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Not even two weeks have passed since Apple issued a security fix for iOS devices and were already being prompted to update our gadgets again. The latest software download, iOS 4.3.5, is a minor update which fixes yet another rather pesky security vulnerability.
Via MSNBC
The rise of smartphones and tablets, led by Apple’s own iPhones and iPads, has done more than just eat into sales of desktops and laptops. It’s made the mouse seem obsolete by allowing us to interact with our devices and data through a touch interface rather than a pointing device. Apple introduced the mouse with the original Mac. Lion largely lays the rodent to rest.
Via Jakarta Globe
I’ve already noted that, overall, I like the gestures in the Magic Mouse in Lion. I like them enough that I’ve already warned my wife that the next computer device will be the Magic Touchpad. I could easily live without the mouse, and am glad that Apple has expanded the touchability of OSX with Lion.
One of the reasons for Apple’s stunning June-quarter results last week was its surging iPhone sales. Despite not unveiling a new version of the device in June, as it usually does, sales more than doubled from the year-earlier period
iPhone sales continue to rise, despite the near-daily articles about the next “iPhone killer” or the rise of Android. In fact, iPhone sales continue to rise as a market percentage against any other smartphone. It’s had some issues. It’s not necessarily at the cutting edge of the technology any more. But, it’s the most solid smartphone out there and has all the important little details covered. From all indications, iPhone 5 will push it even farther.
Sometimes opportunity knocks softly, and other times it beats the door in. For internet video-streaming services, the opportunity is sounding loud and clear for a major shakeup of the entire structure.
Via Technorati
I installed Lion on Thursday night. While there’s much to like about it, I’ve also come across my first annoyance.
I use a Magic Mouse with my iMac. I like the gestures available for the mouse and am using them extensively. I especially like the additional set of gestures made available for Lion. But the gesture to swipe through browser tab history in Safari is starting to annoy me. When I touch the mouse to click a link, Safari tries to swipe to the previous page in the history. That action invalidates the click on the link. This happens almost every time. So, in practice, I’m clicking twice on every link.
I’m sure there’s a programmatic way to tighten the tolerance for those swipes, requiring a bit more than a touch on the left side of the mouse to activate. I hope we’ll see that in a Lion update.
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