Thank You Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs passed away on Wednesday October 5, 2011.  On that day the world lost an incredible Visionary, leader, and a one-of-a-kind genius who led Apple and indeed the world, into the digital age.  Steve Jobs inspired a whole new generation of tech founders including Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, as well as Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google to innovate, and "Think Different."

Besides starting the personal computer revolution with his partner Steve Wozniak, he also gave us the "windowed" software environment, popularized the computer Mouse, and started up an amazing little company you may have heard of called Pixar; which was later sold to Disney - yet another firm he restored to its former greatness.

Now, many men would have stopped right there thinking "I've done enough for one life" and went on to a comfortable early retirement, but Steve kept going; restoring new life to Apple with the iMac, rescuing the music industry with iTunes, and the iPod - revitalizing mobile phones with the stunning iPhone, and creating a space for tablet computers (better known as iPads) all one can say is wow.

Steve Jobs is: The Innovator.

He made life easier for all of us, and focused on quality in building great products, saying: "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected." and excellence was expected - and delivered - at Apple, pouring forth in a torrent of wonderful software, and amazing devices year, after year.

What i will remember most about him is his passion for design, and his not being willing to settle for "good enough" always striving for perfection.  Only Steve would say:  "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."  The fact is he got it. and so did we in products that simply worked. 

Thank You Steve Jobs.

Instead of saying he died on October 5, 2011, i prefer to say he graduated that day, to the more advanced classes, where I'm sure once they realize what they've got, he'll skip a grade or two.  The next time you swipe a screen, think of him.  Goodbye my friend, for now.

Steve Jobs once said: "I want to put a ding in the universe." well Steve, i think you just did.

Buying a New Mac for College? Get $100 to Spend in the iTunes Store, the Mac App Store, and the iBookstore

Apple announced a new offering for the back to school season starting June 16, 2011 - September 20, 2011 to recieve a free $100 gift card with the purchase of a new Mac.

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College students looking to buy a new: iMac, MacBook Air, Mac Pro, MacBook, or MacBook Pro will be able to apply the back to school bonus code to your iTunes account.  Here's who can get the code:

• Current college students, and those accepted by a college
• Parents buying a new Mac for a current college student or one accepted by a college
• Staff members, or Faculty of any grade level

Students, Parents, and Faculty members can shop at any Apple Retail Store, the Apple Online Store for Education, Apple Authorized Campus Store; or by calling 1-800-MY-APPLE  This is a great deal to pick up a new Mac and get $100 to spend on apps free, take advantage of this deal now.

See the terms and conditions pdf

Check the Apple Back to School webpage for more information

Related Post: 5 Ways to Save Money on a Mac

Apple Announces New iMac With Next Generation Quad-Core Processors, Graphics & Thunderbolt I/O Technology

Apple announces brand-new iMacs today at up to 70 percent faster than the previous version, all i can say is WOW:

Courtesy of Apple

CUPERTINO, California—May 3, 2011—Apple® today updated its signature all-in-one iMac® with next generation quad-core processors, powerful new graphics, groundbreaking high-speed Thunderbolt I/O technology and a new FaceTime® HD camera. Starting at $1,199, the new iMac is up to 70 percent faster and new graphics deliver up to three times the performance of the previous generation.*

“Our customers love the iMac’s aluminum enclosure, gorgeous display and all-in-one design,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “With next generation quad-core processors, powerful new graphics, Thunderbolt technology and a FaceTime HD camera, we've made the world’s best desktop even better.”

The new iMac features quad-core Intel Core i5 processors with an option for customers to choose Core i7 processors up to 3.4 GHz. These next generation processors feature an integrated memory controller for an amazingly responsive experience and a powerful new media engine for high-performance video encoding and decoding. With new AMD Radeon HD graphics processors, the new iMac has the most powerful graphics ever in an all-in-one desktop.

iMac is the first desktop computer on the market to include groundbreaking Thunderbolt I/O technology. The 21.5-inch iMac has a single Thunderbolt port while the 27-inch model features two ports for even greater expansion. Developed by Intel with collaboration from Apple, Thunderbolt enables expandability never before possible on an all-in-one computer. Featuring two bi-directional channels with transfer speeds up to an amazing 10Gbps each, Thunderbolt delivers PCI Express directly to external high performance peripherals such as RAID arrays, and can support FireWire® and USB consumer devices, and Gigabit Ethernet networks via adapters. Thunderbolt also supports DisplayPort for high resolution displays and works with existing adapters for HDMI, DVI and VGA displays. Freely available for implementation on systems, cables and devices, Thunderbolt technology is expected to be widely adopted as a new standard for high performance I/O.

Download QuarkXPress 9 Software Free Trial for Mac, or Windows

Quark is offering a free 30-day test drive download of QuarkXPress 9 software for Windows, or Mac.

New in QuarkXPress 9:

• Create your own custom iPad Apps using App Studio.
• Export your layouts into the ePUB format to create Ebooks readable on the iPad, Kindle, Nook, or Sony  Reader. 
• Publish to the Blio eReader, and sell your content on the Blio online store.
• Conditional Styles, ShapeMaker, ImageGrid, Story Editor and more. 

QuarkXPress 9 works great on a Macbook Pro or iMac

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Free Songs on the Apple iTunes Store - How to get Free Music, TV Shows, and Movies

Free Music on iTunes?

 

if you're new to online music you may not know that Apple offers FREE music downloads on its store. This is great if you're just starting out on iTunes and want to get a taste before you start spending your hard-earned money on downloads.

To find the freebies you will need the latest version of iTunes for Windows, or Mac, and a broadband internet connection. To start:

1. Download and install iTunes.
   
   
2. Create an Apple ID and sign in to the music store.
   
   
3. Scroll to the bottom to the “Free on iTunes” section
   
   
4. Select your free stuff

If you've noticed not only are there free songs listed, but also a nice selection of free TV shows, and even Movies, all at no cost to you. Also every Tuesday Apple offers a “Single of the Week” which spotlights a new song, or artist that you may enjoy, this is yet another reason the iTunes Music Store is the best place to find new music to play on your iMac, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, or iPod Touch

How to Setup Verizon iPhone 4 Mobile Wireless Hotspots: Review & Speed Test

 By @EverNoticeThat

Verizon and Apple have just released the new  iPhone 4 and a full line of  Verizon iPhone Accessories.  And for those users who were wondering about the new Hotspot, here's a quick video on how to setup this feature, and details on connecting using Bluetooth, and USB, This works best with a MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or an iMac:

Related - How To: Jailbreak iPhone 4 Tutorial

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