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Android is border out iOS as the leading smartphone operate organisation in the consumer U.S. securities industry , but Apple is still king of the raft when it comes to share among smartphone manufacturers , according to the June numbers from market place research firm Nielsen . While 39 percent of smartphones are running Google ’s Android operating organisation , 28 percent of the market is on iOS . On the other hand , Apple ’s control of Io means that every iPhone sold count towards Apple ’s part of maker , while Android phones are made by a variety of company like HTC , Motorola , Samsung , and a bevy of others ....

As with every Mac in late computer storage , Apple ’s latest hardware releases , theMacBook Air ( Mid 2011)and Mac mini ( Mid 2011 ) , include the current versions of Mac OS X and iLife — in this example , Lion ( OS X 10.7 ) and iLife ’ 11 . ( Interestingly , the unexampled models admit only iPhoto , iMovie , and GarageBand . iWeb and iDVD are nowhere to be seen ....

A twelvemonth ago , when I plump to Comic - Con International as a membership newbie , there wasa tidy sum of hubbubabout how digital comic endanger traditional amusing - book shops . This year I repay to San Diego ’s massive pop music - culture exposition as a veteran , and it seems like the comedian industriousness is starting to take on that digital comics are here to stay ....

Over time , we ’ve gotten used to Adobe ’s Creative Suite release rhythm of approximately 18 months or so for every major interpretation of its software packages : Design , vane , and Production Premium , and Master Collection . And now comes originative Suite 5.5 . Are Adobe ’s new Flash departure just minor updates that we can ignore , or is the new version of the Flash mob a must - have tool ?...

A low - cost iPhone 4 may or may not be on the way , but a Microsoft retail store unquestionably is make out — I can palpate it in my bones . Elsewhere , an Apple patent filing may moult some lightness on an underappreciated part of the company ’s design , and one particular set of folks have no love for the iPad . The remainders for Thursday , July 28 , 2011 are rolling back terms all over the place ....

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons As its competition tramp over their version numbers with each modest change , Safari 5.1 , which ship with Lion ( Mac OS X 10.7 ) but is alsoavailable for Snow Leopard ( adaptation 10.6.8 ) , plays it cool . That low denary climb , from 5.0 to 5.1 , embrace important changes to Apple ’s web internet browser that help it compete far more creditably than its predecessor ....

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict I move between two figurer on a regular basis : my piece of work iMac and my laptop computer . With few exclusion , I use the same diligence on each . Those exceptions , however , need to stay running on my iMac even when I ’m away . I have gotten in the drug abuse of quit the apps I will be using on the laptop when I allow for the place ....

These days it seems as though every clip one legal egress gets push aside , three more spring up in its situation — it ’s like the Hydra of Hellenic myth got itself a practice of law arcdegree . I conjecture if Hercules were around , he ’d be wearing a $ 2000 Armani social lion - skin and mucking out tribunal room . But he ’s not , so it ’s up to us to keep you apprised of all the legal wheelings and dealings that touch on upon the world of Apple while we contain out for a Heron ....

Our Verdict Minutesis a timer software . Each timer is its own window , with the time remaining for the timer and the time it will go off . The timer will either play a build - in auditory sensation , start an iTunes play list of your choosing , or contain iTunes from playing . You ca n’t choose the sound it uses and you only get hearable feedback , unless you reckon the light window shake it does ....

One customer finds himself on the receiving goal of a mob of Lions , the masses are still eagerly awaiting the next iPhone , and the expression “ gaga like a Fox ” takes on a whole new signification . The residuum for Wednesday , July 27 , 2011 are coming soon to a web web browser near you . Apple Charges Customer 122 Times for Lion(MacRumors ) Poor John Christman just wanted to buy a copy of Lion from the Mac App Store , but he got more than he bargained for ....

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict The new version of Mail included with OS X Lion , Mail 5.0 , is a radical change from the past — and , at the same metre , it is n’t . Mail 5 ’s summation represent a welcome refresh for Apple ’s dependably sturdy electronic mail guest , though the program blatantly borrows most of its new features from other , early groundbreaker ....

Why the heck wouldApplewant to buyHulu ? I ’ve misplace track of the number of times I ’ve heard that question sinceBloomberg cover last week that the two companies were in other talks . Apple , with its already extensive iTunes Store catalog of TV appearance and movies , would seem to be a foreign bedfellow for the preponderantly goggle box - streaming site that ’s together with own by big medium public figure like News Corp , Comcast , and Disney ....

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict Capturis a free Mac utility that offers easy entree to the OS ecstasy filmdom gaining control control in the menu bar . OS X has a build - in screen gaining control feature . To use it , you press instruction - shift-3 to capture the whole screenland ( or screens if you have multiple displays ) . Press comman - shift-4 , and a crosshair come out , allowing you to capture a parcel of the screen ....