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Apple purchases HopStop, could focus on public transit and navigation updates for upcoming versions of Maps

Apple has snagged HopStop. Per AppleInsider and AllThingsD, Apple on Friday purchased transit navigation service HopStop, which also has an iPhone app of the same name, in a possible bid to bolster its own in-house mapping solution. Citing sources with knowledge of the deal, Bloomberg reports that Apple has just purchased HopStop, a localized public […]

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Parallels Desktop updated to 8.0.18608

On Friday, Parallels released version 8.0.18608 of its Parallels Desktop virtualization software. The new update, a 336.7 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Install Windows 8.1 Preview using Express installation. – Work with Ubuntu 13.04 in Coherence view mode. – Resolves an issue with the Contact Card opening too slowly in Microsoft […]

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OnyX updated to 2.7.2

An update’s an update. OnyX, Titanium Software’s popular freeware multifunction utility for Mac OS X, has been updated to version 2.7.2. The new version, a 22.1 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Deleting the Fonts Cache improved. – Deleting the Applications Cache improved. – Deleting the temporary items improved. – New option: […]

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Apple releases fifth OS X 10.8.5 build to developer community

OS X 10.8.5 is on its way. Per MacNN, Apple is now seeding a fifth beta of OS X 10.8.5 to developers. The latest build, 12F23, is just a few version numbers advanced since the previous one, 12F20. That could mean that v10.8.5 will reach the public by the end of the month. There are […]

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Microsoft releases Office 2011 14.3.6 update

An update’s an update. Microsoft on Wednesday released version 14.3.6 of its Microsoft Office 2011 suite for the Mac. The update, a 113 megabyte download, features the following changes: – This update fixes an issue in which Outlook repeatedly tried to send messages that exceeded certain server-side size limits from the Outbox. Now, messages that […]