Sources of MacStories have informed them that Apple will release final version of iTunes 10.1 along with Mac OS X 10.6.5 today, followed by the next major update of iOS (version 4.2) for iPhones, iPods and iPads on Friday, November 12, 2010. The arrival of OS X 10.6.5 and iTunes 10.1 before iOS 4.2 makes sense because they are required by iOS 4.2’s AirPrint and AirPlay functionalities.
Another now-rumored feature for iPhone 5 is Near-Field Communication that Apple is “expected” to have built-in in the next version of iPhone in the form of an NFC chip.
I have just found this very useful guide and thought I should share it with you all. As the title suggests, you can now use FaceTime as a Surveillance System to monitor your home remotely whenever you are away from almost anywhere in the world.
I don’t know if this is first for a Microsoft Mac product but after announcing general availability of Office for Mac 2011 yesterday, Microsoft today has released the final RTM bits of Office for Mac 2011 for their MSDN and TechNet subscribers.
What do you do when you realize that a $1500+ Apple gadget that you bought back when it was released has been outdated by a product line update? You blow that sh!t up, of course.
Apple, at their Back to the Mac event today, has officially announced iLife ‘11. Here is everything you need to know about the all new iLife ‘11 for OS X.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, at the Back to the Mac event, has just announced Mac OS X 10.7. It will be called Lion and is a significant update to OS X.
FaceTime has just been announced at “Back to the Mac” event. It’s only coming for OS X though. So there will only be iPod touch 4G to iPhone 4 to OS X-based devices based.
Apple has just posted record earnings for Q4 2010. They have managed to sold 14.1 million iPhones, 4.19 million iPads, 3.89 million Macs, and made around $20.34 billion in revenue this quarter. With these statistics, the Cupertino-based company once again has broken its own previous records.
Scheduled for next week, Apple’s Back to the Mac event is set to unveil such things as OS X 10.7 (Lion?), iLife ‘11 and an all-new MacBook Air.

