Handheld devices have been living in the minds of Apple employees

What do you associate in 2007? My association is depicted above – is the first model of iPhone , smartphone, which made ​​a revolution in the market. He just came in 2007. After it came out no less amazing products such as App Store and the iPad, but it should be understood that they were conceived much earlier, even before the revolutionary iPhone. In 2014, we were promised a long-awaited new category of device, and we decided that it would be worn iWatch. If so, how long Apple in nurturing the idea?

Smart market hours and health bracelets (not zirconium, and those that are able to keep track of your activity) began to fill offers only last year. Then fell down rumors that Apple is doing in this direction. Can recall a considerable number of workers hired Medicine published patents Cardiosensor, application Healthbook and rumors about orders for compact curved displays.

All this came up recently, and how long these ideas originated in the laboratories of Apple in Cupertino? I remember in 2007 by chance. There is an opinion that it is in Year iPhone the company has already started to think about our health. This is the conclusion employees Business Insider, disassembled recently surfaced patent for a system for monitoring activity, located in the headphones.

The application for this technology was filed in 2008, but it was not the first. For the first time Apple tried to patent wearable sensors in October 2007. If even then the company was thinking about accessories that will help us in the sport and tracking their own health, it deserves the title of the most far-sighted.

It is obvious that Apple likes to play many games, letting the market existing devices, one that is better than others. Better just because it worked on not one or two years, and if so, we are waiting for something no less perfect than the iPhone, iPad or MacBook.

Handheld devices have been living in the minds of Apple employees

What can a new tool Perspective Warp in Adobe Photoshop CC

It seems that Adobe has decided to seriously deal with the cluttered horizon and other geometric distortions in the photographs. The latest version of Lightroom appeared tool for automatic correction of such problems, and more recently, even more powerful variant thereof and got Photoshop CC. It is about Perspective Warp Tool and I’ll tell you.

If Lightroom image correction need only basic: fix the horizon, return parallelism removed “from the bottom” of the building, or do both at once, in Photoshop task more difficult. As a trivial example – set the correct perspective objects, collecting a complex collage of photos. Of course, the real masters of Photoshop can deal with this problem by using simple tools for modifying the image, but it took a good spatial imagination and time-consuming.

With the advent of Perspective Warp is made easy.

Working with this tool is divided into two stages, which can be navigated buttons on the toolbar. In the first stage you need to set the reference plane of your image, specify the program that is – what your photo is parallel “in life.” To do this, place the image “grid” and link them to the appropriate objects in the image. These virtual plane can be combined (in fact, most often it needs to be done to achieve the best results), indicating where the “face” of the object, which we will transform. It’s enough to take the edge planes to each other, they are highlighted, and the “grid” unite together.

Setting the edge, you can switch directly to the transformation mode. In this mode, you move the vertex, and Photoshop to change the image so that it faces coincided with the edges formed by the grid. An interesting feature: if you hold down the Shift key and click on one of the faces, Photoshop will make its vertical (or horizontal, depending on the situation), it is useful, for example when shooting architecture.

Anything that does not fall into transformable space, Photoshop will try to preserve as much as possible intact. Most “loss” is located on the edge of the image, so after correcting geometry, or you will need to crop a picture, or “to finish” missing using a large arsenal of Photoshop.

Tool Perspective Warp – just one of the many innovations that have brought the latest update Photoshop. The good news is that with a new subscription-distribution system users can always use the latest version of the program.

What can a new tool Perspective Warp in Adobe Photoshop CC

iWatch have not yet emerged, but dictate the future

About 2013 can remember many things, but among other things – the year in which the various smart wristwatch accessories began to gain popularity. Total for the second half of last year, it sold 1.6 million smart sports bracelets and watches. According to 9to5Mac, analysts predict strong growth in sales of such devices in 2014, and, of course, is not without hope for the output of portable devices from Apple.

Canalys analyst firm predicts sales growth of wearable electronics to more than 17 million devices. The main reason for the growth and development will be their new opportunities. Now it is a fitness enthusiast bracelets, or smart, but not very, watches. But when these accessories will add to the capabilities of the field of medicine and health, they will become more in demand, according to analysts. They seem to be guided by rumors about future product Apple. According to forecasts, wearable accessories become major consumers of new technologies, and hence – the main object of the attention of buyers. This year sales growth of their stops. They are predicting sales to more than 23 million units in 2015 and over 45 million by 2017.

The latest rumors about Apple, which employs workers from the medical sector , as well as what we know and think about a new software product company, said that Nike, Jawbone, Pebble and others will be beaten this year. iWatch, or whatever was not called future product must bite off a huge chunk of the schedule set forth above, and exceed the expectations of analysts. Remarkably, it seems to me that Apple’s wearable accessory may gain popularity and without any recreational opportunities. However, these features – the only thing we know about the future of the device, and, apparently, the only thing they know analysts.

iWatch have not yet emerged, but dictate the future

Basis - looking footage for the team iWatch

Almost every week there is information about health workers, hired a company from Cupertino . Apple is actively developing the so-called team iWatch, but in creating a wearable accessory-based tracking of the health of the owner, will be useful not only to medical professionals. There is a rumor that the company can draw strength existing manufacturer smart hours.

According to TechCrunch company Basis, intelligent accessory manufacturer Basis Health Tracker, currently experiencing financial difficulties. They will be difficult to stay afloat, for this reason, the company wishes to be acquired. Creators fitness hours have not yet decided the price they want to ask, but decided on the list of companies which, in their opinion, may appeal this sentence. Certainly not the last place in this list is the company Apple, actively expanding their development team has not yet announced a wearable device.

You would think that if the creators of the future iWatch needed company-producer wearable electronics, long sentence would be made ​​towards Fitbit , Pebble or someone else. But the only product Basis glory has the most accurate and reliable fitness assistant. If a company can make Apple really interesting proposal, there is a chance that the latter will not stand. We will follow the development of this story and keep you posted.

Basis - looking footage for the team iWatch

Quarterly Report: Apple residential area and other concepts First Cultural Industries

Every company has its own name: the unique look of the product, corporate identity, formed a system of values. Designers have decided to take into account the individuality of IT-giants and imagine how would look areas built specifically for workers Apple, Google, Facebook and located near the headquarters of the enterprise. All concepts were completed by the First Cultural Industries.

According to the designers, the town would be named Apple iTown, it would live 13,000 employees of the corporation, and its construction would cost $ 5.2 billion. It is worth noting that the main building area ( campus -spaceship) looks futuristic, but the concept of residential buildings resemble toasters and packages of milk collected from Lego (without rounded corners has not done). Top view explains a lot – reminds quarter sun with radiating rays. 

Googleplex – Town Google – would consist of a series of square faceted skyscrapers with colored tops-cubes. The company’s headquarters would be lost among these giants. Construction of this, it should be noted, controversial, architectural ensemble would cost $ 4 billion, and place it would actually 10,000 employees. 

The largest social network would also not lost if she had their own town or quarter. As planned by the First Cultural Industries, Facebook City would be made in the corporate blue color would include both flats (again, with a square color “knob”) and low houses with courtyards. Location of buildings around the current campus seems chaotic, but top view shows us that the shape is triangular quarter. Construction of the “triangle” would cost $ 3.8 billion and provided housing about 9000 people.

Which design do you like the project?

Quarterly Report: Apple residential area and other concepts First Cultural Industries

Tesla will help Apple in the development of the car?

What new product from Apple, you most want to see this year? I think most will remember about iWatch TV iTV, while others are limited in their desires next-generation iPhone and iPad. But if you think, there is another very interesting industry, where the company would be able to realize their innovative potential. No, refrigerators – this niche long ago took Samsung. It comes to cars.

Last year, Apple could discuss absorption American car company Tesla Motors – known manufacturer of electric vehicles , according to San Francisco Chronicle. According to rumors, Adrian Perica, head of the corporation for the acquisition of startups, met with the CEO and one of the investors in Tesla Motors Elon Musk. In addition, at a business meeting, probably present himself Tim Cook.

Analysts say that the meeting was aimed at introducing technology «iOS in the car” in the most common at the moment electric car Tesla – Model S. In fact, at the presentation of iOS 7 last June, Tesla Motors logo was absent among the producers who wish to help Apple in the development of new technology.

But if this is true, why not meeting held Eddy Cue ? After all, he led the development of «iOS in the car,” so it would be logical if I talked with Mask Kew. Yes, and vice president of acquisitions Apple is clearly not just a coffee went there to drink.

Elon Musk is often called the “new Steve Jobs” , and companies established by them, do have something in common. Tesla is trying to make electric cars as accessible as possible for the average consumer – the U.S. retail price for the Model S does not exceed 60 thousand dollars. Of course, after the passage of the Russian customs car will cost much higher, but until Tesla focused more on the U.S. market than the European.

Certainly, Tesla would be a great foundation for the automotive division Apple. The latter has no experience in this industry, so it obviously needs an assistant, and the best candidate for this role than the company Elon Musk, simply does not exist.

While this is only a rumor, but it is not excluded that in the future they will find a confirmation from other sources. Who knows, maybe we will see the long-awaited iCar in the next five years.

Tesla will help Apple in the development of the car?

Apple surpassed sales Windows-PC

Total sales of iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch and Mac for the first time were higher than the amount realized Windows-based computers in the last quarter. It is reported with reference to the MacRumors analyst Benedict Evans and company Gartner.

According to experts, in the December 2013 sale of iOS-devices and Mac computers reached historic highs , and market PC, on the contrary, experienced a significant decline. This allowed Apple to get ahead and sell their gadgets almost 10 million more than all manufacturers Windows-based computers together. Three years ago, even assuming this was difficult.

It is worth noting that if you add up sales PC and mobile devices running Windows Phone on board, their rate will be higher than that of iPhone, iPad and Mac, but very little separation.

The average price for devices Apple (including Mac) currently stands at 584 dollars, while the average cost of a computer on Windows does not exceed $ 544. It turns out the “apple” corporation not only sells more gadgets, but also gets them with enviable proceeds.

By the way, even without the help of Mac cumulative sales of iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch were higher.

Nevertheless, Gartner gives a positive outlook for PC sales this year. It is expected that sales of computers show 10 percent growth, but Apple still retain the lead with 29 percent sales growth.

Windows on the PC market is experiencing hard times largely due to lack of need for constant updating of such devices. If iPhone owners prefer to update your smartphone is not less frequently than once every two years, the period of use of PC is usually a minimum of four years, because if you want you can always replace components with more powerful and modern.

Apple surpassed sales Windows-PC