MacBook Pro review (13-inch, mid-2012)
By Sarah Silbert posted Jul 30th 2012 4:00PM When the MacBook Pro with Retina display is in the game, Apple’s “regular” Pros may seem a bit like also-rans. After all, why would you choose them when you could get a brilliant 15-inch 2,880 x 1,800 IPS panel and a Core i7 Ivy Bridge processor? Well, price, for one thing. While we walked away from our Retina MBP review mighty impressed, that model starts at $2,199. The...
Mountain Lion Available Today From the Mac App Store
It keeps your content up to date.On every device you use. Send unlimited messages to iPhone, iPad,iPod touch, or Mac. From your Mac. Mail, messages, reminders, alerts, and more.See what’s new with you. All in one place. Post to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Vimeo.Right from the app you’re in. See some of the great new features for your Mac. And find out how they work with iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Watch the video Send iMessages...
Strategy Analytics: Android lost US market share in Q2, isn’t losing sleep just yet
By Jon Fingas posted Jul 30th 2012 4:28PM Android is most definitely on the upward march when it comes to the world stage. But you might be surprised at how it’s faring in the US: it’s down, according to Strategy Analytics’ estimates. As of the second quarter, Google’s market share dropped from 60.6 percent a year earlier to 56.3 percent. No one would call it a moment of crisis for Android, but it implies that...
Apple pulls Lion from the Mac App Store
Apple giveth, and Apple taketh away. As it released Mountain Lion through the Mac App Store Wednesday, the company simultaneously removed Lion from the store: You cant find Lion if you search for it, its no longer listed as one of Apples apps in the store, and even the direct Mac App Store link no longer works. If youre already contentedly running Lion on your eligible Macs, or if you eagerly downloaded and installed Mountain Lion...
Researchers prove your grandmother right, modern music is louder and all the same
By Jamie Rigg posted Jul 30th 2012 4:51PM Are your elders always complaining about loud and monotonous music? Or perhaps you’ve started to feel similar sentiments? The Artificial Intelligence Research Institute in Barcelona says it’s not just a matter of opinion. The team analyzed data on loudness, pitch and timbre from just under half a million tracks spanning 55 years, finding the average volume of recordings has...
