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IBM THINK Exhibit App for iPad and Android Tablets Traces Ancient Roots of Modern Innovation

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ARMONK, NY - 26 Jul 2012: To celebrate centuries of science and technology innovations, IBM (NYSE: IBM) has reinvented its award-winning 2011 THINK exhibit at New York City's Lincoln Center as a free interactive app for iPad and Android tablets. Geared to tech fans and educators, the IBM THINK exhibit app is an "innovation time machine" that shows how early tools have evolved into modern advances that create healthier populations, greener energy and safer, less congested cities.

Through interactive content and thousands of images and historical anecdotes, the IBM THINK Exhibit app is filled with stories of progress, from space exploration to weather prediction and medical advances. It documents the roots of Big Data, from early charts, clocks and scales to microscopes and telescopes, from RFID chips and biomedical sensors in clothing to breath-sensor diabetes detectors.

Other features include:

·         An interactive timeline that chronicles how the simple act of measurement has evolved since prehistoric times: measuring length in 2000 BC, time in 1657, the Earth’s rotation in 1851, and atoms in 1981. It traces the roots of modern technologies, from the abacus to the scanning tunneling microscope.

·         An explanation of how maps have been used to track data, from early geographical charts to data visualizations. 

·         A section that chronicles how "models" have been used to understand the complex behaviors of our world - from the Wright Brothers' plane prototype in 1903, to today's airline mechanical parts simulations.

·         A 10-minute HD film edited from footage shot on location in China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Thailand, Turkey and the U.S. with a new camera rig that captures imagery simultaneously on three video cameras.

·         Subtitles in 10 languages (Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish).

The app is inspired by IBM's 2011 THINK pop-up exhibit at New York's Lincoln Center, a 7,500-square foot interactive experience developed for the company's Centennial. Visitors were immersed in a film and interactive experience across 40 oversized digital screens. Cited for its design, the THINK exhibit has been placed in the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection and received awards from the Industrial Designers Society of America, the Association of Independent Commercial Producers, and the Art Directors Club. Later this year, the exhibit will be installed at Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center in Orlando, Fla.

Additionally, IBM will be working with the New York Hall of Science to create lesson plans for middle school teachers that integrate the IBM THINK Exhibit app. As part of IBM's commitment to education, the company will help students better understand some of the scientific concepts behind THINK and inspire them to take innovative action that can improve their local communities. The lessons will be featured on Teachers TryScience a free web site that provides educators with high quality lessons linked with pedagogical and practical supports.

"The IBM THINK Exhibit app is designed for the 'forward thinker' in all of us and compels people to think about what it takes to make the world work better," said Lee Green, IBM's VP of Brand Experience and Strategic Design.

Earlier this year IBM released another tablet app for tech fans, Minds of Modern Mathematics, which reinvents the massive timeline of the history of math from 1000 AD to 1960 that was part of Mathematica: A World of Numbers...and Beyond, IBM’s 1964 World’s Fair exhibit designed by legendary duo Charles and Ray Eames. It offers biographies, milestones and images of artifacts culled from the Mathematica exhibit as well as a high-resolution image of the original timeline poster. The app was developed by IBM together with the Eames Office.

Making the world smarter is core to IBM's technological innovation. As demand grows for Big Data analytics gathered from roads, power grids and other sources, IBM is working to make the world smarter -- from the Jeopardy!-winning computer Watson that’s improving cancer diagnoses, to systems for forecasting weather and easing power consumption in cities around the world.

To download the IBM THINK Exhibit app:

For iPad: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibm-think/id546222093?mt=8

For Android tablets: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ibm.thinkapp

For a Flickr set of images: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ibm_media/sets/72157630712227540/

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Apple May Meet Tablet Competition With a Smaller iPad

The following is an excerpt from an article in 

The New York Times
Monday, July 16, 2012

Apple May Meet Tablet Competition With a Smaller iPad

By NICK WINGFIELD and NICK BILTON

The tech companies are at it again — trying to catch the blockbuster iPad in a race to win the tablet market.

Google on Friday began shipping its Nexus 7, which is smaller and less expensive than Apple’s iPad, and is meant to compete with both that device and Amazon’s Kindle Fire.

This summer, Microsoft announced that it would create its own tablet, Surface. And Amazon is working on a new version of the Kindle Fire, with a larger display, that could compete more directly with the iPad, according to a developer briefed on Amazon’s plans who did not want to be identified talking about unannounced products. Analysts also believe that Amazon is updating the Kindle Fire. Drew Herdener, an Amazon spokesman, declined to comment.

But Apple is hardly about to cede ground.

The company is developing a new tablet with a 7.85-inch screen that is likely to sell for significantly less than the latest $499 iPad, with its 9.7-inch display, according to several people with knowledge of the project who declined to be named discussing confidential plans. The product is expected to be announced this year.

Natalie Kerris, an Apple spokeswoman, declined to comment.

Apple’s plan for a tablet with a smaller screen is part of a textbook business strategy: to lure customers who want different sizes of tablets into the iPad product family, say analysts and technology industry executives.

The strategy would most likely include devices with different prices and functions tailored to various uses, they say. The idea is to help Apple solidify its dominance in the tablet market even as the richest companies in the tech business are trying to figure out how to outflank Apple.

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New Corel® Cinco™ for Painter™ Lets Users Control Painter 12 with the iPad

Free Companion App Allows Artists to Focus on Their Work

Ottawa, ON – July 10, 2012

Corel today announced the release of Corel® Cinco™ for Painter™, a new companion app that gives users complete creative control of the Painter 12 desktop with an iPad. Cinco integrates seamlessly into the Painter user's workflow and allows them to work faster by quickly accessing their favorite and most used tools with the tap of a finger. Completely customizable, Corel Cinco can be calibrated to the best hand position where each finger represents a different tool, brush, media or command of the user's choice.

Focus on the Painting Experience with Corel Cinco

The hands-on companion app allows the Painter community to work in a fast and natural way by controlling Painter 12 with the iPad.

• Fits any Hand: Using either the left or right hand, the Cinco interface can be adjusted to the most comfortable hand and finger placement
• Integrates into Workflow: Seamlessly works alongside pen tablets while tapping commands on the iPad, so users can keep their eyes on their work
• Maps Customizable Buttons: Set up Cinco to work with multiple palettes, tools and commands including adding layers, pulling up the color wheel or undoing brushstrokes
• Securely Connects: Through a Wi-Fi connection, pair the desktop and iPad using an authentication code

"Artists want to spend as much time as they can focusing on their work and not on searching for brushes, buttons or obscure hot keys," said Andy Church, Senior Product Manager for Corel Painter. "What's exciting about Corel Cinco is its unique handiness. It aims to keep the focus on the art and maintain the creative flow. You no longer need to take your eyes off the art to make selections or changes to Painter."

App Availability

Corel Cinco for Painter is available as a free English iPad (iOS 5.0.1 and higher) app for a limited time only in selected Apple App Stores worldwide. Users will also need Painter 12.2 (Windows or Mac version) with the latest updates installed and an internet connection with Wi-Fi capabilities.

In North America, the full version of Corel Painter 12 is $429 (USD and CAD) and the upgrade is available for $229 (USD and CAD). Commercial and volume licenses are also available.

To download a free, fully-functional trial of Corel Painter 12, please visit www.corel.com/painter.

Media and Blogger Resources

For additional Corel Cinco and Painter™ 12 resources including reviewer's materials, images and videos, please visitwww.corel.com/newsroom and www.corel.com/painter12demogallery.

Meet the Painter Community

• Connect with Corel Painter on Facebook at www.facebook.com/corelpainter
• Follow our Twitter updates @CorelPainter
• Join the Painter Factory community at www.painterfactory.com

About Corel

Corel is one of the world's top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years, we've built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Corel Corporation offers some of the industry's most well-known software brands including Corel®, Roxio®, WinZip® and Pinnacle™. Our product portfolio includes CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel® PaintShop® Pro, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, Pinnacle Studio™, Roxio Creator®, Roxio® Toast® and WinZip®. For more information on Corel, please visit www.corel.com.

Boeing Brings Nine Decades of Aviation to iPad

CHICAGO, May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced today the launch of its first official app for iPad, 'Milestones in Innovation', now available on the App Store. The app brings nine decades of aviation innovation to iPad through beautiful imagery and an interactive timeline.

(Photo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120507/CG01513-a)

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"This is the history of Boeing as a digital coffee table book," said Fritz Johnston, Boeing's vice president of brand and advertising. "iPad's amazing Retina display makes it the perfect canvas to present this visually stunning narrative."

Starting with Bill Boeing founding the company in 1916 and culminating with first delivery of the 787 Dreamliner, the free app depicts advances that have transformed the world and made Boeing one of the most respected companies. The app also includes four videos from Boeing's "Inspiration to Innovation" series (www.boeing.com/stories). 

In addition, Boeing recently began distributing stories, photos, and videos through Flipboard, Apple's 2010 App of the Year. To follow Boeing on Flipboard users can search for and select "BoeingStories" from that app's content guide, which is accessible via the red ribbon at the top of the screen.

Boeing is the world's leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft.  It has customers in 150 countries and employs more than 170,000 people across the United States and in 70 countries.

The Boeing 'Milestones in Innovation' App is available for free from the App Store on iPad or at www.itunes.com/appstore.

Contact: Jim Newcomb or Todd Blecher, Boeing Communications, (312) 544-2002

SOURCE Boeing