Emerging Filmmakers use iPad to Create & Shoot at HotDocs Film Festival

HotDocs Film Festival is North America's largest documentary film festival, conference and market. It presents it's 22nd annual edition from April 23- May 3, 2015 in Toronto. Over 210 documentaries from around the world will be screened to the public as well as international delegates in the film industry. Hot Docs also includes a hefy roster of industry conference sessions and events.

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The Apple Beat: iPad turns five

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I spent most of my time on the iPad with the Safari browser, which is stellar on the tablet. If there's an inherent game-changing feature in the iPad it is how it relates web surfing to the form factor. How the screen manages to reveal entire webpages in your hand in such crisp and functional detail is simply awe-inspiring. Multi-touch is the best way to navigate the Internet and multi-touch on the iPad just works.  

--- Gadjo Sevilla’s review of the original iPad in 2010

The iPad quietly celebrated its 5^th birthday this weekend and it is hard to believe that this game-changing device has been with us for 5 years already and has evolved the way many of us interact with each other through e-mail, social media and the web as well as with tens of thousands of ‘made for iPad’ apps.

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Tiny crossfader wants to boost your iPad DJ skills

The team behind EDJing wants to help casual DJs slim down their kit with is new tiny crossfader. Called Mixfader, this little device hooks up to an app that will give you some sort of physical control and let you mix, spin, and scratch the digital vinyl of your choice. The makers promise that after five years of R&D with Mixfader, it should get rid of the latency that plagues other DJ apps. There’s a bit of a wait though to see if this lives up to the hype.

Source: EDJing | Via: The Verge

Latest Modern Family episode takes place entirely on a MacBook Air

Screen grab of Modern Family by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The latest episode of the popular sitcom Modern Family titled Connection Lost, takes place entirely on Claire Dunphy's (Julie Bowen) MacBook Air display as she's waiting in an airport.

It has all the zany elements of a typical episode, but is filmed entirely on iPhones and iPads and uses various Apple applications like FaceTime, Messages, Safari, Reminders, iTunes and even iPhoto to help push the story along. 

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