Autodesk’s Sketchbook Mobile redefines fingerpainting
Sketchbook Mobile is the iPhone version of Autodesk’s Sketchbook Pro digital painting application. The original release hit #1 on Apple’s entertainment app download list.
The video below shows off the new 1.1 version of Sketchbook Mobile. The app’s gesture-controlled brushes have been significantly advanced, pushing the edge of what you can do with your fingers on an iPhone. Why the video producer parked this feature 1:43 into the clip instead of opening with it, I don’t… Continue Reading
Autodesk announces software giveaway for cleantech companies
Autodesk, maker of 3-D modeling software used to design buildings and other structures, announced today that it will be choosing 100 companies to receive $150,000-worth of software each under the banner of its Clean Tech Partner Program. The application process is open to any young company working on sustainable technologies, though there is a slight focus on renewable energy innovations.
Startups chosen for the program will receive five licenses for the following suite of Autodesk applications:… Continue Reading
Energy monitoring, 3-D simulations, government dollars are the future of cleantech, says Intel CMO
Intel’s chief sales and marketing officer Sean Maloney delivered the keynote at the annual Cleantech Forum today, underscoring the importance of three themes: the government’s commitment of billions of dollars to cleantech industries over the next year; the utility of even conventional 3-D simulation software in the development of greener buildings, products and vehicles; and the mainstream adoption of residential and commercial energy monitoring systems used to cut costs during the economic downturn.
At the opening… Continue Reading
A new force has entered Yahoo: Carol Bartz, CEO
Carol Bartz, former chief executive at software services company Autodesk, has accepted the chief executive job at Yahoo, the Wall Street Journal and BoomTown are reporting. Bartz has years of experience leading Autodesk and serving on the boards other technology giants like Cisco and Intel. Although her experience is in tech-heavy companies, not Yahoo’s core business of consumer web services and advertising, she’s one of the more respected executives in the Valley.
So Bartz is a… Continue Reading