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Apple News: Gartner: Apple’s Macs will be as accepted as Windows PCs by 2015 By the end of next year, Apple OS X-based Mac laptops will be as well accepted by IT pros as their Microsoft Windows-based counterparts, according to Gartner. Driven by Apple’s efforts to make its OS X operating system more compatible with the iPhone’s, iPad’s and iPod Touch’s iOS, more users will bring OS X devices to…

Apple News: Master The Option Key In OS X Safari [OS X Tips] What fun the Option key is in OS X, right? Adding it to clicks and keystrokes makes many features accessible that would otherwise be hidden. We’ve spent the last few days talking about how to maximize the Option key in your power-user Mac workflow, in the Finder, the Menu Bar, and in iWork apps. Read full story…

Apple News: Analyst: Apple’s next-gen iPhone’s Home button fingerprint sensor would be difficult for rivals to copy “Apple is expected to launch a new iPhone this year with a fingerprint sensor hidden beneath the home button — an intuitive design that could be difficult for competing Android and Windows Phone devices to copy,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider. “Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities expects Apple’s acquisition of AuthenTec to…

Apple News: Apple to launch OS X 10.9 Lynx with Maps and Siri in 2013 Apple’s OS X 10.9 may be called ‘Lynx,’ and will have Maps and Siri integration, according to new reports. AppleScoop claims that Apple’s next operating system will follow the big cats trend and be named OS X 10.9 Lynx. That’s according to a ‘reliable source’ who has spoken to someone inside Apple. Read full story…

Apple News: Ballmer: Android is too wild, and Apple too highly controlled In conversation with LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman at a Churchill Club event, Steve Ballmer gave his assessment on Microsoft’s competitors in the mobile space. “The ecosystem of Android is a little wild,” he said, noting compatibility and malware issues due to the fragmentation that comes from having multiple variations of Android, on devices from Amazon,…