According to the latest market share survey from NetMarketShare (http://www.netmarketshare.com), the market share for Mac OS X, Safari and iOS all rose last month. According to the report, among desktop operating systems, Mac OS X had 6.46% of the global market share in November compared to 6.94% in October (that's global market share; in the US it's almost 10%). Windows remains dominant with 92.23% as of November. That's up from 91.86% in October. When it comes to browsers, Safari had 5% in November. Internet Explorer had 52.64%, Firefox had 22.14% and Chrome had 18.18%. That compares to, respectively, October percentages of 5.43%, 52.63%, 22.51% and 17.62%, respectively, for the browsers. The iOS's still dominated in November, according to NetMarketShare. It had 54.04%, compared to 19.69% for Java ME,16.72% for Android, 5.27% for Symbian and 3.18% for Blackberry. That compares to 61.50%, 12.81%, 18.86%, 2.48%, respectively, in October. And November saw an all-time high for iOS....

Telerik has launched the Kendo UI framework. Targeted at professional software developers, Kendo UI delivers tools for front-end development with JavaScript and HTML5. "Building applications and sites today with HTML5 and JavaScript is an exercise in self-assembling an array of libraries and toolsets to compose a platform that has all of the necessary components for development," says Todd Anglin, EVP, Kendo UI. "This approach is acceptable for hobby projects, but it is fraught with support and licensing risks, it is difficult to maintain and upgrade, it is difficult to learn, and it wastes valuable development time. Kendo UI solves this problem by providing a unified framework with all of the necessary components for building HTML5 and JavaScript apps and sites." Kendo UI launches with three distinct packages: ° Kendo UI Web -- More than a dozen HTML5 JavaScript UI widgets, including a Grid, plus framework components like a Data Source, touch-enabled drag and drop, and a JavaScript...

id America (http://www.idamericany.com/) has announced the newest addition to the Cushi series with the Cushi Stripe for the iPad 2. It's designed to provide additional grip and more protection for the Apple tablet, according to Abraham Jackal, marketing manager of id America.  The skin is easily applied and removed without leaving any residue, he adds. The accessory is designed to complement the Apple Smart Cover as there’s a cut out on the Cushi that accommodates the mounting of the Smart Cover. The Cushi Stripe comes with a front clear protective film, a microfiber cleaning cloth, six home button protectors and a squeegee for proper film application. It retails for US$24.95.

Lusso Cartella has announced the latest addition to its collection of handmade luxury cases for all of your gadgets -- MacBook Air Sleeves. Featuring Artisanal leathers, the cases are designed to protect your notebook with natures' finest leather, "while giving you the look of luxury you have been searching for," says Sharon Cantwell, vice president of Marketing for Lusso Cartella. Lusso Cartella cases are now available at http://www.lussocartella.com, and Amazon.com. Prices start at US$129 for MacBook Air cases.

Rapid Turtle Games has released Zombie Area! a survival game for Macs and iOS devices and Mac. The Mac version costs US$3.99 and is available at the Mac App Store. The iOS version is $1.99 and can be found at the Apple App Store. Here's how the game is described: "The player controls a furious survivor, who stood up to stop the zombies. The advancing zombies must be shoot down before they reach the survivor, and make a meal out of him. Also, high attention must be paid to the throwing zombies too! They can take down the survivor very quickly if the player isn't concentrated enough. To replenish lives one needs to shoot the flying hearts, and the flying bullets to increase the maximum shots before reloading is needed. "The controls are very easy to learn. In the iOS version, the player needs to tap anywhere on screen to aim and shoot, and tap the survivor to reload. In the Mac version the whole gameplay can be controlled with the mouse."

JNSoftware has updated Dialectic (http://www.jonn8.com/dialectic/), a telephony tool for the Mac, to version 1.8.3. The upgrade brings several enhancements and minor bug fixes. Among the enhancements are Firefox 8 compatibility, improved logging, security, and better support for many devices and services. This version of Dialectic also adds improved Mac OS X 10.7 ("Lion") compatibility. Dialetic provides system-wide dialing of phone numbers using Bluetooth mobile phones, landlines, many VoIP services and more. It integrates with contact management applications such as Marketcircle Daylite, Microsoft Entourage, Now Contact, Palm Desktop, FileMaker Pro and other databases, as well as Apple's iCal and Address Book. In addition to dialing, the software provides a global Address Book menu for accessing your contact data including email, instant messaging, postal addresses, URLs, notes, and phone numbers. You can create new email messages, look up addresses on a map, copy data to the...

Version two of DocMoto, the document and file manager created by UK company, CHL Software, has been released. It simplifies the user experience and makes it easier to search for files using an intelligent file tagging system. The latest release has also streamlined DocMoto’s template manager, which gives users the option of automatically creating folders and sub-folders for organized, consistent file storage. DocMoto -- widely adopted by Mac-operating businesses in the professional services market, such as legal, accounting and healthcare firms -- is being used to help companies comply with industry legislation such as the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Sarbanes-Oxley and ISO9000, according to CHL Director Neil Cameron. Version two is another step towards us providing the entirely “paperless office” to business Mac users, which will include intelligent paper scanning to create logical storage of scanned materials, correctly tagged for easy search and...

iRise has launched the Mac version of their latest self-titled visualization suite to give app developers a contemporary way of previewing their projects before building them. The solution, which is in beta, is designed to provide everyone from marketing to development teams a snapshot of the fully functional app experience before coding begins. To register for the beta go to http://www.irise.com/resources/register_for_mac_beta

Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman expects Apple to overtake HP as the market leader in personal computers next year, when you figure in the iPad, she told "Le Figaro" (http://www.lefigaro.fr/), a French publication. "It’s possible if you integrate the tablets," she said. "We will try to be champion again in 2013. It will take time for the products that I have influence on to make it to the market." Last week Canalys (http://www.canalys.com) says it expects Apple to overtake HP to become the leading global PC vendor before the second half of 2012. Tablet computers, and particularly the iPad, have radically changed the dynamics of the PC industry over the last year, already propelling Apple into second place in the worldwide PC market in Q3 2011, according to the research group. Canalys estimates full-year 2011 global PC shipments to reach 415 million, up 15% year-on-year, thanks predominantly to increasing pad sales. Total tablet shipments are expected to reach 59 million units by the...

LifeWithSiri.com, a new website to provide a daily dose of Siri Quips and Tips, launches today. The site will present daily screenshots of choice Siri responses both on the Web and by free email subscription.  Siri is the virtual "personal assistant" on the iPhone 4S that uses sophisticated voice-recognition to perceive the meaning of natural human speech, without the need to use any Siri-specific grammar.  "Ever since the iPhone 4S burst on the scene in mid-October, Siri has attracted most attention for her often hilarious responses, but she also has serious capabilities," says Jodi Dery, developer of the website. "LifeWithSiri.com is the first website to introduce a daily service to keep up with Siri, presenting each morning new screenshots of both a laugh-provoking Siri Quip and an especially useful Siri Tip." Since LifeWithSiri.com is a daily service, what you will see each day on the website or receive by email, at your option, will be different than what you saw the previous day...

Samsung is set to resume selling its Galaxy tablet computer in Australia as early as Friday, after the company won a "rare legal victory in a long-running global patent war with Apple," reports "Reuters" (http://macte.ch/U2YB6). An Australian federal court unanimously decided to lift a preliminary injunction, imposed by a lower court, on sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, the article adds. However, the court granted Apple a stay on lifting the sales ban until Friday afternoon. Apple attorneys declined to comment after the ruling. However, the delay in lifting the temporary sales ban could give time for an appeal to be launched, notes "Reuters." Yesterday it was announced that Apple has filed a motion in a German court seeking to bar the German unit of Samsung Electronics from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1N tablet in the European Union. The Duesseldorf regional court has scheduled a Dec. 22 hearing on the matter.

ComScore (http://www.comscore.com), a company that "measures the digital world," has reported holiday season U.S. retail e-commerce spending for the first 28 days of the November- December 2011 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, US$15 billion was spent online, marking a 15% increase versus the corresponding days last year. Cyber Monday reached $1.25 billion in online spending. That's up 22% compared to last year, representing the heaviest online spending day in history and the second day on record to surpass the billion-dollar threshold. "Cyber Monday was yet another historic day for e-commerce, with online spending reaching a record $1.25 billion," says comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni. "It was just the second billion dollar spending day on record, following on the heels of Cyber Monday 2010. While last year saw Cyber Monday rank as the heaviest online spending day of the year for the first time ever, it will be interesting to watch the next couple of weeks to see if any...

Global Art Group, a philanthropic initiative behind Global Advertising Strategies that supports art projects from all over the world, has partnered with Miami’s KIWI Arts Group and Mironova International Art Group to unveil David Datuna’s "Steve Jobs-Ayn Rand" portrait at SCOPE Miami. The project, latest in Datuna’s Viewpoint of Millions series, will be on view from November 29th through December 4th in KIWI Arts Group's booth C24. "Steve Jobs-Ayn Rand" is the newest addition to David Datuna’s portrait series of influential individuals around the world. Fashioned from a background pattern of thousands of miniature images of author/philosopher Ayn Rand (created by artist Alex Guofeng Coa under Datuna’s direction,) the large format iconic portrait comes to life under a cascading wall of optical lenses made from nearly 80,000 parts. Moved by Steve Jobs’ recent passing, Datuna chose Ayn Rand as the driving component of the portrait as Rand’s work is believed to have inspired the late...

Singular Software, a developer of workflow automation applications for digital media, has announced the availability of Singular Software Presto for Mac OS X (v2.0) with support for Adobe Premiere Pro. Singular Software Presto automates the task of editing video presentations. Simple to use, Presto's underlying visual tracking and image-tracking technology works alongside the non-linear editing application to automatically synchronize the footage of the presenter and the presentation slides, using a video taken of the screen. The official launch of Singular Software Presto for OS X includes several promotions. Existing Singular Software PluralEyes customers (Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro for OS X and Sony Vegas Pro) can add Singular Software Presto for US$149. All others can purchase Singular Software Presto for OS X for $199, a 20% discount off the standard MSRP of $249. Promotions can't be combined and end on Dec. 31. For more info go to http://www.singularsoftware.com/presto.html .

CleverFiles has released Disk Drill 1.5, an update of the free data recovery software for Mac OS X. The upgrade adds new file formats to its Deep Scan recovery algorithm. Disk Drill features Quick Scan that recovers files that have been accidentally deleted and helps in less severe data recovery cases. Deep Scan looks for files based on their structure. Disk Drill's Search for Lost Partitions feature offers a way for any file systems still recoverable on a disk. Bonus features include Disk Image Backup, S.M.A.R.T. data monitoring, Live Preview of found items, Portable Mode and more. Disk Drill 1.5 also comes with new icons. Plus, CleverFiles has added a number of localizations; now Disk Drill "speaks" English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Japanese, Russian, Swedish and Portuguese. Disk Drill is compatible with any Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or newer (including Mac OS 10.7 and is 64-bit ready. Disk Drill 1.5 basic is free and is available worldwide from the CleverFiles...

CS Odessa is offering a new Mind Map exchange solution. ConceptDraw Solution Park lets users exchange data freely between ConceptDraw MindMap and other project management and mind mapping applications. Integration of the Mind Map Exchange solution with the ConceptDraw MindTweet provides users the ability to publish maps to social sites. The solution offers the ability to exchange data between Microsoft Project, ConceptDraw MindMap, ConceptDraw Project, Mindjet MindManager, XMind, FreeMind, Microsoft Office, and more. It supports all major office documents including project charts and reports, mind maps, outlines and presentation materials. ConceptDraw Solution Park is an online collection of plug-in solutions for ConceptDraw products that provide productivity-increasing options for knowledge workers. For more info go to http://www.conceptdraw.com/solutions/collaboration/mindmap_exchange.php .

Barclays analyst Ben A. Reitzes tells clients in a note -- as reported by "AppleInsider" (http://www.appleinsider.com) that he thinks Apple a third-generation iPad with a high-resolution screen alongside a faster "iPad 2S" with the same resolution as its predecessors, as well as a discounted iPad 2. He predicts that Apple will continue to sell the current 16GB version of the iPad 2 at a lower price, as a new entry-level model much like the company currently does with the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. Reitzes also thinks Apple will roll out a faster iPad 2, akin to the iPhone 4S. This "iPad 2S" could include a faster processor and Siri integration, just like Apple's latest iPhone, says Reitzes. As for the iPad 3, he says to look for it around March. The third gen iPad will differentiate itself from the "iPad 2S" by featuring a high-definition Retina Display in addition to Siri integration and a faster processor, he says.

Apple has filed a motion in a German court seeking to bar the German unit of Samsung Electronics from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1N tablet in the European Union. Apple has requested a preliminary injunction. The Duesseldorf regional court has scheduled a hearing on the matter on Dec. 22, a spokesman for the court told "Dow Jones Newswires" (http://macte.ch/oHy8o). The court spokesman didn't say whether Apple has also sought a preliminary injunction against the South Korean parent company. However, a person familiar with the matter told Dow Jones that the iMac/iPhone/iPad maker has done this.

Microsoft faces challenges in the tablet market due to its late entry, according to "Forrester Research" (http://www.forrester.com). While Windows 8 looks like a "promising product" for tablet computing, its release won't come until sometime next year, according to the research group. Though Microsoft's OEM [original equipment manufacturers] partners are embracing the platform, consumer interest has plummeted during the past nine months. Windows product strategists will have to overcome several disadvantages associated with being a fifth mover in the tablet market, per Forrester Research.

Quarter 3 shipments of handsets to North America at 48.24 million units was a 6.63% decline on the same period in 2010 but overall 2011 shipments to date for the first three-quarters of 2011 are 2.10% up on 2010 and a robust quarter 4 figure is expected that will likely see 2011 full year shipments exceed the 2010 total, according to a new research report from Signals and Systems Telecom. Apple's iPhones have gained an 11.10% share in Q3 although this was a decline on both previous 2011 quarters -- but it's still up on 2010 shipments overall. Within North America, quarter 3 has witnessed great changes with vendors as several made announcements of new products, new operating systems and new functionality in a drive to generate sales ahead of the festival quarter 4 demand, says the research group. Samsung has achieved a Q3 2011 market share of 30.15% of all shipments to North America, nearly double the market share of its nearest rival, fellow Korean LG (16.75% share). HTC has a Q3...

Market research Asymco (http://www.asymco.com) thinksApple could sell as many as 280 million iOS devices next year. "Assuming that half the installed base upgrades every year and Apple adds devices required to reach the install base necessary (1.24b or 20% share) leads to the following unit sales projection (I’ve added 2008 through 2010 actuals and 2011 estimates based on my own current Q4 projections)," Horace Dediu writes for Asmyco. "This Approach yields an estimate of 225 million iOS devices to be sold in 2012."

To serve as a bridge between a user's iPad or iPhone and personal computer, iNimated.com has introduced everDOCs (http://everdocs.com/en/index.html), its new iOS app that lets users access remote files and share them securely from their own private cloud. The free app allows users to access files away from their home or office. everDOCs combines three apps: a Remote Explorer and Document Viewer, Email Assistant, and File Sharing Service. "Considering the excellent connectivity of iOS devices, one would expect that they could use their iPad on the road to open documents and pictures stored on their computer," says Marin Bogdan, chief software architect at iNimated.com. "Surprisingly, this has been neither easy nor secure, which is why we created everDOCs." He says to help solve the problem of accessing files remotely on an iPad or iPhone, everDOCs combines three apps: ° A Remote Explorer and Document Viewer for iDevices: Documents (iWork, Microsoft Office, PDF, Pictures, etc.) stored...

Seagate (http://www.seagate.com) is now shipping the second generation of Momentus XT, its solid state hybrid drive for consumer and commercial laptops The company says this is its fastest drive ever for personal computers. The drive is now available at online retailers Amazon, Canada Computers, CDW, Memory Express, NCIX, Newegg, and TigerDirect. Powering the Momentus XT drive are Seagate’s Adaptive Memory and FAST Factor technologies. Adaptive Memory technology works by identifying data usage patterns, and then moving the most frequently retrieved information to solid state memory for faster access. Adaptive Memory effectively tailors hard drive performance to each user and the applications they use, according to Scott Horn, vice president of worldwide marketing at Seagate. FAST Factor technology blends the strengths of SSDs and hard disk drives for faster access to applications, quicker bootup and higher overall system speed. The Momentus XT drive is nearly 70% faster than the...

The Quilted Plattan is the first model to be introduced from Urbanears’ newly launched Editions range of headphones.  The Quilted Plattan features a padded headband and ear cushions wrapped in an all-over quilted stitching.  You can find the Quilted Plattan at all Urbanears retailers, as well as Urbanears.com for US$80.