Google News: Chrome Mac Beta Due in December, Follow Function Added to Wave
Two small pieces of recent Google news were just announced that merit a mention, since both have ramifications for web workers. First, Google has put a date on a Mac beta build of Chrome, meaning...
View ArticleApple Delivers Minor Updates Mac Pro and Xserve
Apple sometimes provides updates to its products stealthily, in the dead of night, if said updates don’t merit a dedicated press event. That happened yesterday to both the Mac Pro desktop computer and...
View ArticlePredicting 2010: iPod and iPhone
The dawn of a new year never fails to make me excited about all the potential for new devices we’ll inevitably see released. This year is no different, and for Apple’s iPod and iPhone, there are some...
View ArticleiPad Weekend Rumor Roundup: Apps, Books and Accessories
This is it, we’re in the final stretch. In a mere five days the iPad arrives. Now that we’re counting down the remaining days in single digits, all manner of ‘leaked’ information is pouring out of the...
View ArticleApple Introduces New MacBook Pros
As rumored, Apple today unveiled updates to its MacBook Pro line of computers. Early leaks revealed the specs of all the new models at least a day ahead of launch, and those leaks proved quite...
View ArticleApple Will Do OTA Updates — But Only If These Conditions Are Met
Apple is rumored to be prepping over-the-air (OTA) iOS updates, according to a report by 9t05Mac late Wednesday. Citing multiple sources, the site reports the feature will debut in iOS 5, meaning all...
View ArticleCould Android ennui boost iPhone 5 sales?
The iPhone 5 is likely almost here, and for at least a few people pondering a new smartphone purchase, it’s already better than the alternatives, sight unseen. Two bloggers explaining why that might be...
View ArticleEvernote hits for the cycle with iOS and OS X updates
Evernote, the popular note-taking app, recently updated its clients on both Mac OS X and iOS, and though there are highs and lows, overall each update brings appreciated improvements. The changes...
View ArticleOS X should adopt more than just features from iOS
Rumors are circulating that features from iOS, like iMessage and AirPlay Mirroring, are on their way to Mac computers via OS X. That’s great, and I’ll welcome those additions, but Apple should think...
View ArticleWhy we should stop asking Twitter to introduce a correction feature
Every time a breaking news event like the Boston bombings occurs and Twitter becomes a hot mess of real-time news reports, hoaxes, fake accounts and misinformation, there is a great hue and cry for...
View ArticleQuick fix: Missing iOS App Store updates
As Apple prepares for a launch of iOS 7 this coming fall, there will be changes to some of its back-end services. One of those that has undergone revisions before and is rumored to change yet again is...
View ArticleNew Airport Extreme/Express update today
If you’re like me, you’ve had seven (or more) kinds of problems with your Airport Extreme. Maybe today’s update will fix it for you, even though Apple’s description is terse as usual, offering only...
View Article10.4.11 Updates?
With September ending, and Leopard effectively promised for October, the 10.4.11 ‘fix list’ keeps piling up. That I know of right now, it supposedly should cover: CUPS, VPN and L2TP, audio bugs (Core...
View ArticleUpdates Galore!
iLife ’08 users, check for updates! Apple has unleashed a grand total of 9 updates for iLife ’08. They did sneak in a firmware update for my MacBook Pro as well. Here’s the list: Keynote 4.0.1 Pages...
View ArticleWaiting for Leopard to change its spots/dots
Being a long-time Mac user (MS Word on a Mac Plus still beats anything today in terms of writing flow and productivity) and someone who usually dives in head-first on new technologies, I was faced with...
View ArticleiPhone Software Updates Today
Today during the Macworld 2008 keynote, Jobs announced quite a few new pieces of software for the iPhone. Maps with wi-fi locations Webclips – Lets you bookmark pages (and their zoom/pan state) and...
View ArticleGigaOM Daily: MySpace Mobile Launches, Meebo Money & More
[qi:083] MySpace Mobile is now live at http://m.myspace.com. You can do most of things you do on MySpace via the mobile page like Reading, composing and replying to MySpace Messages, viewing photo...
View ArticleQuick Updates, Slow Security, and Quick Look
With less than six months under its belt, Leopard is preparing to receive its third update to 10.5.3. This update includes 75 fixes from Address Book to VoiceOver. The list includes changes to:...
View ArticleSiteSucker Updated
This is a minor update to SiteSucker, but it is a program that I depend on, so I am posting it. For the uninitiated, SiteSucker is a program that sucks everything (pages, images, etc.) out of a website...
View Article10.5.3 Drops!
While puttering about this morning, I noticed in the notes for Delicious Library 2 – yes, I use it, and yes, I know I don’t really need it – that it prefers 10.5.3. ‘10.5.3?’ I asked myself. ‘But...
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