Lost Photos helps uncover forgotten photos in your email

We are pretty sure you have a bunch of photos you haven’t seen in a while buried under piles of online newsletters and work and personal emails. Now, you can recover these lost memories with Lost Photos for the Mac. The app scans and shows the photos stored in messages kept on popular IMAP email services, such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, iCloud, etc. You can download the photos to view, archive, and even share online on your social networks. The app is available for free and exclusively on the Mac App Store.

Apple takes on Office for iPad with iWork update

Apple isn’t sitting idly by as Microsoft introduced the new Office for iPad. The Cupertino-based tech company updated its iWork suite to share read-only documents and allow users to open iWork documents from iCloud webmail. Other cross-app updates include the ability to edit imported charts and a new editor tab. The updates are available on the Mac, iOS, and iCloud. Hit jump to see the new features on for iWork across iOS and OS X.

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Hotspot Shield debuts new Mac app

AnchorFree has introduced a new Mac app for Hotspot Shield. The VPN service works to protect your IP address and allow you to web surf anonymously. It unblocks sites, protects you from malware, and enables Wi-Fi security to protect you from hackers trying to gain access to your personal information.

The new Hotspot Shield for Mac features a cleaner, faster, and easier to use interface. It works on Mac machines that are running OS X 10.7 or later. If you download the app now, you can get seven-day free access to Elite service.

Macs and iDevices outsell all Windows PCs during holiday quarter

Macs might not add up to much in terms of PC market share as Macs make up only 14% of total PCs sold but add in the iPhones and iPads and that number is dramatic. As a company, Apple has surpassed PC market sales with its Macs as well as its iDevices and this means more new users are opting to go with mobile devices than with new PCs. Research from Analyst Benedict Evans points to another observation, "this is a pretty good illustration of the scale of mobile: Apple limits itself only to the high end of the mobile market but still sells more units than the whole PC industry."

Source: AppleInsider