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Daily Update for May 7, 2013

by Steven Sande (May 7th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires ...

Adobe demos smart stylus and ruler for creative professionals

by Steven Sande (May 7th, 2013)

Fresh on the heels of the announcement of the Adobe Creative Suite turning subscription-only, the company also showed off two hardware projects: the Project Mighty stylus and Napoleon ruler. Both hardware offerings use low-energy Bluetooth to communicate with an iPad or iPhone, and work with the ...

Adobe to go subscription-only with Creative Cloud software

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 6th, 2013)

As Adobe finds its footing in a cloud-based world, it pulled a move that most likely will generate a backlash from the students and creative professionals that rely on its software. Adobe announced that the Creative Suite software will be rebranded as Creative Cloud and confirmed it will no longer ...

Adobe previews Lightroom for iOS

by Michael Grothaus (May 2nd, 2013)

Adobe's Lightroom product manager Tom Hogarty has shown off an early beta of Lightroom for iOS, according to CNET. Hogarty made the semi-announcement on an episode of The Grid this week. Here's what CNET's Stephen Shankland had to say: He wouldn't promise when the app would ship or what exactly ...

Lightroom 5 beta available to the public

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 15th, 2013)

Adobe today announced the release of the Lightroom 5 beta for Mac and Windows. Lightroom is Adobe's photo-management and post-production software that competes directly with Apple's Aperture. The beta is free to download, but users should be aware that its use -- like all betas -- could vary ...

Anti-poaching lawsuit against Google, Apple and others denied class action status

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 8th, 2013)

In 2010, several high-profile tech companies -- including Apple, Google, Adobe, Intuit, Lucasfilm, Intel and Pixar -- settled a suit with the US Justice Department regarding anti-poaching agreements. The suit alleged that the aformentioned companies, from 2005 to 2009, agreed not to recruit ...

Gone in a flash: Adobe's Chief Technology Officer joining Apple

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 19th, 2013)

Adobe's Chief Technology Officer is leaving the company to join Apple. Adobe announced the news in an SEC filing earlier today. Chief Technology Officer Kevin Lynch tendered his resignation at the company yesterday, Adobe confirmed to AllThingsD: "Kevin Lynch, Adobe CTO, is leaving the ...

Adobe to end sale of boxed Creative Suite software

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Mar 13th, 2013)

It's no surprise that Adobe plans to end sales of boxed sets of Creative Suite and Acrobat software. TechHive confirmed the move with Adobe after several resellers reported a cutoff date of May 1 for purchasing a boxed set of Adobe Creative Suite. With Adobe placing more focus on its Creative ...

Adobe brings Photoshop Touch to the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Feb 27th, 2013)

Just about a year ago at this time, Adobe released an iPad version of their flagship app, called Photoshop Touch. Now, a year later, they've announced a version of the app built specifically for the iPhone's smaller screen, that should be propagating out to the App Store very soon, ...

Photoshop 1.0 source code now available from the Computer History Museum

by Mike Schramm (Feb 15th, 2013)

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. (home of Google, and just a few miles from Apple's HQ in Cupertino) has a new display up, featuring none other than the source code to Photoshop 1.0, the very first version of Adobe's powerhouse photo-editing software. The exhibit features ...

Adobe charging 10 percent royalty on iOS games made with Director 12

by Randy Nelson (Feb 13th, 2013)

Adobe recently released version 12 of Director, its interactive app creation system, and in doing so introduced the ability for those who use the app to create iOS games to publish their titles directly to the App Store. As it turns out, that potentially time-saving capability comes at a premium. ...

Adobe releases emergency Flash update for OS X

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 8th, 2013)

Adobe released a security update for its OS X Flash Player that addresses a critical vulnerability being exploited in the wild. According to the Adobe advisory, the CVE-2013-0634 vulnerability targets OS X users running Firefox or Safari who encounter malicious Flash content on website. This ...

'Thirty Six' app makes you a thoughtful photographer again

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 5th, 2013)

Last summer I ran into the first photography teacher I had in the States. He was visiting London and we sat down over a pint. We spoke about the state of the photography industry, the Instagramification of consumer photography and the future of digital photography. And while we agreed that ...

Tim Cook ordered to undergo questioning in anti-poaching case

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 18th, 2013)

Even though he wasn't CEO at the time, Apple's Tim Cook will be questioned about the company's hiring practices as part of a anti-poaching lawsuit, says a Reuters report. Apple, along with several other tech heavyweights, is embroiled in a civil lawsuit that accuses the company of illegally ...

Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CS6 get Retina display support

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 11th, 2012)

Adobe has announced updates for Photoshop and Illustrator Creative Suite 6 that add much-awaited Retina display support to the popular graphics applications. Owners of the standalone versions and owners of the Creative Cloud versions are elligible for the Retina display updates. From an Adobe ...