Category: Apple News

Apple today previewed iOS 5, the next major iteration of its mobile iOS operating system. Sporting a fall release, iOS 5 contains over 200 new features, several of which were highlighted at today’s WWDC keynote presentation. Additionally, the new mobile operating system integrates heavily with Apple’s simultaneously announced iCloud service. This inclusion will allow users…

Earlier this morning, Steve Jobs introduced Apple’s revolutionary new iCloud service at the company’s WWDC event. This free set of cloud based services vastly surpasses anything previously available from Apple or its competitors. Although the details and features of the service may seem complex at first glance, the underlying concept is essentially a perfection of…

Earlier in the week, Apple unknowingly initiated a game of cat and mouse with the parties behind the malware MacDefender with the release of Security Update 2011-003. This update, designed to quarantine and remove the malware from affected machines, was met yesterday with a new variant of MacDefender capable of bypassing the update’s security measures…

This evening, Apple released Security Update 2011-003 for Mac OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard. This security update—which focuses entirely on MACDefender—is designed to quarantine and remove the malware from affected machines. Additionally, a definition for OSX.MacDefender.A has been added to the malware check within OS X’s File Quarantine. According the the support document accompanying the…

Apple today released universal versions of its previously OS X and iPad exclusive productivity apps. Pages, Numbers and Keynote—the three apps comprising the iWork suite—were redesigned and ported to iOS as iPad exclusives last year. Utilizing the smaller yet just as intuitive multi-touch displays found on Apple’s most portable iOS devices, all three apps have…

In a press release issued earlier this morning, Apple confirmed Steve Jobs will be the presenter at the company’s annual WWDC keynote next Monday the 6th. Though several less than credible sources had claimed this fact weeks ago, today marks Apple’s official acknowledgement of Jobs’ scheduled appearance. In a strangely atypical fashion, Apple partially folded…

According to a recent report from The Loop, Apple’s line of MacBook computers have swept Consumer Reports reviews, claiming the top position in all of the publication’s categories. The 11-inch MacBook Air has been crowned King of small laptops scoring a 62% rating—six points higher than the second place Gateway. Further dominating the 13-inch category,…

Last evening, Apple published a support document detailing how to avoid or remove MACDefender malware from Mac OS X. The document thoroughly explains the step-by-step procedure associated with the manual removal of the malware, and indicates that Apple will release an automated fix via software update in the near future. According to the document: In…

Today app sites 148Apps and Chomp partnered with publisher Chillingo to release an infographic marking the unofficial milestone of 500,000 approved apps in the iTunes App Store. While Apple has yet to make an official announcement regarding the achievement, the group’s graphic—featured originally on its Facebook page—provides an intriguing visual glimpse into the statistics behind…

Adding to recent Mac malware scares, a phishing email claiming to be from the Apple Store has been spreading from inbox to inbox. The message—which is cleverly designed to mimic the look and feel of an official Apple mailing—clicks through to a fly by night software site which is almost certainly a phishing ploy. The…