It has been a long road for Future Media Concepts. Founded in 1994 as the world’s first Avid Authorized Training Center, time and technology has since seen the company evolve into the foremost provider of digital media training. Providing authorized training for With a customer list that includes such prolific software providers as Appledobe, Adobevid, DigiDesign, Avid and Autodesk (and others) and Apple, most would wonder how FMC manages to keep up. According to Jeff Rothberg, president and co-founder (along with co-founder Ben Kozuch), the answer is by having a highly educated workforce. “Future Media Concepts' trainers hold ...

Now there is a new way to organize your life. Put your pen and paper to rest and join the thousands of app users that have found a specific download that satisfies their needs. FourthFrame Technologies LLC has developed nine apps to simplify your daily activities and inject a little bit of fun into your day. FourthFrame is a privately held company located in central Ohio, founded in 2003 by talented veteran software developers. Its mission is to supply software talent on a contract and consulting basis and to develop exciting software products on cutting-edge platforms including mobile platforms such as iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. "We ...

Ashwin R. Vasavada, Mars Science Laboratory deputy project scientist, talks to MacDirectory about the upcoming exploration of Mars. iPhone’s recent historic voyage to space sparked curiosity among MacDirectory editors concerning space exploration and its future. Coincidentally, one of NASA’s most complex space rovers is named Curiosity, and it represents the next chapter in the exploration of the planet Mars. To answer questions such as “Is there life on Mars?” and “Will humans be able to explore Mars?” NASA created the rover Curiosity, which is scheduled to launch in late 2011 and try to perform the first precision landing on ...

Odyssey Space Research: iPhone’s Final Frontier: Space On July 8, 2011, NASA launched the final mission of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, and on that shuttle went two of Apple's space-certified iPhone 4s running SpaceLab, a specially designed app for running experiments aboard the International Space Station. iPhone’s historical voyage to space exists thanks to the hard work of the staff at Odyssey Space Research. In order to explore and learn more about this project, MacDirectory spoke with Brian Rishikof, CEO of Odyssey Space Research. MacDirectory > How did Odyssey Space Research first get involved in the program? Brian Rishikof >

PBS announced today that STEVE JOBS - ONE LAST THING has been added to the primetime lineup following the premiere episode of NOVA "The Fabric of the Cosmos." Through interviews with colleagues and others who knew the creative genius whose innovations transformed the lives of millions, ONE LAST THING provides an inside look at the man and the major influences that helped shape his life and career. Titled as a play on the famous catchphrase used by Jobs at his product launch presentations, STEVE JOBS - ONE LAST THING premieres on Wednesday, November 2, 2011, 10:00-11:00 p.m. ET on PBS (check local listings). NOVA “The Fabric of the Cosmos,�

Did you know that Apple has enough capital to buy out the entire mobile phone industry? That sounds crazy, but given the current valuations and market value of Apple’s competition, it would not be difficult for Apple to acquire every phone vendor except for Samsung with cash alone! As the mobile market matures, will Apple start buying out its competitors in order to keep its share-holders happy? To answer this complex question, MacDirectory Publisher, Markin Abras spoke with Apple analyst Horace Dediu. Markin Abras > Will mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate restructuring be part of Apple's future business model? Horace ...

Through his popular and influential blog, Patently Apple, Jack Purcher offers continuous news on the latest patents from Apple. Just this spring, Purcher has reported on Apple’s new fitness center app, its trademark filing for a new “FaceTime for Mac” icon, and patents for its new iconic click wheel and iPhone gesturing. In an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with MacDirectory, Purcher now offers up his thoughts on a whole range of topics, from Apple’s patent history and what was behind the creation of Patently Apple to the company’s different approach to innovation and how its innovations have changed over the years. Markin ...

The most important business analyst covering Apple’s innovations and performance is not located anywhere near Wall Street or Cupertino. In fact, you need to travel all the way to Finland. Meet Horace Dediu, the founder and managing director of Asymco. Horace, who often writes from his home overlooking the Baltic channel in Helsinki, writes the Asymco blog and counts industry analysis among his hobbies. He has eight years of industry experience as an industry analyst and business development manager at Nokia, preceded by six years of software development and management in a startup environment, two years of IT management and five years of ...

Every year about this time, there is a joyful and intimate gathering of two thousand or so technological soul mates that is known as the Macworld Conference and Expo. Starting in the 80’s as a congregation of Apple enthusiasts, it grew to become an Apple-centered extravaganza whose popularity rose and fell in lockstep with Apple’s share prices. A funny thing happened after Apple and a few other large exhibitors pulled out after 2009. The Expo continued to thrive and the atmosphere and vibe of the show more resembled its heady early days as a gathering of dedicated enthusiasts. Part of the reason for this is the nature of the Mac and ...

The Sky is Not the Limit for Contenders in the New Space Race. This article is from MacDirectory's archieves. Call them visionaries or call them crazy, but one group of ambitious rocketeers has shown that it doesn’t take a big budget to be a contender in the new race to establish private sector space travel. “The da Vinci Project” is one of 26 teams that made a run for the $10 million ANSARI X PRIZE, which was awarded in 2005 to competitor SpaceShipOne for sending the first privately funded, piloted spacecraft capable of carrying three people to the edge of space twice within a two-week period, using the same ship. This new space ...

A closer look at the Hadron Particle Collider and Apple’s role in physics There’s big news in the science and technology world, and it has little to do with the iPad, iPhone G4 or anything related to Apple. Instead, it has to do with gluinos, photinos, squarks and winos. If these terms leave you scratching your head, it may well be time to put down your iPod and get a quick physics refresher. Earlier this year, while Steve Jobs was busy introducing the iPad to the world, the largest particle collider ever built -- the Large Hadron Particle Collider (LHC) — was making even bigger news. This epic physics machine successfully began ...

When was the last time that somebody created a new musical instrument? I mean, like, really new. The first thing that comes to mind is the synthesizer. Even though the technology behind creating the sound is electronic, the “user interface” dates back to the 17th century. The Theremin was patented in 1928, was unquestionably a new UI, but the instrument’s limited voice didn’t let it get far beyond movie soundtracks and a Beach Boys single. So, when you come right down to it, all of the world’s instrumental music involves hitting something, blowing into it, plucking or bowing it. In this sense, the Eigenharp is very well qualified ...

It's been a good year for Apple CEO Steve Jobs, but it seems like the same can be said almost every year, these days. But based on Forbes' latest "The World's Most Powerful People" rankings, it's been an especially powerful year for Jobs. On the annual list of the 68 "people who matter, Jobs leaped from lowly 57th (fun fact: a position now held by infamous evildoer Osama bin Laden) all the way up to 17th. I assume that the promotion involves a presentation with some kind of cake. The list, Forbes says, is a composite ranking that factors in how people "bend the world to their will," financial resources, number of "power spheres" and ...

Hamrick Software has been involved with scanning since 1998, and today has over 200,000 customers with its flagship product VueScan. VueScan has been downloaded more than 7 million times and is the world’s most widely used program for document scanning and film scanning. It works with 1500 models of scanners, on all versions of Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. The number of customers has been growing rapidly during the past 5 years, mainly due to changes in scanner technology, the transition from stand-alone scanning to multi-function printer/scanner/copiers, and the lack of support for older scanners in Windows 7 and Mac OS X. Ed Hamrick,

TechSmith (www.techsmith.com) has long been recognized as a leader in screen capture and recording software. Whether you are a Technical Writer, a Content Developer, or just someone that wants to be able to give your presentations some added punch, chances are you’ve experienced one (or more) of TechSmith’s product offerings – unless you were a Mac user. Happily, that has changed, as TechSmith’s release of Camtasia for Mac was launched successfully several months ago to much joy and fanfare. MacDirectory recently had an opportunity to talk to Bill Hamilton, President of TechSmith, about his company, his products, and his plans for ...

You don’t have to be a professional photographer to know that digital technology has changed the means and methods of sharing images forever. Fotolia is a company that has tapped into the digital image-sharing market, as it creates opportunities for professionals in the media and communication industries worldwide, including artists, photographers, designers, creative directors, and more, to connect. The company offers businesses and individual consumers the option to download and purchase their choice of more than 9 million royalty-free photographs, vectors, and HD videos. Importantly, it is also a space where artists, designers and ...

Looking for all things educational? Consider the Canadian-based company Bytes of Learning. The company was founded in 1984 by Art Willer, a consultant who at the time was directing software development for a large school district in Ontario. The purpose of the company has always been to develop informed and effective educational software solutions primarily for schools, but these software solutions can also be utilized by individuals and other training and learning organizations. Bytes of Learning is a unique educational software development company in that the organization creates products from the ground up. “We are constantly ...