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How A Mac Loving Mom Saved Pixar's Toy Story 2 From Being Lost Forever [Video]
We all know that Pixar, the revolutionary computer animation house Steve Jobs helped build in his wilderness years, makes the Toy Story films at least in part on Macs, alongside other Unix-based machines. Back when Toy Story 2 was being made in the late 90s, though, the Unix-based nature of the...
Hey, Disney might let you WatchESPN on your Apple TV one day... if you can already get WatchESPN on your TV!
Walt Disney might possibly potentially think about considering putting their sports network's WatchESPN app on the Apple TV and letting us poor dumb users watch it, provided we authenticate with a right-and-proper... with a Pay TV account. Seriously. Bloomberg has the quote: "We're a platf...
Disney CEO: my job is to build more "brand deposits" than "brand withdrawals"
Disney CEO Bob Iger, who got named to Apple’s board last year, shares some interesting tidbits with Fortune concerning life at Disney and his management style.He apparently runs the Mickey Mouse house a lot like late Apple CEO Steve Jobs had used to lead the consumer electronics powerhouse ...
Mind-Blowing Disney Sensor Tech Brings Gesture Based Computing To Everyday Objects [Video]
Disney Research (which presumably has lots of mice) created a new sensing system called Touché that can sense a wide variety of human hand and body interactions, not just touch screens, but in all sorts of objects—even liquids.More »
Rumor: Walt Disney World testing iPads with RFID-based Fast Pass ticket system
Walt Disney World, the world’s most-visited entertainment resort located in Orlando, Florida, is allegedly testing iPads with a custom-designed, RFID-enabled ticket system.The two work together to let guests schedule their visiting times from the comfort of their couch, well in advance of t...
Walt Disney World reportedly testing iPads for Fast Pass system
According to an unofficial Disney twitter account (@DisneyProjects), Walt Disney World is testing a new iPad-based FastPass ticketing system. The system would use RFID technology and an iPad to let visitors schedule ride passes before their visit.If visitors wanted to ride Space Mountain in the m...
Disney set to use iPads for next generation FastPass park system
Disney is testing iPads and looks set to use them for its next generation FastPass park system. The current FastPass system allows park guests to receive their passes and avoid lines for popular attractions. The new system is being tested now with selected guests being asked to pre-book attracti...
Creating a DIY AppMates toy car
Our Dave Caolo likes the idea behind Disney's AppMates cars but felt the cost ($20 street price) was a bit steep for what is, essentially, a cheap car with a few capacitive pads.He challenged me to see if I could turn a basic Matchbox unit into an AppMate-compatible iPad accessory. I created an a...
Tiesto tracks released inside Tap Tap music game
Disney's always had kind of an identity complex with Tap Tap Revenge. The brand is one of the oldest on the App Store -- it was originally called Tap Tap Revolution, and was eventually picked up by Tapulous and turned into Tap Tap Revenge, a sort of DDR-style music game. Then, of course, Tapulous...
Creating a DIY AppMates toy car
Our Dave Caolo likes the idea behind Disney's AppMates cars but felt the cost ($20 street price) was a bit steep for what is, essentially, a cheap car with a few capacitive pads.He challenged me to see if I could turn a basic Matchbox unit into an AppMate-compatible iPad accessory. I created an a...
