When iOS 5 launched last year, Apple sent the world a very strong statement: It wants to embrace social media, but in its own way.
We can now consider Thursday’s developer preview of Mountain Lion, the latest version of Apple’s desktop OS, an addendum to the company’s social-media philosophy.
Read more: Why Facebook Is Missing From Apple’s New Desktop OS
Now that Apple’s offered a sneak preview of OS X Mountain Lion, we can begin to compare it with that other new operating system coming later this year, Windows 8. In particular, we can see how both OSes draw inspiration from, and aim to integrate with, mobile devices. Each OS faces the same basic challenge, but approaches the problem with different strategies.
Read more: Mountain Lion vs. Windows 8: Two Paths to Platform Convergence
iMessage on the desktop went from a wish to (beta) reality in just four months. Less than half a year after rolling out its SMS “replacement” for iOS devices, Apple brought its iMessaging platform to the Mac OS X desktop as part of its announcement of Mountain Lion on Thursday...
Read more: Hands-On With iMessage Beta on the Desktop: A Good Start, With Beta Bugs
Apple’s Mountain Lion update to Mac OS X is an affirmation of just how important the cloud and iOS integration has become to anyone who uses a desktop Mac. More than 100 new features have been added to the operating system, and many emphasize Apple’s desire to create a single platform that integrates mobile, social and cloud features...
Like the crack epidemic of the 1980s, RIM’s BlackBerry handsets created a generation of telephone typists addicted to phone-based correspondence. We quickly came to expect — nay, demand — instant responses to our e-mails, aided by the raised BlackBerry keyboards that soon became indispensable.
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Could trademark disputes hold up the launch of the iPad 3?
Apple is embroiled in a trademark suit over ownership of the iPad name, and the battle has taken a dark turn for Cook and company. Apple might have to shell out anywhere from $38 million to $1.6 billion if Chinese courts don’t rule in its favor — and it’s looking like they won’t.
Read more: Chinese Firm Demands $1.6 Billion from Apple in iPad Trademark Dispute
An image of the interface of Apple's 2010 Apple TV set-top box.
One day, Apple is purportedly sourcing parts suppliers for it rumored HDTV project. The next day, actual HDTV prototypes are in the hands of research labs in Canada. Such is the hurried development cycle of a product that currently lives only in rumorspace.
Read more: Why Telcos Would Be Testing an Apple iTV Prototype
Google's signature browser finally makes its debut on the Android OS.
Android is finally getting Chromed out.
Google launched a beta version of Chrome for Android smartphones and tablets Tuesday, delivering a mobile version of the popular desktop web browser after a very long wait. Indeed, both Android and Chrome launched more than three years ago, and users have demanded unification ever since.
Read more: Chrome Web Browser Finally Comes to Android Phones, Tablets
The current Apple TV is a set-top box, so pundits are using the term iTV to denote a speculated Apple-branded HDTV. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
News and rumors suggest an Apple-branded HDTV is somewhere on the horizon, but it’s hard to differentiate hard evidence from hype.
Hands eagerly pawed all over Windows Phones at CES 2012.
Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS is often criticized for lagging far behind iOS and Android, the other major operating systems in the mobile space. But on Thursday, a leaked description of Microsoft’s next big mobile OS, Windows Phone 8, came to light, revealing how the operating system will improve.
Read more: How Windows Phone 8 ‘Apollo’ Would Stack Up Against iOS 5, Android 4
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