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Parallels Desktop 7 For Mac

Parallels Desktop has always been a great way to switch seamlessly between operating systems without the need to reboot your Mac and this new version, regardless of which system you’re running at the time, when you open a file type that’s for another operating system, Parallels Desktop automatically recognizes the file type and launches it in its native OS for you. You Will enjoy knowing that it resumes Windows 60 percent faster than Parallels 6 and gamers will notice a 40 percent bump in 3D graphics rendering and video-chatters will find that Windows can now access your Mac while it’s being dictated by OS X. Low end users who don’t have Windows 7. Parallels Desktop 7 for Mac will be available as an upgrade for current Parallels Desktop version 5 and 6 users for $49.99. Full price will be $79.99 with student version at $39.99. Parallels 7 will be available for download and retail starting on September 6th……………

New iPad 2 Ad

Apple has a new television ad out that highlights some of the ways in which people can educate themselves with the iPad 2 and the ad eatures the same, simple theme as its predecessors. Throughout the commercial, people are holding the iPad and using touch gestures to manipulate applications and learn more about topics that the voice-over is discussing. This ad really does showcase some of the benefits of having an iPad in the classroom, where students can be engaged with the content they’re learning and nearly all the teachers are walking around with a 9.7-inch tablet………………..

Download RedSn0w 0.9.8b7 For Jailbreak iOS 5 Beta 7

The iPhone Dev-Team has announced that developers can jailbreak iOS 5 Beta 7 using RedSn0w 0.9.8b7 and you can jailbreak your iPhone 4, 3GS, iPod touch or iPad wsing this tool. Tethered Jailbreak implies that you would require to attach your iPad 1 to PC/Mac everytime it reboots and it is advised that you should save SHSH Blobs of your iDevice using TinyUmbrella to stay on the safer side……………..

Download iOS 5 Beta 7 [Developer Only]

Apple has just seeded iOS 5 beta 7 to developers via OTA and it is not in the dev center just yet. In addition to iOS 5 Beta 7, Apple has pushed Xcode 4.2 Developer Preview 7, iTunes 10.5 beta 7, and Apple TV Software beta 6 and if you’re a developer, you should update but you want to keep your jailbreak on iOS 5 you should wait……………….

Garmin StreetPilot onDemand iPhone App

Garmin has added some new concepts to the standard navigation apps already present on the iPhone, the StreetPilot onDemand, which is designed for the urban user, with provided routing that includes public transportation and wraps bus and train schedules into the usual GPS features. This is a full navigation app with offline maps that you can buy for just 99 cents (the first time) and the nly catch is that it can be used with its full features for only 30 days. After that, you can add another 30 days for $2.99, a full year for $29.99, or use the app with limited functionality and this kind of pricing makes the app a good choice for people who travel to different parts of the world and know that they only need to use the navigation there for a short period of time……………

Android Still Leads ComScore Repots

ComScore calls Android top dog, Apple pulls further ahead of RIM and one in four phones in the United States is a Samsung device, with Android gaining ground, as BlackBerrys lose out to cheaper handsets. Google at an impressive 15% increase to top the chart at 41.8% market share followed by the usual suspects, RIM in third at 21.7% (down 5%), and Microsoft at 5.7% (down 1%) and Apple’s market share among mobile OEMs is also on the increase, growing 1.2% to capture 9.5% of the market…………….

More iPhone 5 Parts Suggest Thinner Design

The Greek iPhone now has some photos from some parts of the iPhone 5, with Apple expected to take the wraps off the company’s latest smartphone lineup within weeks, more rumored iPhone 5 parts have started to leak out and the iPhone 5 will be thinner than the current model and it will also feature volume buttons on the opposite side of where they sit now on the iPhone 4………….

iTunes Match Beta Is Available For Developers

Apple has released a new version of iTunes for developer testing of the functionality of iCloud’s new iTunes Match feature for storing songs in the cloud for flexible access from mobile devices and iTunes 10.5 beta 6.1 with iTunes Match which’ll let you sign up for a yearly $24.99 fee. iTunes Match first scans your library and compiles a list of songs from what it finds, doesn’t matter if it’s a song you’ve bought through iTunes, one you’ve ripped from a CD, torrented or even made yourself. Songs that iTunes recognizes are streamed from Apple’s master recording at 256kbps and you will then be able to access the entire library from any Mac or iOS device with an Internet connection………………..