Apple’s keynote on January 27; cut together so you actually see how many adjectives were used by Steve Jobs & friends to wake enthusiasm for a giant iPhone. It’s hilarious to see Steve Jobs turning around to the audience and asking repeatedly “Isn’t it amazing?”. Every time he says that, you’re stuck wondering “what the heck’s... read more

Jan 31, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

EBook Wars Round 1 – Sit Back and Enjoy the Fight!

The news of  Macmillan’s dispute with Amazon seem to spread quite quickly. So here is what happened: The Macmillan Publishing Group is one of the largest international publishing companies and is owned by the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Just like any traditional publisher, they work together with Amazon in a (book) supply chain that looks like this: author -> publisher ->... read more

Jan 27, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

Apple iPad: Summary & First Thoughts

The iPad presentation finished just few minutes ago and the whole Twitter network threatened to break down under excited tweets and retweets of people following different live coverages. And of course everything worked out perfectly for Apple and Steve Jobs. Even a huge surprise effect ensued when they revealed the unexpected low price of $499 for the cheapest version of the device; many of us expected... read more

Jan 26, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

The Ultimate Competition of Faking iTablet Pictures

The closer we get to January 27 – err tomorrow! –  (when Apple will reveal its new innovation) the more fake pictures and artist’s renditions of the much rumored iTablet surface. The latestone can be seen here. Really nice job there, Dustin! It does look amazingly real. And just to immortalize the sheer variety of other iTablet photoshops on Google Search: Now, I wonder how much time... read more