FaceTime for Mac gets out of Beta now available for $0.99 in the Mac App Store

After four months of being in it's beta phase, FaceTime for Mac is now out and available from the Mac App Store for 99¢. Basically, FaceTime is Apple's version of Skype, where you will be able to do video calling from your Mac to iOS devices and to other Macs. The app is free to iOS devices but for Macs it comes with a price just 99¢ though and the app is free to use. When you buy the new MacBook Pros the app comes free and is already pre-installed. Download your FaceTime now.

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Apple releases MacBook Air updates this early

Apple's baby, the MacBook Air, was launched during Apple's press event themed "Back to the Mac" in October 20th. 3 days after, today, Apple have already released a minor software update to its MacBook Air.

Local: Apple Philippines sells the MacBook Air starting at Php 51,990

 

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Just got an email from Apple Philippines, informing me that the MacBook Air is also available in the Philippines for Php 51,990. The photo said starting so II'm betting its the MacBook Air 11.6inch with 64GB of memory (flash drive).

Apple upgrades it's MacBook Pro line with Intel Core i7, quietly

And while everybody is immobile about Apple's launching of it's newest baby, the MacBook Air, behind the spotlight, they have silently upgraded their MacBook Pro line with the Intel Core i7 processors in it. The optiong for the i7 processor goes to the 15inch and the 17inch MacBook Pros that gives them the name "the most powerful MacBook Pro "ever". The i7 cores has a clockspeed of 2.8GHz compared to the previous spec that these MacBook Pros have, at 2.66GHz. This was never mentioned during the whole time the keynote happened. 

"The upgrade will add $200 to the cost of the $2,199 15-inch model, or $400 to the cost of the $2,299 17-inch model. If you have a need for speed and the means to partake, hit the read links to order up your MacBook Pro of choice."

For their specs: MacBook Pro 15 & MacBook Pro 17.

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Buy yourself a MacBook Air

Released yesterday during Apple's keynote, with a theme "Back to the Mac", the "future of the notebooks" which undeniably it is, was also launched on the same day, which means, you can get your own MacBook Air today!

Apple unveils the Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

Uhuh, today is the day that Apple held their October 20 event, expectedly, unveiling the latest Mac OS to the public, the Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. Thanks to Gizmodo's livestreaming of the event, I was able to watch most of the event, I think halfway through the whole thing. As those media people in the venue are currently busy touching, testing, and what not the new things from Apple are, I'm here in front of my PC (yeah a PC not a Mac) typing away to give you all the news.