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Things are about to get a much needed shake-up in the low-to-midrange 3-D market, thanks to Maxon. The new version of the company's 3-D-animation system, Cinema 4D, dubbed R8 and without the usual XL suffix, is being offered for less than half the price of the previous version (Reviews, June 2002). The price decrease may sound like a desperate attempt to boost sales, as other high-profile 3-D-software companies have made recently. However, Cinema 4D R8 is a huge release for Maxon, so rather than keep the program in a single package, the company is offering different modular configurations at various prices. The entry-level Cinema 4D R8 Core has almost all the features of version 7, plus several improvements, for the paltry sum of $595. This is almost the same package that was in competition with Maya and LightWave and cost more than $1,500. To the Core What you don't get in R8 Core that was available in the previous version is radiosity and caustics, and the three-node NET … [Read more...] about Cinema 4D R8 Core

Each year, we get new emojis on our iPhone, iPads, and Macs. They typically come with the new iOS and macOS updates in the fall (though sometimes they're added in a point-release shortly after). Who decides which new emojis we get? Emojis are defined by a group called the Unicode Consortium , comprised of representatives from a number of hardware and software companies. They agree on updates to the Unicode Standard, which is a common means of encoding and representing text in digital formats. It's the foundation of transmitting and displaying text on nearly all modern digital platforms. Emojis are a part of the Unicode standard, and the group gets together each year to decide which new icons will be added to the official list. On January 5, Unicode announced the final Emoji 13.0 list . These are the emojis all the different software platform makers will build into their software this year. New emojis for 2020 There are 117 new emojis this list, which breaks down into 62 … [Read more...] about Ninjas! Bubble Tea! Piñatas! These are the 117 new emojis coming in 2020

For example, a Home Pizza Maker Oven . The problem with trying to make a good pizza at home is that it's hard to get the crust properly crispy . You either need a pizza stone or a professional-grade oven; which, unless your initials are WHGIII you probably have neither the space nor money for. But the Home Pizza Maker Oven, which includes a removable stone base, only runs for about $120. Not only does it let you get your crust crispy—if you know what I mean—but the removable stone means you can use the oven for deep dish pizzas, omelets, and pancakes—that's all the major food groups right there. Plus, with a warm up time of five minutes and a cooking time of five minutes, you can have your delicious pizza in no time at all, with whatever toppings you desire. Finally, the banana and salmon pie I've always wanted . [via Red Ferret Journal ] … [Read more...] about Home Pizza Maker Oven is perfect for your hungry ninja turtles

Apple has revealed the most popular iPhone/iPod touch and iPad app downloads of 2010, and one thing that really jumps out is the shear number of games appearing in the top 10 lists. Here are they are, directly from iTunes: Top 10 Paid Apps for iPhone / iPod touch Angry Birds Doodle Jump Skee-Ball Bejeweled 2 + Blitz Fruit Ninja Cut the Rope ALL-IN-1 GAMEBOX The Moron Test Plants vs. Zombies Pocket God Top 10 Free Apps for iPhone / iPod touch Facebook Angry Birds Lite Words With Friends Free Skype Tap Tap Revenge 3 The Weather Channel Paper Toss Bing ROCK BAND FREE Talking Tom Cat Top 10 Grossing Apps for iPhone / iPod touch MLB.com At Bat 2010 Angry Birds Call of Duty: Zombies Bejeweled 2 + Blitz FriendCaller 3 Pro Zombie Farm TomTom U.S.A. TETRIS Plants vs. Zombies Doodle Jump The idea of the iPod touch and iPhone as a popular gaming device looks to be solidified considering that iOS hardware is on the … [Read more...] about Most Popular iPhone & iPad Apps for 2010

If you’re a Mac owner you know that every time the Mac reboots or starts up it makes a startup chime sound. Though you can temporarily mute the chime by holding down the Mute key on any Mac keyboard, you can also choose to disable it completely by turning to the command line. To be clear, this will turn off the boot chime sound entirely, at least until it has been reversed with another terminal command string on the same Mac. This works in all modern versions of OS X on any modern Mac. Disabling the Mac Boot Chime Sound Launch Terminal, found in /Applications/Utilities/, then enter the following command to disable the boot chime: sudo nvram SystemAudioVolume=%80 Enter the admin password when requested, which is required by usage of the sudo command. On your next reboot the Mac will be completely silent. Adjusting the parameter at the end of that command lets you change the total volume of that boot chime, but it appears to favor ascii characters. Note that some … [Read more...] about How to Disable the Mac Boot Chime Completely

Control Center is one of the better features introduced to the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch post iOS 7, but because it is accessed with a swipe up gesture it can be fairly easy to accidentally trigger. This is especially true in games where a lot of swiping goes on (like Fruit Ninja), but it can also show up unexpectedly in some apps where you may be swiping around the screen often to scroll around, including Safari. Apple must have anticipated this would have been a problem for some users, and they provide a simple settings toggle to prevent Control Center from being accessed inside apps. This leaves Control Center accessible from elsewhere on an iOS device when you need it, while simultaneously preventing it from unintentionally showing up due to a swipe up gesture within any app. Open Settings and tap on “Control Center” Flip the switch for “Access Within Apps” so that it’s OFF Exit out of Settings and enjoy your app or game as usual, minus Control Center … [Read more...] about Stop Control Center from Appearing in Games & Apps Accidentally in iOS 7

The Apple Watch is great at doing all kinds of things, but it really comes into its own when used as a triage device for all the inbound communications everyone receives. We all get way too much email, and being able to deal with it on the go without pulling out our iPhones can be liberating. Although not as liberating as ditching email completely – but really, who can do that? Not us, so we rely on marking emails as read right from our wrists. And sure, you can mark them as unread if that’s your style, too. Indeed, you can mark emails as read or unread directly on Apple Watch, and it’s as simple as can be. clearing all of your notifications on Apple Watch, that’s cheating somewhat. Let’s be a bit more targeted at email specifically. How to Mark Email as Read or Unread on Apple Watch Here’s how to mark messages as read – and unread – so you can read them at your leisure later. Press the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch to return to the view showing all of your … [Read more...] about How to Mark Email as Read or Unread on Apple Watch

Apple has released release candidates iOS 14.2 GM and iPadOS 14.2 GM to users enrolled in the beta testing programs GM builds are typically the finalized version of a beta software schedule, and typically match the final public version. The release candidate / GM build suggests the final version of iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2 could be available to the general public in the near future. iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2 include a new Shazam widget, new wallpapers, and over a hundred new Emoji icons like musical instruments, an anatomic heart and anatomic lungs, Dodo bird, a transgender symbol, transgender flag, gender inclusive emojis like a man in a wedding veil and person in a wedding dress, ninja, plunger, beaver, blueberries, several bugs, a bison, mammoth, plants, a coin, and more. Additionally, the release apparently stops a bug that some users experienced where a frequent ‘a new iOS update is now available’ alert would appear on iPhone or iPad devices running beta versions. … [Read more...] about GM of iOS 14.2 & iPadOS 14.2 Released for Testing

Apple has released iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2, the latest updates to the iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 operating systems. iOS 14.2 and iPadOS 14.2 include bug fixes and improvements, along with a few smaller features like an addition of the Shazam music identification widget. Additionally, the new software updates include over a hundred new emoji icons, including pinched fingers, a plunger, beaver, Dodo bird, ninja, anatomical heart and lungs, coin, transgender symbol, transgender flag, more gender neutral emojis of humans, multiple insects, plants, a variety of animals including bison and mammoth, and much more. There are also new wallpapers available in the release. The update is recommended for all users running a prior iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 release. Separately, Apple released MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 Supplemental Update for Macs running Catalina, tvOS 14.2 for Apple TV, and watchOS 7.1 for Apple Watch, and iOS 12.4.9 for older iPhone and iPad models. How to Download iOS 14.2 & … [Read more...] about iOS 14.2 & iPadOS 14.2 Update Released, Download Now

The Apple Watch is so much more than something strapped to your wrist that can also tell the time. It’s a miniature computer and that fact is driven home further with every new hardware and software revision. But one feature that has been there since day one is the ability to send and receive iMessages directly from Apple Watch, without needing to pick up an iPhone to do it. If you’re not talking into your wrist to send messages, you’re really missing out. Sending is only part of the story, though. Being able to read iMessages from your wrist is a wonderful opportunity to avoid picking your iPhone up more than you already do. Many of us are guilty of having an iPhone in our hands more than we should, and the Apple Watch is one way to avoid that becoming more of a problem than it already is. We’re going to run through how to do the most common Apple Watch Messages tasks below. You’ll be a Messages ninja before you know it. How to Read Incoming Messages on Apple Watch … [Read more...] about How to Send & Read Messages on Apple Watch