AppleInsider says that OS X 10.7 Lion, Apple’s upcoming operating-system upgrade, may be delivered primarily as a Mac App Store download. (Makes since–among other things, those of us with MacBook Airs don’t have built-in optical drives to install the software from DVD…)
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Windows 8 Takes Your Settings to the Cloud
A popular theme among Microsoft’s Windows 7 commercials has been this idea of the cloud, and it appears the cloud will play an even more integral role in the next version of Windows. Some astute beta testers have found settings called “Roaming Options” in the User Accounts settings of Windows 8.
While I don’t have a copy of this beta build in hand, this is what I’m gathering: these settings would be sent to the cloud and would be retrievable on a friend’s computer or on another device.
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iOS Still King, Regardless of Smartphone Market
Data coming out of research firm comScore validates what many have been saying about the battle between Android and iOS: that across all devices, Google’s mobile operating system still has a long ways to go to supplant Apple’s dominant position overall, despite analyst claims.
Across an estimated install base of some 236 million “connected media devices” — that would include phones, tablets, music devices with Internet connectivity and app support, etc. — Apple has a 16.2 percent share or about 37.9 million devices. Android trails with a 10.2 percent share or about 23.8 million devices.
In other words, Apple has a 59 percent larger market for its devices right now compared to Android — highlighting its strong position for iOS outside of smartphones.
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Windows 8 to Sport a Store?
If Windows 8 doesn’t include an app store, it’ll be a stunner.
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WebOS Sans Tiny Plastic Keys?
You just know that HP will release a WebOS phone without a physical keyboard sooner or later. (In fact, I’m astonished it didn’t happen…well, about two years ago.) Is this it?
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Windows Gets a Built-In PDF Reader
More Windows 8 scuttlebutt: it’ll apparently include a fancy PDF reader.
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Fifty-Six Percent of Developers Can’t Be Hallucinating, Can They?
Android fragmentation? That issue which Google insists doesn’t exist? Fifty-six percent of developers think it’s a real problem.
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iOS 5: What Should Be
MobileCrunch’s Greg Kumparak has a personal wishlist of features he wants to see in Apple’s iOS. It’s remarkably similar to my personal wishlist. Do you have one?
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Windows 8 Rumorfest
GeekWire’s Todd Bishop has a good roundup of the tidbits about Windows 8 that are starting to slip out.
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A Look at Windows 8’s Welcome Screen
This leaked welcome screen for Windows 8 isn’t itself a huge development, but it does offer some hints about where Microsoft is headed with its PC operating system.