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| Will Facebook be Integrated in iOS 6? Posted: 06 Jun 2012 11:53 AM PDT Will Facebook the social networking monster finally be incorporated into iOS 6, the impending operating system from Apple Inc. for the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad? According to TechCrunch, a technology website, both sides are almost at the threshold of formalizing a liaison for integrating Facebook in the newest iOS version. TechCrunch can only guess but they feel that Apple will try to keep it simple in the first Facebook/iOS incorporation at least. Other than authentication, it will most likely come with a button for Facebook in the present share screen that will allow you to share on your Facebook Wall. They are not sure if it will do much for auto sharing or Open Graph.
They also added that how Facebook iOS SDK will play with the present Facebook SDKs is an open question. How this app will offer access to more robust sharing features is also a question. These are some reasons why Apple offers iOS previews to developers before putting it in the market. It mentioned that there has been several rounds of talk between Facebook and Apple. In February, Tim Cook the Apple CEO informed some investors that Facebook was perhaps the sole enterprise that is close to being like Apple. TechCrunch mentioned that some time back Apple worked on a large App Store promotion for the new camera app from Facebook, which shows that they were surely aware of it from before. They mentioned that at the recent D10 conference Cook had called Facebook an excellent company. It was noted by TechCrunch that integration of Facebook showed in an unreleased iOS 4 developed few years back. At that time Apple went with Twitter as the key sharing service and third-party authentication in iOS 5 instead, and the Facebook/Ping integration was left at the kerb. For the moment Twitter will remain a vital part of the upcoming iOS. According to TechCrunch, this is a big win for Facebook as till now it depended on the lone Sign On system in iOS. Here you have to click the connect button in the app to get fast application switch over to the Facebook application for authorizing permissions. The website mentions that Facebook, when integrated into iOS will become simpler to manage. You can check the Twitter integration to see how it will work. TechCrunch mentions that in contrast, Apple’s forthcoming desktop and laptop platform, OS X Mountain Lion may not have Facebook integration for now.
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| 5 Fantastic Design Documentaries Posted: 06 Jun 2012 01:12 AM PDT Drained? Lacking inspiration? Has the muse fled you and left you yawning over your cold coffee, idly messing around with Photoshop layers and hating everything you come up with? Maybe you should hang it up for now and watch a movie. 1. Beautiful Losers
Made to accompany a 2008 traveling exhibit (and book) of the same name, this film takes a look at a network of young artist and designers who took their primary inspiration from street art, skateboarding, and the DIY cultures of the punk rock and hip-hop they grew up with. Household names among this clique include Shepard Fairey, Mike Mills, and Harmony Korine, but many other less famous and equally worthy creators are also featured. 2. Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Perhaps the most renowned designers of the mid-20th century, Charles and Ray Eames fascinate us all not only because of the diversity and quality of their work, but also because of their unique and enviable way of life: marriage as working partnership. As an aficionado of all things Eames, what I appreciated most about this film was its willingness to go below that idyllic surface and expose the authentic human (and therefore messy) relationship beneath the legend. The love story isn’t immaculate, but it is true. It’s hard to keep a dry eye when you think about Ray dying ten years to the day after Charles. 3. Helvetica
Yes, that’s right: an entire movie about one font. Boring? No way, we’re designers! It’s a counterintuitive idea, but it works. Gary Hustwit’s documentary was highly acclaimed upon its release in 2007 (the 50th anniversary of the iconic typeface), and examines the question, “what is it about this particular typeface that has made it the most popular in the world?” Now bring on the Comic Sans movie! 4. Objectified This film, also by Hustwit, is a follow-up to Helvetica (second in his Design Trilogy; the third is Urbanized, a study of city planning and architecture). Where Helvetica was brazenly specific, this movie is wide-ranging, even mind-expanding. It looks at the design of everyday objects, and features interviews with brilliant thinkers, most notably Apple design hero Jonathan Ive. 5. Frank Lloyd Wright The man himself. Clocking in at 153 minutes, this is by far the longest of the bunch, but it’s absolutely worth each minute. Directed by another paradigm-defining artist, PBS mainstay Ken Burns, Frank Lloyd Wright is nothing less than inspirational. As many of his patrons did in the end, I found myself a willing captive of Wright’s mind-boggling levels of swagger, his persistence in the face of horrendous setbacks, his willingness to evolve, his roving mind, and my God, the eye he had! Samantha Gray freelances by day and tutors high school and college students in her spare time. Samantha enjoys giving readers advice about the ins and outs of getting your bachelor’s degree online. She welcomes questions and feedback at samanthagray024@gmail.com.
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