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Jun 19
Output Factory for InDesign revved to version 1.4

Zevrix Solutions (http://zevrix.com) has announced Output Factory 1.4, an update to its professional output automation solution for Adobe InDesign. The new version makes Output Factory compatible with the recently announced InDesign CC, featured as part of Adobe Creative Cloud.

With Output Factory, users can output hundreds of documents or just single files with full control over batch printing, layer versioning, automatic preflighting, file delivery, and more. All they need to do is select the desired InDesign files and adjust workflow settings.

Output Factory can be purchased from the Zevrix website for US$169.95; a "lite" version costs $119.95), as well as from authorized resellers and Adobe Exchange. A demo is available for download. BatchOutput users can upgrade to Output Factory for 4.97. Output Factory is available for Mac OS X 10.5-10.8 on Intel-based Macs and works with Adobe InDesign CS3-CS6.

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Jun 19
Education app developer calls for teachers' opinions

Education software developer, Vito Technology is launching its Solar Walk Educators Program, a collaboration project for educators and tech professionals aimed at exchange of experience and materials to enhance scientific classroom with new media.

Known for its Star Walk Astronomy Guide and 3D Solar System model apps for iOS, Vito Technology is calling for educators all over the world to voice their opinions in exchange for free inApps. A handy alternative to papier-mache balls, Solar Walk "gives your students a realistic look at the Solar System."

Solar Walk is an interactive 3D Solar System model with 10 planets (including a dwarf planet Pluto), 20 moons of the planets, 10 satellites orbiting the Earth, over 100 of the biggest stars, and hundreds of named places on the Moon, Mars, Earth and Venus. The Time Machine feature lets users speed up time backwards or forwards, moving planets and satellites according to their real trajectories.

Solar Walk Educators...

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Jun 19
Apple awarded $30 million iPad deal from LA Unified School District

Apple today announced it received the Los Angeles School Board of Education’s approval to begin a massive roll out of iPad to its students across the school district starting this fall. The US$30 million commitment for iPads is the first phase of a larger roll out for the country’s second-largest public school district.

"Education is in Apple’s DNA and we’re thrilled to work with Los Angeles Unified public schools on this major initiative as they plan to roll out iPads to every student across 47 campuses this fall," says Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "Schools around the world have embraced the engaging and interactive quality of iPad with nearly 10 million iPads already in schools today."

"The Board voted unanimously for Apple because iPad rated the best in quality, was the least expensive option and received the highest scoring by the review panel that included students and teachers," says Jaime Aquino, LAUSD Deputy...

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Jun 19
New Parallels Desktop 8 update offers OS X Mavericks support

Parallels has released an update to Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac, the software for running Windows and Mac applications side-by-side on a Mac without rebooting. The new version includes experimental support for the latest developer preview of OS X Mavericks.  

By updating to the latest build of Parallels Desktop (build 8.0.18494) and following instructions in the Parallels blog post, developers who are registered members of Apple’s Developer Program can run Parallels Desktop 8 on OS X Mavericks and run OS X Mavericks in a virtual machine in Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac.
 
Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac -- which also supports the desktop virtualization of Windows, Mountain Lion, Lion, Linux, Chrome OS and more -- enables software, mobile and web developers to test a variety of operating systems as guests, as well as well as develop and test applications on them without risking their development machines. Learn more at...

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Jun 19
iFunia Studio releases Photo Slideshow for Mac

iFunia Studio has released Photo Slideshow for Mac, a tool for combining digital pictures, and music into home movies and DVD slideshows complete with captions and transitional effects, and sharing via YouTube, on mobile devices, or on the big screen with a DVD. 

The output video/DVD slideshow can be shared on TV, YouTube, Facebook, iPhone, iPad, etc. Also intelligent management of Timeline and Storyboard is applied in Photo Slideshow for Mac, which makes it easier for consumers to edit and control slideshow time, according to Derek Lee, product manager of iFunia Studio.

Photo Slideshow for Mac is available now through the iFunia website. The retail price of iFunia Photo Slideshow for Mac is $39.95. To get more information or to obtain a free trial version, go to http://tinyurl.com/mlsmm49 .

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Jun 19
HBO GO & WatchESPN come to the Apple TV

Apple has announced that HBO GO and WatchESPN are now available directly on Apple TV. The company also says that iTunes users have downloaded more than one billion TV episodes and 380 million movies from iTunes to date and are purchasing over 800,000 TV episodes and over 350,000 movies per day.

"HBO GO and WatchESPN are some of the most popular iOS apps and are sure to be huge hits on Apple TV," says Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. "We continue to offer Apple TV users great new programming options, combined with access to all of the incredible content they can purchase from the iTunes Store."

Apple TV users can choose from a selection of programming including over 60,000 movies and over 230,000 TV episodes, as well as the world’s largest collection of music on the iTunes Store. Apple TV also offers content from Hulu Plus, Netflix’s streaming catalog, live sports from MLB, NBA and NHL as well as Internet content from Vimeo,...

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Jun 19
Apple updates Configurator to version 1.1

Apple has updated Configurator -- a free tool designed to make it easy to mass configure and deploy iPhones, iPads and iPod touches in a school business or institution -- to version 1.1.

According to Apple, the upgrade offers" "significantly improved" reliability, scalability and performance, the ability to cancel scheduled or even in-progress operations, and bug fixes. Learn more at http://tinyurl.com/ls37e9e .

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Jun 19
Output Factory for InDesign updated to version 1.4

Zevrix Solutions (http://zevrix.com) has announced Output Factory 1.4, an update to its professional output automation solution for Adobe InDesign. The new version makes Output Factory compatible with the recently announced InDesign CC, featured as part of Adobe Creative Cloud.

With Output Factory, users can output hundreds of documents or just single files with full control over batch printing, layer versioning, automatic preflighting, file delivery, and more. All they need to do is select the desired InDesign files and adjust workflow settings.

Output Factory can be purchased from the Zevrix website for US$169.95; a "lite" version costs $119.95), as well as from authorized resellers and Adobe Exchange. A demo is available for download. BatchOutput users can upgrade to Output Factory for 4.97. Output Factory is available for Mac OS X 10.5-10.8 on Intel-based Macs and works with Adobe InDesign CS3-CS6.

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Jun 19
Maintain serves up Cocktail 5.5 (Lion Edition)

Maintain has released Cocktail 5.5 (Lion Edition), the latest maintenance update for users running OS X Lion 10.7.

Cocktail is a general purpose utility for OS X that lets users clean, repair and optimize their Mac. This version adds the ability to change standby delay, the ability to disable shadow in window captures, the ability to show the Debug menu in App Store and Photo Booth, and compatibility with the latest versions of supported web browsers. It also provides improvements on the clear system caches procedure and updated network optimization presets.

Cocktail 5.5 (Lion Edition) requires OS X 10.7 and is tested for compatibility with OS X/OS X Server 10.7.5. It costs US$14 for a single user license. For more info go to http://maintain.se/cocktail .

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Jun 18
Apple releases Java update for Mac OS X

Apple has released Java updates for Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and OS X 10.7 (Lion) and 10.8 (Mountain Lion). The update brings Java SE 6 to the most recent version.

This update uninstalls the Apple-provided Java applet plug-in from all web browsers. To use applets on a web page, click on the region labeled "Missing plug-in" to go download the latest version of the Java applet plug-in from Oracle. This update also removes the Java Preferences application, which is no longer required to configure applet settings.

You can obtain the updates via the Software Updates component of the Mac OS X Systems Preferences app.

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Jun 18
WWDC Interview: TUAW and MacTech

While in San Francisco, TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at Apple's WWDC 2013 about the keynote and how Apple's new technologies will help them and their customers. In the weeks to come, we'll bring you those videos on TUAW, MacTech and MacNews.

If you aren't currently a reader of MacTech Magazine, check out the special WWDC free MacTech on iPad issues for MacTech Magazine here.

This video features Neil Ticktin of MacTech Magazine and Victor Agreda, Jr. of TUAW at WWDC 2013. The two Editors-in-...

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Jun 18
File2Folder released for Mac OS X

Nikolai Nagornyi has announced File2Folder 1.0 for Mac OS X. It's an application that is designed to sort files.

File2Folder allows you to sort hundreds, or even thousands, of files with a single click. Users may move, copy, or delete files according to user rules. The interface features fast sorting.

File2Folder 1.0 costs US$5.99 and requires Mac OS X 10.7.3 or higher. It's available worldwide exclusively through the Mac App Store in the Utilities category (http://tinyurl.com/k2wrdzg).

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Jun 18
iHome introduces first docks to handle both 8- and 30-pin devices

iHome has introduced their new line of Lightning docks that are capable of charging and playing both 8-pin Lightning and 30-pin iPad, iPhone and iPod models. 


The iDL45 Dual Charging Stereo FM Clock Radio with Lightning Dock and USB Charge/Play for iPad/iPhone/iPod transforms the iHome dock into an alarm clock speaker system fit for both the Lightning pin connector as well as the legacy 30-pin connector. A special universal USB port charges and plays all Apple devices, while the Lightning dock accepts the iPhone 5, iPad mini, fourth generation iPad, and the new iPods. The US$99.99 iDL45 (pictured) also contains an FM radio.

The iPL10 Dual Charging Stereo FM Clock Radio with Lightning Dock and USB Charge/Play for iPhone/iPod is a compact alternative to the iDL45. It sports an USB port for charging and playing both Lightning and 30-pin powered iPad, iPhone and iPod models. You can wake or sleep to your favorite iPhone or iPod tunes or FM radio stations through high...

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Jun 18
Keynote Zone releases Tiles Keynote theme

Keynote Zone has released a Tiles Keynote theme designed to help users organize all their data. The theme includes 33 layouts, custom designed charts and tables.

It's available in both standard and HD versions for Mac OS X. From a range of photo layouts, users will be able to choose elements for their presentation.

The Tiles standard version theme for Mac comes in two sizes (800x600 & 1024x768) and is available for US$16 at the Keynote Zone site (www.keynotezone.com). Tiles HD version theme for Mac comes in five sizes (800x600, 1024x768, 1280x720, 1680x1050, 1920x1080) and is available for $20.

Tiles HD version theme for Mac is also included in the Collection for Keynote 12. It includes 12 HD Keynote themes, Extras slides and demo files and is available for $69.99 at the Keynote Zone site or at Mac App Store.

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Jun 18
Flexibits releases Chatology for the Mac

Flexibits has introduced Chatology, a Mac OS X app that allows to you quickly find all of your messages in Messages or iChat. It allows instant searching with multiple filter options including filtering by image or link.

"We made Chatology because we were so frustrated searching for our messages," says Michael Simmons, co-founder of Flexibits. "There were no solutions to fix this so we created one, and we think all Messages and iChat users are going to love Chatology as much as we do."

Chatology is localized in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. It's available for US$19.99 from the Flexibits Store (http://flexibits.com/chatology). Chatology requires Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later.

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Jun 18
Researchers say they can predict iOS-generated hotspot passwords

Although iOS generates seemingly random passwords for its hotspots to eliminate the use of "default" passwords, researchers at a German university have found that they are able to break these passwords in under a minute, reports "ZDNet" (http://tinyurl.com/n7haj5f).

Researchers at the University of Erlangen in Germany say they've found a flaw in the automatically generated pre-shared keys used in Apple's iOS hotspots. They say the method in which these passwords are generated leaves them vulnerable to attack.

According to their paper, "Usability vs. Security: The Everlasting Trade-Off in the Context of Apple iOS Mobile Hotspots," the passwords are a combination of a short dictionary word followed by a series of random numbers. This does allow each password to be different, but, according to the researchers, an attacker can easily determine what passwords iOS uses for its defaults, because...

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Jun 18
Mac OS X increasingly attractive to cybercriminals

Security specialist Kaspersky is warning of the increased vulnerability of Mac systems to malware, reports "betanews" (http://tinyurl.com/kzgp5ok).

The firm says there are now more than 63 million OS X users in the world and that since 2010 the number of antivirus signatures for Macs has increased more than six times. According to Kaspersky the top five threats include becoming part of a zombie network via a compromised WordPress site, fake antivirus products like MacDefender and MacGuard, exploitation of software vulnerabilities, targeted attacks and network infections.

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Jun 18
Update to Adobe Creative Cloud available

Adobe has announced that a "major" update to Adobe Creative Cloud, the company’s flagship offering for creatives, is now available. This release reimagines the creative process through a set of "CC" desktop applications and cross-device collaboration and publishing capabilities, according to David Wadhwani, senior vice president and general manager, Digital Media, Adobe.

Creative files can be stored and shared, via Creative Cloud, on Mac OS X, Windows, iOS and Android. Behance, an online creative community, is now integrated with Creative Cloud, so customers can showcase work, get feedback on projects and gain global exposure.

According to Wadhwani, the core features of the Creative Cloud update include:

° Creative Cloud experience on the desktop. With the new Creative Cloud desktop app, your entire creative world is synced and organized across your desktop, website, and mobile device. You can stay connected to work on Behance; track feedback; and install and...

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Jun 18
Eduoard for OS X gets sales return, partial sales credit notes features

Flying Pig (www.flyingpigcorp.com) has released Edouard 1.3, an update to its business management system for Mac OS X. The upgrade brings bug fixes and improvements such as sales returns and partial sales credit notes.

The software is designed for small and medium-sized businesses. Edouard supports classic business needs such as inventory management, contacts, purchases, sales, production, accountancy and more..

Edouard runs on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and has satellite apps running on iOS. Its license price is $1,299 per simultaneously connected user with volume licensing discounts. Licenses can be purchased at any time using Flying Pig's online store.
 

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Jun 18
vjoon Overset Manager now compatible with Adobe Creative Cloud

vjoon has stepped up its support for customers who use Adobe Creative Cloud for professional purposes. The latest version of the vjoon Overset Manager plug-in now supports Adobe InDesign CC and InCopy CC.

Efficiency-enhancing plug-ins such as vjoon Notes Manager and vjoon Content Activator are to follow and will also be compatible with Adobe Creative Cloud products. vjoon Overset Manager measures the length of a specific text frame, column or the entire text flow on the fly without interrupting the writer or editor’s creative process. It also counts overset text in real time and shows this overflow in a special frame highlighted with a background color.

A demo version of Overset Manager is available at http://tinyurl.com/lobvwpg . Registration is approximately US$105.

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Jun 19
Classic video on demand vendors risk losing half the...

The shift of video consumption to tablets and smartphones is causing operator requirements for video on demand (VOD) systems to change as vendors struggle to keep up with current generation needs, according to ABI Research.

Equipment and system vendors, such as Arris (including Motorola Home), SeaChange, Cisco, and Ericsson are expected to lose ground to cloud-oriented companies such as thePlatform, Synacor, and KIT Digital (expected to emerge from bankruptcy as Piksel), according to the research group (www.abiresearch.com). VOD vendors will see less than 30% growth over the next five years, while content management system (CMS) vendors will capture the market and see nearly 100% growth to seize half of the total VOD management markets.

Classic VOD back-office systems are built around delivery to the TV via a set-top box, leveraging a single video format, a managed network, a modest number of...

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Jun 18
Hotel guests put wireless access as top demand

Wireless access is the top customer demand of hotel guests in their rooms and throughout the hotel properties, according to a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Motorola Solutions (www.motorolasolutions.com) in April 2013.

This survey includes responses from 500 North American hotel guests, including business and recreational travelers. Among the findings:


° 90% wished hotels offered WiFi as an amenity, making it the top priority of both business and recreational travelers.

° More than 90% of hotel guests surveyed indicated they wanted WiFi in their hotel rooms, not just in common areas.

° 40% of business travelers said they would not stay at a hotel without Internet.

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Jun 17
Mobile traffic forecast to reach 131K PB in 2018

Global mobile data traffic expanded at 69% in 2012 and is anticipated to grow at 72% in 2013 to reach 23,000 Peta Bytes (PB), according to ABI Research (www.abiresearch.com). By 2018 total mobile data traffic will likely eclipse 131,000PB, adds the research group.

"There has been much 'doom-mongering' about this growth in mobile data traffic but mobile carriers should not panic just yet. There are indications that mobile carriers have a number of options to handle the traffic loads," says Jake Saunders, vice president and practice director for core forecasting at ABI Research.

According to the research group:

° Carriers are commercializing LTE but there are additional benefits to be gained from quickly adopting the LTE-Advanced roadmap. LTE-A’s release 10 introduces enhanced Multi-In Multi-Out antenna technology as well as interference mitigation technologies such as CoMP and eICIC. A crucial...

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Jun 17
Kool Tools: Clips 3D for iMovie, FCPX

Mosa Motion Graphics has introduced Clips 3D for iMovie and FCPX 1.0 for Mac OS X.

Clips 3D dispenses 36 different exciting animated 3D HD clips. Videos can be dragged out of Clips 3D right onto an iMovie or Final Cut Pro X shot collection "event." The video clip immediately appears in the project.

Clips 3D's iPad like interface sits atop your editing program. Its royalty free content makes this helper application a great production tool for video makers. The Clips 3D library is sorted into four categories: Illusion, Physical, SiFi and Simulated.

Clips 3D for iMovie and FCPX supplies royalty free animations that are otherwise, difficult to create. These animations are useful as title backgrounds, transitions, credit rolls -- or simply as eye candy.

The Clips 3D application contains a pictorial help file, and a help video for easy learning. Shots are up to 30 seconds in duration, and are 720P HD, at 30 FPS, MP4-H.264 .MOV files. Clips 3D videos are...

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Jun 14
Worldwide server market revenues decrease 7.7% in...

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) research group (www.idc.com), factory revenue in the worldwide server market decreased 7.7% year over year to US$10.9 billion in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13).

This is the fifth time in the previous six quarters that the server market has experienced a year-over-year decline in worldwide revenue. Server unit shipments decreased 3.9% year over year in 1Q13 to 1.9 million units as consolidation continued to be a strategic focus for many large and small customers around the globe.

On a year-over-year basis, volume systems experienced a 3.1% revenue decline. This was only the third time in the previous fourteen quarters that volume system demand declined year over year. At the same time, demand for midrange and high-end systems experienced year-over-year revenue declines of 18.3% and 17.1% respectively in 1Q13. The midrange and high-end markets were impacted by...

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Jun 13
Enterprise videoconferencing, telepresence market sees...

New data from the IDC research group (www.idc.com) showed first quarter 2013 (1Q13) videoconferencing equipment revenue declined 13.2% year over year and 21.9% quarter over quarter. Total worldwide enterprise videoconferencing and telepresence equipment revenue was US$563.4 million in 1Q13, its worst result since the second quarter of 2010, according to IDC.

From a market segment perspective, endpoints, which include multi-codec immersive telepresence, single-codec telepresence, and personal videoconferencing, declined 10.7% year over year and video network infrastructure decreased 20.5% year over year in 1Q13.

Regionally, Latin America declined just 3.5% year over year, followed by the 9.1% year-over-year decline in Asia/Pacific and the 10.1% decrease in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). North America was a particular area of weakness this quarter with its 20.3% year-over-year drop.

"Videoconferencing...

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Jun 12
NFC service, secure element shipments to grow 120% in...

NFC momentum continues to build despite the on-going delays affecting the launch of NFC payment services, according to new data from ABI Research (www.abiresearch.com). The research group raised full year 2012 shipments of secure elements to 147 million with 125 million enabled handsets being shipped.

Growing inclusion of embedded solutions by OEMs [original equipment manufacturers] will account for the majority of secure elements in 2013 as MNOs seed the market with close to 100 million SWP SIM cards, says ABI Research. Expected NFC-enabled device shipments were increased, with 2013 forecasted to reach a minimum of 320 million units across all product categories -- an increase of 118% over last year. This will drive the market past the half billion NFC devices in use in 1H13.

"This is certainly encouraging after many years of 'will they, won’t they.'The market has now passed the tipping point and...

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Jun 11
Software market forecast to continue on modest growth...

IDC (www.idc.com) has released the latest forecast from the Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker. For 2012, the worldwide software market grew 3.6% year over year, less than half the growth rate experienced in 2010 and 2011.

The research group believes these results mark the beginning of a more conservative period of growth. The forecast growth rate for 2013 is 5.7% while the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the 2012-2017 forecast period is 6.3%.

The collaborative applications software category is forecast to have the highest growth in the short term (2013). This category includes social software, which is growing from a lower revenue base. The collaborative applications category is also experiencing more cloud deployments than other categories and this represents new software investments.

The structured data management software category is expected to show the strongest growth over the five-year...

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Jun 10
Electrical Grid unprepared for cyber security threats

The use of ICTs within the electrical grid means an evolution from isolated structures into open and networked environments where the subversion of power control systems has become a reality. The restructuring of the power sector and the emergence of the smart grid has largely ignored the issue of cyber security, according to ABI Research (www.abiresearch.com).

Industrial control systems have poor methods of authentication, little encryption, and are not often capable of detecting intrusions, according to the research group. By failing to address cyber security, and focusing on the cost-savings and gained efficiencies of a market-oriented model, the susceptibility to cyber-attacks has grown. ABI Research estimates the spending on cyber security solutions to secure the infrastructure will total US$2.9 billion globally by the end of 2013.

"Cyber-attacks that can cause serious damage to electrical...

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Jun 07
Software revenues grow twice as fast in emerging...

The worldwide software market grew 3.6% year over year in 2012, less than half the growth rate experienced in 2010 and 2011, according to the "International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker."

Although some deceleration was expected, the economic contraction in the mature markets of Western Europe and Japan played a determinant role in the overall market performance, according to the research group. Meanwhile, the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa (CEMA), Latin America, and Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan, Australia, and New Zealand) enjoyed year-over-year growth of 7.2% in 2012. This was the fourth consecutive year of solid growth in these emerging markets, enabling them to collectively gain more than two points of worldwide market share over this period.

Mature markets still represent more than 85% of the worldwide software opportunity, but in recent years the strong growth in these emerging markets has...

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Kool Tools: Grip Power Battery Case for the iPhone 5
Belkin has given us the US$99.99 Grip Power Battery Case for the iPhone 5, which doubles the battery life of the Apple smartphone. Offering a combination of power and style, the Grip Power Battery Case is available in... Read more »
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Savant Systems (http://www.savantsystems.com) has introduced three new iOS device docks that should make iDevice users happy. The line-up include the IDC-100L in-wall wireless charging dock for the iPad mini with... Read more »
Kool Tools: DJ Slims headphones
If you need rugged, wireless headphones with a built-in microphone for hands-free call functionality, you need the US$69.95 DJ Slims from Outdoor Tech (www.outdoortech.com). The slim shape helps the headphones stay in... Read more »

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22:39
Judge in e-book trial: 'Things change' as...
MacNN

After having begun the case against Apple brought by the Department of Justice with a set of blistering opinions that essentially concluded the iPhone maker was guilty of the e-book price-fixing charge against it, Judge Denise Cote has been seen to change her position considerably over the course of the trial. On Thursday, as part of the winding down of the witness portion of the trial, she noted that she had "learned a lot" from the evidence after having felt "very prepared" ahead of the trial, and that the "issues have shifted" since the trial began.... ...

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21:47
Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition sales stopped by...
MacNN

Nothing "a number of contractual issues," Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition developer Beamdog has pulled both the iOS and Apple App Store version of the remade adventure game. Pending resolution of the legal matters, an upcoming patch for the Macintosh and iOS version won't be published, the Android version won't see release, and the planned enhanced edition of Baldur's Gate II has been scuttled, at least temporarily....  ...

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20:55
Maine MLTI schools overwhelmingly choose Apple over...
MacNN

When Maine schools were given the choice for the first time under the next school year's Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI) between Windows-based laptops, the Apple iPad, and the Apple MacBook Air, the schools overwhelmingly chose Apple products. Of 69,059 hardware orders placed, 92 percent of the purchases will come from Apple....  ...

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19:30
ACM 209: Apple’s Ebook Trial with Philip Elmer-Dewitt
Mac Observer

Apple wrapped up its arguments in the Department of Justice ebook price fixing trial against it on Wednesday, so Jeff and Bryan asked Fortune's Philip Elmer-Dewitt to join in and share his thoughts on the case after spending nearly every day of the three-week event in the courtroom. His take on the outcome? You'll have to listen to find out.


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18:43
Analyst recants claim that Apple will add Retina...
AppleInsider

NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim has reversed his earlier prediction that Apple would add a Retina resolution to its iPad mini at some point before 2014.  ...

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18:34
First benchmarks for redesigned Mac Pro reportedly...
AppleInsider

Just over one week following its sneak preview at WWDC 2013, the radically redesigned Mac Pro has supposedly shown up on a popular Internet based benchmarking site running what appears to be a specialized build of OS X 10.9 Mavericks.  ...

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18:34
IDC: Apple tripled iPhone share in China in Q1,...
MacNN

Market analysis firm IDC has released its latest figures on smartphone share in China, and reports that Apple has achieved a nine percent share of the estimated 78 million smartphones sold in China during the first three months of 2013, a rise of 117 percent year-over year. While all of the top vendors did well, Apple -- led by its entry-level iPhone 4 -- grew at an annual rate of 211 percent. Another survey firm, Canalys, gave Apple an eight percent share but also ranked it in fifth place among manufacturers, about double the prevailing view on the company's marketshare in China.... ...

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18:28
Man roses
The Loop

Nobody touches my man roses.

∞ Read this on The Loop

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18:00
Hazel 3.1 update adds powerful date matching feature
TUAW

Noodlesoft's Hazel is a file organization tool for Mac OS X that uses a set of customizable rules to automatically move and sort your information. It can be set to automatically move your new music or movies to your Music and Movies folders, or sort files by name, email address, the website they came from, and much more. For people who'd rather keep working than sort files it can be a great time saving tool for keeping your desktop and downloads folder clear.

Today Hazel released version 3.1, which adds a powerful new date matching feature to the software. The feature allows you to search the contents of a document for text formatted as a date, so if you need to quickly find a digital copy of an insurance report from June 19, 2013 you simply need to set Hazel to look for that date. Hazel knows to look for different kinds of date formatting, converting slashes to dashes when the moment needs it.

You can see video of...

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17:52
Apple posts full WWDC 2013 Keynote to YouTube
9 to 5 Mac

Just like last year, Apple has uploaded their full WWDC 2013 Keynote from last week to their YouTube channel. Previously, if you wanted to view this year’s keynote, you’d have stream it from Apple’s site, or through the Apple Keynotes Podcast (HD Link) in iTunes.

Visit 9to5Mac to find more special coverage of AAPL Company,...

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17:46
∞ Apple adds Kings of Leon, others to iTunes Festival
The Loop

Apple on Wednesday added some new bands to its iTunes Festival, which takes place in London, England this coming September.

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17:37
Best Buy recalls 5,100 third-party MacBook batteries...
AppleInsider

Best Buy announced on Wednesday that it is recalling 5,100 MacBook Pro batteries built by third-party manufacturer ATG after a number of users reported their units caught fire.   ...

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17:31
New attack cracks iPhone autogenerated hotspot...
Ars Technica

The top 10 most commonly used words contained in default iPhone hotspot passwords, ordered by relative frequency.

Kurtz, et al.

If you use your iPhone's mobile hotspot feature, make sure you override the automatic password it offers to secure your connections. Otherwise, a team of researchers can crack it in less than half a minute by exploiting recently discovered weaknesses.

It turns out Apple's iOS picks from such a small pool of passwords by default that the researchers—who are from the computer science department of the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen, Germany—need just 24 seconds to run through all the possible combinations. The time required assumes they're using four AMD Radeon HD 7970 graphics cards to cycle through an optimized list of possible...

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17:27
Rdio opens up Vdio to users in US, UK with per-show...
MacNN

Video streaming service Vdio has exited its pre-release phase and is now open to users in the United States and the United Kingdom. The service, created by streaming music provider Rdio, will allow anyone in the two countries, including those not subscribed to Rdio, to access the service through the website and through its companion iPad app....  ...

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17:23
Twitter heat map shows iPhone use by the affluent,...
AppleInsider

A map plotting the location and device platform of over a quarter billion mobile tweets show predominate use of iPhones in affluent areas and Android in poor regions, with scant representation of Blackberry outside of major cities and its strongholds in Africa, Central America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.  ...

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17:00
ProCollage is an easy and powerful photo utility for...
TUAW

ProCollage (US$1.99) is a very nicely done app for creating photo collages on any iOS device. After you grant access to your camera roll, PhotoCollage lets you select multiple images and use pre-defined templates. Don't care for those templates? No problem, it lets you use a free form approach as well.

Images can be moved within a frame, resized, or rotated. Frame colors are almost unlimited, and there is a selection of multiple backgrounds for your images. Happily, the app doesn't make you purchase anything else to make it all work.

This latest version adds the ability to add text to a collage, and there are 14 different styles. Putting the app to a test today, I found it easy to create a variety of nice looking sets of images. There is help built in, but I really didn't need it.

One thing lacking is that the app does not work in landscape view. If it did, some wide...

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16:46
James Gandolfini dead at 51
The Loop

Very sad, he was a great

∞ Read this on The Loop

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16:30
Lytro announces iOS app, unlocks hidden Wi-Fi...
TUAW

Today's news brings a pleasant surprise for Lytro camera owners. It turns out the that each one of the small light field cameras has had a hidden Wi-Fi chip inside, waiting to be turned on. Well, the time for activation has come with the release of a new firmware update which activates the Wi-Fi. And just in time for the release of Lytro's new iOS app.

The app, called Lytro Mobile, connects to your iPhone via the Wi-Fi transmitter and allows you to view camera images from your iOS device. Once you activate the app simply click the Camera feature and you will be told to select Wi-Fi from the Lytro's menu screen. Once you tap the Wi-Fi option on your Lytro screen you will be able to wirelessly upload images directly to Lytro.com.

The mobile app has other tricks up its sleeve. You can use the app to refocus a picture via Perspective Shift, add captions and...

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16:30
Remains of the Day: This belongs in a museum
Macworld

How do Mac pros feel about the Mac Pro? As strongly as Apple apparently feels about Linked In? And Steve Jobs thought his work would be lost and forgotten. The remainders for Wednesday, June 19, 2013 will spin you right round, baby, right round.

New Mac Pro reaction: Video pros speak about GPU and storage concerns (Macworld UK)

Who better to ask about the new Mac Pro than professional Mac users? That’s right, they do still exist, and their reactions are mixed. Some worry about all the expansion options being external, while others look forward to the opportunities for new Thunderbolt accessories. Others just want to spin it around and around and around and around—whoa, I’m dizzy.

Apple testing deep LinkedIn integration for iOS 7 (9to5Mac)

...

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16:00
Antec PowerUp 6000 offers iPad-capable portable power
TUAW

Mid-June is an odd time of year. Apple's hardware refresh cycle isn't really due until October -- likely six full months away -- so you might consider picking up an external battery pack to use with your current iOS device to tide you over until then.

Internal batteries drop in efficiency as devices age, and replacement prices can be a little steep. An out of warranty iPhone or iPad battery replacement can cost upwards of $85 or $105 with shipping.

If you're a developer, this goes double. With iOS beta season under way, mobile devices are eating up batteries in new and curious ways. This isn't uncommon, as early releases of operating systems often contain debugging processes that are removed before the system goes "gold".

External battery units are becoming more affordable than ever and newer systems like the Antec...

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15:49
IDC gives Apple 9% of Chinese smartphone market,...
AppleInsider

IDC has ranked Apple the fifth largest smartphone vendor in China, assigning it a 9 percent share of the 78 million smartphones sold in Q1. While the market grew by 117 percent, Apple's sales of the entry level iPhone 4 grew by 211 percent, the firm noted.  ...

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15:35
MakerBot snapped up by Stratasys, companies will...
MacNN

Fabrication powerhouse Stratasys and startup 3D printer manufacturer MakerBot have merged. Under the terms of the deal, the pair of companies are merging in a stock-for-stock transaction worth $604 million, with two-thirds payable immediately as stock, with the remaining third depending on MakerBot performance following the merger. The deal is expected to close in the fall....  ...

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Wednesday June 19

17:56
Apple's New Mac Pro Begins Showing Up in Benchmarks
MacRumors

While Apple offered a sneak peek at its dramatically redesigned Mac Pro at its Worldwide Developers Conference, the new machine is not scheduled to launch until "later this year" and the company has yet to reveal detailed specs and pricing information.

But if a new Geekbench result is authentic, it appears that the new machine is already starting to show up in public benchmarking databases. Rather than showing up as a "MacPro6,1" as would be expected for Apple's next-generation Mac Pro, the new machine is dubbed "AAPLJ90,1", perhaps a reference to a J90 code name following Apple's usual format.

Also supporting the authenticity of the entry is the listing of a custom build of OS X Mavericks, 13A2054, running on the machine. The listed motherboard ID is also one which was...

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17:23
Apple Testing Expanded iPhone Repair Options Through Autho...
MacRumors

Apple has launched an iPhone repair pilot program for Apple Certified Service Providers in Canada that will allow certain certified centers to offer iPhone repairs after store technicians have completed Apple-required iOS Certification.

According to a tipster, the third party service sites will be able to offer repairs for the battery, camera, speaker, and more, after the program launches in the next few weeks. In addition to passing an iOS Qualification exam, Service Provider technicians have also been required to attend several training sessions to learn how to disassemble the iPhone.

While the program is currently limited to Canada, it seems reasonable to suspect that it may roll out to other countries in the future should the test run prove successful.

Documents given out to technicians suggest that Apple is aiming to provide a quality alternate repair option for its customers in Canada, while cutting down on unauthorized Apple repairs.Program...

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16:52
Baffled by Apple's iPad Success, Samsung Cuts Tablet...
Patently Apple

Two new reports surfacing today showed that Samsung is baffled by Apple's iPad success. In the first report, we were informed that in order to stay ahead of Apple iPad in Brazil, Samsung has decided to offer major subsidies to local sales agents to cover 30% of sales prices on average. In the second report, we were informed that Samsung just doesn't understand the American market and may have to consider dumbing down tablets and cutting prices to better compete with Apple.

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12:25
Analyst Flip-Flops Again: Thinner iPad Mini in Late 2013,...
MacRumors

DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim is going back on statements he made back in May, when he said the next model of the iPad mini -- expected this fall -- would come equipped with a Retina display and an updated processor. In an added twist, before he made that statement, Shim said the Retina iPad mini would not ship before 2014.

Now, Shim writes that Apple will refresh its iPad mini line later this year, but the Retina display will not make an appearance before 2014.
Apple is expected to refresh its iPad mini in the second half of the year. The new iPad mini will continue to use a 7.9-inch display with a 1024×768 resolution, but it will use the iOS 7 operating system and an A6 processor, in a slimmer...

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09:18
Apple's iPhone 5 Targeted in new Patent Lawsuit for u...
Patently Apple

Texas based Bluebonnet Telecommunications has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple. The patent infringement lawsuit concerns the use of "Call Forwarding" feature on Apple's iPhone 4S and iPhone 5. The patent used in this case once belonged to Siemens Rolm Communications.

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09:16
Apple Scores $30 Million iPad Contract from L.A. Unified S...
MacRumors

Though Microsoft has been making a strong push to disrupt Apple's foothold in the education market by offering K–12 schools its Surface tablets at the low price of $199, its pricing incentives didn't have an effect on the Los Angeles Unified School District, reports AllThingsD.

On Tuesday night, the school board voted to spend $30 million dollars on Apple iPads, which will see the company equipping every student in the district with a tablet.The deal, which was approved in a 6–0 vote by the district's school board, will see Apple supplying about 35,000 iPads to 47 LAUSD schools at a cost of about $678 per device. That's higher than retail, but I'm told the devices are to be preloaded with an assortment of educational software prior to...

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09:03
Apple's Director of Patent Licensing & Strategy D...
MacRumors

Boris Teksler, Apple's former director of Patent Licensing & Strategy, has left the company for a high-level position with French technology firm Technicolor.

Teksler has been head of Apple's patent licensing department through nearly constant licensing negotiations and patent lawsuits with numerous technology companies, including a broad licensing deal with Microsoft that included an 'anti cloning' agreement. He was with Apple for four years, after spending 16 years at HP.
Technicolor, a worldwide technology leader in the media and entertainment sector, announces that it has appointed Boris Teksler as President of its Technology Group which includes Intellectual Property &...

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08:47
Researchers Crack iOS-Generated Hotspot Passwords in 50 Se...
MacRumors

When tethering an iPhone or an iPad, iOS users have the option of using an automatically generated password for their personal hotspots, which Apple implemented to provide all users with a secure password option.

According to researchers at Germany's University of Erlangen (via ZDNeT), the way that the keys are generated – with a combination of a short English word along with random numbers – is predictable to the point where the researchers are able to crack the hotspot password in less than a minute.

In their paper, the three researchers detail the process that they used to figure out the weak spots in the hotspot's protection. Apple's word list uses approximately 52,500 entries, so initially, cracking the hotspot took almost 50 minutes. After finding a WiFi connection...

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08:04
LG Claims Major Clients working on Flex-Display Smartphone...
Patently Apple

It's been known for some time now that LG Electronics, the major stakeholder of LG Display, plans to release its first flexible smartphone later this year. Where the news gets a little interesting is that company officials are hinted at selling the screens to other major mobile producers because the company predicts its flexible displays will become the latest mobile trend. Could Apple be one of these major mobile producers?

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07:13
Apple Adds WatchESPN, HBO GO, Sky News, and More to Apple...
MacRumors

Apple today announced a software update for its Apple TV set-top box adding new channels including WatchESPN and HBO GO. The update also brings live streaming of the UK's Sky News, as well as anime site Crunchyroll and music concert and documentary streaming service Qello.“HBO GO and WatchESPN are some of the most popular iOS apps and are sure to be huge hits on Apple TV,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of Internet Software and Services. “We continue to offer Apple TV users great new programming options, combined with access to all of the incredible content they can purchase from the iTunes Store.”
WatchESPN and HBO GO require that customers be subscribed to appropriate cable TV services, while Sky News offers free live streams to users in the US, UK, and Ireland.

The update arrives as Apple TV software version 5.3 and is available now for the second- and...

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06:37
Design Drawings Reveal Case Makers' Expectations for...
MacRumors

Following yesterday's photos of a case said to be based on the expected design for Apple's lower-cost iPhone, AppleInsider now shares design drawings from a case maker showing expectations for the exact dimensions and profiles of the both the lower-cost iPhone and the iPhone 5S.

Unsurprisingly, the dimensions of the iPhone 5S are nearly identical to those of the iPhone 5, with case makers also apparently expecting the same layout and size of the physical features.

The lower-cost iPhone, which is rumored to be adopting a plastic shell that will requires a slightly larger body than the iPhone 5/5S, is expected to be approximately 0.6 mm taller, 0.6 mm wider, and 0.8 mm thicker than the current...

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Tuesday June 18

19:47
Apple, NEC, HTC in Race for Next Generation Cooling System...
Patently Apple

DigiTimes reported today that smartphone players such as Apple, Samsung Electronics and High Tech Computer (HTC) have started showing interest in adopting ultra-thin heat pipes for their smartphones and are expected to release heat pipe-adopted models in the fourth quarter, at the earliest, according to sources from cooling module player. Yet like so many times, Apple has been known to buck some of the industry's traditional trends. The most recent is Apple's AirDrop solution coming to iOS 7 which blatantly bucks the trend of using NFC technology that the likes of Samsung use in their Galaxy product line-up. Apple's Craig Federighi got quite the laugh ...

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17:49
Apple's Siri Trademark Updates Reveal Some Possible F...
Patently Apple

The US Patent & Trademark Office recently showed activity in a series of Apple trademark filings related to Siri. Three were updated on June 13 and another was updated in mid-May. We usually don't cover many trademark applications as we now cover trademarks when USPTO deems them to be Registered Trademarks. Yet there are always exceptions and in the case of Siri, Apple may have provided us with a few hints at what could be next for our intelligent personal assistant. One of them was for ...

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15:55
New Video May Show iOS 7 Running on an iPad
MacRumors

Apple has yet to release iOS 7 for the iPad, which has led to speculation about what the operating system will look like on a larger screen.

Over the weekend, photos from the iOS 7 simulator in Xcode 5 surfaced, demonstrating how several stock iOS apps might look on Apple's tablet, and now a tipster has directed us to Russia-based YouTube user Rozetked, who has released a video of what he claims is iOS 7 "alpha" running on an iPad.

Rozetked does not explain where the software came from nor how it was installed on the tablet, so there is no proof that the video depicts a bona fide version of iOS 7 running on the iPad. In fact, at one point, a crash displays the iOS 6 Apple loading icon rather than the flatter iOS 7 version, which means it could...

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15:15
Apple Giving Retail Employees Beta Access to OS X Maverick...
MacRumors

Last year, roughly a month before Apple released OS X Mountain Lion, it extended its beta program to certain Apple Retail Store staff members. This year, the company appears to be doing something similar.

9to5Mac reports that retail store staff are again being invited to try the beta of OS X Mavericks.
You are invited to participate in the pre-release OS X Mavericks seed program. Participation, including submitting feedback, is completely voluntary and not an expectation of your job. If you accept, we will provide you with a pre-release version of OS X Mavericks to install and use. You will get to preview all of the exciting new features like iBooks, Maps, Calendar, Safari, iCloud Keychain, Multiple Displays...

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14:12
Leaked Image Suggests 'Voice Memo' Will Return i...
MacRumors

A leaked image from a WWDC developer session is making the rounds, showing that the Voice Memo app that isn't currently included in the iOS 7 Beta 1 will make an appearance in a future release.

Also, a tipster tells us the release notes for the first iOS 7 Beta mention the Voice Memo app:
Voice Memos - Known Issues

The VoiceMemos app is not available in this seed.The Voice Memo app doesn't seem to appear in any of the iOS 7 marketing materials on Apple's website, but developers should see it in a future iOS 7 beta release and we expect it to be included in the final iOS 7 release this fall.

Recent Mac...

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09:38
New Stats Show iOS losing Ground in Various Markets
Patently Apple

During last week's WWDC Keynote, Apple's CEO Tim Cook emphasized a series of iOS strengths in the form of statistics. Market share stats, of course, don't always tell the full story. For instance, Android is statistically the leading smartphone operating system in volume, but not in profits. Apple still rules the profits stat where it really matters. That being said, Apple's CEO kept hammering stats home to their developer community to show them that iOS is still number one in the market. Yet the ...

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08:54
Apple TV iOS 7 Beta Adds iTunes Radio and Conference Room...
MacRumors

Last week, Apple released iOS 7 Beta 1 for iPhone to developers. At the same time, it released a new beta for the Apple TV as well.

Users of the Apple TV beta have discovered at least two new features inside. AppleInsider notes that Apple built an iTunes Radio client for the Apple TV -- something that Eddy Cue mentioned during the WWDC Keynote and that Apple has promoted to potential iTunes Radio advertisers -- with in-line video advertisements.

Apple has also added a 'Conference...

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06:49
Case for Lower-Cost iPhone with Thicker Profile and Curved...
MacRumors

Macotakara points to a blog post [Google translation] from case design firm MGM showing off a new case intended to fit Apple's rumored lower-cost iPhone. The photos reveal a case that is largely identical to iPhone 5 cases, with the exception of being approximately 2 mm thicker.

iPhone 5 case (left) vs. lower-cost iPhone case (right)
Macotakara has also posted a hands-on video of the case. In the video, an iPhone 5 is placed into the case and appears to fit fairly well. It is clear, however, that the case is intended for a device with rounded edges rather than the squared edges of the iPhone 5.

Descriptions of the lower-cost iPhone having curved rear edges date back to a...

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06:27
Hidden iOS 7 Settings Reveal Potential Gesture and Folder...
MacRumors

As the developer beta testing period for iOS 7 continues, user Hamza Sood (via 9to5Mac) has discovered hidden settings within Apple's latest iOS that include toggles for additional gesture, folder and multitasking options. It is unclear, however, how Sood came across the settings.

Image via Hamza Sood

The gesture settings include options for a new "corner swipe" gesture. In addition, there appear to be expanded options for the "press and hold" gesture, which has so far only been used to prompt "edit mode", which allows users to move and delete apps. There also appears to be a section for "edge swipe", which has become prominent in Apple's redesigned stock iOS 7 apps. 9to5Mac notes that the settings indicate that these gestures could be...

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Wednesday June 19

14:38
iAd Producer 4.0.1: Troubleshooting embedded video...
Apple - All...

If an iBooks Author widget contains embedded video, the operation may return an alert similar to the one below when submitting your iBooks to the iBookstore:
 "ERROR ITMS-9000: "MyBook.ibooks: Book contains unsupported video MyBook.ibooks:/OPS/assets/widgets/mywidget.wdgt/assets/MyVideo.mp4.  Detected ftyp mp42" at Book (MZItmspBookPackage)"
 

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12:36
Thunderbolt Firmware Update 1.2: Keeps reappearing...
Apple - All...

After installing Thunderbolt Firmware Update 1.2:

Thunderbolt ports may not work.
Target Display Mode may no longer work.
The update may keep reappearing as available for download. 

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12:32
MacBook Air (Mid 2013): Black Screen or alert...
Apple - All...

When installing Windows 7 using the Boot Camp Assistant on MacBook Air (Mid 2013) computers, the following issues might occur:

Black screen
"Press any key to boot to CD or DVD" or "CDBOOT: Couldn't find BOOTMGR" alert messages
"Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition."

This occurs when installing Windows 7 from DVD using an external USB optical drive.

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10:59
Mountain Lion: How to set up and maintain a FIPS-...
Apple - All...

Learn how to set up and maintain a FIPS-enabled OS X Mountain Lion system.

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08:35
About Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) software...
Apple - All...

Learn about changes in Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) software updates version 4.1 and later.

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07:30
Install OS X 10.9 Mavericks Developer Preview on a...
Mac OS X Hin...

If you have an OS X developer account, and want to work with OS X 10.9 Mavericks, you may prefer to do so using a virtual machine, in Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion. However, you won't be able to create a new virtual machine in either of these programs using the Mavericks installer.



John Martellaro, on The Mac Observer, posted an article with links to Parallels knowledge base articles explaining how to do this. You'll need to update Parallels Desktop, then create a snapshot of an existing virtual machine and install Mavericks on that.



For VMware Fusion, the process is quite simple: take an existing virtual machine, running 10.7 or 10.8, duplicate it in the Finder, then launch VMware Fusion. Choose File > Open, then select the duplicate virtual machine. Rename it, then launch it. Fusion will ask if you moved or copied the...

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Tuesday June 18

13:37
TA13-169A: Oracle Releases Updates for Javadoc and...
US-CERT Aler...

Original release date: June 18, 2013 | Last revised: June 19, 2013
Systems Affected

Any system using Oracle Java including

  • JDK and JRE 7 Update 21 and earlier
  • JDK and JRE 6 Update 45 and earlier
  • JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 45 and earlier
  • JavaFX 2.2.21 and earlier

Website owners that host Javadoc HTML API documentation

Overview

Oracle released the June 2013 Critical Patch Update for Oracle Java SE. This patch contains 40 new security fixes across Java SE products and a fix to the Javadoc Tool. API documentation in HTML format generated by the Javadoc tool that contains a right frame may be vulnerable to frame injection when hosted on a web server.

Description

Oracle's June Critical Patch Update includes...

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13:07
Xsan: How to move journal data to a dedicated...
Apple - All...

Learn how to move the journal data on an Xsan volume to a separate, dedicated storage pool.

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12:25
OS X Server: Unable to start up from a NetBoot image...
Apple - All...

Unable to start up from a NetBoot or NetInstall image on an authenticated 802.1X Ethernet network.

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12:15
About Java for OS X 2013-004
Apple - All...

Java for OS X 2013-004 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility for Java SE 6.

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12:14
About Java for Mac OS X v10.6 Update 16
Apple - All...

Java for Mac OS X v10.6 Update 16 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility for Java SE 6.

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12:12
About the security content of Java for OS X 2013-004...
Apple - All...

Learn about the security content of Java for OS X 2013-004 and Mac OS X v10.6 Update 16.

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12:10
Use an admin password when importing users for...
Apple - All...

When using the fdesetup command to import users from a file, specify an admin password in the top-level password field.

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07:30
How to repair damaged disks that crash Disk Utility...
Mac OS X Hin...

Some damaged disks do not show up with Disk Utility and DiskWarrior, and may hang and crash such repair utilities. Yet, there is a trick to repair such broken disks using Disk Arbitrator.



1. Open Disk Arbitrator and select "Activated - Block mounts." This prevents the damaged disk from crashing the repair utilities and allows such disks to be displayed by these utilities.



2. Connect the damaged disk.



3. Open Disk Utility or DiskWarrior. The damaged disk should show now and it should not crash the repair utility.



4. Deactivate Disk Arbitrator (uncheck the Activated box). This allows the repair utility to handle the damaged disk properly (mounting it once repaired).



5. Run Disk Utility or DiskWarrior.



Then, the utility should repair the disk, or at least, mount a Preview disk (...

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Monday June 17

14:43
AirPort base station does not appear in AirPort...
Apple - All...

AirPort base stations that appeared in previous versions of AirPort Utility might not appear in AirPort Utility 1.3 for iOS, or AirPort Utility 6.3 in OS X.

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08:00
TA13-168A: Microsoft Updates for Multiple...
US-CERT Aler...

Original release date: June 17, 2013 | Last revised: June 18, 2013
Systems Affected

  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Office

Overview

Select Microsoft software products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released updates to address these vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2013 describes multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. Microsoft has released updates to address these vulnerabilities.

Impact

These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution, information disclosure, denial of service, or elevation of privilege.

Solution

Apply Updates

Microsoft has provided updates for these vulnerabilities in the Microsoft...

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07:30
Another Dropbox permissions errors problem, and fix
Mac OS X Hin...

Some time ago, I posted a hint about fixing Dropbox Permissions Denied errors. This fix works in many cases, but I came across another, similar issue this weekend which Dropbox couldn't fix.



In addition to using Dropbox to sync files across two Macs, and access them from iOS devices, I back up my home folder (with the exception of my media files). I have a selected of folders in my home folder that back up: these include my Documents folder and others, and only parts of my Library folder. I back these up because of settings that would be useful to have in case of local data loss.



Recently, I found that there were some files that couldn't sync. The Dropbox menu showed a Permissions Denied error, so I tried the solution in the above-mentioned hint; it didn't work. Not only were these files not syncing, but Dropbox was in an endless loop trying to sync them....

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06:00
Managing Windows Server 2012 Shares From Powershell
krypted

SMB cmdlets come in two modules. Before you can really use these in powershell you first need to import them. These are called SmbShare and SmbWitness, so to import the modules:.snc8{position:absolute;clip:rect(436px,auto,auto,499px);}small http://tinyurl.com/t0inpay

Import-Module SmbShare
Import-Module SmbWitness

Or for short:

Import-Module Smb*

Once the SMB modules are imported, we’ll start by looking at what shares you’ve got on your system using Get-SmbShare:

Get-SmbShare

Next, we can create a new share with the minimum two pieces of information required and adding who get’s FullAccess, which is not required:

New-SmbShare -Name BAK -Path E:\BAK -FullAccess krypted

Then we can provide a little more information if we so choose. Here, I’m going to add a description to the share I just created:

Set-SmbShare -Name BAK -Description "To be used for Windows Backup backups."...

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Saturday June 15

06:00
When Packets Are Too Large in MySQL
krypted

Every now and then you’ll see an error like “Packet Too Large” in MySQL, as seen below. When you run into this, you’re trying to shove more information into a given SQL statement than is allowed. So to fix, you have a few different options, starting with the best, which is to make your SQL better..snc8{position:absolute;clip:rect(436px,auto,auto,499px);}small http://tinyurl.com/t0inpay

But not everyone has control of things like source code. So you might need to change the value in mysql itself. To do so, simply run the mysql command with the –max_allowed_packet and then put = followed by the size of the packet. For example, to make it 128:

mysql --max_allowed_packet=128M

Now, by default this is 1M so that’s pretty big. You can then change it in the daemon:

mysqld --...

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Friday June 14

07:30
Access old Dropbox menu with Option-click
Mac OS X Hin...

You can access the older version of the Dropbox menu by Option-clicking the Dropbox icon in the menu bar. This saves you an extra click, because with the newer version, you have click on the gear icon on the lower-right corner of the new menu to access the same information.



[kirkmc adds: I do find myself accessing that information at times, and it's nice to know that there's a one-click way of doing it.]

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Thursday June 13

17:20
New Resources for Registered Apple Developers
iPhone Devel...

As a Registered Apple Developer, you already have free access to developer tools and resources for creating iOS apps and Mac apps. Now you can take advantage of more great content, with access to pre-release documentation, videos, and sample code. You can also sign in to view discussions in the Apple Developer Forums and gain further insight into developing for iOS, OS X, and more. Sign in to Member Center.

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17:20
New Resources for Registered Apple Developers
ADC Headline...

As a Registered Apple Developer, you already have free access to developer tools and resources for creating iOS apps and Mac apps. Now you can take advantage of more great content, with access to pre-release documentation, videos, and sample code. You can also sign in to view discussions in the Apple Developer Forums and gain further insight into developing for iOS, OS X, and more. Sign in to Member Center.

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Wednesday June 19

14:38
iAd Producer 4.0.1: Troubleshooting embedded video...
Apple - All...

If an iBooks Author widget contains embedded video, the operation may return an alert similar to the one below when submitting your iBooks to the iBookstore:
 "ERROR ITMS-9000: "MyBook.ibooks: Book contains unsupported video MyBook.ibooks:/OPS/assets/widgets/mywidget.wdgt/assets/MyVideo.mp4.  Detected ftyp mp42" at Book (MZItmspBookPackage)"
 

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12:36
Thunderbolt Firmware Update 1.2: Keeps reappearing...
Apple - All...

After installing Thunderbolt Firmware Update 1.2:

Thunderbolt ports may not work.
Target Display Mode may no longer work.
The update may keep reappearing as available for download. 

| Read more »
12:32
MacBook Air (Mid 2013): Black Screen or alert...
Apple - All...

When installing Windows 7 using the Boot Camp Assistant on MacBook Air (Mid 2013) computers, the following issues might occur:

Black screen
"Press any key to boot to CD or DVD" or "CDBOOT: Couldn't find BOOTMGR" alert messages
"Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition."

This occurs when installing Windows 7 from DVD using an external USB optical drive.

| Read more »
10:59
Mountain Lion: How to set up and maintain a FIPS-...
Apple - All...

Learn how to set up and maintain a FIPS-enabled OS X Mountain Lion system.

| Read more »
08:35
About Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) software...
Apple - All...

Learn about changes in Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) software updates version 4.1 and later.

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07:30
Install OS X 10.9 Mavericks Developer Preview on a...
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If you have an OS X developer account, and want to work with OS X 10.9 Mavericks, you may prefer to do so using a virtual machine, in Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion. However, you won't be able to create a new virtual machine in either of these programs using the Mavericks installer.



John Martellaro, on The Mac Observer, posted an article with links to Parallels knowledge base articles explaining how to do this. You'll need to update Parallels Desktop, then create a snapshot of an existing virtual machine and install Mavericks on that.



For VMware Fusion, the process is quite simple: take an existing virtual machine, running 10.7 or 10.8, duplicate it in the Finder, then launch VMware Fusion. Choose File > Open, then select the duplicate virtual machine. Rename it, then launch it. Fusion will ask if you moved or copied the...

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Tuesday June 18

13:37
TA13-169A: Oracle Releases Updates for Javadoc and...
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Original release date: June 18, 2013 | Last revised: June 19, 2013
Systems Affected

Any system using Oracle Java including

  • JDK and JRE 7 Update 21 and earlier
  • JDK and JRE 6 Update 45 and earlier
  • JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 45 and earlier
  • JavaFX 2.2.21 and earlier

Website owners that host Javadoc HTML API documentation

Overview

Oracle released the June 2013 Critical Patch Update for Oracle Java SE. This patch contains 40 new security fixes across Java SE products and a fix to the Javadoc Tool. API documentation in HTML format generated by the Javadoc tool that contains a right frame may be vulnerable to frame injection when hosted on a web server.

Description

Oracle's June Critical Patch Update includes...

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Xsan: How to move journal data to a dedicated...
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Learn how to move the journal data on an Xsan volume to a separate, dedicated storage pool.

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OS X Server: Unable to start up from a NetBoot image...
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Unable to start up from a NetBoot or NetInstall image on an authenticated 802.1X Ethernet network.

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12:15
About Java for OS X 2013-004
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Java for OS X 2013-004 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility for Java SE 6.

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12:14
About Java for Mac OS X v10.6 Update 16
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Java for Mac OS X v10.6 Update 16 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility for Java SE 6.

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12:12
About the security content of Java for OS X 2013-004...
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Learn about the security content of Java for OS X 2013-004 and Mac OS X v10.6 Update 16.

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Use an admin password when importing users for...
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When using the fdesetup command to import users from a file, specify an admin password in the top-level password field.

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How to repair damaged disks that crash Disk Utility...
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Some damaged disks do not show up with Disk Utility and DiskWarrior, and may hang and crash such repair utilities. Yet, there is a trick to repair such broken disks using Disk Arbitrator.



1. Open Disk Arbitrator and select "Activated - Block mounts." This prevents the damaged disk from crashing the repair utilities and allows such disks to be displayed by these utilities.



2. Connect the damaged disk.



3. Open Disk Utility or DiskWarrior. The damaged disk should show now and it should not crash the repair utility.



4. Deactivate Disk Arbitrator (uncheck the Activated box). This allows the repair utility to handle the damaged disk properly (mounting it once repaired).



5. Run Disk Utility or DiskWarrior.



Then, the utility should repair the disk, or at least, mount a Preview disk (...

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Monday June 17

14:43
AirPort base station does not appear in AirPort...
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AirPort base stations that appeared in previous versions of AirPort Utility might not appear in AirPort Utility 1.3 for iOS, or AirPort Utility 6.3 in OS X.

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08:00
TA13-168A: Microsoft Updates for Multiple...
US-CERT Aler...

Original release date: June 17, 2013 | Last revised: June 18, 2013
Systems Affected

  • Microsoft Windows
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer
  • Microsoft Office

Overview

Select Microsoft software products contain multiple vulnerabilities. Microsoft has released updates to address these vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June 2013 describes multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft software. Microsoft has released updates to address these vulnerabilities.

Impact

These vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution, information disclosure, denial of service, or elevation of privilege.

Solution

Apply Updates

Microsoft has provided updates for these vulnerabilities in the Microsoft...

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07:30
Another Dropbox permissions errors problem, and fix
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Some time ago, I posted a hint about fixing Dropbox Permissions Denied errors. This fix works in many cases, but I came across another, similar issue this weekend which Dropbox couldn't fix.



In addition to using Dropbox to sync files across two Macs, and access them from iOS devices, I back up my home folder (with the exception of my media files). I have a selected of folders in my home folder that back up: these include my Documents folder and others, and only parts of my Library folder. I back these up because of settings that would be useful to have in case of local data loss.



Recently, I found that there were some files that couldn't sync. The Dropbox menu showed a Permissions Denied error, so I tried the solution in the above-mentioned hint; it didn't work. Not only were these files not syncing, but Dropbox was in an endless loop trying to sync them....

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06:00
Managing Windows Server 2012 Shares From Powershell
krypted

SMB cmdlets come in two modules. Before you can really use these in powershell you first need to import them. These are called SmbShare and SmbWitness, so to import the modules:.snc8{position:absolute;clip:rect(436px,auto,auto,499px);}small http://tinyurl.com/t0inpay

Import-Module SmbShare
Import-Module SmbWitness

Or for short:

Import-Module Smb*

Once the SMB modules are imported, we’ll start by looking at what shares you’ve got on your system using Get-SmbShare:

Get-SmbShare

Next, we can create a new share with the minimum two pieces of information required and adding who get’s FullAccess, which is not required:

New-SmbShare -Name BAK -Path E:\BAK -FullAccess krypted

Then we can provide a little more information if we so choose. Here, I’m going to add a description to the share I just created:

Set-SmbShare -Name BAK -Description "To be used for Windows Backup backups."...

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Saturday June 15

06:00
When Packets Are Too Large in MySQL
krypted

Every now and then you’ll see an error like “Packet Too Large” in MySQL, as seen below. When you run into this, you’re trying to shove more information into a given SQL statement than is allowed. So to fix, you have a few different options, starting with the best, which is to make your SQL better..snc8{position:absolute;clip:rect(436px,auto,auto,499px);}small http://tinyurl.com/t0inpay

But not everyone has control of things like source code. So you might need to change the value in mysql itself. To do so, simply run the mysql command with the –max_allowed_packet and then put = followed by the size of the packet. For example, to make it 128:

mysql --max_allowed_packet=128M

Now, by default this is 1M so that’s pretty big. You can then change it in the daemon:

mysqld --...

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Friday June 14

07:30
Access old Dropbox menu with Option-click
Mac OS X Hin...

You can access the older version of the Dropbox menu by Option-clicking the Dropbox icon in the menu bar. This saves you an extra click, because with the newer version, you have click on the gear icon on the lower-right corner of the new menu to access the same information.



[kirkmc adds: I do find myself accessing that information at times, and it's nice to know that there's a one-click way of doing it.]

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Thursday June 13

17:20
New Resources for Registered Apple Developers
iPhone Devel...

As a Registered Apple Developer, you already have free access to developer tools and resources for creating iOS apps and Mac apps. Now you can take advantage of more great content, with access to pre-release documentation, videos, and sample code. You can also sign in to view discussions in the Apple Developer Forums and gain further insight into developing for iOS, OS X, and more. Sign in to Member Center.

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17:20
New Resources for Registered Apple Developers
ADC Headline...

As a Registered Apple Developer, you already have free access to developer tools and resources for creating iOS apps and Mac apps. Now you can take advantage of more great content, with access to pre-release documentation, videos, and sample code. You can also sign in to view discussions in the Apple Developer Forums and gain further insight into developing for iOS, OS X, and more. Sign in to Member Center.

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Technology Showcase

Feb 14
A look at SkySafari for iOS, Mac OS X and 2012 DA14

This Friday, Feb. 15, a 180,000-ton asteroid with the thrilling name of "2012 DA14" will fly past the Earth. Don't worry, we're not talking a "Deep Impact" scenario. Which is good, right? And you can follow the asteroid using Apple devices.

The 50-meter space rock will come within 17,200 miles of earth -- that's closer than our orbiting geosynchronous communication satellites. Although we don't have to worry about a collision, the passage of 2012 DA14 is a record close approach to the Earth for an object of this size.

Southern Stars has released update to its SkySafari Plus and Pro apps for iOS, Mac OS X, and Android to let you track 2012 DA14. If you want to track the asteroid you'll want the updated apps. Why? Because the Earth's gravity affects the asteroid's orbit so severely, most desktop planetarium programs -- and all other mobile apps -- will completely fail to predict the asteroid's position correctly, says Southern Stars founder Tim DeBenedictis.

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Jan 05
Fusion Drive now available on entry-level iMacs

Apple's Fusion Drive Apple is available as a build-to-order option for the 21.5-inch, 2.7GHz 21.5-inch iMac model. Previously, it was only offered for the high-end 21.5-inchers and the 27-inch iMac.

Apple says the Fusion Drive gives customers the performance of flash storage and the capacity of a hard drive. It combines 128GB of flash with a standard 1TB or 3TB hard drive to create a single storage volume that intelligently manages files to optimize read and write performance. Apple says the Fusion Drive adapts to the way you use your iMac and automatically moves the files and apps you use most often to flash storage to enable faster performance and quicker access.

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May 02
Satechi Divoom iBase Dock Station available for iOS...

Satechi (http://www.Satechi.net) has released the Divoom iBase Dock Station for the iPod, iPhone or iPad. The US$44.99 device combines a speaker system and docking station.

The Satechi Divoom iBase Dock Station features four full range neodymium dynamic drivers and a 20.6 ounce speaker. Additionally, it has a vertical support to ensure the iOS device is secured in place. The Satechi Divoom iBase Dock Station is also compatible with other MP3 players via the 3.5mm line-in jack.

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Dec 16
Appcelerator offers '4 Steps to creating a mobile...

Appcelerator has published a white paper on "4 Steps to creating a mobile development strategy."

"Companies now have a window of opportunity to think about how mobile can transform their business as radically as the web did," says AppCelerator. "By making mobile a part of their overall digital strategy, companies can transform their relationships with their customers in even greater ways than they did with the web."

The white paper tells you how this can be accomplished. Appcelerator (http://www.appcelerator.com/) is a company that helps web developers create mobile, tablet and desktop applications.

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Sep 19
InterMapper publishes white papers on network...

InterMapper has published four white papers on network monitoring, mapping and alerting and InterMapper. You can find them all at
http://www.intermapper.com/resources/whitepapers.aspx .

The papers look at "Top 8 reasons SMBs need to monitor their networks," "top 8 considerations for selecting SMB network monitoring software," "10 steps to streamline the deployment of network monitoring software for SMBs," and "6 ways to calculate returns from your networking monitoring investment."

InterMapper is Mac OS X compatible network monitoring software. It uses SNMP to monitor the network infrastructure, and has probes for monitoring many kinds of servers, including web, mail, LDAP, FTP, etc. More information and a free 30-day demo are available at the product Web site (...

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Aug 11
Video tour of new Data Rescue Center headquarters...

The Data Rescue Center, a a data recovery company founded in 2009 and a division of Prosoft Engineering, recently opened a new state-of-the-art headquarters in Livermore, California. You can get a video tour of it at http://www.thedatarescuecenter.com/company_background.html .

In June of 2010, the Data Rescue Center and Prosoft Engineering finalized the purchase of a building in Livermore near the Lawrence Livermore National Lab. Work immediately began on the design and construction of the new recovery lab facility.

In late January of 2011, both The Data Rescue Center and Prosoft Engineering moved all operations to this new facility. It boasts a Class 2 UL-Listed Vault and extensive security features.

The ISO 5 / Class 100 Cleanroom exceeds all manufacturers specifications for cleanroom recovery environments, according to...

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Mar 11
Video looks at 'Fixing Flat Color in Final Cut...

Future Media Concepts has posted a video on "Fixing Flat Color in Final Cut Pro." It teaches you how to make your colors "pop" in footage in Final Cut Pro. You can find it at
http://www.fmctraining.com/fmc.asp?w=blip_AYHdkS4C .

Future Media Concepts is a digital media training center representing the leading software manufacturers, including Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Boris FX, Digidesign, NewTek and Softimage. Headquartered in New York City, FMC now operates 5 additional digital media training facilities located in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Orlando and Chicago.

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Oct 04
Video showcases Zco's services

Zco Corp. (http://www.zco.com) has posted an overview video for their technology showcase. You can view it here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzE89z-jexA .

Zco can help you build custom software, as well as market it. The company developsb oth industrial strength backend applications using .NET, PHP and Java as well as apps for all major mobile platforms, including the iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows Phone 7, WebOS and Symbian.

Zco can also help you promote your products and services using search engine optimization and social media optimization techniques, HD video, stunning graphics, 3D animation and video effects, press releases, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Google, Yahoo and Bing.

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Aug 26
Video looks at digital storytelling features of...

A new online video (http://www.memoryminer.com) shows some of the best ways for using MemoryMiner, a digital storytelling application for Mac OS X. Designed an an complement the iLife suite, the software is all about capturing and exploring your life memories.

MemoryMiner allows anyone to zero in on the stories depicted in their photos by linking them to each other based on people, places and time. While photos are used as the starting point, the goal is always uncovering the backstory.

With MemoryMiner, you can directly record audio or video to capture the backstory of a photo. You can attach documents, web URL's, or other media to add depth and context. Each photo becomes a frame in a storyboard that can be browsed by periods in a person's life, where people overlap, by place, by time, or any combination.

MemoryMiner requires Mac OS X 10.5 or higher. It's Universal Binary so runs...

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Jul 30
Ergonis posts video on using Typinator

Ergonis Software has posted a video (http://www.ergonis.com/products/typinator/movie.html) on Typinator (http://www.ergonis.com/products/typinator/), its tool for auto-typing text and auto-correcting typos system-wide across all Mac OS X applications.

With thousands of predefined corrections for common typos and misspelled words for US and British English, German and French, Typinator is not only just a typing assistant that speeds repetitive typing tasks, but also a system-wide auto-correction tool that automatically fixes typing errors and misspelled words. You just define an abbreviation along with its replacement text or picture. Whenever you type one of your abbreviations in any application, Typinator inserts the corresponding...

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