Weekly Mobile News – 4 October 2013
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Once again the week is coming to an end and that means it’s time for a roundup of the past weeks news!
Apple reportedly starts OS X 10.10 development as Mavericks is set for late October launch – Apple’s OS X Mavericks is nearly ready for its public release, which means that development on its successor is now underway. Mavericks, version 10.9 of Apple’s venerable Mac operating system, is expected to launch toward the end of this month, according to a 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman.
Apple iTunes Radio Review – Apple has never been a company to rush a product to market just to be first, or because a competitor is doing it. Instead, the company has a long history of trying to refine and improve on other companies’ earlier attempts. The story is no different with its new music service, iTunes Radio.
Apple Releases OS X 10.8.5 Supplemental Update With Several Bug Fixes – Following an employee test period earlier this week, Apple today released a Supplemental Update to OS X 10.8.5, fixing an issue with the FaceTime HD camera on 2013 MacBook Airs, a bug that caused external drives to be ejected after a computer goes to sleep, an HDMI audio issue, and a problem that prevented certain USB Bluetooth adapters from working.
Apple’s ever-growing cash horde pegged at one-tenth of all US corporate dollars – Some people collects rocks, other people collect stamps. Apple, however, likes cash. Turns out the iPhone maker, all by itself, controls ten percent of all corporate cash in the United States.
Apple’s Latest Hire Suggests Next Big Thing is in TV – Apple’s latest hire is CableLabs executive Jean-François Mulé, suggesting that the Cupertino, California iPhone-maker may be focusing on the living room for its latest game changer.
Find an iPhone 5s in Stock in Seconds – It’s no secret that the new iPhone 5s is hard to find right now. The phone quickly sold out on launch day and Apple’s website is currently listing a general ship date of sometime this month, which could mean several weeks before you’ll get yours. However, several physical Apple Store locations have them in stock, and there’s a nifty online tool that you can use to see what store has what models in stock.
As Apple lets radio roll, Pandora listener growth tones down – Pandora’s metrics for September, which were released Wednesday, showed the most widely used online radio service is still growing, but growth in listening hours slowed from recent months as Apple’s competing service rolled out.
Apple Is Prepping iOS 7.0.3 To Squash More Bugs – Have you detected a bug in iOS 7? Apple is likely already on the case and plans to issue a fix as early as next week, according to BGR.
Chromebook Accounts For 22% Of Computers In US Schools – While Google’s Chrome OS is hardly the most popular operating system, it has managed to gain a sizable chunk of the market, at least as far as schools are concerned.
Apple starts training support staff on OS X Mavericks ahead of impending release – The AppleCare support staff has begun official OS X Mavericks training in anticipation of the looming OS X Mavericks release, a reliable blog has learned.
Apple’s “momentum has slowed down” says Apple Store designer – News: Apple’s retail presence is “not evolving as fast as it could be” and the company’s “momentum has slowed down” since Steve Jobs died, according to the designer who developed the Apple Store concept with the brand’s former CEO (+ interview).
