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Apple News: GM will be first automaker to use Apple’s ‘Eyes Free’ Siri integration General Motors on Tuesday announced that it will be integrating Apple’s new “Eyes Free” Siri mode in two of its cars early next year, making it the first car maker in the world to implement the technology in a commercial product. As noted by The Next Web, GM announced during the Los Angeles International Auto Show…

Mac News: Apple still the world’s top brand as value jumps 44% to a whopping $130.6 BILLION Apple’s stock is riding higher than ever thanks to the iPhone 5 launch excitement, propelling its share price to over $700, giving the consumer electronics juggernaut a market capitalization of approximately $660 billion. Read full story => TheNextWeb Technology News: Driverless cars mean no more driver’s licences by 2040 The timeline for autonomous…

Mac News: OS X: The Best OS for Writing    Macs may be used by everyone from NASA to the White House, but they can’t shake the perception that they’re designer goods. People readily accept that Macs are good for creatives, but not for real business work, no matter how many times they’ve been proven to simply be great computers for anyone that cares about a good computing experience.  …

Mac News: 13-inch MacBook Air vs. 13-inch MacBook Pro: Which should you buy?    One’s thin. One’s thick. Both start at $1,199. Picking between the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air has never been tougher. Find out which one is for you.     MacBook Air. MacBook Pro. Once upon a time, these two products were significantly different from each other, two totally different products. That dividing line’s been blurring, especially when it…

Mac News: Thoughts on the new iPadThe new iPad has been out for nearly three weeks now, and most of the folks who are going to weigh in on the tablet, have. The Retina display looks great, and LTE is lightning-fast. But otherwise the consensus seems to be that it’s not much different than its predecessor.Read full story => iDownloadBlog Technology News: Cars in the Cloud: Trackable and Time-StampedVehicle recorded…