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The above story was made with the new Story app from Disney.
And here’s another one:
Walt’s Magical Adventure
The images in Walt’s Magical Adventure were created in Disney’s HAPPINESSCAM app.
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Apple plans to move aggressively into the in-car integration space later this year, according to multiple people familiar with the initiative. Apple is working with car makers to deeply embed iOS's Maps and Siri services into cars, according to these people. While companies sell accessories to place iPhone and other iOS devices on car dashboards for easy access to Apple Maps’ turn-by-turn navigation, Apple wants to break into the space with its own solutions...
This sounds like a bug that needs to be fixed by Apple… (pun intended).
On your iPhone’s music player (either the default one or the optional Podcasts app), if the app’s volume is set all the way down (or close to it), you won’t hear some alert sounds — including incoming phone call alerts! You can test this and (not) hear it for yourself: Lower the Podcasts or iPod Music player app’s volume to zero on your iPhone, then in Settings >;;;>;;; Sounds tap on any of your chosen or default ringtones, text tones, or alert sounds. For most of them you won’t hear anything until you make the Podcasts/music player app’s volume somewhere other than all the way over to screen left (silent). The Mute switch’s position doesn’t matter.
I had this problem and discovered the solution on Apple’s Support Communities discussion forum here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4325586?start=45&tstart=0
I imagine this is for all iOS 6 devices, but I’ve only tested it with iPhone 5 running iOS 6.0.1. Let me know in a reply if you’ve noticed this on your Apple iDevice, too.
Update: Now that I’ve done the bug fix (using the method above) on my iPhone, the bug is not reappearing. I tested it on a friend’s iPhone 5 (running iOS 6.1.1 like mine is) and the same problem with sounds was on his. This might be an intermittent bug. Also, when in the Sounds area of the Settings app, be sure to test it with more than just one type of sound—try it with Ringtone, Text Tone, New Voicemail, etc.
Update 2: Another friend also running the newest version of iOS 6 tried this on her iPhone 4S and has the same bug. A different friend with an iPhone 4 who did not upgrade to iOS 6 yet doesn’t have the bug on his iPhone.
It’s here! The latest version of David Pogue’s iPhone: The Missing Manual
With the iOS 6 software and the new iPhone 5, Apple has two world-class hits on its hands. This sleek, highly refined pocket computer comes with everything—cellphone, iPod, Internet, camcorder—except a printed manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back with this expanded edition of his witty, full-color guide: the world’s most popular iPhone book.
The important stuff you need to know:
• The iPhone 5. This book unearths all the secrets of the newest iPhone. Taller screen, faster chip, 4G LTE Internet, thinner than ever.
• The iOS 6 software. Older iPhones gain Do Not Disturb, the new Maps app, shared Photo Streams, camera panoramas, smarter Siri, and about 197 more new features. It’s all here.
• The apps. That catalog of 750,000 add-on programs makes the iPhone’s phone features almost secondary. Now you’ll know how to find, manage, and exploit those apps.
The iPhone may be the world’s coolest computer, but it’s still a computer, with all of a computer’s complexities. iPhone: The Missing Manual is a funny, gorgeously illustrated guide to the tips, shortcuts, and workarounds that will turn you, too, into an iPhone addict.
Also take a look at my blog post written last year about how I became the tech editor for this helpful and informative book.
Order iPhone: The Missing Manual
Update: Thanks, David!
Siri says this Thursday is her birthday! She was born with the iPhone 4S on October 4, 2011.
#Siri says this Thursday is her birthday! Born with the #iPhone 4S on October 4, 2011. 🎉🎊🍼👶🎂 lockerz.com/s/248897220 lockerz.com/s/248897229—
Rich Koster (@DisneyEcho) September 30, 2012
She’s a sly little minx! I think Siri works on commission…
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You could see the pride on his face and the excitement welling up inside him almost bursting out. On January 9, 2007, Steve Jobs could finally tell what he had been keeping a secret for so long:
“This is a day I’ve been looking forward to for two and a half years. Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. One is very fortunate if you get to work on just one of these in your career. Apple has been very fortunate that it’s been able to introduce a few of these into the world. In 1984 we introduced the Macintosh. It didn’t just change Apple, it changed the whole industry. In 2001 we introduced the first iPod, and it didn’t just change the way we all listened to music, it changed the entire music industry.”
“Well today, we are introducing THREE revolutionary products. The first one is a widescreen iPod with touch controls. The second is a revolutionary new mobile phone. And the third is a breakthrough Internet communications device.”
“So, three things: a widescreen iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and a breakthrough Internet communications device. An iPod, a phone, and an Internet communicator. An iPod, a phone . . . Are you getting it? These are not three separate devices. This is one device. And we are calling it . . . iPhone! Today . . . today Apple is going to reinvent the phone. And here it is!”
Nobody expected what he showed us next:
Watch this video to see and hear the audience’s reaction to this self-deprecating humor, and then the rest of this historic iPhone presentation:
At the end of the presentation, Steve Jobs concluded:
“You know, I didn’t sleep a wink last night, I was so excited about today. We’ve been so lucky at Apple, we’ve had some real revolutionary products. The Mac in 84, the iPod in 2001, and we’re gonna do it again with the iPhone in 2007 — we’re VERY excited about this.”
“There’s an old Wayne Gretsky quote I love — ‘I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it’s been.’ That’s what we try to do at Apple. Thank you very, very much.”
In 2010, Steve Jobs introduced yet another revolutionary product, the iPad. There’s no telling what he would have gone on to show us in the years to come if his life hadn’t ended way too soon.
Thank you for changing our world, Steve Jobs. It was our pleasure to accompany you on your lifelong quest to bring us where things would be in the future, not just where they are today. You are deeply appreciated and missed.
Steve Jobs
1955-2011
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