iPhone 5 software rundown pre-event: the iOS 6 we know today
Tomorrow could be the day that Apple reveals their next-generation iPhone 5, a tool that’ll be bringing their newest mobile operating system, iOS 6, to the leading edge. We have seen quite a lot of this operating system already because it was revealed partly as an “iOS 6 Preview” back on the developers conference called WWDC 2012. Let’s take a look here at what iOS 6 is about to bring to the iPhone 5 before we liveblog the primary event in not up to 24 hours – it will become fun!
Categories: Gadgets Reviews Tags: IPhone, Software
Retina MacBook and Air units get first software update
Apple has released a software update for 2012 MacBook Pros and MacBook Airs that fixes some issues with increased CPU power usage. After all, we’re still not entirely clear what’s causing the CPU to exploit more power than it’s going to from time to time (and Apple apparently isn’t interested elaborating), but regardless of the issue was, it has been fixed. The software update also “improves compatibility with some USB devices” as well as fixing the CPU power problems.
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Microsoft Office reboot makes the software giant seem social again
This week Microsoft unveiled their next suite of productivity tools, Office 365, and with it they’ve ushered in a brand new era of social connectedness for his or her potential future users. On the press conference on Monday that came about if you want to herald the software for later this year, corporate vp for Office Kirk Koenigsbauer showed several demonstrations of use-cases for the software within the near future. The primary of those cases used Microsoft’s newest Lync application, Koenigsbauer showing off a five-person video chat with drag-and-drop additions of users to the room. 
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AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note Premium Suite software upgrade hands-on
This week AT&T could be pushing the Samsung Galaxy Note Premium Suite upgrade with Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, and we now have our hands on it right this minute. This upgrade in software brings you many features in S-Note and S-Memo and likewise brings on Android Beam with NFC in addition to facial unlock – the strangest screen unlock of all of them! You’ll also gain access to an odd application that’s also out now for the Galaxy S III: Samsung’s My Story app.
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Galaxy S III CyanogenMod 9 software spews forward
Samsung‘s own TouchWiz UI allows, this being one of several main draws for all CyanogenMod-laden devices in the stores today.
This software is currently being released in “nightlies” – this being downloads which have been worked on each night (and every day, incidentally) and released for download by intrepid early-build users and software testers around the web. This process allows the makers of CyanogenMod to get beta test reports quickly, easily, and en masse while software developers out within the “real” world must either do said testing themselves or pay for the sort of convenient situation. Needless to say there’s always the possibility that a tester from the general public will spill the beans, but with CyanogenMod there isn’t any worry: it’s already free to download and sharing is the secret!
Categories: Gadgets Reviews Tags: CyanogenMod, Software