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Apple Introduces iOS 7

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NEW LOOK:</h4>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">iOS 7 has a new font leading the way, which seems to be a sort of Helvetica Neue Ultra. It’s very skinny, clean, and it was hinted at in the iOS 7 banners that went up for WWDC yesterday.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Instead of white bars on a black background, Apple will now tell you what kind of service coverage you have with five little dots, which are white and grey depending on how strong the signal is across a translucent background.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">The lock screen is changed for the first time in iOS’s history, with no more shine top or bottom bars for slide to unlock or the clock. Instead, Slide to unlock is translucent above the background image.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Default app icons are now flatter, but not quite flat, just as predicted.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Jony Ive’s hand has had its way with iOS notifications. The notifications panel isn’t laced with dark grey linen anymore, but actually has a very flat look to it. There is a today view, that lets you see friends birthdays, upcoming invitations, calendar, stocks, and a quick look at tomorrow.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">The apps all seem to have a white base, except for the stocks app which has a black background and the weather app, which shows motion in the background to convey the current weather.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">The keyboard is more white, than grey, with a translucency that lets you see what’s underneath the keyboard.</li>
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NEW FEATURES</h3>
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CONTROL CENTER</h4>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Control Center is a pull-up tray that is available in your lock screen.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">You can adjust brightness, volume, and other settings including Wifi, Airplane mode, rotation lock, or Bluetooth.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">The Control Center even offers a flashlight, along with tabs for music, camera, and other quick-access apps.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">The Control Center takes on the environment it’s in, so if you swipe up while you’re in mail, it will have the same blue and white coloring under that translucent panel.</li>
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MULTITASKING</h4>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">iOS 7 lets you multitask between all third-party apps with much better battery consumption.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">You can double-tap the home button to enter into multi-tasking mode, just like always, but the interface for multitasking has been revamped. It appears to offer live previews, but Apple wasn’t clear about that.</li>
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SAFARI</h4>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Safari opens straight into full screen mode now, with the option to pull down to bring up the search bar at the top.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">The search field has been improved to be a unified smart search field, which lets you have access to all your favorite websites with a single tap.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Tabs come with a totally new interface, scrolling in a vertical carousel, and there are no longer any limits. In other words, you can have as many tabs as you want, as opposed to just 8 like before. Swipe a tab off to the side to throw it away.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">The new Safari is integrated with iCloud keychain from OS X Mavericks, and also comes with parental controls.</li>
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AIRDROP</h4>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Airdrop supports iPhone 5, iPad 4th gen, iPad Mini</li>
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CAMERA AND PHOTOS</h4>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">The Camera app lets you swipe between your various camera types, such as panorama or HDR so you can quickly take a pic instead of fumbling around with settings.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Photos marks the first update to the photo gallery on iOS since it was introduced.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">You can search based on date, and location, within the photos app.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Instagram must be flattered — Apple has introduced photo filters so you can add a little professionalism to the picture.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Users can share via AirDrop, iCloud photo-sharing, as well as shared Photo Streams.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">You can even share video with iCloud photo-sharing.</li>
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SIRI:</h4>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Siri has a new voice! It sounds similar, but also weird. You can choose a male or female voice, if you like. Voices include languages like French, German, and other languages “over time.”</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">The visual UI has also been upgraded, with a sound wave going along the bottom.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">Siri has also been integrated with settings, letting you tell her to turn on bluetooth, or lower the screen brightness.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">The company has also added support for Twitter, Wikipedia, and shows web search results direct from Bing.</li>
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IOS IN THE CAR</h4>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">It puts the iOS homescreen on the screen of your car, and lets you search for directions, listen to music, etc.</li>
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APP STORE</h4>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">You can now search for apps based on location. In other words, search for apps by the Louvre and see a lot of French museum apps.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">The App Store also automatically updates apps for you in the background now. Hallelujah again!</li>
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ITUNES RADIO:</h4>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">You can see the full list of songs on each station by clicking history, with purchase and preview buttons built right in to send you to the iTunes store.</li>
<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">iTunes Radio also lets you customize each station by clicking a star to show that you want more of this type of music.</li>
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ACTIVATION LOCK:</h4>
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<li style="list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: square; margin: 12.5px 0px 12.5px 30px; padding: 0px 0px 10px;">If a thief steals your phone and tries to turn off Find My iPhone, they can no longer turn the device back on without your iCloud password.</li>
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10 Exciting iPhone Features Usually not Known

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<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-style: inherit;">It’s so thin and so light, yet </span><a href="http://www.itechaleart.com/search/label/ios" style="border: 0px; color: #008800; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="iPhone">iPhone</a><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-style: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-style: inherit;">has a larger display, a faster chip, the latest wireless technology, an 8MP iSight camera, and more.So here are the best Exciting iPhone Features Usually not Known.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>2. Custom vibration patterns:</b>Taking ringtone customization to the next level. Now you can know who’s calling you when the phone is on the silent mode. To do this go to Settings> Sounds> Ringtones then scroll up to find the vibration option. Click it to find the custom option at the very last.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>4. LED flash alerts:</b>Set the phone to flash the LED light on any alert like a phone call, a message, a <a href="http://www.onsecrethunt.com/tag/facebook" style="border: 0px; color: #008800; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> post or a <a href="http://itechaleart.blogspot.in/search/label/Twitter" style="border: 0px; color: #008800; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> tweet. The option can be found here: Settings> General> Accessibility.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>6. Volume button on the phone acts as a shutter:</b>The physical ‘+’ and the ‘-‘ keys on the phone act as a camera shutter button when camera is opened. This gives you more stable clicks as you can firmly hold and shoot now. <b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: verdana, geneva; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>7. Browse privately on safari:</b>No you won’t find this setting in the <a href="http://www.itechaleart.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #008800; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="browser">browser</a> itself. To do it go to Settings> Safari> Private Browsing.</span></div>
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10 Exciting iPhone Features Usually not Known

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While there are many mobile operating systems, the current top OSes include Google's Android, Apple's iOS, Microsoft's Windows Phone, Nokia's Symbian, and Research In Motion's BlackBerry OS.<br /><br />While Symbian had significant world market share, it is almost nonexistent in the US and is rapidly loosing market share worldwide. Nokia is now shifting to Windows Phone for all future products. Because of this change, we'll only look at the top four.<br /><br />We take an unbiased (we think) look at the latest versions of each OS and shows the strengths and weaknesses of each OS when used in smartphones.<div>
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<br />Produced by Google, Android has taken over the top spot from Apple, and now has the largest market share of mobile phones in the US. Android is an open source effort and is available to device makers for free. Earlier versions required considerable additional effort by the device makers, but Google has now built in support for many hardware standards reducing this effort. Google has also continually added new features and improvements, and delivers free advanced development tools.<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">
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<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Largest number of devices to choose from</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Frequently enhanced</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Large number of application available</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Excellent UI</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Multi-tasking</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Free developer tools</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">No restrictions on applications</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Phones are available from every service provider</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Many devices (although not all) can be unlocked with third-party applications</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Adobe Flash 10 support (in v2.2+)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Many devices include Haptics</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Assisted GPS on most devices</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Near-Field Commuication support (v4.0+)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">WiFi Direct (v4.0, improved in v4.1)</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Some device manufacturers add alternative UI front-ends which reduces OS consistency</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Generally, updates are controlled by device manufacturer and may be slow or nonexistent</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Applications are not validated in most marketplaces, except for Amazon and Barnes & Noble.</li>
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Apple's iOS is the gold standard of OSes, and Apples iPhones and iPads continue to grow its sales. While once being the market leader, Android has surpassed it in 2010. Still, iOS is a force to be reckoned with, as it continues to expand and take market share away from others. Many feature offered by competitors are still missing in iOS devices such as the iPhone 5S.<div>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Excellent UI</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">The largest number of applications available, exceeding all others combined</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Apple validates applications</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Consistent UI across devices</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Yearly free OS updates for latest models</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Closed architecture</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Very limited number of devices and styles to choose from - all from Apple</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">No multi-tasking for applications although it is promised for the future.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Applications must be approved by Apple before being made available via the Marketplace</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Somewhat hostile to the development community (tools are costly and applications may be refused for any reason).</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Phones are only available from AT&T, Verizon and Sprint</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Can't be unlocked (an unlocked 4S phone can be purchased driectly from Apple after Oct-2011)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">No Adobe Flash support and no plans to offer it</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">No assisted GPS</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">No Haptics</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Very limited device screen sizes: Phones: 3.7" and 4", Tablet: 9.7"</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">No NFC</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Poor mapping software (iOS 6) replaced Google maps</li>
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<br />BlackBerry OS is produced by Research In Motion (RIM), and has been very successful in the corporate and government markets. It offers the best integration with corporate mail systems and offers excellent security. An entirely new OS "BB10" is planned for early 2013 to be up-to-date with the compeition.<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">
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<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Secure send and receive email using proprietary encryption</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Applications better targeted at the corporate environment than other OS application offerings</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Multi-tasking</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Phones available from most service providers</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Support for Adobe Flash 10 in a future update</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Assisted GPS on some devices</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Closed architecture</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Limited number of devices to choose from - all from Research In Motion</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Very few touch-screen models</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Limited number of applications available</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Dated UI (prior to BB10)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Application development is more complex and difficult that other OSes (prior to BB10)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Applications tend to be more costly</li>
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Microsoft produces the Windows Phone 7/8 OS (WP), with a new OS launched at the end of 2010. It replaced the dated and obsolete Windows Mobile series of OSes. WP7 delivers a fresh approach with improved social media integration and a new tile styled UI called Metro. New version 7.5 was released at the end of 2011 and Version 8 in October 2012.<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Integrated and merged social media abilities</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Excellent home screen status</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Built in support for Windows Office documents</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Works with Xbox Live multi-player gaming</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Limited Multi-tasking (w v7.5+)</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Excellent development tools, with free versions available to students.</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Phones available from most service providers</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Updates available directly from Microsoft</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">The minimum hardware reference standard exceeds most other OS maker's requirements</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Many devices include Haptics</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Assisted GPS on most devices</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Browser is a mix of IE7 and IE8 (a bit dated) on v7, but upgraded to IE9 in v7.5.</li>
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<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Closed architecture</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Small number of applications available</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Unusual Home page visual style disliked by some</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">Applications must be approved by Microsoft before being made available via the Marketplace</li>
<li style="margin-bottom: 10px;">No Adobe Flash</li>
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Chrome for iOS was updated early this month, with some features that users will find useful. The <a href="http://techbeat.com/2013/04/ie11-expected-to-take-google-chrome-head-on/" style="background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 0px; color: #0178ba; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">browser wars</a> are still ongoing, with no signs of abating any time soon. With Internet browsers being the main thing people use – whether on their laptops or on their mobile devices – this is only understandable. And with Chrome being one of the sleekest and easiest browsers to use, updates such as this most recent one are only logical.</div>
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First, there’s Google Cloud Print.</div>
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It’s been a year – more or less – since Google made Chrome for iOS available, and truth be told, there has been no lack of updates for the browser. Google Cloud Print is a means to print straight from your device. One advantage is the fact that you can set up your Chrome account to connect to your existing printer so that wireless printing is a breeze.</div>
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Perhaps one of the more useful new Chrome for iOS features is the print-to-PDF capability. This is already possible using other third party apps, but with the Chrome update, you simply do everything from the browser. Whatever page you’re viewing will be saved to your Google Drive account as a PDF, which you can access anytime you want.</div>
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The last of the new Chrome for iOS features is the fullscreen mode for the iPhone and the iPod Touch. I suppose it’s not that revolutionary an update, but for those who want a little more screen real estate on their iDevices, this can be a godsend. Additionally, the way Chrome for iOS sets it up does provide a more pleasant fullscreen viewing experience. That’s because the controls are all found at the top toolbar, which does not get in the way – both in landscape and portrait mode.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;">Today, Apple released  </span><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1571" style="border-width: 0px; color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-decoration: none;">OS X 10.8.1</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;">. </span><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1a5586; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">OS </span><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">X</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"> 10.8.1 is the first maintenance update to OS X Mountain Lion. The update is available via Apple’s site or via the Software Update feature which now directs users to the </span><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1a5586; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 85, 134); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">Mac </span><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 85, 134); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">App </span><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 85, 134); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">Store</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"> for updates. This update to OS X is also very iOS-like. I just love the consistency here. OS X 10.8.1 fixes issues with Migration Assistant, Exchange, and iMessage issues. 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<span style="background-color: white;">This update includes general operating system fixes that improve the stability and compatibility of your Mac, including fixes that:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">- Resolve an issue that may cause</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1a5586; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 85, 134); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">Migration </span><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(26, 85, 134); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">Assistant</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">to unexpectedly quit</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">- Improve compatibility when connecting to a Microsoft Exchange server in Mail</span></div>
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- Address an issue playing audio through a Thunderbolt display</div>
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- Resolve an issue that could prevent iMessages from being sent</div>
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- Address an issue that could cause the system to become unresponsive when using Pinyin input</div>
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- Resolve an issue when connecting to SMB servers with long names</div>
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- Address a issue that may prevent Safari from launching when using a Proxy Automatic Configuration (PAC) file</div>
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- Improve 802.1X authentication with Active Directory credentials.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">The update is Build 12B19, up two build numbers from last Friday’s developer seed. OS <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #1a5586; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">X </span><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">10</span></span>.8.1 is 24.2 MB download via Apple’s website. However, when download through the App Store, the update is just 7.8 MB. It seems that Apple has finally begun delta updates for OS X. Delta updates were first introduced in iOS 5 last year.</span></div>
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Apple Releases OS X 10.8.1

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