When composer/researcher/programmer Ge Wang (of Smule) looks at a MacBook, he sees...a versatile platform for creating custom electronic instruments—the perfect tool for transforming lines of code, user input, and even gestures into music.
Says Apple.
The team of developers who created the iPhone/iPod touch version of the 12,000 years old wind instrument Ocarina, has an impressive background in producing innovative electronic musical equipments, from their other apps (sonic vox, sonic boom, sonic lighter) to the ground-breaking SLOrk (Stanford Laptop Orchestra).
No wonder, Smule's Ocarina app is a runaway hit with the music and Ocarina aficionados.
Concept: You do the same thing as with the Read More...
Away from the maddening crowd at Silicon Valley, the ousted CEO of Yahoo, Jerry Yang and the once exiled CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs had a private meeting, late Tuesday night. The meeting happened just a day after Yahoo board of Directors decided to oust their CEO, Jerry Yang. Sources close to Jerry Yang said that he was desperate to get some tips on how to survive this kind of severe blow, Steve Jobs being the expert here. Steve Jobs reportedly patted Jerry Yang many times to give the best comfort that the Yahoo chief badly needed. The meeting was Read More...
Get the campus map, the WHO directory, course listings, athletics news and much more about Stanford University for free on your iPhone for free through the education app, iStanford.
Who are the new third party developers at the App Store?
Stanford University.
We talked about it earlier, the possibility of iPhone apps coming from Stanford University after they offered a course iPhone Application Programming for the fall. Though not quite from that school of though yet, this app from Stanford University for the iPhone/iPod touch is, as expected, impressive.
What this education app is all about? It is about placing Stanford University right Read More...
Looks like the expansion and excitement surrounding the App store has reached a new level. The Computer Science Department of Stanford University has cataloged the following course for the Autumn 2008-9: session
“CS 193P iPhone Application Programming”
What's more, that course will be taught by Paul Marcos, an Apple employee in the Stanford University campus!
What about the NDA now? As we reported earlier, WordPress are already sharing their Open Source code for their iPhone application. So what is going to happen now? Does Apple approve the course? Are they going to remove the NDA finally?
We have to wait and watch this Read More...
