Mountain Lion Downloads Top Three Million
CUPERTINO, California—July 30, 2012—Apple® today announced that downloads of OS X® Mountain Lion have exceeded three million in four days, making it the most successful OS X release in Apple’s history. With more than 200 innovative new features, Mountain Lion is the ninth major release of the world’s most advanced desktop operating system and is available through the Mac® App Store™ as an upgrade to Lion or Snow Leopard users for...
Striiv launches $70 Play pedometer to track your athletics without fatiguing your iOS device
By Steve Dent posted Oct 30th 2012 9:00AM Following the recent launch of its iOS fitness app which proclaimed “no hardware required,” Striiv has just announced new hardware for it anyway: the Striiv Play smart pedometer. But unlike the app alone, it lets you set off on your fitness adventures without toting an iDevice by doing the “heavy lifting of tracking activities” with up to a week of battery autonomy,...
Asustek Q3 net profits said to be up 43 percent to $230 million thanks to Nexus 7, convertibles
By Steve Dent posted Oct 30th 2012 9:15AM Asustek has just painted a pretty Q3 financial picture, showing a 43 percent jump in net profits — $230 million compared to $160 million last year, according to the WSJ. Gross revenue also climbed 9 percent to around $3.8 billion, which the company attributes to the popularity of its Google-partnered Nexus 7 tablet, along with convertibles like the Transformer Prime TF201 and a healthy...
3 terrifying, but true, security tales
While Halloween only comes around once a year, organizations are constantly encountering situations that are downright scary. In honor of Halloween we thought readers might get a thrill out of a few frightful, but true, cyber tales as experienced by cyber security expert and SANS Institute Instructor, Dr. Eric Cole. Invasion of the System Snatchers Consider this dreadful example. It is a seemingly beautiful afternoon and Dr. Cole is...
Apps Now Key to Small-Business Savings
Small businesses are using technology to help them operate more efficiently and cost-effectively in an increasingly competitive environment. Each Monday, USA TODAY looks at new ways companies are gaining an innovative edge in a tough economy. Photos by Maxine Park,, USA TODAY Real estate brokerage owner: Krisstina Wise likes the app DocuSign, which enables digital signatures: “It’s rare that we need an ink signature...
