Software 
Move over iCloud: Microsoft details extensive SkyDrive integration with Windows 8 – Venturebeat.com
After several leaks, Microsoft has confirmed that its SkyDrive cloud storage solution is about to receive a major update with desktop syncing, a SkyDrive Metro app for Windows 8, secure remote access, and other helpful additions. There has been …
Growl devs respond to Mountain Lion’s Notification Center – Ars Technica
The update, which is still under development and is expected to arrive this Summer, brings a number of prominent features from Apple’s iOS mobile platform to the desktop. One of the most significant iOS features that will land on the … Continue reading
Microsoft to take on iCloud with Windows 8-native SkyDrive – Electronista
Microsoft partly confirmed recent rumors with an extensive breakdown of plans for SkyDrive in Windows 8. The service will have a fully Metro-native, touch-aware app in the new OS and will be integrated into the OS, letting any app load … Continue reading
The Global Patent Wars: why do the billion dollar legal battles of Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and Google matter? – Toronto Star
Apple: Filed in Florida this January, Motorola wants an injunction against the iPhone 4S and the iCloud over six patents. Apple and Google haven’t gone head to head yet, though Mueller says “a direct legal clash increasingly appears to be … Continue reading
Why Apple Won’t Merge OS X and iOS Anytime Soon – PC Magazine
An interesting rumor floating around the Valley lately is that Apple is on track to merge OS X and iOS and move Mac users over to its ARM-based processors, leaving Intel. If you follow Apple and know its history, you … Continue reading
The Death of SMS? Maybe so With Mountain Lion – Forbes
When Apple introduced iMessaging last year as part of iOS 5, there was talk that it could have an impact on texting—the ubiquitous mobile-to-mobile form, that is. If this had been any other platform besides iOS 5, or any other … Continue reading
Apple’s and Motorola’s Slip-Slidey Patent Scrap – TechNewsWorld
Users of Apple’s iOS devices slide a virtual button across the screen in order to “unlock” the device — in other words, wake it up and make it ready to accept other input. It’s meant to prevent so-called pocket dials … Continue reading
iOS 5.1 Brings Rich Text to Notes App – Softpedia
A screenshot allegedly stemming from iOS 5.1 aims to reveal that Apple is bringing bullets, links, underlined text, new fonts, and colors to the iOS Notes app. Put in the simplest words possible, the Notes application in Apple’s mobile operating … Continue reading
iPad 3 Rumors: New Leaked Photos Give Away Specs, Features – International Business Times
The Apple Daily has published unconfirmed pictures of the iPad … but it also came with a larger custom lens that heralded a 2.4 aperture. More, the camera boasts advanced color accuracy, face detection and reduced motion blur.
Apple apps remain developers’ favorites – Akron Beacon Journal
Google has turned Android into the most popular operating system for smart phones. And yet the platform might be losing ground to Apple’s iOS in a major area: new applications. Relative to Apple, fewer apps were created for Android in … Continue reading
