By Maria Joyce Cabilao, on August 2nd, 2011%
Apple revealed a beta edition of iCloud.com, the company’s host of cloud applications, with pricing for the services. The website is presently open just to a limited number of developers, until a public launch promised this fall. iCloud is what Apple calls the online home of your information, consisting of documents, contacts, calendars, emails, and media – for a cost.
Different from Google, which gives away most of its services in exchange of your details for advertising reasons, Apple will charge users who need over 5GB of free iCloud storage with documents, backups, contacts, calendars and . . . → Read More: Apple Unleashes Beta Edition of iCloud
By Maria Joyce Cabilao, on July 27th, 2011%
When Apple emphasized some of the new features to come with MacOS X Lion back during its WWDC 2011, one involved a demo illustrating face detection technology being used in the popular self-portrait app, Photo Booth. Now, it looks that face detection technology will probably make its way to iOS 5, where it may be an integral portion to some new apps.
This kind of technology came to Apple after they bought the Swedish company, Polar Rose, which specialized in face detection algorithms. Judging from a Polar Rose Recognizr app video demo, the technology does not . . . → Read More: Apple Adds Face Detection API to iOS 5
By Maria Joyce Cabilao, on July 24th, 2011%
Having so far reported a blowout quarter, Apple Inc. started selling its newest operating system, Lion, as a download for $30 on Wednesday.
The company as well updated its MacBook Air computers with latest processors, a backlit keyboard and Thunderbolt technology, which brings data 20 times more rapidly than present processor. The MacBook Air prices to $999 and above.
Apple as well released a Mac mini with latest Intel core processors, with Thunderbolt and the Lion operating system; it starts at $599.00.
Lion, on the other hand, is the talk of the . . . → Read More: OS X Lion, Now Available For Downloading
By helen, on July 20th, 2011%
OS X Lion, the newest edition of Apple’s operating system for Mac desktops and laptops, will be released soon.
Lion is the latest update to Mac OS X which first came out in 2001. It puts some features to the operating system that were inspired by the iPad, counting the LaunchPad, which provides one-click access to applications, and a more gesture-based control system.
Chief financial officer of Apple, Peter Oppenheimer, informed analysts in the previous night that Lion would be released on July 20.
Oppenheimer and Apple’s chief operating officer Tim Cook . . . → Read More: Apple Releases OS X Lion
By Maria Joyce Cabilao, on June 13th, 2011%
We heard previous month that Apple was discussing with Nuance to carry voice recognition to iOS 5. Appears that partnership might have formed, as clues of voice recognition software of Nuance were reportedly found in OSX Lion and the newest internal iOS build.
MacRumors discovered a little iOS screenshots posted on twitter by hacker/tech enthusiasts @Chronic and @SonnyDickson that show on/off switches for “Nuance Dictation,” “Nuance Long Endpoi…” and “Mic on space key.”
Voice acknowledgment software can be a center function of future iOS releases if the screenshots are genuine. The feature would create operating system . . . → Read More: OS X Lion Supports Nuance Voice Recognition
By Maria Joyce Cabilao, on June 8th, 2011%
Presently invested in an Apple iPad 2? Well the latest iPad may be approaching earlier than we believe. Records in the iOS 5 beta firmware create orientation to ‘iPad 3.1’ and ‘iPad 3.2.’
WWDC was distinguished for not proclaiming any latest hardware; in its place we got news on the newest edition of iOS5, iCloud and Mac OS X Lion this week.
According the TUAW there’s also a reference to ‘iPhone 4.1’ and ‘iPhone 4.2’ maybe the next iPhone, which would be the fourth as if that wasn’t sufficient. Even though iOS 5 was proclaimed . . . → Read More: Rumor: Apple iPad 3 is Coming Out
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