Apple releases sneak peek video of OS X Yosemite's new look

This was the video they showed us a week ago at WWDC which show what OS X Yosemite new look brings to the Mac desktop. Changes are sublte but significant and the functionality and ease of use is front and centre. There are revamped icons, a mysterious new font, cool transparencies and more intuitive touches all around. Yosemite comes this Fall for free to users with the right system requirements.

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Parallels Survey of IT Pros reveals almost 1/2 of businesses offer employees Macs

Parallels (www.parallels.com/enterprise), a global leader in cross-platform solutions, just announced results of a commissioned survey of 200 IT professionals about adoption of Macs in the enterprise. Results revealed that almost half of businesses (45 percent) currently offer their employees Macs, as well as other interesting data points about attitudes of IT decision makers toward Macs.

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OS X Mavericks to add enhancements and battery life to existing Macs for free

Apple's Craig Federighi is up on stage talking about OS X Mavericks and he says the new OS, expected to come later this month, will add an hour of battery on existing MacBook Airs. There are also a number of new features coming to Mavericks like iCloud Keychain, Maps, iBooks as well as updated versions of native apps like Safari. Mavericks will  be available today for free.

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Join us live for tomorrow's Apple Event

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I'm on the ground in foggy San Francisco for tomorrow's Apple Event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. The venue is all dressed up and ready to go and the excitement is mounting for the upcoming announcements. Apple's invitation said "we still have a lot more to cover."

Speculation is on refreshed iPads and iPad minis, possible creative new Smart Covers,announcements for OS X Mavericks, update on the new Mac Pro as well as possible Intel Haswell updates to some of the MacBook Pro models and possibly some AppleTV news. I'll be reporting starting from 1PM ET/ 10 AM PT. Roaming data coverage for this event is generally provided by Roam Mobility.