Software

Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: Contacts to get new groups, sharing, linking and Facebook support – Apple Insider

In OS X Mountain Lion, Apple has replaced Address Book with Contacts, bringing the simpler OS naming convention to OS X and adding a variety of new improvements, including easy sharing, card linking between different accounts and (later this year … Continue reading

Permanent’ SIM Unlock For AT&T iPhones is Now Available – Mashable

supported versions of Apple’s iOS. New hardware (such as the fifth-gen iPhone’s A5X processor) causes the Dev-Team (and other groups of hackers) serious problems when it comes to updating unlock solutions – meaning there’s no guarantee …

Kiplinger’s: Join the cloud on the cheap – Richmond Times-Dispatch

Living with your head in the clouds can be a good thing. Services such as Apple iCloud and Amazon Cloud Drive not only back up your files on secure, Web-connected servers but also sync your photos, videos, music and documents … Continue reading

Google Acquires Sparrow Mac/iOS Mail Client, Gmail Integration Coming – DABCC.com

Google has announced the acquisition of Sparrow, the developers of the highly popular e-mail client for Apple OS X and iOS, as the search giant (presumably) moves to revamp its approach to mobile Gmail. “We care a lot about how … Continue reading

SEOReseller.com Debuts New Local SEO Products – San Francisco Gate

This new release is in line with Google’s debut of the new Google+ Local and Apple’s announcement of their new native maps program, which will be available in the iOS 6 this fall. Preparing for Apple Maps Apple’s new native … Continue reading

IOS 6 may have the answer to how many apps are enough [Los Angeles Times] – Businessweek

Opinions may vary. Apple ‘s iOS 6, it seems, has an answer though: 500. That’s what a developer says about the current developers’ version of the operating system. “When a user has over 500 apps on their iDevice, they will … Continue reading

Apple Loop: Earnings Tally, Thermonuclear War on Android and Early iPad Prototypes – Forbes

Samsung (which uses Android on its smartphones and tablets) wanted to use the comments Jobs made to biographer Walter Isaacson about Google — Jobs said Google ripped off Apple with its mobile OS and that he would spend all of … Continue reading

Practical Mac: Pros and cons of pouncing on Apple’s Mountain Lion upgrade – Seattle Times

Apple’s latest Mac operating system, OS X Mountain Lion, is due to arrive sometime this month — as I write this, the company has yet to set a date, but July 25 is a likely candidate — and so the … Continue reading

Fox Movies Come to Apple’s iCloud – Slashfilm.com

A few months back, Apple annnounced that iTunes-purchased movies would be made re-downloadable through iCloud — that is, as long as the titles in question weren’t owned by Universal or Fox. At the time, the two studios were locked into … Continue reading

Apple OS X app hack discovered – SlashGear

About a week ago, Russian hacker Alexey Borodin found a way for iPhone and iPad owners to download in-app purchases for free. Well, now, that same hacker has managed to circumvent the same kind of procedure for Mac OS X … Continue reading