The greatest strength of Apple and its iPhone has always been the availability of nearly 200,000 apps in the iTunes App Store. No other phone manufacturer has so far been able to match the success that iPhone’s App Store has got. This amazing success of the App Store has led to people wondering if Apple would bring such a business model to its OS X platform as well.
The final version of Silverlight 4 has been released today for Windows and Mac OS X. The RTW (Release to Web) version of Silverlight 4 can be downloaded today for the said mentioned platforms to view and create RIA apps. Also released today are Silverlight 4 Tools RC for Visual Studio 2010, Expression Blend 4 RC and Silverlight 4 Toolkit April 2010 Release.
As expected, Apple has just announced the availability of iTunes 9.1 for both Windows and Mac. This new version of iTunes brings support for the upcoming iPad on iPhone 3.2, a new “Books” section which replaces the existing “Audiobooks” section in the iTunes Store and improvements to Genius Mixes feature.
It’s out now and it’s official, Mac OS X 10.6.3 was released today by Apple. It is a very crucial update and it implements hundreds of fixes since it’s last update, 10.6.2 (November 2009). You can get the update from Snow Leopard’s Software Update, or directly from the Software Downloads page here.
The recent announcement of Windows Phone 7 Series at the MWC 2010 in Barcelona, Spain, created big waves among the mobile phone business community. The new OS is impressive, and has generally been received well by those who got a hands-on the preview devices at MWC.
Some second hand sources have informed TechCrunch that Apple is already working on a OS X based tablet which is scheduled to hit the stores later this year. This tablet in question will be powered by Intel processor, unlike iPad which runs on Apple’s A4 processor.
The developers behind the popular iPhone game Touchgrind has published a video, which shows off a Mac version of the game, run and controlled by utilizing the multitouch capabilities of MacBook Pro’s mouse trackpad. This version of Touchgrind for OS X is only a technical demo and requires the newer MacBook’s with multitouch capable mouse trackpads.
iPhone Theme Simulator is a neat little tool which enables you to test and design your themes for Winterboard app right on Windows PC or Mac without having to load it up each time on the iPhone just to test it. For those of you who don't know, Winterboard is a free app available in Cydia which enables you to customize the appearance of your jailbroken iPhone in almost anyway you like.
Mac OS X 10.6.2 has finally arrived and it brings tons of new bug fixes for existing OS X Snow Leopard users. This new 10.6.2 Update is highly recommended for all the current Snow Leopard users and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac. It also includes the fix for the critical issue that caused data to be deleted when using a guest account on the system. Here is the official change log for 10.6.2 update directly from Apple.
Apple has announced the roll out of v10.6.1 Update for their existing OS X Snow Leopard users. This new Mac OS X v10.6.1 Update is recommended for all the current Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard users and includes general operating system fixes that enhance the stability, compatibility and security of your Mac.
