Friday, August 10, 2012

Software : Apple's Podcasts app get another fix

Software : Apple's Podcasts app get another fix

Apple's Podcasts app get another fix

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Apple's Podcasts app get another fix

Apple has issued a second update for its standalone Podcasts app for iOS, which launched in June.

The app, which freed video and audio shows from the iTunes app where they had become somewhat lost in the shuffle, arrived to a luke-warm reception a few weeks back.

The iPhone, iPad and iPod touch app had been quitting on users regularly, and a first stability update didn't seem to cure the issue back in late June.

More performance enhancements

Now, reports 9to5Mac, update 1.0.2 is available for download, which brings more performance enhancements but no new features.

Apple's release notes say: "Podcasts 1.0.2 provides performance and stability improvements, including addressing an issue that may cause Podcasts to quit unexpectedly on launch."

You can update your app by accessing the Updates section of the App Store.

Google updates mobile search, adds Goggle Translate to Android

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Google updates mobile search, adds Goggle Translate to Android

Google has added some new features to mobile search, making searching the weather and calculations a more interactive experience.

Now when you search for the weather, you'll see 10-day and hourly forecasts, while hunting down the solution to a calculation will pull up a fully functional scientific calculator.

Flight status is also going to be quick and easy to find, while finance, conversions, definitions, time look-ups are also going to provide you with more info and more options from the search results.

Google Mobile Search

You'll start to see the new features hit Google.com when accessed from a mobile or tablet browser from today, while they'll also be coming to the desktop soon too.

Lens a hand

Google Translate has also had a Word Lens style update to allow it to translate words using the camera of your phone to input text which you can then highlight using your finger.

"This makes Google Translate for Android one of our most intelligent and machine learning-intensive apps," Google reckons in its blog post on the matter.

"Speech recognition, handwriting recognition, OCR, and machine translation all rely on powerful statistical models built on billions of samples of data."

All so you can find out what Königsberger Klopse really is.

Mountain Lion hints new iMac and Mac Pro incoming

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Mountain Lion hints new iMac and Mac Pro incoming

Mountain Lion - Apple's latest version of its OS X operating system - may have just revealed two new desktop computers coming soon.

A couple of new model numbers have been spotted deep in the lines of code for Apple's dual-booting Boot Camp assistant software. These are MP60, thought to be the next Mac Pro tower, and IM130, a new iMac.

Both machines are overdue a refresh. In June Apple updated its MacBook range of laptops, including adding USB 3.0, more storage, quicker Intel chips, and of course that lovely retina display. But it didn't touch its desktop range.

Apple CEO Tim Cook responded to an email from a customer in June saying the company was "working on something really great for later next year".

So it seems we might be seeing a new Mac Pro, but not until 2013.

No more optical drive?

The next iMac and Mac Pro could also come without optical drives. Some speculate this will be the case because they're in the section of code in Boot Camp that lets machines boot using a USB drive.

The iMac and Mac pro are Apple's less popular computers. It started selling more laptops than desktops back in 2006. But considering Apple is now in the top five PC manufacturers in the UK, even a relatively low-selling machine is going to make big bucks.

Previous rumours have also hinted we'll see the retina display become standard across all Apple devices, including its fabled TV set. That's so that apps and programs will look the same no matter which device you're using them on.

Via AppleInsider
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