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ABI Research: Facebook needs its own operating system

Social networking will soon become a predominantly mobile activity. The number of people accessing social networks from mobile phones will exceed 550 million in 2011, and that figure will more than triple to over 1.7 billion by the end of 2016. In other words, over two-thirds of the global user base of social networks will use smartphones and other mobile handsets to access the services.

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Flip4Mac optimized for Lion

Telestream hsa updated Flip4Mac WMV Components to version 2.4. The upgrade is optimized for Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”).

Flip4Mac WMV allows Mac users to import, export, and play Microsoft Windows Media video and audio in native QuickTime-based environments. Version 2.4 also adds enhanced support for Safari 5.1, Firefox 64-bit mode and Google Chrome web browsers, plus Windows Media export support for Apple Final Cut Pro X and Motion 5 through Compressor 4.

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Streetspace sues Apple, others for patent infringement

Another day, another lawsuit. A Delaware-based company called Streetspace (http://www.streetspace.com) has launched a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple and 10 other defendants, including Google, for violating a patent for a “Method and System for Providing Personalized Online Services and Advertisement in Public Spaces,” reports “Patently Apple” (http://macte.ch/FlzVE).

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AppDelete ready for Lion

Reggie Ashworth has updated AppDelete (http://reggie.ashworth.googlepages.com/appdelete), an application deleting app for Mac OS X, to version 3.2.1. It’s been optimized for Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”) and supports five new languages: Danish, Dutch, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazillian) and Russian.

Via drag ‘n drop, AppDelete will delete any chosen app with all of its associated items that belong to that application. You’ll no longer have to hunt through their system to find and delete these items manually.

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PKard for Mac adds secure Apple email support

Thursby Software Systems (http://www.thursby.com/) has announced secure Apple email support for US government workers in the latest version of its PKard for Mac software.
 
In Mac OS X 10.7 (“Lion”), there’s no native smart card support. Smart cards are required to handle basic tasks like access to secure web portals and email, mandated by Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12, or HSPD-12   Previous OS X versions had partial support, covering older smart cards only.   

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