By Greg Mills
The notion of running iOS (formerly known as the iPhone OS) Apps on a Mac is interesting. When I first read about that idea it struck me as a way to broaden app sales to include the additional platform of the Mac. That sounds like more money flowing into the App Store to me.
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By Greg Mills
The notion of “cloud” computing or actually cloud storage has been around for a while now. The Internet allows files to seamlessly be stored on a remote server “in the cloud.” The cloud is not to be confused with Heaven, as there is a devil in the details of cloud computing.
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Several Apple patents have appeared at the US Patent & Trademark Office, including design wins for the MacBook, iPod touch and Mac OS X’s Expose feature. Here’s a summary of each.
Patent number D617,807 is for a graphical user interface for a display screen or a portion thereof (the iPhone touch). The inventors are Greg Christie, Elizabeth Caroline Furches and Bas Oring.
Read MoreI’ve surmised that future versions of Mac OS X would include elements of iOS (the operating system formerly known as iPhone OS) and I still think it will. However, two other folks have offered an interesting alternative: iOS running along Mac OS X on a Mac.
“MacNews” reader Loren Kruse made this prediction: “The next iMac will be a touch enable computer either through the screen or through a multi-touch tablet and will have Mac OS X along with IOS built in. This would greatly increase the marketing potential for the apps and advertising.”
Read MoreAs Hollywood prepares for a summer filled with more 3D blockbuster hopefuls and cable networks launch 3D networks and programming for new 3D televisions, the trend towards this new technology is hard to miss — except for the millions of Americans who literally can’t see it.
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