Apple CEO Tim Cook is now aiming for the opposite – he wants the Mac to be more like the iPhone, not the other way around. A new version of Mac OS X was unveiled (in fact, the company is dropping the whole ‘Mac’ moniker and going with just OS X) codenamed ‘Mountain Lion.’

This next generation operating system, released to developers as a beta version, demonstrates further alignment between the smartphone and desktop world. In the article, Tim Cook is quoted as saying “We see that people are in love with a lot of apps and functionality here … Anywhere where that makes sense, we are going to move that over to Mac.”

Apps seem to be the, erm, killer app here, that’s for sure, and it’s clear that Apple is thinking of a future where the Mac computer OS X and the iPhone’s iOS coexist far more intimately. While all kinds of devices will continue to be manufactured, and probably maintain their unique characteristics, we’ll see far more similarities in the software look, feel and apps they run.

Source: Yahoo News

We will miss your creativity

A legendary leader and showman. The Apple leader died yesterday at the age of 56.

Apple II was the first personal computer sold in large quantities. It wasn’t Apple that created the graphics user interface, it was Xerox, but it was Macintosh that gave it a reasonable price.

Steve Jobs was also one of the brains behind hugely successful Pixar Animation Studio, sold to Disney.

A lot of the success of Apple comes from the fantastic and innovative designs. Right now we see a world of new Pads and phones that take a lot from Iphone and Ipad.

2004 Steve Jobs was operated for Pancreatic cancer. In the beginning of 2011 he took time off as CEO from Apple but in March he was back on stage showing Ipad 2. In August this year he stepped down from the help of Apple, but remained Chairman.

Steve Jobs died in his home in California surrounded by family October 5th 2011.

We will miss your incredible creativity.

Apple is now the world’s most valuable brand, knocking Google off the top spot and into second place on the BrandZ Top 100 2011 ranking of the most valuable global brands.

The value of the iPhone and iPad maker’s brand surged 84 per cent since last year’s list, racking up a total brand value of $153.3bn, according to market research company and list compilers Millward Brown, a subsidiary of advertising and marketing giant WPP. Apple’s decision to launch the iPad is credited with helping to propel its brand to the top of the list.

“At the start of last year, few people fretted that their lives felt bereft of a digital gadget smaller than their laptop but larger than their mobile phone. By the end of 2010, however, about 18 million of us owned iPads or other tablets,” the report notes.

Source: silicon.com