Download Mac OS X 10.6.8 Direct Link
Apple released Mac OS 10.6.8 and its kind of a big deal. Apple is requiring that all Macs have 10.6.8 installed before they can upgrade to Lion and Mac OS 10.7/Lion is scheduled to be released in July as a 4GB download from the Mac App Store. Mac OS X 10.6.8 update brings with it a number of general operating system fixes, including further support for IPv6, improved VPN reliability and removal of known variants of Mac Defender. It also promises to fix a glitch that has Preview randomly shutting down and this update of Mac OS x is ready for download………..
Apple iPad Is The Leader Of Tablet Traffic, iPhone-Android Gap Closing
iPad accounts for 97 percent of US tablet traffic online and the slate segment is still young and accounts for only a tiny percentage of total traffic. Apple devices have nearly dominated the world in terms of mobile web traffic and No other company has been able to cut Apple’s reign globally, but with more and more new brands like Amazon and HP surfacing in the future…………
Apple Grabs Touchscreen Patent For iPhone, Making Trouble For Nokia, Samsung & Its Competetors
Apple granted patent for portable multifunction devices with multitouch screens and the USPTO has awarded the Cupertino crew a patent that’s sure to raise few eyebrows amongst its competitors. Apple’s patent essentially gives it ownership of the capacitive multitouch interface the company pioneered with its iPhone, to produce a new round of lawsuits over the now-ubiquitous multitouch interfaces used in smartphones made by the likes of HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Research in Motion, Nokia, and others that run operating systems similar in nature to Apple’s iOS…………
Rumor: Apple’s iPhone 5 Landing On 7th September?
Apple didn’t show off iOS 5 this month just to sit on it until next year and iOS 5 will see release nearly simultaneously as the iPhone 5. Most likely release date for the iPhone 5 is 7 September 2011 and the general feeling is that Apple will postpone the annual iPod refresh and use the space to unveil the iPhone 5 instead………..
J.C. Penney Will Be Apple’s Next Chief Executive Officer
Apple retail chief Ron Johnson takes his empire-building genius to J.C. Penney and this is the man who built Apple’s retail empire, 11 years ago Jobs brought Johnson on to create the first Apple store, stealing him away from his position at Target. Now the man who brought you the Genius Bar and roaming, iPhone-wielding sales reps is moving on and taking his expertise to the department store stalwart J.C. Penney, the company was already searching for his replacement……….
Nokia Patent License Fees Will Be Paid By Apple
Apple agrees to pay Nokia patent license fees, lawsuits dropped and the specifics of the agreement are confidential, but Nokia does say that Apple will make a one-time payment followed by on-going royalties. The agreement consists of a one-time payment payable by Apple and on-going royalties to be paid by Apple to Nokia and the amount of the payments isn’t being disclosed, but the agreement will have a positive financial impact on Nokia’s devices and services business this quarter………..
Apple Recalls Some Verizon iPads 2
Apple support forums have been flooded with users complaining about iPad 2s that won’t connect to Verizon Wireless’s CDMA 3G network and pple has given all the stores a list of serial numbers to scan, if company told to set aside and ship back to Apple, these are only for Verizon iPads. The first store to give notice had over 100 units to be sent back and the issue seems to only affect Verizon iPad 2′s right now, a similar situation to earlier in the year when customers visited the Apple forums to complain of Verizon iPad 2′s they had ordered being stopped and sent back…………
Mac OS X Lion May Automatically Save Any Document
Apple’s Mac OS X Lion will save any document you’re working on automatically and these files can be duplicated, locked and reverted to old versions.Auto Save tracks your revisions for another feature called Versions and as each revision is tracked, the full document is saved, allowing you to go back later and scroll through a separate version of the document for each revision made……….
Apple Mac OS X Lion Sports With 250 New Features
The latest version of the Mac OS X operating system, called Lion which brings many of the iPad’s features to the Mac and only through Apple’s online Mac App Store, a 4-gigabyte download. To use Lion, you’ll need to have an Intel-based Mac with a Core 2 Duo, i3, i5, i7 or Xeon processor and 2GB of RAM and also allowing the upgrade to be installed on all of your personally authorized Macs. Apple’s eighth version of OS X has more than 250 new features and the key ones includes the iPad’s auto save feature and the Multi-Touch gestures…………..
Apple Now Worth More Than Microsoft And Intel
Leading up to WWDC, Apple now worth more than Microsoft + Intel and while Apple is riding high from a string of product hits, Microsoft continues to struggle to redefine itself in technology world that is expanding far beyond the traditional PC…………
iCloud Logo Unveiled
Apple started setting up for its Worldwide Developers Conference days in advance of its kickoff, offering a glimpse at what will greet attendees next week and it will announce its iCloud service at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). The new service, expected to be centered around streaming music, will be unveiled during the morning keynote and Apple has signed licensing deals with EMI Music and Warner Music Group for a cloud -based music service………
Apple Signs Third Label For Cloud Music Service
Apple has indicated it could offer the service free of charge initially but that company will eventually require a fee and has reportedly reached agreements with three out of the four major music labels for its upcoming cloud music service. The third label to sign is said to be Sony. EMI and Warner are already on board and Sony lists Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, and Foo Fighters among its featured recording artists, would leave only Universal Music Group as the lone holdout………
Next iPhone Will Coming To Verizon And AT&T
Verizon will continue to compete with AT&T on the iPhone and Big Red will sell the next-generation iPhone , referred to by some as the iPhone 5 or iPhone 4S alongside AT&T. The next Verizon iPhone will operate in as many countries as AT&T’s global iPhone and guess that Verizon is preparing for a big announcement on this front when the next-generation iPhone hits global shelves…………
iPod 7th Generation Features
Apple patent application suggest iPod nano could become even more of a fashion accessory and he camera could be used to create a background that matches your shirt or jacket or the accelerometer could be used to make a screen saver react to your movements.The patent application also noticeably features Games as a menu option in some of the illustrations which would be new to the current variety of iPod nano……….
Apple Dumping Intel For ARM?
The rumor of the day is that Apple is dumping Intel and its x86 architecture for ARM and now the idea that Apple would move to ARM isn’t exactly new. Jason Perlow argued that case a while ago and it seems that Apple intends to migrate their laptop and desktop range to ARM-based chips, the sooner the better……….
