Category: OS

Apple OS

OS X Yosemite preview: the Mac gets a major makeover

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As reported on Engadget. BY DANA WOLLMAN  The last time Apple released a new version of OS X, we came away feeling a little… underwhelmed. Don’t get us wrong: We’ll never say no to a free software upgrade. But despite a handful of new apps and features, last year’s Mavericks release still felt like the same old OS X. You can’t say that about Yosemite, though. The company’s next-gen operating system ushers in the Mac’s biggest makeover in years, with a…

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Apple video gives a close look at OS X Yosemite’s new style

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes Apple unveiled a redesigned version of OS X last week, and today it’s releasing a video that gives the closest look you can get at it — at least, without being a developer. The video gives a close up view of the new icons, font, and buttons, and traces across pretty much everything big that’s changing in OS X Yosemite. The video was actually run during Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference to…

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Apple Mobile OS

Hidden iOS 8 split-screen multitasking demoed on video

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As reported on The Verge. By Jacob Kastrenakes The iPad has only ever been able to show one app on-screen at a time, but that might change in the future. In a beta version of iOS 8, developer Steve Troughton-Smith has discovered that the operating system supports resizing apps so that a single app might only take up three-quarters, one-half, or one-quarter of the screen. In a video, Troughton-Smith shows exactly how it works right now inside of Apple’s desktop…

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Business OS

Death of Windows XP can’t quite reverse slowing PC sales

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As reported on Engadget. BY JON FINGAS The official end to Windows XP support may have sent many companies into a panic, but it was good news for PC manufacturers this winter… well, sort of. Both Gartner and IDC report a big increase in PC shipments during the first quarter thanks to companies scrambling to replace old XP computers at the last possible moment. However, the two analyst groups note that the sudden spike only managed to soften ongoing declines in PC shipments, rather…

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Apple issues fix for major security flaw on OS X

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As reported on TechCrunch. By Jacob Kastrenakes Apple has released an update to OS X that patches the large security vulnerabilityidentified last week. The flaw stemmed from an erroneous line of code and meant that certain apps on Macs, iPhones, and iPads were susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks, potentially allowing a hacker to pose as a trusted website or service. Johns Hopkins cryptographer Matthew Green called the flaw “seriously exploitable” after it was identified last week by Apple…

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Apple OS Review

Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks review

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As reported on The Verge. By Dann Berg Back to the Mac again It’s been almost exactly a year since Scott Forstall left Apple and Jony Ive and Craig Federighi were put in charge of both iOS and OS X. That gave Apple a chance to create a single, unified design, to make the iPad and Mac into one. Apple’s long talked about “bringing together the OS teams” and bringing iOS features “back to the Mac,” and converging…

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Google OS

Google is building Chrome OS straight into Windows 8

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As reported on The Verge. By Tom Warren Google unveiled its Chrome Apps initiative recently to launch apps that exist outside of the browser and extend its reach into more of a platform, but it looks like the company has a whole lot more planned. Over the past few weeks, Google has been updating its developer version of the Chrome browser to run what’s essentially Chrome OS within Windows 8’s “Metro” mode. Chrome traditionally runs on the desktop…

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Android Mobile OS

Fork in the road: Cyanogen raises $7 million to build a better version of Android

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As reported on The Verge. By Casey Newton The rebel ROM builder grows up — and starts making hardware plans Cyanogen, makers of popular software based on Android that extends the abilities of smartphones, is making a bid for the mainstream. The four-year-old company, which began as a one-person side project, said today that it has raised $7 million from Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures. The goal is to vault past Blackberry and Windows Phone to become the third-most popular…

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Apple iPhone OS

A Few Tricks All The New iOS 7 Users Should Know

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As reported on TechCrunch. by GREG KUMPARAK At long last, iOS 7 has just arrived. That is, it just arrived for everyone who didn’t say “Developer? Oh, yeah, I’m totally a developer. Cough.” and wiggle into the Beta months ago. iOS 7 is a strange new land, especially on day one. Out with the gradients, in with the trippy fluorescents. Your favorite app? It probably looks completely different, now. It can be confusing, but we’re here…

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Apple Culture Design Mobile OS

iOS: A visual history

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As reported on The Verge. By Verge Staff In what is widely regarded as his greatest presentation ever, Apple’s Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone to the world on January 9th, 2007. In the five-plus years since then, the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch have literally redefined the entire world of mobile computing. That world is moving so quickly that iOS is already amongst the older mobile operating systems in active development today. That certainly doesn’t mean…

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