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 … Read more
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) … Read more
* 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 … Read more
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 … Read more
