By Greg Mills
The Microsoft drums are pounding again for the Surface iPad wannabe. Feeling a bit stupid this morning, I went to the Microsoft/store online and poked around. What I found was so Microsoft. It seems nothing changes at Redmond.
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Why doesn’t Apple have a web-based Map service like Google Maps? Makes you wonder.
You also have to wonder why Apple isn’t using its own maps for everything internal (see the graphic). I’m just sayin’.
— Dennis Sellers
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Here are the latest updates for Mac OS X apps:
Apple has posted two Java updates, one for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and another for OS X 10.7 Lion and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. They offer improved security by uninstalling the Apple-provided Java applet plug-in from all web browsers.
Teamsoft (www.teamsoft.com ) has released version 5.1.1 of TeamAgenda, its collaboration software. Two separate functions have been enhanced in this version: contact invitations via major mailing/calendaring applications (Outlook, Google, Mozilla) and Outlook / iCal synchronization.
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Total earned social media impressions for the world’s largest consumer brands reached 38.0 billion in the third quarter of 2012, according to data released today by PQ Media (www.pqmedia.com), which specializes in emerging media research and analytics, and uberVU (www.ubervu.com, a social marketing platform for real-time end-to-end social media audience measurement. Apple placed third on the list.
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According to “CNET” Apple has bought Particle (www.particlebrand.com), a San Francisco-based creative consulting company that specializes in Web applications and marketing projects using HTML5.
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