News from Apples
Today, at 10 a.m. Pacific/Noon Central, Apple will be holding their “Back to the Mac” event. As you can see from the invite above, there is a Lion in the background. It’s pretty much a given that we’ll find out the details of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion today. I’ve … Read more
I’ve posted my thoughts about Apple’s September Event that was held earlier today over at MobileGenealogy. I thought it was a pretty good event. We knew going in that it would be focused on mobile devices, and that’s exactly what happened. iTunes 10 adds some new features that I think … Read more
Apple has sent out an alert stating that they will be directly streaming tomorrow’s event live: Apple.com – PR What: Live video stream of Apple’s September 1 event When: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 10:00 a.m. PDT Where: www.apple.com Requirements: * Apple Mac running Safari on Mac OS X 10.6 * … Read more
While I’ve recommended Apple’s productivity suite, iWork to to plenty of people doing family newsletters or related documents, I normally don’t mention it here except in passing, but iWork 09 9.0.4 fixes some issues in all three apps – Keynote, Pages, and Numbers, including with tables. More importantly the word … Read more
It’s been speculated about for a while, due to FCC filings and the like, but it’s finally here. Today, Apple introduced the Apple Magic Trackpad. It’s based on the same multi-touch technology behind current MacBook Pros and can either replace or simply compliment your existing mouse. It has a glass … Read more
I have to say, I’m very impressed with iPhoto ’09. “Faces” has been added to iPhoto as a way to organize and tag your photos. Once you’ve started assigning names to photos, it automatically “recognizes” photos with those other people, and labels them accordingly. Facial recognition is something I’ve seen … Read more