Apple has over 75,000 mobile apps available for download, Nokia < 5,000 Blackberry less. 50% of iPhone users buy Apps – generating US$200 million per month. 19% of handsets running Google Android OS buy Apps. Given that 50% of the world pays to use a mobile phone and only 23% have internet access (according to UN’s International Telecommunication Union) it would seem that mobile apps will become as...

Designers tend to pride themselves on their ability to name a random font, but every now and then a font will come along that can stump even the best know-it-all. Well fear no more, as myfonts.com has brought out an iPhone app that will save your reputation – WhatTheFont. WhatTheFont allows you to take a photo of any font, whether it be in a magazine or a web graphic, upload the image to the MyFonts server...

One of the handy built in features of OS X (Leopard) is Quick Look. It has built in plug-ins to view PDF files, images etc. without needing to open the application. That's fine if your only using the apps that Apple ships it with, or makes - but everything else needs a plug-in. I was disappointed that such a neat feature couldn't be put to better use for times when you don't really want to open the inDesign...