Sparrow Updates to 1.1
Sparrow, the new minimalistic email client for Mac has just recently updated to 1.1. This update adds support for standard, general IMAP which includes the following services:
Also added is a Priority Inbox:
Those familiar with Apple’s mail client will be happy to know that you can set a signature to each of your email accounts.
Quickly format your email with the new format bar:
and a “Minimal” mode:
Touch gestures:
Microsoft Turns-On 30-Day Trials For Office 2011
Microsoft this week announced that they have launched 30-day trials for customers who want to try before they buy Microsoft Office 2011.
“If you’re still thinking about Office 2011, I’m happy to announce we now have a full trial available at www.microsoft.com/mac/trial, free to use for 30-days after download. We know it’s important for some of you to be able to test out new features. For those that will be trying the suite for the first time, we hope you enjoy some of the new items – Outlook for Mac, new co-authoring tools, Excel’s Sparklines, Dynamic Reorder in Word & PowerPoint, and more.”
iWork 11 launching with Mac App Store
The folks over a AppleInsider got word that iWork 11 is all wrapped up and the Cupertino will be releasing the productivity suite of applications within the App Store for the Mac OS.
AutoCAD now available for Mac OS
AutoCAD is back on the Mac! Many engineers and educators have been waiting for e software to make it’s return on the Mac for some time now. Autodesk announced that the software is available and is free for 30 days. This software release is probably one of the most sought-after by pro-users since the last time the AutoCAD software was seen on the Mac some 20 years ago. The company has had the project in beta for some time, honing the performance and stability of the Mac OS platform.
Microsoft Offers Sneak Peak Into Office:Mac 2011
Today, Redmond offer a view into the upcoming Microsoft Office suite of software that will be coming to the Mac OS X platform later this year. Via YouTube, the compnay has taking footage of developers explaining the their jobs on the project and disccusing new features that the software will be incorporating.
Enterprise Embrace on iOS Platform Increases
Businessweek reports the quickly growing popularity of Apples iOS platform among the enterprise. The profile states that Apples gathering of security information and other facets learned from the iPhone and its customers have led the alarming acceptance of new iOS devices, such as the iPad, iPod and iPhone, especially among small, medium and large business bodies.
Apple, known for courting consumers with sleek designs and easy-to-use software, is making inroads with corporations that say the iPad can make workers more productive without putting sensitive customer information at risk. SAP (SAP), Tellabs (TLAB), and Daimler’s (DAI:GR) Mercedes-Benz are using the tablet-style computer for tasks as varied as accessing work e-mail, approving shipping orders, and calling up on-the-spot auto-finance options.
iPhone OS Sweeping the Enterprise
Apple has been making a strong push toward the enterprise market for the iPhone OS. Accordingly, the business world has accepted the operating system with open arms. As of right now, a large amount of the Fortune 100 companies have made the switch to the iPhone OS. In the latest news of the spread of iPhoneism, AT&T has publicly claimed that their numbers indicate that 4 out of every 10 purchases of the iPhone is enterprise related.
AT&T Chief Executive of Business Solutions Ron Spears states that more than the device itself, in the end, it’s all about software.
Microsoft Office Mac 2010 Beta: Splash Screens & Icons Revealed
Microsoft is moving forward with advances in their office line of software, Microsoft Office, for Mac OS X. New images have emerged of MS Office on the Mac displaying brand new icons for the applications as well redesigned splash screens. Delving deeper into the changes, Redmond, the city just outside of Seattle Washington where Microsoft is headquartered, seems to be wrapping up some cosmetic details in the new design of the software. One of the most noticeable changes in the aesthetics of the software is the graphical letter font. The images below provide detail and comparison of the previous version of Office:Mac to the one that is under development.
Square Goes Live!
Many people, individuals and groups alike, have been waiting for the Square payment system to be available for download on the App Store. Well, the wait I finally over. Square is now live. It seems they were taking the time out to make the application universal for the iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad as well as writing an Android version of the software.
New iWork.com Features
Written on March 17, 2010
Maybe some of you have gotten the memo already (those of you who use iWork.com), but just in case you didn’t, Apple gave notification today that the iWork.com beta has received some new features.
If you haven’t heard of it yet, iWork.com is a web application site developed by Apple that syncs all of your work that you do on iWork for others to view, make comments and even edit changes on the document. It’s currently in beta testing, but being a tester if the software, I must say, it is really good. Documents no longer have to be lugged around on a jump-drive, CDs or, what some people around me have made a nasty habit lately, SD cards. With iWork.com, your work is, what we techies call, “stateless” and can be accessed anywhere in the world on any computer, whether Mac or PC.
