Gadgets and Tech in the Philippines

We were expecting Apple to release a major update to it's music and video management software, iTunes this October, since that was what was displayed on the Apple iTunes website.  A lot of us will be disappointed that Apple has pushed out the release to November: The new iTunes is supposed to be less of a resource hog and comes with a simplified interface.  Could this be one of the projects ousted Apple Executive Scott Forstall was working on?  That could be true if iTunes is under the mobile software unit Forstall used to handle. We'll have to wait another month or so to update our slow and resource hogging iTunes software. Related articles Apple says iTunes 11 has been delayed until November to "get it right" Apple delays iTunes 11 for a month Bad news from Apple: iTunes 11 pushed to end of November iTunes 11 Delayed To November iTunes overhaul pushed back to November

Windows 8 was finally release last Friday by Microsoft , let's see what's new with this operating system so you can decide to upgrade or not. The first thing you'll notice once you boot up Windows 8 is the Start button has been replaced by the Start home screen which is filled with customizable tiles .  These tiles are not standard static icons we are used to, they are live, auto update tiles and you can customize which tiles you want on your home screen.  For example, a temperature tile will show the actual temperature in real time. Social network integration has also been Microsoft's focus lately, with Windows 8, you can share videos, photos, etc. just by swiping on what you want to share and instantly send it through email or post it in Facebook . The major shift of Windows 8 is that it is now designed to work easily with touch screens , most of the functionality done with a mouse before can now be done by tapping on the screen if you have a touch scree

Last Friday, Microsoft released their Surface tablet which will go head to head with the Apple iPad .  The Surface will come in two versions, one with Windows RT installed and the other with Windows 8 Pro installed. Here is the spec by spec comparison of the two models: Surface with Windows RT Surface with Windows 8 Pro Operating System/Apps Windows RT; Microsoft Home Office and Student 2013 RT Preview (Word, PowerPoint , Excel, and OneNote ) Windows 8 Pro, this is capable of running the current desktop applications we use on Windows 7. Specifically designed for enterprise type applications. Dimensions 10.81 x 6.77 x 0.37in 10.81 x 6.81 x 0.53in Weight 2 Lbs. 2 Lbs. Casing Dark Titanium Color, VaporMg casing Dark Titanium Color, VaporMg casing Storage 32GB or 64GB 64GB or 128GB Display 10.6" ClearType HD Display, 1366x768 pixels 16:9 (widescreen) 5-point multi-touch 10.6" ClearType Full HD Display, 1920x1080 pixels 16:9 (widescreen) 10-point multi-to

The Apple special event has just completed and I would say, most of the rumors have come out to be totally true.  Very accurate? or has Apple actually lost its power to keep upcoming products top secret. Here is the summary of what Apple announced, stay tuned, relax and be amazed at the latest technology, the company has to offer. Tim Cook started the event with some iPhone 5 and iOS facts. Some quick facts: - There are an average of 28,000 imessages sent per hour. - As of today, there are already 275,000 iPad apps available, 35 Billion apps downloaded from the App store. - 1.5 million books are now available in the iBook store , 400 million books already downloaded. The new iBooks: The new iBooks was announced.  iBooks is now capable of continous scrolling, as you read a book, when you flick, the words go by, just as you would expect it.  More integration with iCloud .  Easy to share on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks.  This is now availab