High quality voices for Apple’s text-to-speech feature have been improving in OS X and Lion takes a huge leap forward with additional voices for better speech functionality. However, they’re not enabled by default – here’s how t…
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Apple Allows Developers To Migrate From MobileMe To iCloud; Gives 25GB iCloud Storage Until June 2012
Posted by Rounak on August 8th, 2011
Apple is slowly but surely gearing up to launch iCloud – its new cloud based services that was unveiled at WWDC 2011 Keynote address. Earlier in the week, Apple launched iCloud.com beta website for developers only. Apple has rolled out the Mobile…
Apple Discontinues Boxed Retail Software; Promotes Mac App Store As The Primary Software Distribution Channel
Posted by Rounak on July 21st, 2011
Remember when Apple took off the CD from the iTunes logo? Yeah, that was Apple’s way of giving the good old Compact Discs a farewell. The sans DVD MacBook Air, the Mac App Store, the Snow Leopard USB stick all were subtle ways, Apple chose to te…
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Tags: Aperture, Apple News, Ilife, Iwork, Lion, Mac, Os X, Retail Stores 
Comments OffAVG launches LiveKive cloud sync and backup tool
Posted by Lee Mathews on April 7th, 2011
A while back, we told you about AVG’s new LiveKive service, a new cloud synchronization and backup tool which appears to have been named after a vat in which mash is made during the brewing process. But enough about AVG’s odd choice of monikers — L…
Microsoft Office 2011 SP1 for Mac arriving next week with Outlook improvements
Posted by Samuel Gibbs on April 7th, 2011
Microsoft’s Business Unit, the Mac software arm of the Redmond-based software giant, is set to release its first Service Pack for Office 2011 for Mac. Just like most updates of this nature, SP1 will address a myriad of bugs, and roll in most of the …
Posted in Download Squad, Other Tags: Apps, Microsoft, Os X, Productivity, Service Pack Comments OffUntethered iOS 4.3.1 jailbreak is go with redsn0w and PwnageTool for Windows and OS X, minus iPad 2
Posted by Samuel Gibbs on April 4th, 2011
Jailbreakers, your iOS 4.3.1 time has come — the iPhone Dev-Team has updated their redsn0w and PwnageTool utilities to enable an untethered jailbreak of the latest and greatest iOS version. Redsn0w 0.9.6rc6 and PwnageTool 4.3 both use an exploit di…
Posted in Download Squad, Other Tags: Ios, Iphone Dev Team, Jailbreak, Os X, Security, Utilities, Windows Comments OffAdobe Flash Player 10.3 beta 2 and AIR 2.7 beta released for download
Posted by Samuel Gibbs on April 1st, 2011
Adobe’s just let fly its latest beta of Flash Player bringing it to 10.3 beta 2. The update brings stability increases and bug fixes, as well as all the new features from the beta 1 release earlier this month. Adobe has also brought its AIR runtime …
Opera is the first non-Safari browser and BitTorrent client in the Mac App Store
Posted by Lee Mathews on March 3rd, 2011
Opera made waves when it successfully launched its Opera Mini browser for the iPhone. Now company has made its way into Apple’s Mac App Store, which makes Opera 11.01 the first Web browser in the Mac App Store that isn’t built around Safari’s Webkit…
Posted in Download Squad, Other Tags: Apple, Apps, Bittorrent, Browser, Browsers, File Sharing, Filesharing, Mac, Opera, Os X, P2p, Torrent Comments OffSparrow Lite ad-supported email client lands in Mac App Store
Posted by Jay Hathaway on February 26th, 2011
Sparrow, the slick-looking Mac email client that rocked the Mac App Store’s sales charts earlier this month, isn’t for everyone. But how do you know if it’s for you without shelling out the $10 price of admission? That’s where Sparrow Lite comes in.
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Google Chrome Omnibar about to get even more useful with extension API
Posted by Matthew Rogers on February 23rd, 2011
If there’s one single thing that truly sets Chrome apart from its herd of rivals, it’s the Omnibar. Chrome users already know and love this feature, but Google’s just made it possible for developers to create extensions that will push it even farther …
Posted in Download Squad, Other Tags: Address Bar, Api, Apps, Browsers, Google, Linux, Os X, Windows Comments Off
