Apple had some notable news this week (but no, the iPad 3 isn’t out yet):

Apple Releases Mountain Lion Developer Preview
Apple announced the ninth major release of OS X, 10.8, this week, and made a preview available to registered developers immediately. A public release is scheduled for late 2012. Taking a cue from iOS once again, Mountain Lion will add Notification Center, Messages, Notes, Reminders and Game Center to the Mac, among other features.

Read more on this story here.
Read about the preview Tim Cook gave to the Wall Street Journal.
Get a sneak peak here.

Software Update Goes To the App Store
With the release of Mountain Lion, Software Update is relocating (movin’ on up?) to the App Store, thus streamlining users’ app update experience.

Read more here.