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Apple begins to include Automatic Downloads alert feature to recent Mountain Lion betas

Apple is going to make sure you’re up to date, no matter what. Per a tweet by the mighty Zach Kahn, Apple’s previously announced Automatic Downloads feature is slowly coming together in the latest developer preview of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, which features a new Notification Center alert for Mac App Store purchases. Automatic […]

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Onyx updated to 2.4.6b3

Onyx, Titanium Software’s popular freeware multifunction utility for Mac OS X, has been updated to version 2.4.6 beta 3. The new beta, an 18.2 megabyte download adds the following fixes and changes: – New version integrates 3.7.12 of sqlite3. – Changes the background image of login window and also works with OS X 10.7.4. – […]

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Apple to retain iPhone 3GS model, push units towards developing markets

It may not be the fastest, most recent or snazziest iPhone, but Apple will keep the 3GS around for a bit longer. Per AppleInsider, analyst Peter Misek with Jefferies has received word that Apple has inked an agreement with “a leading distribution and logistics company.” That new partnership is intended to push the iPhone 3GS […]

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Sprint now offering $100 trade-in credit for iPhones from competing carriers

It never hurts to offer an incentive. In an effort to drum up subscribership and advertise its unlimited data plan for the iPhone 4S, Sprint revealed on Friday that it will begin offering a US$100 credit to any customer who trades in an iPhone from another carrier. Per AppleInsider, the carrier said that it would […]

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iOS messaging hints at prospect of FaceTime over 3G connections

Because FaceTime should be on just about every type of connection, no matter what the throughput. Per Romanian website iDevice, warnings contained in the latest version of iOS suggest that Apple plans to bring support for 3G wireless data connections to its FaceTime video chat feature. When a FaceTime call is active over Wi-Fi on […]