Software

Will OS X Mountain Lion be one of the last desktop operating systems Apple ships? – Computerworld

A brief bubble of Apple [AAPL] speculation broke out this morning when the company’s online retail store went offline for a few hours. “Will Mountain Lion ship?” was the big question. It didn’t happen. Let’s think about Mountain Lion and … Continue reading

Apple rumored to release OS X Mountain Lion on July 24 for $19.99 – Geek.Com

Developers have had access to Apple’s next major OS update, OS X Mountain Lion, in beta form for a while now. As for the regular folks, Apple has only said that the update will be available in July, but here … Continue reading

Apple releases the latest iOS 6 tester to developers – Venturebeat.com

Apple released the latest test-version of its mobile operating system iOS 6 today, available to developers who will test and report bugs on its newest features. The majority of the updates seem to be in the map app department. According … Continue reading

Apple releases latest iOS 6 beta to developers – Digital Spy

Apple has released the latest beta version of its new iOS 6 mobile operating system to developers, and started moving users from me.com email addresses over to icloud.com. MacRumours reports that Apple has launched “iOS 6 beta 3″ to third-party … Continue reading

Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: Game Center and Chess 3.0 [Page 2] – Apple Insider

“With the Game Center app on your Mac [in OS X Mountain Lion], you can play anyone on a Mac, iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch,” Apple notes, adding in a footnote that “Game Center is available on iPad, iPhone 3GS … Continue reading

Apple losing cat and mouse battle with hacker – The Age

A Russian programmer who released a hack allowing iOS users to steal paid app content has thwarted Apple’s attempts to fix the flaw. Australian app developers say the exploit is concerning and could limit the ability of app makers to … Continue reading

Apple iOS 6 Beta 3 Adds iCloud Email Addresses – techweekeurope.co.uk

Apple has made the latest beta version of iOS 6 available to participants in its developer programme. A host of new improvements and features have been reported by the development community in iOS 6 beta 3 for iPhone and iPad, … Continue reading

Apple Begins Issuing iCloud.com Email Addresses on iOS 6 – Gotta Be Mobile

It looks like Apple is beginning to bank on its iCloud trademark in a big way and now the Cupertino, California iOS-maker will also issue its users an email account that ends in iCloud.com. In addition to issuing new users … Continue reading

Former Apple VP joins Board at Parallels – ZDNet

Former vice president of Apple and head of Apple’s Mac OS software team Bertrand Serlet, has joined the senior board of directors at Parallels. Serlet, often called the father of Apple’s Mac OS X, left the company in March 2011 … Continue reading

Apple wins portable device UI ‘scroll bar’ patent – Apple Insider

Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent for the implementation of the disappearing vertical and horizontal scroll bars seen in lists on mobile operating systems like the company’s iOS. In a surprisingly fast turnaround, Apple won U.S. Patent No. 8,223,134 … Continue reading