Category: Links

Is Apple working on a Photoshop competitor?

Apple graphics patent

Patently Apple reports on recent Apple patent filings that indicate Apple is working on a graphics application with a new fancy-pants GUI. Now I don’t doubt that Apple is (or was) working on a graphics package. But I HIGHLY doubt that this graphics app was meant to compete with Photoshop – unless you feel like iWork actually competes with MS Office. That being said, a fourth app added to iWork would be nice, no?

Very interesting patent filing, nonetheless.

Who still uses a Fax machine?

HelloFaxApparently, quite a few people. It is still the only legally approved method of transmitting documents for many companies. I know very few companies that have an actual fax machine, and the ones I do know of generally end up scanning the fax and saving it as a PDF. So why not skip the expensive and messy middle step.

HelloFax makes it easy to sign documents and send faxes online. You’ll never need to print, sign and scan documents again. HelloFax also integrates with Google Drive, for those with a Gmail account.

Free public domain photo site offers categorized stock photography

Public domain stock photos

While I was searching for images for a project, I came across Photos Public Domain, which offers images of various quality with a decent range of subject matter. The site doesn’t have thousands upon thousands of images, but there are quite a few gems. The best part is they are, as the name implies, public domain, and free for commercial use. Donations are accepted of course, but not necessary. I particularly liked the holiday collection.