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Nov 21 2012

Siri to Understand Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish

Apple is hiring new team members to help make Siri available in Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish, according to a company job posting.

Join the team responsible for delivering Siri in different parts of the world for an exciting 6 month internship in Cupertino, California.

Key Qualifications
● Native or fluent in Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Korean, Norwegian, Swedish and fluent in English
● Candidate for BS in Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
● Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
● Knowledgeable in, and sensitive to, multilingual and multicultural issues
● Must work well with people, and possess excellent written and verbal communication skills

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Nov 11 2012

2Do Task Management App Released for Mac OS X

2Do, a popular task management app, has been released for Mac OS X.

2Do lets you take a completely different approach to managing your tasks. With its extremely simple-to-use interface and a comprehensive and flexible set of powerful features, it lets you focus on what’s most important to you: your life. There is no wrong way of using 2Do, and unlike other to-do apps, it won’t force you to use a particular task management methodology. 2Do will simply amaze you, from start to finish.

SIMPLE TASKS, CHECKLISTS & PROJECTS
• Create simple tasks, or checklists and projects with sub-tasks. Tasks can have notes, attachments and multiple alarms.
• Set any task to repeat using a flexible set of options.

LISTS & SMART LISTS
• In addition to built-in Focus lists that allow you to conveniently view upcoming, starred or scheduled tasks, you can create multiple lists to manage and organize your tasks.
• Smart lists let you harness the true potential of 2Do using a number of search options, filters and search pre-sets. Using Smart Lists, you can create custom views of your tasks and use them to focus-in or find frequently managed tasks.

TAGS
• Manage tags within Tag Groups.
• Easily assign tags to tasks and vice versa.
• Leverage the easy to use yet powerful integration of Tags & Smart Lists to filter on frequently managed tasks.
• Find Used vs. Unused tags with a click.

SYNC
• Stay in sync with multiple Macs and mobile devices running 2Do using your favorite sync method: iCloud Reminders (CalDAV), Dropbox, Toodledo or CalDAV.
• Using iCloud CalDAV sync you can keep 2Do and Reminders in sync as well as create tasks using Siri.
• Unobtrusive automatic background sync supported for iCloud Reminders (CalDAV), Dropbox and CalDAV.

QUICK LOOK
• Works just the way Quick Look does in Finder or other built-in OS X apps. Use the spacebar to zoom in and out of a task to preview notes, multi-line titles or other details attached to your tasks.

QUICK ENTRY
• Save your thoughts as they come to you. Using a global hotkey, Quick Entry allows you to add tasks from any app or any Space.
• 2Do does it right. Quick Entry works even if 2Do was not launched or is not running in the background.

ALARMS & NOTIFICATIONS
• Stay on top of your tasks with alarms and notifications. Supports Notification Center on Mountain Lion as well as a built-in notification system which works even when 2Do is not running.
• Add multiple alarms to a single task.
• Set up automatic alarms for tasks with due dates and due times.

PASSWORD PROTECTION
• Your life is a private affair. Manage it by locking out individual lists or the whole app with a single click.

THEMES
• Personalize 2Do by picking from a variety of handmade, retina-crisp themes.

AUTOMATIC BACKUPS
• 2Do values your tasks. Periodic automatic backups are created for you which can be transferred from one machine to another or from the iOS version of 2Do to the Mac and vice versa.
• Save backups to external disks and restore from previously saved backups.

FAST
• Adding and editing tasks is blazing fast using in-place editors and popovers
• 2Do supports both mouse users, by offering them numerous little shortcuts, as well as keyboard power-users by supporting dozens of keyboard shortcuts
• 2Do has been optimized for hundreds of lists and thousands tasks, and won’t slow down over time

USER MANUAL
• 2Do comes with a fully illustrated user manual consisting of easy-to-follow step-by-step guides.

Pricing & Availability:
You can download 2Do from the Mac App Store for $29.99.

Nov 9 2012

Adobe Announces Lightroom 4.3 RC With Retina Display Support

Adobe has announced Lightroom 4.3 RC with support for HiDPI displays within the Develop Module.

Lightroom 4.3 is now available as a Release Candidate on Adobe Labs. The ‘release candidate’ label indicates that this update is well tested but would benefit from additional community testing before it is distributed automatically to all of our customers. The final release of Lightroom 4.3 may have additional corrections or camera support.

Bugs Corrected in the Lightroom 4.3 Release Candidate:
● Unable to upload a large panorama to Adobe Revel via the Revel Publish Plugin
● Unable to add a second photo to a page layout in a Book. This only occurred when the “Show Unused Photos” filter is selected in the filmstrip.
● A photo can be flagged as both a “Pick” and “Reject” at the same time when using the Toolbar to apply flags
● Using multiple fonts within the same text cell inside a Book can sometimes cause Lightroom to crash
● Exposure becomes the active adjustment slider in the Basic panel (within Develop) when moving from image to image
● Customers using Photoshop Elements 11 were unable to upgrade their catalogs in Lightroom 4
● Custom Cell padding options in the Book Module reset in between Lightroom sessions
● 1080p video files shot on iPhone 4S flicker on replay
● Leaving the Book Module after using multiple text colors in the same text cell can sometimes cause the book to be lost.

Release Notes
● Lightroom 4.3 RC now supports HiDPI displays within the Develop Module.

Nov 9 2012

Evernote 5 Released for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch

Evernote has released a major update to its app for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders–and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.

Key Features:
• Sync all of your notes across the computers and devices you use
• Create and edit text notes, to-dos and task lists
• Save, sync and share files
• Record voice and audio notes
• Search for text inside images
• Organize notes by notebooks and tags
• Email notes and save tweets to your Evernote account
• Connect Evernote to other apps and products you use
• Share notes with friends and colleagues via Facebook and Twitter
◦ Premium feature: take notebooks offline to access them anytime
◦ Premium feature: allow others to edit your notebooks
◦ Premium feature: add a PIN lock to your Evernote app

Evernote is free to download and use. Evernote Premium adds the great features above and is available through an auto-renewing subscription.

Two subscription options:
◦ Evernote Premium monthly for $5
◦ Evernote Premium annually for $45

What’s New In This Version:
New in version 5
• New home screen features quick access to notes, notebooks, tags, places, and Premium features
• Create new notes with fewer taps using home screen quick note buttons
• Note list redesigned with new card style to showcase note content
• Added ability to quickly create new notebooks from the Notebooks list
• Places displays notes on a zoomable map
• Evernote Premium view lets you access Premium features and account status
• New unified shared notebook list shows your notebooks and ones shared with you

New iPad features:
• Added notebook stack support in Notebooks view
• List of recently viewed, edited and created notes appear on the home screen for easy multi-tasking

Numerous bug fixes and stability improvements

You can download Evernote from the App Store for free.

Nov 7 2012

Microsoft Office for iOS Gets Detailed

Microsoft does plan to release Office for the iPhone and iPad in early 2013, according to new details posted online by The Verge.

Office Mobile will debut in the form of free apps that allow Android and iOS users to view Microsoft Office documents on the move. Like the existing SkyDrive and OneNote apps, Office Mobile will require a Microsoft account. On first launch, a Microsoft account will provide access to the basic viewing functionality in the apps. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel documents will all be supported, and edit functionality can be enabled with an Office 365 subscription.

Microsoft will allow iOS users to purchase an Office 365 subscription within the app, or let organizations distribute codes to enable Office Mobile editing for users. The apps will allow for basic editing, but we’re told this won’t go very far in attempting to replace regular full use of a desktop Office version.

Office Mobile for iOS is said to arrive in late February or early March. The Android version is expected in May.

When the site asked Microsoft to comment about the story, the company said, “Office will work across Windows Phone, iOS and Android.”