The Korean government has asked Apple to allow Koreans to use their own choice of basic search platform on the iPhone, an official told “The Korea Herald” (http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2010/03/29/201003290029.asp?). Currently, the default search engine is Google.
Read MoreRanda Solutions (http://www.randasolutions.com), an education technology firm based in Nashville, Tennessee, has announced the development of their Mobile Assessment Lab solution for large-scale assessments.
Read MoreBlack Cat Systems has updated MultiMode (http://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/multimodeOSX.html), a Mac OS X application that lets you Mac decode several different modes of non-voice communication often heard on shortwave, to version 6.1.0. This version adds the ability to directly adjust the input gain (volume) of sound devices.
Read MoreCocoamug Software, developers and publishers of great Mac software, has released CosmoPod 4.3.1 (http://www.cocoamug.com/cosmopod/index.html), an update of the Safari extension that lets you download Flash videos from web sites such as YouTube, Vimeo, DailyMotion, etc. The upgrade mainly improves the application capability to import QuickTime movies.
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Apple is ramping up hiring for its North Carolina data center. Apple has posted 10 new jobs on its web site for Maiden, North Carolina, about 30 miles northwest of Charlotte. reports the “Associated Press” (http://macosg.me/2/1l).
The positions include maintenance and electrical technicians, a shift supervisor, and site administrators. Another nine job openings in Charlotte and Hickory may be related to the data center, which is expected to employ about 50 full-time workers, says the “Associated Press.”
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