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The Microsoft Office team has announced that Office for Mac Retina support is now here in version 14.2.4. This means that Office 2011 will now look sharp and lovely on your Retina Macbook Pro. The update is available today and you can get it by checking Microsoft Update or simply wait until AutoUpdate alerts you. Continue Reading →

It’s tandem operating system updates for Apple today. After rolling out iOS 6 this morning, as promised, the company issued an update for OS X Mountain Lion, its desktop operating system. OS X 10.8.2 is a major update to Mountain Lion with some important new features — one in particular: Facebook integration. Also on board: Continue Reading →

iOS 5 introduced a centralized Notification Center to handle all of iOS’s little alerts—”Bleep! You have a new tweet!” “Blurp! Time to play Words with Friends!” “Blort! Remember to pick up the dry cleaning!” Notification Center’s introduction in 2011 was a long time coming, and a welcome improvement to iOS’s previous modal-only pop-up alerts. Despite Continue Reading →

Sure, the iPhone 5 comes out on Friday, but you can now get Apple’s latest iOS 6 software on your iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. Apple has just confirmed that its ready for download through iTunes and as an over-the-air update to your device if you are on a Wi-Fi network. Users should be promoted Continue Reading →

I’m in my twenties and people my age have things like student loans and low paying, entry-level jobs to worry about — not the size of our iPhone screen. So I look at the iPhone 5 from a cost-benefit standpoint. For anyone who already owns an iPhone the free download of iOS 6 is a Continue Reading →

Apple didn’t spend very much time at last week’s press event discussing the details of its newest mobile operating system because, naturally, most people wanted to hear about the iPhone 5. While the focus on Wednesday, when the software becomes available for download, will be on how iOS 6 works on the iPhone there’s a Continue Reading →

As we briefly mentioned in our EarPods review, iFixit was able to teardown Apple’s latest generation of earbuds, which are currently shipping with the iPhone 5. While we weren’t quite sure what was going on with their insides, the site has confirmed some of our suspicions and detailed a few other fun facts. As it Continue Reading →

Apple’s iPhone gravy train keeps rolling on, but it’s having trouble keeping up with initial demand, as shipping estimates for pre-orders the latest version have slid to 3-4 weeks, as noticed by MacRumors. When pre-orders for the iPhone 5 opened up last Friday, Apple quickly sold a record-breaking 2 million units. Within about an hour, Continue Reading →

In the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, the company has replaced Google Maps with its own service. Initial previews of the feature were critical and most agreed that Apple had a long way to go if it was looking to dethrone Google. Business Insider spoke with Waze CEO Noam Bardin about the iPhone’s Continue Reading →

This is probably not what RIM executives wanted to read with their coffee this morning, but TechRepublic reports that both analysts and CIOs say that Apple’s iPhone has now matched RIM’s BlackBerry devices when it comes to enterprise security. As evidence, TechRepublic cites the latest research from Trend Micro showing the iPhone just behind BlackBerry Continue Reading →