Apple puts all eligible products back on EPEAT
Apple has just announced that it will be reversing a decision made only last week to remove all of its Mac desktops and notebooks from EPEAT – a voluntary registry for green electronic products.
BBC launches Olympics iPhone app with 24 live streams
It’s hard to stay on top of the Olympic Games when your boss insists you turn up for work every day, but thanks to the BBC, you’ll be able to watch this year’s events on your iPhone if you’re in the U.K. The new app, named BBC Olympics, is “the only app on which you can watch up to 24 live stream of Olympics action and catch up with all the key highlights and medal moments.”
Rovio releases Amazing Alex for iPhone and iPad
Having announced that they were working on it back in May, Angry Birds developers Rovio today released Amazing Alex for the iPhone and iPad. Originally based on another game called Casey’s Contraptions, which the Finnish company bought the rights to, Amazing Alex is a physics-based puzzler that involves arranging objects to create chain reactions.
Tapbot’s Tweetbot finally arrives on Mac as free alpha
Tweetbot, one of the most popular third-party Twitter clients for iOS, and certainly one of the best, finally made its debut on the Mac this week. It’s in alpha form, so it’s still a very early build. But it boasts everything you’d expect from Tweetbot, including that great user interface.
Apple recruitment video offers a rare glimpse inside its Cupertino headquarters
A short video featured on the corporate recruitment pages of Apple’s website offers a rare and fascinating glimpse inside the hardware labs, design studios, and meeting rooms of the company’s Cupertino, headquarters.
13-inch Retina MacBook Pro appears in benchmarks
When Apple introduced the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display back in early June, the first question on everyone’s lips was “when will the rest of the MacBook lineup get one?” Recent rumors have claimed that the 13-inch MacBook Pro is next in line to get a high-resolution display, and that speculation has been backed up by GeekBench 2 benchmarks that appeared late last month.
Google releases updated Google+ app with iPad support
Having previewed it at Google I/O just under a couple of weeks ago, Google has today released an updated version of its Google+ iOS app which brings new features for the iPhone, and for the first time, full support for the iPad.
Apple to release new iPad in China on July 20th
Apple has just announced that the new iPad will launch in China on Friday the 20th of July. The third-generation tablet will be available from the Apple Online Store, authorised resellers, and by reservation from the company’s retail stores.
Apple releases OS X Mountain Lion GM to developers, starts accepting Mountain Lion apps
With OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion due for public release this month, Apple has made a GM (Gold Master) version of its next-generation operating system available for registered developers to download. Although the Cupertino company does sometimes release multiple Gold Master builds of its software, the label is typically reserved for final public-ready versions.