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Apple EFI Firmware Update Available For MacBook Pro And Mac Mini

Apple has issued EFI firmware update for Macbook Air system to address issues with Lion Internet Recovery and compatibility for the upcoming Thunderbolt displays that Apple is developing, now following this update, Apple released updates for Mac Mini and MacBook Pro. The 4.17 MB firmware update is available at Apple’s site and requires you to ensure that power is not interrupted to your MacBook Pro during the update………………

iTunes Match Has Reopened For Developers Via Apple

Apple has posted an announcement on their News and Announcements for Apple Developers RSS feed asking iOS developers to get apps ready for iCloud backup and restore and the announcement indicates that the long-awaited debut of iOS 5 and iCloud is imminent. Apple is ready to further expand iTunes Match beta testing before iCloud rolls out later this fall and the service you will need to download iTunes 10.5 beta 8, which was recently launched by Apple and pay the yearly subscription fee of $24.99………………..

Download Apple Security Update 2011-005 For OS X

Apple has released Security Update 2011-005 for Lion and Snow Leopard via their Software Update Utility and website for direct download, this update is recommended for all users and improves the security of Mac OS X. It also addresses a specific security issue with fraudulent certificates from DigiNotar and the release includes versions for Mac OS X 10.6.8, Mac OS X Server 10.6.8, OS X Lion 10.7.1, and Lion Server 10.7.1……………..

Apple Planning For Build Third Corporate Campus

MercuryNews reports that Apple has told Cupertino Mayor Gilbert Wong that plans are underway for a third corporate campus and it appears that the company has acknowledged that even that mammoth 13,000-employee complex probably won’t be sufficient and that it will likely begin planning on a third campus once Apple Campus 2 is up and running in 2015. Apple’s planning documents filed with the city show its new office is now expected to be busier than first thought and the 176-acre campus is set to house up to 13,000 employees or 1,000 more than Jobs first suggested when he publicly unveiled the plans in June……………..

Android Downloads To Surpass Apple

Research firm Ovum says smartphone app downloads will be up 144 percent this year and Android downloads will overtake iOS app downloads for the first time, which means is on its way to surpassing Apple’s number of annual app downloads. pple’s iTunes App Store has been way out in front with the Android Market ringing up a somewhat-distant second place and Ovum expects Android to garner some 8.1 billion app downloads this year, compared to about 6 billion for Apple iOS devices……………..

HTC Sues Apple For Using Google Patents

HTC suing Apple claiming infringement of four of its nine patents, which it bought from Google just last week and the suit was filed in Delaware, where the Taiwanese company had already sued Apple in an entirely different filing last month. When Google closes the Motorola Mobility deal it will get 17,000 patents and that arsenal is likely to be enough for Google to open a patent candy store, will be handing out patents like Gummy Bears. These patents often cross through many hands and the innovation argument is a bit questionable…………….

Apple Sues Samsung To Ban Sales In Japan

Apple has filed lawsuit against Samsung in Japan, accusing Samsung for violating patents relating to the iPhone and iPad and demanding 100m yen ($1.3m) in damages along with a ban on sales. The lawsuit has been filed in Tokyo District Court, Apple is asking court to ban the sales of Galaxy S and its sequel S II smartphones and the Galaxy Tab 7 in Japan………………..

Apple Free From iCloud Trademark Lawsuit

iCloud Communications drops lawsuit against Apple, decides to change name instead and in addition to having spent more than $550,000 building up its data center and telecommunications hub in Phoenix, iCloud Communications claimed to spend tens of thousands of dollars annually in advertisements using its own iCloud logos. The firm appears to have changed its name to Clear Digital Communications and PhoenixSoft and it’s former domain geticloud.com has been taken down………………..