We hope you weren’t planning to attend Apple’s upcoming Worldwide Developer Conference, since it sold out all 5,000 spots in 2 minutes! In other Apple news, the company reported second-quarter revenues that were higher than a year ago, but profits were down. Michael Cohen and Adam Engst run down the details, and Glenn Fleishman takes a hard look at the overall technology industry to see which companies will remain household names in the future. Further afield, Glenn also shares news of the popular Instapaper read-it-later service being taken over by venture-capital firm Betaworks, and Agen Schmitz passes on details of Apple’s latest move to protect Mac users from Java exploits in Safari. Back at home, we’re pleased to announce our latest ebook — Joe Kissell’s “Take Control of Dropbox” — and Adam tells the story of how we built it using a new publishing service called Leanpub. Notable software releases this week include PDFpen and PDFpenPro 6.0.2, CloudPull 2.4.1, DEVONagent Lite, Express, and Pro 3.5, and Typinator 5.5.
Apple announced that WWDC 2013 will take place from June 10th through 14th in San Francisco. But don’t book your travel arrangements — the show sold out in 2 minutes.
Our latest book by Joe Kissell looks hard at the popular Dropbox file-sharing service, and explains both the best ways to use it and how to avoid common mistakes. For those of you who already know Dropbox well, a “Teach This Book” chapter includes links to special materials that will help you teach others how to use Dropbox better.
In a call that alternated between statistics and cheerleading, Apple reported a record-breaking $43.6 billion in second-quarter revenues, albeit with declining profits — a mere $9.5 billion.
The Instapaper read-it-later clipping service will be developed in the future by Betaworks, a Web site incubator that has purchased a majority interest in the product from its developer, Marco Arment.
Apple recently updated Safari with a new security feature for managing Java plug-in usage on a site-by-site basis, and also updated Java itself for Mountain Lion, Lion, and Snow Leopard.
In our continual quest for better publishing tools, we’re trying a new service called Leanpub that lets anyone create a book from Markdown-formatted text files in a Dropbox folder and the click of a Publish button. (Well, it wasn’t quite that easy, so read on for the details.)
The rise of tablets, the drop in PC sales, and the shift in profit in the smartphone market means a changing set companies to watch.
Notable software releases this week include PDFpen and PDFpenPro 6.0.2, CloudPull 2.4.1, DEVONagent Lite, Express, and Pro 3.5, and Typinator 5.5.
Three quick bits for you this week: news of yet another massive data breach, a chance to hear the voice of Alexander Graham Bell, and the results of a study that proclaims the 13-inch MacBook Pro to be the most reliable PC laptop.