iPod shuffle wins Design Week Award
Apple’s iPod shuffle has been awarded “Best Consumer Product” in this week’s UK Design Week Awards, reports Macworld UK.
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Send SMS Dashboard Widget 2.1.4 released
Alco Blom today announced that Send SMS Dashboard Widget 2.1.4 has been released. Send SMS is the Apple-award winning Dashboard widget for Tiger to easily enter a text message (SMS) and send it to any mobile number in the world through the Internet. This new version adds support for Long SMS (Up to three text messages can be concatenated automatically). Use of the SMS Mac software is priced at US$10 per year and each SMS costs 10 cents.
Read MoreApple releases Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 update
Apple has released Final Cut Pro 5.1.4, the latest update to its video editing software. Apple notes this update provides important bug fixes to resolve plugin issues, and is recommended for all Final Cut Pro 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 customers.
Read MoreTheStreet: ‘If Apple Lost Jobs’
In an article today on TheStreet.com by Katie Dean, discusses how Apple would manage if it were to lose CEO Steve Jobs due to the ongoing stock options issue. “Apple has said that Jobs knew of backdated option grants but ‘was unaware of the accounting implications,’ and an internal investigation cleared him of misconduct,” notes the story.
Read MoreWilkes University switching to Mac on campus
An article on the Wilkes University Web site notes that the school is going all-Mac across campus. “Macs are constructed with superior technology and hardware and their ability to run Windows means we still have access to any Windows programs,” said Scott Byers, vice president for finance and general counsel at Wilkes University. “We’re making working and learning more efficient. It’s the best of both worlds.” The University expects to replenish its 1,700-computer network with Macs over the next three years.
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