Software

Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion Launches – WKRC

(CBS News) Apple officially launched its newest Macintosh operating system Mountain Lion, OS X 10.8, on Wednesday. Mac OS X Mountain Lion retails for $19.99 at the App Store. And while the price is right, it may not be the … Continue reading

Apple reports 3 million Mountain Lion downloads in four days, ‘most successful OS X release’ – engadget

We heard some rumblings ahead of the weekend from third-party sources, and like clockwork, Apple has kicked the week off with its weekend box office returns. According to Cupertino’s numbers, the latest version of OS X hit 3 million downloads … Continue reading

Amazon Upgrades Music-Locker Service – Twice

Seattle – Amazon is upgrading its Cloud Player music-locker service to be more competitive with Apple’s iCloud by making it easier to upload computer-stored songs stored to the cloud for streaming or downloading to multiple mobile devices and networked …

Hulu Plus Pushes Apple TV to Higher Levels of Cord-Cutting – Wired News

As we showed you last week, the AirPlay Mirroring feature in Apple’s new desktop OS, Mountain Lion, makes it incredibly easy to stream Hulu content from a Mac to an Apple TV, and then straight to an HDTV. But now … Continue reading

Dealing with the consumerisation of data storage – The Guardian

Do services such Dropbox, Apple iCloud, Microsoft SkyDrive pose a threat to information security at enterprise level? Clive Longbottom talks about the consumerisation of data storage and how to deal with this potential secturity threat It only seems like …

Apple Security Update Ditches Snow Leopard, Windows Users – NBCNews.com

Last week, Apple released the latest version of its Safari Web browser, patching more than 100 vulnerabilities. But if you’re running an older version of Mac OS X or any version of Windows, you’re in for some harsh luck. Safari … Continue reading

Box secures $125M in funding for enterprise growth – ZDNet

The focus on the enterprise market is one of the key differentiators between Box and its competitors such as Dropbox, Google Drive, and Apple’s iCloud, among others — all of which tend to target the consumer crowd. But that enterprise … Continue reading

Outlook.com – PC Magazine

And it’s not just the webmail service that changes: A dropdown next to the main icon in the new interface offers access to other suite members, similar to the way Apple’s iCloud Web apps do, with brightly colored Metro-style tiles. … Continue reading

Apple’s Mountain Lion officially released – Philippine Star Online

With enhanced iCloud support, users of the new Mountain Lion could easily upload and synchronize pertinent personal information, keeping schedules, alarms, contacts, appointment details and reminders unified across various iCloud supported devices.

Small number of users report total iCloud email loss, Apple working on the problem – 9TO5Mac

A discussion thread on Apple’s support forum appeared last night from a user who claimed all of his iCloud content disappeared without warning. A further glimpse at the following comments revealed the same situation occurred for a number of …