On Monday, shareware developer Maintain released version 6.6.1 of CocktailCocktail (Mountain Lion Edition), the popular shareware utility program that allows for additional Mac OS X system tests. The new version, a 5.5 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and features: – Improvements on the “Clear user caches” procedure. – Added ability to change Launchpad background […]
Never knock updated printer drivers, as they are your friend. On Friday, Apple released its Epson Printers Drivers 2.15 package. The update, a 1.2 gigabyte download, adds updated drivers for assorted Epson printers, scanners and multifunction devices. The update requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 or later and can also be located, […]
It’s not the happiest topic, but they’re meeting to discuss it. On Thursday, President Obama met with Tim Cook and other tech executives from companies like Google and AT&T to discuss government surveillance according to Politico. Civil liberties leaders were also at the closed-door meeting. The White House declined to comment about the details of […]
This is kind of nifty. Per AppleInsider, Google on Thursday updated its iBooks-like Google Play Books port, bringing in-app rentals, highlighting and note taking for scanned books, as well as other features to the iOS title. Now at version 1.6.0, Google Play Books for iOS now supports in-app rentals, which allows users to access select […]
On Friday, software giant Google released version 7.1.1.1888 of its popular Google Earth program. The new version, a 45 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – The “Enable Controller” option is now default on. If you have an uncalibrated external controller (such as a gaming joystick) connected to your computer, this could result […]