Software

Can Google Use My Google Plus Profile Picture in an Ad? – PC Magazine

Dropbox, Microsoft SkyDrive, and Apple iCloud all use similar legalese. Like any cloud service provider, Google has to copy your data to its servers to process, and then deliver your requests. Google Translate is an easy example: once you enter … Continue reading

Dear Tim Cook: Apple is not the world’s tech inventor – CNET News

Why wouldn’t it be? It’s business. When Apple detailed the new features in the then-forthcoming iOS 5, the mobile OS was obviously playing catch-up with features inspired by (if not actually lifted from) other mobile platforms: pull-down …

Rejected by Apple, Tawkon Radiation-Tracking App Launches on Android – Wired News

“No Interest” was Jobs’ simple response when Tawkon CEO Gil Friedlander sought an explanation for why the company’s app, which measures radiation emitted from handsets during phone calls, was rejected from Apple’s App Store. That was …

Apple’s Mac App Store hits 10,000 apps benchmark – CNET News

Apple launched the store on January 6, 2011 as a means of distributing software for Mac the same way it did with success on the iOS platform. Last December Apple said it passed 100 million application downloads by users, while … Continue reading

Portal 2 Gets Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC Next Month for Free on PC and Mac – Softpedia

Portal 2 impressed lots of gamers last year when it was released by Valve for the PC, Mac, PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms … thereby continuing to perform tests for the title’s fictional Aperture Science facility. “The “Perpetual Testing Initiative … Continue reading

Cloud Storage Privacy – What’s Really At Stake – ReadWriteWeb

It’s not that Google’s privacy policies are significantly better or worse than competing services, such as Microsoft SkyDrive, Apple iCloud, Dropbox, SugarSync and SpiderOak. It’s more that big-name vendors are making it so darn easy and …

Apple pulls Bluetooth OnOff from the App Store – ZDNet

Summary: Apple’s removal an app from the App Store that allowed users to quickly access a popular setting demonstrates how it has become lethargic and that iOS innovation has stalled. It should come as no surprise that Apple has removed … Continue reading

République expanding to PC and Mac – Joystiq

Ryan Payton’s Camouflaj studio and Logan Games are planning to bring République, an elaborate stealth adventure intended for iOS, to the PC and Mac as well. The game is still in the midst of a Kickstarter funding round, during which … Continue reading

Over A Year Since Launch, The Mac App Store Passes 10,000 App Milestone – TechCrunch

Apple’s iOS App Store always seems to outshine its computer-based counterpart, but it seems the company’s Mac App Store has just hit a big milestone of its own. With the help of some timely database queries, French blog MacGeneration …

Over A Year Since Launch, The Mac App Store Passes 10,000 App Milestone – Boston Globe

Apple’s iOS App Store always seems to outshine its computer-based counterpart, but it seems the company’s Mac App Store has just hit a big milestone of its own. With the help of some timely database queries, French blog MacGeneration …