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Microsoft will revamp its Office 365 lineup for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), adding features, dropping prices and increasing the flexibility to mix and match them with Office 365 plans for enterprises and with stand-alone applications. The changes are the result of feedback from partners and existing Office 365 customers, and are intended to make…
GforGames is citing Chinese site Laoyaoba in claiming that the iPhone 6 will use haptic feedback – using a more sophisticated vibration motor to provide simulated tactile feedback on the display. The report is extremely light on detail, stating only that the motors are made by AAC (an existing Apple supplier) and Jinlong Electrical, and that they…
Read More “The Chinese iPhone 6 rumors keep coming – this time it’s haptic feedback” »
In what will only continue the endless stream of iPhone 6 leaks, MacRumors brings attention to a couple of new photos and videos of the supposed iPhone 6 back. Interestingly, a new dark black piece has been seen for the first time, featuring a shade much darker than the current Space Gray iPhone 5s. Until today, only gray pieces have been…
Read More “Supposed iPhone 6 back casing shown off in new video, including new dark black color” »
Apple saw its U.S. PC marketshare decline to 10.6 percent in the second quarter of 2014, down from 11.5 percent in the year-ago quarter, according to new data released from Gartner. With 1.6 million shipments, it trailed behind HP, Dell, and Lenovo, ranking fourth for the first time in several years. Lenovo saw the most…
Read More “Lenovo Passes Apple in U.S. PC Shipments As Worldwide Market Flatlines” »
Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2014. Every day (except weekends) from July until September, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a standout free, low-cost, or great-value program. You can view a list of this year’s apps, updated daily, on our handy GemFest chart, and…
Read More “Equilibrium 1.0 review: One set of menu bar controls for iTunes and streaming music” »
In the last few weeks, we’ve seen a number of iPhone 6 components leaks, that are either shown in photos or videos. This includes the sapphire crystal display, the front panel, and the SIM tray. New photos and a video discovered today show the 4.7-inch iPhone 6′s rear shell, giving us a good look at…
Read More “High quality photos and video show 4.7-inch iPhone 6 rear shell” »
Detroit’s largest broadcaster, WXYZ TV, is now using Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, and Mac Pro to edit its news programs. And by doing so, it has significantly accelerated the time it takes to move a news story from field to air. Final Cut Pro X’s speed, ease of use, and high-quality output have…
Read More “Scripps TV Stations Deliver News in a Flash with Final Cut Pro X” »
Apple updated its Environmental Initiatives website and has issued its 2014 Environmental Responsibility Report today. Today’s update fulfills a promise from Earth Day in which Apple said that it would more frequently update consumers on its environmental progress. Apple has always been focused on the environment, but it has pushed its attention to new levels with…
When most companies kill off a neglected product, the damage is usually limited to the few remaining customers that have stuck by it. In the case of Apple retiring iPhoto and Aperture, however, the disruption is much more broad: As iPhoto has been the included image management application on the Mac for years, it’s actively…
Read More “Life after Aperture and iPhoto: What to do with your image library” »
mpicpp writes with news about a new Microsoft trade-in program to encourage sales of the new Surface Pro 3. Microsoft is offering a limited time Surface Pro 3 promotion via which users can get up to $650 in store credit for trading in certain Apple MacBook Air models. The new promotion, running June 20 to…
Read More “Microsoft Wants You To Trade Your MacBook Air In For a Surface Pro 3” »
mpicpp (3454017) writes Apple told news website The Loop that it has decided to abandon Aperture, its professional photo-editing software application. “With the introduction of the new Photos app and iCloud Photo Library, enabling you to safely store all of your photos in iCloud and access them from anywhere, there will be no new development…
Read More “Apple Kills Aperture, Says New Photos App Will Replace It” »
Apple has done a lot to establish Apple TV as something other than a “hobby” over the past couple of years, but the latest research from Parks Associates indicates all that work hasn’t been quite enough. Though Apple’s diminutive entertainment box has been around for seven years now, it’s slipping behind Chromecast and Roku in…
Read More “Apple TV Lagging Behind Roku and Chromecast in U.S.” »
Apple’s desktop operating system got a little more fashionable with the new Preview 3 update of OS X 10.10 Yosemite seeded to developers today. The update, which can be installed by registered developers who have the existing preview version on their machines through the Mac App Store, lets users enable Dark Mode, a highly coveted…
Read More “Mac OS X Gets The Dark Theme We’ve All Been Waiting For In Yosemite Preview 3” »
Nielsen’s U.S. music report on the first half of 2014 shows digital music consumption rapidly shifting from downloads to streaming. On-demand streaming was up 42% over the first half of 2013, racking up 70 billion play in the first half of 2014. Meanwhile, digital track sales fell 13% to 593.6 million and album sales fell…
Read More “Music Streaming Eats Downloads With On-Demand Up 42% Over 2013, Digital Sales Down 12%” »
Apple has been attempting to distance itself from Google for some time now, and the latest service destined to be cut appears to be the maps for the iCloud version of Find My iPhone. Google has always provided the maps for the service until now, but iPhoneBlog.de noticed earlier today that Apple has started using…
Read More “Switch from Google to Apple Maps Likely Coming to ‘Find My iPhone’ on iCloud.com” »