Category archives for: Mac Software

Office 365 Users Will Soon Get Unlimited OneDrive Storage from Microsoft

Microsoft’s Chris Jones, corporate vice president of OneDrive & SharePoint, updated the OneDrive blog on Monday to report that customers of Office 365 will get unlimited OneDrive storage for free. He said that the free storage is rolling out now for Office 365 Home, Personal and University editions. The full rollout will take a few […]

Facebook Launches ‘Im Safe’ Tool for Disasters and Emergencies

Facebook recently announced Safety Check, a service allowing people affected by natural disasters and other situations to indicate they are all right. The service works automatically, to a certain degree. For example, if a natural disaster occurs, Facebook will create an event for that disaster, such as an earthquake or hurricane. All Facebook users in […]

Skype for Mac 7.0 Sports New UI, Simultaneous Messaging and Calling

Microsoft-owned Skype has released Skype for Mac 7.0. The software brings with it a major redesign, matching the look of OS X Yosemite, and borrowing interface cues from a recent iPhone app update. The most significant change, however, may be a split-screen view during voice and video calls that lets people see and send instant […]

Google Increases Cash Rewards for Chrome Bugs

Google is increasing the rewards in its bug bounties program, as it tries to make its software more secure. The search company is updating its reward pricing range to between $500 and $15,000 per bug, up from the previous maximum of $5,000 for a high-quality report, with an increased focus on discovering potential vulnerabilities within […]

Adobe Releases Photoshop Elements, Premiere Elements 13

Adobe released major upgrades to its two consumer-oriented “Elements” programs — the image-editing program Photoshop Elements, and the video-editing program Premiere Elements, now both at version 13. In addition, both programs now feature a new help and instruction portal called Elements Live that offers various tips, tricks and tutorials on using the programs. Both programs […]

FaceTime Verdict Against Apple Tossed for Now

A federal court today threw out a guilty verdict levied against Apple in 2012 over patents related to its FaceTime application. A company called VirnetX sued Apple, alleging FaceTime infringed on VirnetX’s intellectual property. VirnetX sought damages of $708 million, but the Tyler, Texas, jury awarded it $368 million in 2012. Today’s action sees the […]

iCloud Pricing Gets a Makeover – Paid Accounts Start at 99 Cents a Month

In a quiet move, Apple has revised the pricing for its paid iCloud tiers. These begin at 99 cents per month for 20GB. 200GB is $4 per month, and 500GB is $10 per month. The highest tier, 1TB, costs $20 per month. Now Dropbox’s 1TB tier is $10 per month. iCloud is expanding in importance […]

Chrome 38 Beta for Mac Moves to to 64-bit Code

For Mac users, the latest beta channel release of Chrome — Chrome 38 — makes the switch to a 64-bit codebase, Google has announced. The primary benefit is said to be speed, since it grants access to “a superior instruction set, more registers, and a more efficient function calling convention,” according to Google. The company […]

Blizzard Not Expecting Major World Of Warcraft Growth

In a recent interview with MCV, World of Warcraft lead designer Tom Chilton admitted that Blizzard isn’t expecting to see the MMORPG grow like it did prior to the Cataclysm release. That’s likely because the subscription numbers have been on a steady decline since 4Q 2010 save for one little jump when Mists of Pandera […]

Mailbox Moves Beyond Mobile to the Mac with a Public Beta

Dropbox has released the first Mac version of Mailbox, its gesture-enabled email client, previously limited to iOS and Android. The Mac software is currently only in public beta, and people must sign up to a waiting list in order to gain access. It does however keep all of the iOS app’s features, while adding two […]

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