I was looking at my recently purchased items within the Mac App Store and I’ve realised – I never have rated the very apps I love to use everyday. It might be safe to assume that I’m not the only person who hasn’t created the habit of rating apps.
I’m currently going through all the apps now and rating them and writing a review, if I have something constructive to say – the thing that came to mind to help create that good habit of rating apps in the Mac App Store would be a way to remind people without being intrusive. The section within the Mac App Store – Purchased – could show the stars you’ve rated each app – even allow you to rate the app right from within that section.
This would be a subtle reminder that you haven’t rated the apps you own, and also bring a far more even rating to an app, rather than the extreme ratings that currently exist within the rating system – this would have a mediating effect on the overall rating.
Between June the 11th – 15th, the rumour is that Apple will show off something with regards to iOS 6 – if the rumours about the screen size being increased in the future iPhone 5 – It would be logical to assume there will be signs of it within the code of iOS 6.
With all the talk about Apple bringing their own maps to iOS 6 and the summer release of OS X Mountain Lion – we might find tighter integration between OS X and iOS 6 – come WWDC and the code gets released to the developers, there will be hints of screen sizes within the code which will add further fuel to the fire of the rumours of the iPhone 5.
In December of 2011, Apple bought a flash storage company called ‘Anobit’ – now we all know Apple is one of the biggest buyers of flash storage for all their iOS devices, but what if flash storage was coming to the next iteration of iMacs?
Apple have already shown the desire to move their MacBook Air line to flash storage and it would be safe to assume that the next MacBook Pro’s would also follow that trend, but where does that leave the desktop?
With the summer release of Mountain Lion and the usual yearly refresh of iMacs, we might see some kind of flash storage in the new iMacs, it would bring them along side with the MacBook line.
Apple released OS X Lion on 20th of July 2011 allowing applications to use Full Screen mode. Twitter has been favoured by Apple and fully integrated into iOS 5 so why does the official OS X Twitter App not take advantage of Full Screen mode within Lion?
Twitter was used in a recent keynote by Apple, showcasing how their iOS App was specifically designed to take advantage of the iPads screen, so what’s holding up the release of a Full Screen mode for OS X?
Recent stories of Steve Jobs wanting to visit one lucky winner of the Apple Golden Ticket dressed as Willy Wonka, made me think about Wonka Vision, which then lead me to the infamous Apple TV.
Apple is a company people love to create rumours about, Steve Jobs is in a way – the Willy Wonka of tech, by the way Apple was run in a secretive manner, like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory.
The Apple TV rumours have gone on for such a long time, it’s about as real as Wonka Vision is. Yes there might be an Apple TV in the future but for now we have to accept, the media and general public know nothing.
“There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination.” – Willy Wonka