US Census Bureau posts its first API, allows smartphone apps for the stat-obsessed
By Jon Fingas posted Jul 30th 2012 3:18PM As much as the US Census Bureau has worked to embrace the digital space, its sea of data has been largely locked away from developers not keen on doing much of the heavy lifting. As of late last week, however, there’s now a public app programming interface (API) for quickly putting all of that knowledge to work. Both mobile and web apps can hook into either the complete 2010 census or...
Safari 6 for Lion adds unified search bar, more
While Mountain Lion may be getting all the attention, users of OS X Lion have a couple of software updates to grab as well on Wednesday. Among the most significant is Safari 6 for Lion, which brings many of the same features included in the Mountain Lion version of Apples Web browserthough not all of them. Like its Mountain Lion counterpart, Safari for Lions most obvious difference is the new Unified Smart Search Field, which combines...
Apple Reports Third Quarter Results
Board Declares Quarterly Dividend of $2.65 per Common ShareCUPERTINO, California—July 24, 2012—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 third quarter ended June 30, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $35.0 billion and quarterly net profit of $8.8 billion, or $9.32 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $28.6 billion and net profit of $7.3 billion, or $7.79 per diluted share, in the...
Telkomsel’s new unlimited messaging plan gives Indonesians an alternative to BBM
By Edgar Alvarez posted Jul 30th 2012 3:39PM As far as monopolies go, word on the interwebs is BlackBerry holds a pretty major one with its own BBM in Indonesian territory. According to DailySocial, though, that all could be changing soon thanks to Telkomsel’s newly introduced all-you-can-message plans. The deal’s fairly simple, the Indonesian carrier’s bundling applications like Opera Mini, Line, WhatsApp and...
Up close with Mountain Lion: Reminders
Why should the iPhone and iPad have all the fun? In Mountain Lion, Apple continues its process of porting over the best features from iOS to the Mac. Among those is an app first introduced with iOS 5: Reminders. Reminders, of course, is a tool for recording and storing todo lists, tasks, and any other little bits you want to remember. If you’re familiar with the Reminders iOS app, you’ll feel right at home in the Mountain...
