Tired of the default color blue you see when you highlight text on your page? Switch it up. With HTML5 you can change the highlight color to anything you desire. Here’s the code that you will need to place in your site’s CSS stylesheet.
Apple’s first TV ad introducing the new iPad was uploaded on their YouTube channel yesterday following the big event. And here it is.
When a screen becomes this good
Colors are more vibrant
Words are pen sharp
Everything is more brillant
Because when a screen becomes this good
It’s simply you and the things you care about
The stunning retina display
On the new iPad
What do you think about it? Does it make you more apt to buy the new iPad?
Apple’s announcement of the third generation iPad is planned for Wednesday, March 7th; only days away. And with every Apple product announcement comes pre-speculation of what features the device will include. Here’s a list of what we might see on the iPad 3 and what we can expect from the event.
iPad 3 Possibilities
No Home Button After Apple sent out invites for the March 7th event, there has been a lot of deliberation of whether the iPad 3 would include a home button or not. Some have claimed that the iPad presented on the invites was in landscape view, but others have observed that it must be in portrait view because of the spacing of apps and the placement of the water drops in the default background. This leaves the possibility of there being no home button, but instead using hand gestures for navigation.
4G LTE Since we can almost guarantee that the new iPad will have a better display, it only makes sense that Apple would include 4G to keep the device running smoothly without dragging it down.
Siri The voice assistant is responsible for selling many iPhone 4S’s, so it wouldn’t be shocking to see it on the next iPad.
Retina Display It has all but been confirmed that the iPad 3 will have a 2048×1536 retina display — double that of the first two generation iPads.
Better Cameras The quality of the cameras on the iPad 2 does not come close to the iPhone 4S. That being said, there is a good chance Apple will include better cameras on the device.
Waterproof
While it isn’t likely the iPad 3 will be waterproof, the background in the invite does have extra water droplets on it.
Event Theories
Apple TV Could Apple also be releasing a new Apple TV set top box? We’ll see.
Name of The Third iPad
iPad 3 seems to be the favorite. Other possible name choices include the iPad 2S and the iPad HD.
If your computer is having trouble accessing your wireless connection, then you might want to try these steps to resolve the issue.
1. Go to the Control Panel 2. Click on Administrative Tools 3. Click on Services 4. Find and click on DNS Client 5. Click Stop to disable the DNS Client
If you followed those steps, there’s a chance your Internet connection should be up and running. Now you can surf those gnarly WiFi waves again.
Is your mouse cursor disappearing in Chrome after keeping it still for a few seconds?
This problem can be solved by simply starting up the Chrome Task Manager, selecting Plug-in: Shockwave Flash, and clicking on end the process. Your mouse cursor should remain stable and free of the vanishing annoyance.
Posted in News on February 20th, 2012 by Zach – 2 Comments
One small fling for a bird.
One quantum leap for birdkind. -Angry Birds Space
The popular game “Angry Birds” is blasting its way to space in its fourth version of the popular series. Rovio announced that “Angry Birds Space” will feature new birds and that the game will have new physics that differ from the original three games.
Google has recently announced the end of its beloved Picnik service, which was obtained in 2010. The company awaits calling it quits on April 19, 2012 and will transfer the photo-editing tools to its fairly new social network, Google+. This acts as a decisive move to gain more users on the social networking site.
There is some good news for Picnik users: Google is granting everyone free access to the premium features of the photo-editing service until its closure.
Adobe has finally pulled the plug on Flash for all mobile devices. The once heavily relied on plug-in is now becoming obsolete, a thing of the past, as HTML5 transitions its way on becoming a standard for the modern Web.
Flash quickly soared into the web back in the late 90′s and filled pages with video, animations, and games. The possibilities were endless. Adobe’s desires were to push Flash to every platform and device it could. Over time it became evident that Flash was composed of many faults that refrained the future of the web.
One man saw the flaws that Flash contains, and that is former CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs. Jobs wrote an open letter in April of 2010 explaining why Apple didn’t include Flash in their iOS devices. Jobs conclusions on Flash were this:
Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards – all areas where Flash falls short.
The avalanche of media outlets offering their content for Apple’s mobile devices demonstrates that Flash is no longer necessary to watch video or consume any kind of web content. And the 250,000 apps on Apple’s App Store proves that Flash isn’t necessary for tens of thousands of developers to create graphically rich applications, including games.
New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.
-Steve Jobs in an open letter discussing Flash
And you can say that Jobs’ predictions proved to be true.
Adobe’s plans for the future include working with HTML5 to pursue the innovation of mobile browsers. With Flash’s run ending on mobile browsers, what about its future in computing? It can be suspected that Flash will eventually decease over the course of time as HTML5 becomes more and more available across all modern browsers.
It’s hard to believe that it has already been a month since the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs was well known for being the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple. Jobs was an invisionary genius — a leader with a creative mind who thought different. Even after being fired from his own company in 1985, Jobs moved forward to found NeXT and to also acquire what would become Pixar Animation Studios.
Jobs’ return to Apple became the selling point of his career – sparking revolutionary products way ahead of their time – the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. Not only was he a brillant thinker, but he was also a persuading speaker. His presentations were extraordinary-something that no other CEO has quite accomplished.
Steve Jobs died around 3PM PDT on October 3rd, 2011. Jobs died peacefully surrounded by his family at his home in Palo Alto, California. Jobs’ last words were, “OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.”
It’s always a good idea to clean your temporary files and cookies every now and then. I’m going to teach you how to clear these files out in Google Chrome.
1. Click on the Wrench icon next to the address bar.
2. Scroll your mouse over to Tools.
3. Click Clear browsing data… 4. Choose what items you want deleted (Clear browsing history, Empty the cache, and Delete cookies are recommended options).
5. Click Clear browsing data.
6. You’re done.
A shortcut to reaching the Clear browsing data section is to hit Ctrl+Shift+Del on your keyboard. This will save you from performing the first 3 steps.
Adobe has finally pulled the plug on Flash for all mobile devices. The once heavily relied on plug-in is now becoming obsolete, a thing of the past, as HTML5 transitions its way on becoming a standard for the modern Web.