Piper on Leopard sales; Google phone OS; Xcode 2.5
Leopard's unusually strong sales on its first weekend show that the Mac user base is easily on the rise, according to estimates by Piper Jaffray. Also, Google may be leaping into the mobile OS space within days.
Steve Jobs keen on a world where people share WiFi
Apple chief executive Steve Jobs is reportedly "very interested" in a world where people share their WiFi connections in return for free access to other wireless hotspots in their communities, and recently met with the founder of upstart provider FON, whose business aims might just dovetail with the iPhone maker.
Apple sells 2 million copies of Mac OS X Leopard in first weekend
Apple said Tuesday that it sold over two million copies of Mac OS X Leopard since its release on Friday, far outpacing the first-weekend sales of Mac OS X Tiger, which was previously the most successful OS release in the company's history.
An Introductory Mac OS X Leopard Review: Address Book and iChat
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard comes with a selection of entirely new or greatly improved applications. The new system is designed to be flexible to fit your needs, so you can import the data from existing apps you currently use into Leopard's, or alternatively continue to use your own preferred alternative apps on the new OS. It also exposes new functionality for developers to allow them to extend upon, replace, or collaborate with Apple's supplied applications. Here's a look at how the new versions of Address Book and iChat work.
