Apple Adding High Resolution Wallpapers To Lion Indicates Retina Display Macs Coming?
A very interesting discovery made on the Mac OS X Lion have led some to believe that Cupertino is planning to release Retina Display Macs. The new installment of the Mac OS X Lion beta program included very high resolution wallpapers that equal to a resolution measurement of 3200 x 3200. This has been concluded as the highest resolution images that Apple has bundled in their software. This, in turn, has indicated to some that Retina Display Mac are on the horizon.
Valve Teases New Software With Image Leaks
Valve Software, makers of Steam, has leaked out some new images via email that our friends over at MacRumors have received. The emails containing the images are said to be from Valve co-founder Gabe Newell. Accompanying the images is information that gives very little detail about what’s next to come for the software. Alongside MacRumors, Macworld also received images that are said to be contained in the email.
Apple Creating Golden Master Version of Mac OS X Lion?
Seems like Apple is right on schedule for their summer release of Mac OS X Lion. According to TechCrunch, Apple is already in the stages of developing a goldenmaster candidate for the software to release to devs for testing. Although this is a GM model of the software, Apple may release several versions of the build before ultimately deciding that one is perfect for public release. Being that it has reached the golden stages of development, the OS is pretty much wrapped up on new features and aspects and this will be testing for bugs and kinks.
Craig Federighi Succeeding Bertrand Serlet as Apple Mac Software SVP
Apple this week announced that the head honcho behind their Mac OS software for twenty-some years, Bertrand Serlet, has decided to step down and seek new adventures with his talents. He will be replaced with another engineer who has been with Steve Jobs since the NeXT days, Craig Federighi. Before his departure from Apple, Bertrand issue this statement to the company on appreciating the experience he has had with Apple and the route he plans to take when he leaves.
Apple Releases Xcode 4 Beta to Developers.
Apple has updated Xcode 4 and has stated that the software OS free of charge to download for those who are apart of their iOS and Mac OS Development Program. Non-members of the program are going to have to go to the App Store on their Mac and pay to acquire the software. Although the link in the App Store is not active, Apple seems to have set the price to $4.99.
“Xcode 4 is the new version of Apple’s powerful integrated development environment for creating great apps for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Xcode 4 includes the Xcode IDE, Instruments, iOS Simulator, and the latest Mac OS X and iOS SDKs.
Apple Releases First Developer Preview of Mac OS X Lion. New Features
There has been rumors going around the Web stating that Apple is planning to do a major overhaul in the interface of Mac OS X for the next major installment, Lion. With the introduction of the new MacBook Pros and Thunderbolt, otherwise known as Light Peak, Apple has also released the first developer preview of Mac OS X Lion entailing features that were not seen last year when Cupertino gave a demo of the product in it’s beginning stages.
Apple Releases Mac OS 10.6.7 Build 10J858
Cupertino has released the latest installment of the Mac OS X Snow Leopard update betas. Mac OS 10.6.7, this build being termed 10J858, comes just one week after build 10J855 was released to developers. The software gained 20MB bringing it to a weight a little over 460MB.
In this build, Apple asks developers to focus their attention in Safari, which could possibly mean that they made some tweaks to the software. In addition to that, Apple has continued to ask for attention to the usual areas: AirPort, Bonjour, Mac App Store, SMB, and Graphics Drivers. There are still no known issues in the software.
Apple Rolls Out In-App Subscriptions
Apple this week rolled out in-app subscriptions for applications. In-app subscriptions will allow developers who provide numerous content such as newspaper, magazines, audio, and video to implement a recurring billing fee for material provided. Apple and News Corp’s joint project “The Daily” utilizes this function.
“Subscriptions purchased from within the App Store will be sold using the same App Store billing system that has been used to buy billions of apps and In-App Purchases.
Apple Seeds GoldenMaster for Xcode 4.
As it was rumored on the Internet, Apple has released the GM (Golden Master) version of Xcode to both iOS and Mac OS developers. The new Xcode offers a major update to the development environment for OS X and iOS apps.
With every major release of Xcode, there is typically sole big software to accompany it. For example, when Xcode 3 came out, Mac OS X Leopard was released too. With the releasee of Xcode 3.2, Snow Leopard was rolled out right behind it. MacSfories made an interesting observation in noting that requirements for Xcode 4 is Mac OS X Lion. It seems like a error being that, as MacRumors made sense pointing this out, that their is no seeds for Lion on Apple servers yet and the description page indicates that the dev would need Snow Leopard for this. Mac OS X Lion is scheduled to released sometime in the summer.
iOS 4.3 To Be Released On Feb 13?
There has been a series of rumors that have indicated that Apple is on the verge to release the new iOS 4.3 software by the 13th of February. On that same note, Cupertino might be looking at that same date or one in the near future to introduce the next generation iPad before an early April release, much like last year. Daring Fireball’s John Gruber explains how he sees it playing out based on the recent events.
