How about an Aereo chip in an iMac?
In my never-ending quest to come up with new features for the 27-inch iMac — and you’re welcome, Tim Cook — which is one of my two favorite Macs, I had this thought: what about an Aereo chip in iMac?
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Type of Article: MacTech Blog
Apple patents hint at touchscreen Macs
Two Apple patents have appeared at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office that hint that Apple is at least investigating touch screen Macs. For example, patent number 8118274 is a support mechanism for supporting an object on a surface is disclosed.
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Some preliminary thoughts on Mountain Lion
I’ve had a few days to cull through all the info on Mac OS X 10.8 (“Mountain Lion”) and play around with the Messages beta. Here are some preliminary thoughts.
AirPlay Mirroring
One of the features of Mountain Lion I’m really looking forward to is AirPlay Mirroring, which lets you stream what’s on your Mac to your HDTV via an Apple TV.
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Surprise! Moms and dads use smartphones differently
Cozi (http://www.cozi.com/), an online and mobile family calendar and organizer, recently surveyed American families on smartphone usage and must-have apps. The entire family agrees on their most-loved smartphone apps: Facebook, Pandora and Angry Birds were in the top five for moms, dads and children alike.
Read MoreChanges are underway in the TV viewing world
More data suggests that this is the time for Apple to make a move into the television market (with the rumored “iTV”), as well as roll out the hoped-for iMac with TV functionality (see http://macte.ch/34WZQ).
Americans spend more than 33 hours per week watching video across various screens, according to the latest “Nielsen Cross-Platform Report” (http://www.nielsen.com). But how they’re consuming content — traditional TV and otherwise — is changing.
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