Software
Job ad indicates Apple using Oracle, IBM servers in North Carolina data center – Computerworld
Solaris and AIX are both based on Unix. “Data center environment consists of Mac OS X, IBM/AIX and Sun/Solaris systems,” says the job entry, which is posted for Malden. Apple has invested US$500 million into the Malden data center, which … Continue reading
Job ad indicates Apple using Oracle, IBM servers in N.C. data center – Computerworld
Solaris and AIX are both based on Unix. “Data center environment consists of Mac OS X, IBM/AIX and Sun/Solaris systems,” says the job entry, which is posted for Maiden. Apple has invested $500 million into the Maiden data center, which … Continue reading
Former Mac OS X Chief Quietly Building Cloud Startup – PC Magazine
At the time, Apple said Serlet wanted “to focus less on products and more … the company’s founders were “key to building the world’s leading operating system (Mac OS X) and database (Oracle),” referencing Serlet and Roger Bodamer, a former … Continue reading
MobileMe: It’s time to say goodbye – Mac User
When Apple launched iCloud last year, it said that it would close MobileMe on June 30 2012. And at 23:59 PST on Sunday (that’s 07:59 on Monday morning in the UK), it will be switched off. If you haven’t moved … Continue reading
Apple’s sorely needed iTunes reboot: 4 rumored changes – YAHOO!
Tighter integration with Facebook and Twitter For its last update to iOS, Apple had Twitter-access built into its applications. With the impending release of iOS 6, it’ll finally do the same for Facebook, and that “tighter integration of social networks … Continue reading
21% of iOS users say they wouldn’t leave Apple at any price – Apple Insider
iPhone and iPad users are so loyal to Apple and unlikely to switch to another platform that one analyst has pegged their total collective value at nearly $295 billion. Bill Shope with Goldman Sachs said in a note to investors … Continue reading
Apple Rolls Out Updated Aperture – Softpedia
A new version of Aperture, the photography software developed by Apple Inc., is now available as a free download from the Mac maker’s Support site, as well as from Softpedia. Aperture 3.3.1 is the latest release of Apple’s professional photo … Continue reading
Google Chrome on iOS Hits #1 Free App – Forbes
Google only just released its Chrome browser for iOS, but it’s already rocketed to the top of the free apps on the app store. The new browser joins not only Apple’s Safari, but a range of other options including Opera … Continue reading
Former OS X chief working on cloud startup with other ex-Apple employees – Apple Insider
Bertrand Serlet, formerly the head of OS X development at Apple, has reportedly been working with a cloud computing startup called “Upthere” since he left Apple last year. Serlet is working with at least two other former Apple employees at … Continue reading
MobileMe, a rare Apple screwup, finally bites the dust – CNET News
Since then, the company has steadily nudged people toward migrating their accounts to iCloud, which opened up last October. Looking back, MobileMe can safely be categorized as one of Apple’s rare missteps, though one that was absolutely …