Macgasm

I woke up early this morning to find the most glorious tweet in my inbox from @rbukovansky: ”Hey, Apple just released your long-awaited Thunderbolt cables.” I rushed to my computer and immediately went to store.apple.com and there they were. In all their $49 glory. Two independent channels of 10GBit/s each. How sexy is that?

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Since the initial release of the iPhone back in 2007, many users have despised AT&T and wished to defect to T-Mobile. This could be accomplished in a number of different ways. Most of these have been through the use of Sim Unlock workarounds that are generally done through jailbreaking applications.
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This evening, Apple released a firmware update for Thunderbolt-equipped Macs. The update, which is 486 KB, isn’t shipping with a lot of details:

After installing the update, the computer will restart and a gray screen will appear with a status bar. Apple warns that you shouldn’t shut off the computer until the update is complete.

The update can be found in Software Update.

The iPhone is on top in the land down under.

IDC’s Q1 2011 Mobile Device Tracker shows Apple has almost 40 percent market share, up almost 10 percent quarter over quarter. Android holds roughly 30 percent of the market, and Symbian has plunged to third with 22 percent.

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You’d think Apple would be at the top of the video chat pyramid considering they keep trying to reinvent chatting in iOS (FaceTime, iMessages), but it took Fring to really beat everyone to the punch, including Skype, who is on the brink of releasing a native iPad application in the coming days. The iPad now has 4-way video chat courtesy of Fring.

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Resulting in another “pro” being added to the list of pros and cons of being a world famous hacker, George Hotz has been hired to code for Facebook.

George Hotz, most known for his work in the iPhone hacking community, started working as a software engineer for Facebook on May 9^th.

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First the US, now Singapore. The country’s Defence Ministry has announced that it’s going to be giving out 8,000 of Apple’s tablet to its new staff. The iPad is proving to be an effective tool for military staff, and Singapore is keen not to be left behind.

Staff will have the capability to provide on the fly recon, throwing the taking of photos and videos that get uploaded to a central database. There’s also the ability to message other military personnel, presumably more effectively when iMessages comes into action.

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The Mac App Store has demonstrated that creating a sole-purpose app is the way to success. Rather than packing your software full of features, doing one thing extremely well is a more effective use of development time. Productivity is a huge industry at the moment — we’re inundated with electronic media and communication, and cutting down on needless actions is always welcome.

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