Apple releases Final Cut Pro X for $299

Apple today announced Final Cut Pro X, the long awaited new version of their Pro video editing software which completely reinvents video editing with a Magnetic Timeline that lets users edit on a flexible, trackless canvas; Content Auto-Analysis that categorizes your content upon import by shot type, media and people; and background rendering that allows you to work without interruption. Built on a modern 64-bit architecture, Final Cut Pro X is available from the Mac App Store for $299.99.

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Video: Steve Jobs pitches Apple's Spaceship building for 12,000

After his WWDC 2011 Keynote, Apple CEO Steve Jobs didn't waste any time in pitching Apple's future headquarters. Reminiscent of a sleek, round alien spacecraft, a giant Tron disc about the size of the Pentagon. The building will house 12,000 people and should be the venue for future WWDC presentations. The building itself is an architectural marvel, right out of science-fiction. It's funny that a council member tried to wangle free WiFi from Jobs who responded by saying that Apple is the largest taxpayer in Cupertino and it wouldn't be good for anyone if Apple moves to Mountain View. The current Apple Campus in 1 Infinite Loop will continue to be used and exist and will supplement the main building which is expected to be up 2015.

Got Mobile Me? How to transition to iCloud

Apple's Mobile Me was a useful service when it first came out as .Mac and later on iTools offering web-based email, calendar, contacts, photo storage and cloud drive but sadly faltered in its later years. Now that iCloud is coming, Mobile Me will be retired. So what can you do to transition from one cloud to the other? Here's what Apple has to say.

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The Apple Beat: Countdown to Apple's WWDC 2011

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

San Francisco - A few hours away from the 2011 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and expectations are running high on what the upcoming announcements  will mean for Apple and for the technology sector. iCloud, Apple's new streaming delivery service is expected to be big news, specially if it can deliver an entirely new model of content distribution to its hundreds of millions of existing iTunes users. Here's what we expect today.

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