In an attempt to push people towards iCloud and away from the imminently defunct MobileMe, Apple is reportedly offering users of the old cloud syncing service a free copy of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Spotify is used by tens of millions worldwide, and although digital music services such as iTunes continue to thrive, Spotify has proved there is still room for the streaming / rental model among consumers.
Smartphones and tablets have a seemingly endless inventory of uses, and one of the more popular ones at this point in time is in design, image creation and the subsequent sharing thereof.
Earlier this week, Microsoft officially unveiled the official SKUs of Windows 8, and, much to the surprise of many Microsoft enthusiasts, they actually simplified things. However, while the simplification is definitely a great step as far as branding is concerned, they did do one peculiar thing: The SKU for Windows on ARM was named Windows RT.
Judging by the reaction of those who've come into contact with it, the new iPad is a joy to behold. It has a beautiful body, is visually pleasing, and, according to 10 percent of men, more pleasing than making love to a woman.
Ecamm's PadSync aims to make transferring files to and from an iPad as easy as it should have been all along. Getting files onto, and off of, the iPad is still more difficult than it really should be. Apple's method of handling the whole thing via iTunes just isn't as clean as we would like, and having to sync an entire iPad just to get a Word document onto the device is just plain crazy in anyone's book.
With the new iPad retailing pretty much everywhere in the world now, the focus of rumors and speculation has naturally leaned toward the next iteration of Apple's market-leading iPhone device.
Although patents are often filed at concept stage, they usually remain pending for a period of time - sometimes several years - before a patent is actually granted by the U.S Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Today, Apple has finally been granted the patent for the interface of its iconic iTunes Store, some eight years after the patent was initially filed.
Some interesting ideas and apps have been created using smartphone cameras - some more creative and intriguing than others. Ranking up there with those utilities which allow words and sentences captured via the camera lens to be translated on-the-fly, SnapNPlay for Android allows you to take pictures of sheet music, and then plays that piece back to you.
Apple's "Slide To Unlock" mechanism is one of the most iconic features of its mobile operating system, iOS. Even though the fruit company was only fairly recently granted the patent for the omni-present lock screen function, those familiar with iDevices will recognize it as the very first thing they interact with when picking up their iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
