Posts Tagged Apple
HTML5:Up and Running book out now
Posted by Alex Costa in Books on August 24th, 2010
HTML5: Up and Running By Mark Pilgrim Publisher: O’Reilly Media Now Available at Amazon: U.S.A or UK Even though work on HTML5 is ongoing, browsers such as Safari, Mozilla, Opera, and Chrome already support many of its features — and browsers for smart phones are even farther ahead, especially iPhone’s MobileSafari browser. With HTML5: Up [...]
Mobile Apps overload?
Posted by Alex Costa in Mobile Phones on May 24th, 2010
The “There’s an App for that” claim for the iPhone makes me cringe. How many of the Apps we have in our mobile devices do we actually use? I am not a good exmaple to start with as I am not an early adopter of anything technical and I tend to stay away from what [...]
New iTunes blocks non-Apple devices
Posted by Alex Costa in Apple, Itechlog News on July 19th, 2009
According to the BBC technology website, Apple claims to have fixed a hole in iTunes that allowed it to sync non-Apple devices. Interesting that this comes out as a lot of iPhone competitors are on the market and some of them like the Palm Tre do sync with the iTunes library. Thanks to Apple if [...]
Is Mac Safer?
Posted by Alex Costa in Apple, Security on January 31st, 2009
I was reading this article on ZDNET.com “Is Mac still the safer bet?” by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes. This is a question that I have been asked many times also, “Is Mac safer than windows?” Although many times it sounded more like an affirmation than a question. I wouldn’t say it’s safer, it’s just not as targeted. [...]
The MacBook Wheel revealed by Onion News Network
Posted by Alex Costa in Apple on January 10th, 2009
If this was real, Mac users would love it… just because it’s from Apple! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up Share on Orkut share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Technorati Tags: Apple, Mac, [...]
Apple release Firmware upgrade for new MacBooks
Posted by Alex Costa in Apple, Itechlog News on December 12th, 2008
Apple has released the SMC and EFI firmware updates for the MacBook Pros (late 2008 only) and Mac Book Airs. The updates are only for the new Late 2008 MacBooks – not for all MacBooks. If you need the updates, they will show up in Software Update. SMC – System Management Controller for Intel- based [...]
