Software 
Apple Finally Gives Leopard Users Flashback Removal Tool – Forbes
Apple is finally offering the Flashback malware removal tool that was released to OS X 10.7 Lion last month to OS X 10.5 Leopard users. Also available is a tool to disable out-of-date versions of the Adobe Flash plug-in for … Continue reading
Google working on Chrome Web browser for iOS – report – Apple Insider
Google is said to be planning to compete with Apple’s own Safari by releasing a version of its Chrome Web browser for iOS devices. The launch of Chrome for iOS on the App Store could be as soon as this … Continue reading
Ask Dave Taylor: What’s with all these cloud drives? – Daily Camera
Then there’s Skybox from Microsoft, Dropbox and iCloud from Apple. What the heck? Which of these services should I use, if any, and what’s the advantage of a cloud or Internet-based storage drive versus a good old fashioned physical device … Continue reading
Apple to drop Google Maps from iOS 6: report – People’s Daily Online
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11 (Xinhua) — Apple will drop Google Maps from its upcoming mobile platform iOS 6 in favor of its own mapping system, it was reported on Friday. The application design is said to be fairly similar to … Continue reading
How to harden your smartphone against stalkers—iPhone edition – Ars Technica
Change all of them—this includes the Apple ID that you use to log into iCloud as well as your iTunes ID (if it’s different, which it may or may not be). The reason? Especially in the case of the Apple … Continue reading
Apple admits second iCloud mail outage – PC Advisor
The second iCloud outage in a week left 15 million users unable to access iCloud mail on Monday. Apple confirmed that iCloud was experiencing problems in a status update issued Monday, which said that 12 per cent of customers were … Continue reading
Apple to introduce Instagram-like photo-sharing features to iCloud – TMCnet
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 14, 2012 (San Jose Mercury News – McClatchy-Tribune News Service via COMTEX) — In an effort to keep up with the exploding popularity of photo-sharing sites like Instagram, Apple is reportedly about to beef up its … Continue reading
Apple expected to beef up iCloud photo sharing – Chicago Tribune
In an effort to keep up with the exploding popularity of photo-sharing sites such as Instagram, Apple is reportedly about to beef up its online service iCloud to let users swap and comment on other users’ pictures. Quoting people familiar … Continue reading
Apple ships first Leopard security update in nearly a year – Computerworld
Computerworld – Apple on Monday issued its first security-related update for OS X 10.5, or Leopard, in nearly a year, to disable long-outdated versions of Adobe’s Flash Player. Security Update 2012-003 does not patch any known vulnerabilities, but is …
Apple readies revamped 15-inch MacBook Pro: Retina Display, ultra-thin design, and super-fast USB 3 – 9TO5Mac
… that professionals could lose the optical drive in favor of the wildly popular Mac App Store for software installations. Take Final Cut Pro X or Aperture for example. For those few who still need an optical drive, Apple has … Continue reading
