While most of the juicy details surrounding Apple’s new iCloud service will be a secret until its unveiling on Monday, here’s something to get you all excited: the new iCloud logo. One Apple fan has managed to snap a picture of workmen erecting an iCloud banner as Apple prepares San Francisco’s Moscone West for the start of WWDC on Monday.
In the run up to its unveiling at WWDC next week, there has been plenty of speculation surrounding Apple’s new iCloud service. While everyone is dying to know what it will do, not many people are asking how much it will cost. Well, for those that are interested, many services may be free when you upgrade to Mac OS X Lion.
Hot on the heels of a press release revealing what would be up for discussion at next Monday’s WWDC keynote, Apple have also announced that its iWork suite of apps are now available for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
Ahead of its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) which begins next week, Apple today confirmed in a press release that it plans to use the event to reveal details about the next versions of it’s Mac OS & iOS software, along with its much speculated cloud services.
I’ve been thinking of adding a new category to macsessed for all the slightly unusual or quirky news & apps I discover, and HumanClock is the kind of app that would fit perfectly in such a category. Available for the iPad and iPhone, it’s a clock that shows you the time via a random selection of people holding up numbers.
I love using my iPad to surf the web, and while I’m fairly happy with Safari, sometimes I miss the advanced features and options that you find on most desktop browsers. Thankfully there are a number of excellent third-party browsers available for the iPad that have those features, and I’ve picked out five of the best.
Fantastical for Mac is a tool from Flexibits that promises to be “the calendar you’ll actually enjoy using.” It isn’t designed to take over your existing calendar application, but rather works alongside it in your menu bar to make calendaring quick and simple.
In an effort to compete with Apple’s Mac App Store, Amazon has just launched its own download store for Mac OS X that boasts a plethora of applications and games from some of the biggest developers, including Aspyr, Feral Interactive and Electronic Arts. Though it may be good for Apple to have some competition when it comes to digital software delivery, I don’t think there’s much hope for Amazon’s latest venture.
A malware application created to obtain credit card details from unsuspecting Mac users has been the centre of attention recently. And although Apple spoke out about the threat and its intentions to eliminate it with an upcoming software update yesterday, Mac Defender just got a new name and became more intelligent – making it an even bigger threat.