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iOS 5 was released today with a large list of improvements and new features. One new feature that I’ve come to love immediately — I have used the iOS 5 developer beta — is the PhotoStream feature of the update Photo app. Smartphones have grown in popularity and so along with the resolution and sensitivity of the cameras in those devices. My iPhone 4 has a ...

Newsstand is a new feature of iOS 5 that collates all of your magazine and newspaper subscriptions for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch and puts them all in one place for easy management. The new app also automatically updates the periodicals that you have subscribed to quietly in the background, so that they are there waiting for you when you want to read ...

!(http://pmug-nj.org/images/speaker_oct11.jpg “image”) Digital photography is a popular hobby with new technology constantly improving the field. These advances usually involve the camera’s imaging system or processing the resulting photos—such as capturing more image data for greater editing freedom (with RAW format files) and gathering a wider range of brightness to make a photo look more realistic or surreal with high dynamic range (HDR). This month’s meeting ...

As a firm favourite among movie-loving Mac users, Plex allows you to watch movies on your Mac from the comfort of your own sofa – It has support for the Apple Remote and accompanying iOS apps to improve the experience. To top it off, Plex even looks great. Could Plex be the media center app of my dreams? Let’s take a look! via (App Storm)

Rosetta is a subject that often evades us since it’s optionally installed on Snow Leopard by apps that really need it. If you’ve recently purchased a Mac or only have purchased apps on the Mac App Store, you’ll never have to install Rosetta to use the most up-to-date applications. But for those still utilizing PowerPC compatible applications, it might be required that you simply ...

Shawn Blanc has this to say about WWDC and iCloud: iCloud cuts the USB cord between our computers and our iPhones. It “demotes” the Mac and the PC to the same plane as the iPhone and the iPad. It lets you activate and update your iPhone from inside the car when you’re on your way home from the Apple store. It is something that lets ...

From Daring Fireball’s John Gruber. Today’s was a jam-packed keynote. Apple announced a lot of news; there is much to talk and think about. But the key line was when Steve Jobs, describing iCloud replacing iTunes as your digital hub, said, “We’re going to demote the PC and the Mac to just be a device.”

With today’s announcement Apple has further re-enforced the notion that we are living in a “Post PC” era.  The Mac is slowly becoming a “dumb terminal” for the iPad and iPhone.  Some notes I took from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. MobileMe has been re-branded as iCloud (iTunes in the Cloud) and offers the following for FREE: Email, Calendar, Address Book, Photo ...

* TOPIC: Discover iPad 2 – Thinner, lighter and faster than ever! * SPEAKER: Dave Marra, Apple Senior Systems Engineer * LOCATION: Friend Center, room 006, , Princeton University, (35 Olden St), Princeton, New Jersey. See http://pmug-nj.org/ for map and directions. * WHEN: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 7:30 p.m. * FREE: Open to the public Thinner, lighter, faster and packed with amazing new features, iPad 2 has ...

Ars spoke with 14 different Mac support specialists—including several Apple Store Geniuses—in order to get a handle on whether things have changed when it comes to dealing with malware. Their experiences are all over the map, but the general consensus does seem to lean towards a low amount of malware problems—until you get to the Geniuses. via Ars Technica Read my earlier post regarding this.