More Apple Slices!

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There is so much news concerning Apple these days that I decided to post another quick round of Apple Slices.

Apple Sold More iOS Devices in 2011 Than Macs in 28 Years

Apple sold more iOS devices (156 million) in 2011 than it sold Macs (122 million) in 28 years of their existence. 

http://on.mash.to/wCfWkw

Apple Officially Drops 'Mac' Name from OS X Mountain Lion

Though it still used the 'Mac OS X' naming scheme in press releases, Apple called the new system 'OS X Lion'

http://bit.ly/AlSQut

Help Me Understand This

This past week, I received the email I knew was coming. The MacBook was dead. As our reps promised, there was an end of life inventory left, but those units were going to go quickly, so anybody who wanted/needed any had to act immediately. Which, for anyone trying to work outside of a budget purchase cycle, is impossible

http://bit.ly/x4EfPH

How to Delete Unwanted iOS apps from iTunes

If you've had an iDevice for more than a few months, however, it's likely you have deleted many needless apps and free trials after trying them out. The problem is that if you delete an app from your iDevice, the app remains listed in iTunes.

http://bit.ly/zyv6ON

Apple Will Require Explicit User Permission to Access Address Book

After the recent mess around apps like Path that were accessing users’ Address Book data without explicit consent, [Apple] has spoken up. 

http://tnw.co/xftpGe

Apple Slices

Apple "Mountain Lion" OS logo

Rethinking Testing in the Age of iPad
Moving assessments onto mobile devices may open the door to quicker feedback for students and teachers as well as richer data, but without proper management of the devices and a strong infrastructure to support them, integrating the devices can be a challenge.
http://bit.ly/yJmX7b


Why China and Apple Are a Match Made in Hell
As recent events have demonstrated, Apple is incompatible with China’s business culture, legal system and worker culture.
http://bit.ly/Ai9f85


iPad Owners Rush to Sell Devices ahead of iPad3
According to the Boston Herald, Gazelle, an online service that buys used electronics and resells them through retail outlets, saw a 500% increase in iPad resale orders last Thursday, a number that grew steadily stronger over the weekend.

http://on.mash.to/xMIORo

30 New OS Mountain Lion Features
Since only developers have access to the Mountain Lion beta at this point, I put together this quick video for all of Cult Of Mac’s great readers detailing 30 of the best new features of Mountain Lion, all jam packed into just two minutes. 
http://bit.ly/zz6qgn

RIP iChat,  2002-12

What we mourn today is the loss of your earthly shell: the name that became a verb. “I’ll iChat you” — how many times have I said that? It took a while for it to shift to “I’ll gChat you,” which is what I say now. I used the name iChat while using gChat for at least a year.


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WSJ Predicts New iPad Release on March 7
The iPad 3 will come in 4G LTE versions for Verizon and AT&T according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. It was reported earlier today that the iPad 3 announcement would come on March 7. 
http://bit.ly/z1Pe6N