Apple unveiled next generation of Mac OS X today ( 16 February , 2012 ) . A lot of new features are added and many features originally in iOS 5 are introduced to Mountain Lion . It replaces many common third-party software’s features as well .

It adds the following new features :

• iCloud :
  we all expect it . Fully integrating iCloud to Mac OS X makes the new operating system’s settings & documents saved online . You will not worry about your Mac die one day and settings are lost ; the documents & settings are simply restored with the godlike power of iCloud . For documents , you can even access them in any other Mac and even iPhones . ( bye Dropbox … )
  
• Notification Center :
  this convenient feature  now comes to Mountain Lion . Notification types are the same with iOS : Banners , Alerts or None . ( bye Growl … )
  
• Reminders & To-Do List :
  Apps from iOS , yes . Of course , they are in sync with iCloud , as well as your phone .
• Share Sheets :
  this feature button will appear everywhere , allows you to share the information you browse easily .
• Built-in Social Networks :
  Twitter native app is here . Also Flickr , Vimeo & AOL . No Google’s products like YouTube ? No Facebook ? well …
• Game Center :
  Manage your game apps , scores & achievements on Mac . You can even find players for multiplayer games .
• AirPlay Mirroring :
  With the help of Apple TV , the screen on Mac can be streamed to HDTV . Best for HD movies .
• Gatekeeper :
  This feature will protect you from installing malicious software . May cause annoyance if the user is not that familiar with this feature .
• New features for China :
  Mail , Calendar & Contacts now work with QQ , 126 , 163 , Sina , Youku . Personally I think this is unnecessary as these companies help pirated software & media to spread .

Replacing the following features :

• from iChat to Messages :
  the new Messages act like a multi-protocol messenger , which supports iMessage ( of course ) , Google Talk , Yahoo , etc.  ( bye Adium … ) 
  chatting between Mac and iPhones will be convenient .
  beta version of Messages can be download here .
• from Stickies to Notes :
  another iOS app comes to Mac OS X . It replaces old Stickies with Notes app , well-managed and with sharing features . Again , sync with iCloud .

Last , Mountain Lion will be available this summer . Stay tuned .

As you may know weather information can be shown in Notification Center after unlocking the screen . If you didn’t jailbreak your phone , it is nearly impossible to show weather in lock screen . But now , an app named Lock Screen Weather did the trick and successfully passed through iPhone App Approval process .

How they work it out ? Read more for details .

You may notice that if you navigate to Photo Stream in Photos in iOS 5 , you cannot delete any photo. How to remove the photos uploaded to Photo Stream ?

First of all , let’s learn what Photo Stream is.

Photo Stream , as a feature of iCloud , iOS 5 and Mac OS X , can backup all photos you saved in Camera Roll of iPhone to other computers / devices that installed iCloud . However , you cannot delete a single photo ; instead , you can only reset the Photo Stream .

Read more to find out how to remove the photos .

Raptor Talks has now iPhone version . Functions are still very simple, but will certainly add more features to it very soon .

If you still haven’t downloaded yet, grab your copy by typing “raptor talks app” in App Store search or click this direct link  .

iPhone 4S is now in Apple Store ! go buy one now !

Check out the “Let’s Talk iPhone” event live blog by Engadget here .

Mozilla released a major update on its browser software Firefox . The latest version of Firefox is 7.0 .

New features are as follow :

• [Performance] Drastically improved memory handling for certain use cases
• [Performance] Added a new rendering backend to speed up Canvas operations on Windows systems
• [Features] Bookmark and password changes now sync almost instantly when using Firefox Sync
• [User Interface] The ‘http://’ URL prefix is now hidden by default
• [CSS3] Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis
• [Features] Added support for the Web Timing specification
• [Features] Enhanced support for MathML
• [Performance] The WebSocket protocol has been updated from version 7 to version 8
• [Reporting] Added an opt-in system for users to send performance data back to Mozilla to improve future versions of Firefox
• [Bugfix] Fixed several stability issues
• [Bugfix] Fixed several security issues

Apple announced there will be an event “Let’s talk iPhone” on Oct 4, 2011.

New iPhone will have :

• dual-core A5 chip from iPad 2 with nine times faster graphics,
• processor will pack in 1GB of RAM, twice as much as the iPhone 4′s A4 chip or iPad 2′s A5 processor,
• back camera will upgrade to 8 megapixels, with a backlit sensor ( better photos in low light condition )
• Qualcomm mobi chip that takes care GSM & CDMA at the same time ( no more GSM / CDMA version )
• Voice-activated feature called “Assistant”

You may wonder some of your friends have gained access to Facebook Timeline. Here is how it looks :

What is Facebook Timeline?

Facebook Timeline is the latest profile layout of Facebook, which is planned to release on September 30, 2011. If you can’t wait till that day, read more for the steps.

redsn0w 0.9.9b1 is released. Here are the new features :

• Automatic device & firmware detection via DFU mode
• Grab IPSW version from Apple
• Cache custom & beta IPSWs locally
• Easier tethered boot with preferences saved
• “Pwned DFU” option to quickly enter into DFU mode without button sequence
• Various blob features pertaining to custom IPSW versions & storage on Cydia servers

It provides UNTETHERED jailbreak of iOS up to version 4.3.3 for the following devices :

• iPhone 4 (GSM)
• iPhone 4 (CDMA, iOS 4.2.8)
• iPhone 3G
• iPhone 3GS
• iPod Touch 2G / 3G
• iPad
• iPad 2