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Touchoo: iPad App for Children

Ever since the official announcement for the production of the Apple iPad, developers have been very busy creating different applications for Apple’s newest toy. Touchoo is one of those applications that are built for the iPad. It is a company that is geared towards publishing quality interactive book apps for toddlers and children. They aim to combine the beauty in traditional children’s books with the intuitiveness and flexibility of touch screen technology.

Books allow all of us, grown-ups and children alike, to fantasize and use our imagination. Our vision is to help create a new age of children’s books, that cherishes what children have enjoyed for ages, without ignoring the unique opportunities available to this generation: a generation that will use new technology to develop themselves as individuals, and, no doubt, will change the world in ways that none of us can even imagine!

With the input of a select group of writers, illustrators, animators and programmers, Touchoo creates apps that stimulate the child on many developmental levels: emotional, mental, educational, and social – all strictly age appropriate. Each of their books explores a different developmental stage and is written to help the child learn a new skill while reading and playing. To ensure that the books they publish are perfectly suited to the needs and abilities of the young ones – in content, functionality and appearance – all Touchoo book-apps™ are made under supervision of a developmental psychologist.

The next time you search for an iPad app on iTunes for your kids, do check out Touchoo for an interactive and touch screen learning experience.

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Tweak Your OS X Leopard Using Secrets

Secrets is an OS X application that lets you modify you OS X Leopard easily by using a simple and easy to use preference pane in your System Preferences. You can easily browse Secrets and choose what application you want to tweak depending on what is available for the specific application you have installed in your system. Instead of using code hacks you can just click on the application you want to tweak in your preference pane and secrets will do the rest.

 

Secrets requires OS X 10.5 or later to run. Just double click the preference pane to install it. Use the Reload button to get the latest values from the web. You can easily revert to the default value by hitting the X button (delete key). You also have to note that before changing values for a particular application, you have to quit that application in order for the tweak to work.

The app is available for download for free and you can also share your own secrets in the community discussions. You have to note though that if you use this improperly, it can seriously harm your system, so use with precaution. You may also want to read the comments and the discussions for new updates, errors and new solutions for a safer tweaking.

Tags: 10.5, Apple, Leopard, Mac, osx, secrets, tweak

MacBook Air: Thinnest Notebook Ever, from Apple

Introducing, MacBook Air, the thinnest notebook ever from Apple. Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs reveals the super-slim new laptop at the Macworld Trade Show on Tuesday, January 15, unveiling a personal computer less than an inch thick that turns on the moment it’s opened.

MacBook Air notebook was impressively wrapped off encased from 0.16 to 0.76 inch of sleek, sturdy anodized aluminum, at just 3.0 pounds, so portable that you can take it anytime, anywhere.

It has a glossy 13.3-inch widescreen LED backlit, a 1280-by-800 resolution which gives you the best view of images and rich colors at full brightness the moment you open MacBook Air.

The keyboard is full-size with crisp keys just like the ones on MacBook, only that the Air is added with backlit key illumination, making it easy to work in low-light settings such as airplanes and conference halls. The touchpad features an intuitive interface like that of the iPhone and you can can pan, rotate, move entire windows, move between photos, all with simple gestures on the touchpad. It also comes with a 2GB of built in RAM and an 80GB hard drive which provides plenty of storage space. You have the option to upgrade to a 64GB solid-state drive, which has no moving parts for enhanced durability, 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, an iSight built in camera and it’s got the thinnest battery ever.

The new MacBook Air will ship in two weeks, but you will be able to pre-order it today for $1,799.

Check the complete details of MacBook Air on Apple, Inc.

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Axiotron Modbook: The Mac Tablet

I have been reading about the possibility of Apple releasing a tablet Mac for some time now. It turned out that the tablet will be made by another company called Axiotron. Modbook, the name given to the tablet Mac was released with artists and design-oriented professionals in mind.

The Modbook is a modified MacBook with its screen and keyboard removed and replaced with a tablet screen. The tablet features 512 levels of pressure sensitivity to achieve a level of precision needed in creating and editing digital art and will come pre installed with Mac OS X Leopard. Powered by a 2.0 GHz or a 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, the device uses Leopard’s built-in Inkwell software for handwriting recognition.

Other specs:

13.3 – inch screen

Built-in iSight Webcam

GPS

CD/DVD Combo Drive

Bluetooth

802.11 Wi-Fi

It has a triple layer of metal plating, including nickel over copper and topped with chrome, and is available in standard satin or optional mirror finish.

The suggested retail price for the Modbook is $2,290.

[Information Week]

Tags: Apple, Axiotron, Leopard, Mac, Modbook, OS X, Tablet

Apple Evolution

Check out Apple’s products starting from the beginning.

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