Will OS X Lion be released tomorrow?

During today’s Q3 earnings call, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer disclosed that OS X Lion will be released tomorrow in the Mac App Store. It caught a few people off guard because it was in his opening statement. Not many people would announce something that big in the opening statement.

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OS X Lion "ready" applications begin appearing in the Mac App Store

Many of the rumors appear that today was going to be the launch of OS X Lion. Although many have been disappointed that nothing has been released, don’t lose hope just yet. It’s still Thursday and the day isn’t over. Although things don’t look likely, it’s still a possibility.

A big thing that has caught a bunch of Mac Users off guard is the face that Apple has begun to approve applications in the Mac App Store. Is this normal to include applications that won’t even run on an older operating system?

What do you think about this? Is this a sign that OS X Lion will be appearing VERY soon? Are you excited for the new release? Leave all your thoughts in the comment section.

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The 2011 MacBook Pro's

Today, I went to PC World intending to take a look at the new iPad 2's and the 2011 MacBook Pro's and compare the speed to the speed of the previous generation. As I walked in, I was imediately greeted with MacBook Pro's.

Speed

Luckily enough, there were two 13-inch MacBook Pro's on display - one was the new 2011 model with FaceTime HD camera and ThunderBolt, and the other was the previous, 2010 model.

I closed all running applications on both MacBook Pro's, and loaded up Safari on both at precisely the same time. Both loaded up instantly. Infact, it wasn't until loading roughly four applications that the 2011 MacBook Pro started to shine.

Camera

The new 2011 MacBook Pro boasts a FaceTime HD camera. Unfortunately, neither laptops had internet access so I couldnt exactly test out FaceTime, but you can see a difference in quality when snapping some pictures in PhotoBooth.

I will definately be buying the new 2011 MacBook Pro soon.

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Review of YoruFukuRou

This is a screenshot of YoruFukuRou in action.

Firstly, I like YoruFukuRou because of how it lets you go though different types of tweets.  I call how they do it "tabs".  The four tabs up top are timeline(where you can see the tweets from the people you follow), Mentions(your mentions), DM(your Direct Messages) and your favorite tweets.  I like how you don't see all that at one time like TweetDeck, but they are easy to get to.

Secondly, YoruFukuRou is using Twitter's new Real Time Streaming API.  You can enable or disable it in the settings but I like it because you see the new tweets as they come in, instead of just every one to two minutes as the old API didn't support a Real Time stream of tweeting.

Rating: 9.4/10

You can download YoruFukuRou here.  It is a great twitter client for Mac OS X and I recommend it.

Skype Video Calling for iPhone

FaceTime for the iPhone 4, iPod touch, and Mac changed the way we communicate with each other on a daily basis. It revolutionized human relationships. Not only can you ask the person your on the phone with, how they are, but you can actually see how they really are feeling. The only negative thing about Facetime is that you have to own an Apple product with a front facing camera. 

Skype is a website that made free video calling between computers with a web cam. Their intention was Apple's exact intention with iChat. Well now iPhone 4 and iPod touch users can finally get in on the action. After a long and anticipating wait, Skype has finally announced free video calling on the iPhone 4/ iPod touch Skype app. So now, we can all take the basis of Facetime, and use it with anybody that owns a web cam and a Skype account. All you have to do is make a free Skype account, and download the free Skype app from the App store.