The Mac App Store Is Now Available

The Mac App Store is now available.

I'm pretty excited about getting to use the Mac App Store. No more of those bulky boxes and installation discs! It's going to be pretty convenient to just have to go to one place to get most, if not all, of the Mac apps that you need, that you want, and even the ones that you didn't even know you needed or wanted!

Some of the benefits and features of using the Mac App Store include:

• Easier app installation - just use your iTunes password to buy an app and the installation begins right away
• Automatic tracking of your apps so that you'll know when an update is available - you can update one app at a time or all of them at once
• Re-download purchased apps
• See what others are downloading with top charts for free and paid apps

The Mac App Store is available as a free software update for Mac computers running Mac OS X v10.6 or later.

I'm still on 10.5 so I'll have to trek to the store and buy a license and installation disc for Snow. Hopefully, that will be the last time I'll have to do that. :)

The iSnooze - Apple's First Scandal of 2011

Wow. The year has barely even begun and we already have our very first Apple scandal!

So by now I'm sure many of you have heard of the very strange iPhone alarm bug that causes all the non-recurrent alarms set using the phone to simply stop working upon the entry of 2011 - an inconvenience that has wreaked havoc on people's schedules from all over the world. In an article from the Huffington post, a reader named Lindsay G. sent in a letter explaining how she had lost her job as a result of this bug, and is now blaming Steve Jobs for her inability to pay rent. Yep. Because I'm sure she was an outstanding employee who was a great team player and had absolutely no sense of entitlement. </sarcasm>

Here are some funny reader comments from that article:

dajoker85 writes:
If Lindsay G. is that close to being unable to meet rent, she should probably not own an iPhone. 

Mattea Berry writes:
Ha! My rooster crowed at 6 am, according to the sun dial, and my horse drawn carriage got me to work right on time. A pox on all ye who rely on newfangled technology!

Fortunately for me, I have the uncanny ability to wake up at the needed time even without an alarm clock. It's just that damn Metro Manila traffic that makes me late all the time. A pox on all ye unruly bus drivers!