Currently Facebook is facing a disruption in Europe, namely, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine Norway, and the U.K. In middle East the are some people complaining also.

And you? Are you facing a disruption as well? please tell us where you live and if it’s working, we will update this list!

Mac OS X 10.6.8 has released new updates for their system. Apple provided the newest revision for those who have upgraded Mac OS X Snow Leopard. They can be downloaded and they are the following:
• For those who are already using Mac OS X 10.6.8 can download a 10.19 MB Mac OS 10.6.8 Supplemental Update
• For those who have not updated their Mac OS just yet, a delta release of Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Version 1.1 can be included to their operating system
• For those who have not updated their Mac OS just yet, they can also try the combo release called Mac OS X 10.6.8 Combo Version 1.1

Previously, there were reports that fake Apple Stores are seen in China. There is recent news from Reuters which says that there are actually 5 fake Apple Stores in Kunming, China. The officials in Kunming have shut down two of the stores due to the lack of the permits which is vital in the business.

As with most countries, China is also prohibiting companies which may look like they are selling authentic products but in reality, they are not. This is a crime to the intellectual property rights of Apple. Thus, the Chinese customers of fake Apple Stores are outraged over the news that they have been buying fake Apple Products. For more news about Fake Apple Store, go to http://www.mymacbookpro.com/2011/07/21/fake-apple-store/.

Apple sales in Chinahave increased six times in the third quarter of fiscal year, 2010-2011 to 3.8 billion dollars, an amazing performance if we think that the Americans have only four stores inChina.

Apple Inc. should improve its sales strategy inChinaif it wants to cope with huge increase on this market sales, believes industry experts consulted by the largest Chinese newspaper, “People’s Newspaper”

If Apple’s total income grew by 82% in the third quarter much of the performance is due toChina, representing about 10% of them. Although Tim Cook, Apple’s COO said that the Chinese market is only “scratched the surface” of Apple, analysts believe that Americans will not meet its own success. “If I look at Apple’s ‘s long-term development inChina, I have great doubts that he will be able to support sales,” says Lu Libin, analyst at Analysis International Company.

The main problem inChinais that Apple has four stores, which achieve daily sales of 35 million dollars. For comparison, inU.S., a country with a population four times smaller, there are 236 Apple stores. Lack of sales, plus launch of new products delay inChina(iPhone 4 was released with a 9 months delay) have made Apple products to be in high demand on the black market. Officially, the iPhone 4 costs 540 Euros in April (almost the average monthly salary of most developed Chinese regions) and sold on the black market at a double price.

Apple currently has a market share of 7% on the Chinese market of Smartphones, which last year meant 19 million units

It seems that Apple is preparing to launch a new iPad tablet series. This would be called iPad HD and it would represent a better version for iPad 2.

Although initially it was thought that the next released Apple tablet will be iPad 3, this news comes to refute this idea and indicate a new approach of the company.

However if we think that Apple has just recently launched 12 types of iPad 2, is slightly hard to believe that they will make a move like this so soon. But we can not rely on this assumption and remains to be seen what strategy Apple will apply.

As the tablet name indicates, the first thing that should be noticed in this model is the screen resolution. So we talk about a resolution of 2048 x 1536 pixels, an important leap since the iPad 2 was equipped with a display of 1024 x 768, which is twice less than the iPad HD. The same kind of enhance it can be seen at the transition from iPhone 3GS to iPhone 4, where the screen with 480 x 320 pixels has been reached to 960 x 640 one. Therefore this specification seems more credible for iPad HD.

Apple has great promotions for American students and every year through the Back To School promotion and other offers students the possibility to purchase Apple products at discounted prices. In an effort to get closer to customers, Apple seems to have decided to open stores within a few campuses in the U.S., the University of Delaware being the first which announced it in May. Now University of Fairfiled could host an Apple store in a new complex in the part of the campus could move in. In U.S. the great university campuses have various shops inside them, but Apple stores are only now beginning to be built. I do not know if students can generate even more sales for an Apple store but the idea is really interesting and I already see the queues in front of these stores when an iPhone or iPad tablet will be launched.

Even Apple is the target of hackers, whose goal seems to be to compromised at any cost the group of Cupertino, Anonymous launched already a threat on this subject.

Pastebin posting of a data file containing a total of 27 users Apple, revealing the encrypted username and password of these users, promises to be a “preview” of much bigger attack, reports Webnews.

The compromised server seems to be in Apple Business Intelligence sector, whose official website was subsequently placed in offline mode to carry out a detailed examination of the situation.

Although the database was not containing important data, and the event does not appear to affect  any user or company, the occurrence of such a precedent is a serious topic of discussion for experts from Apple.

According to him, the threat actually materializes Anonymous group that posting titled ”Not Yet Serious” to emphasize that the real attack is still under preparation.

More over, in a message on Twitter, the group says: ”Apple could be a target, but do not worry yet, we are busy elsewhere,” a statement that is not a real confort for the Cupertino specialists.

Don’t copy a folder over another if they don’t have exactly the same name. Despite Windows, Mac OS won’t handle this operation and it will overwrite only the files same named, rest of the files will be completely erased from the initial folder (without moving to trash) and will replace it with the new one.

It’s true, OS is warning you but if you’re in a hurry you can confuse the dialog box with the Windows one.

Another big DON’T DO! is renaming Finder account; after the next restart you will not be able to see your documents; they do not disappear but they become invisible for the new account. Luckily, in Snow Leopard you can’t rename it from Finder.

Also DO NOT uninstall QuickTime, just throw what’s in /Applications to Recycle Bin. Some things linked to the OS replace parts of QuickTime and it could happen what I wrote before.

Final Cut Studio applications are too difficult to erase completely so DO NOT try this.

As a basic rule, DO NOT UNINSTAL any application that comes beside the OS.

If you do the mistake to erase or uninstall something, is not the end of the world but you’ll need to reformat the operation system, but there are some of them which can’t be reinstalled so easily; for that you must run the basic installer.

So, THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU WIPE, or check the Apple official site for your OS issues.

Upgrading RAM to your Powerbook G4 is one of the easiest and quickest thing that you can perform yourself. This memory upgrade will improve your computer’s performance and will take just about 15 minutes.

Things You’ll Need: Phillips screwdriver

1. Turn off your PowerBook.
2. Flip it over. Touch a non-painted piece of metal to remove the static electricity from your body and clothes. It is important for static electricity can cause damage to your laptop.
3. Take the battery out of the PowerBook. Push the power button a couple of times.
4. Unfasten the screws using your Phillips screwdriver around the cover of the memory door on back of the laptop, then remove the cover from the memory compartment.
5. Make sure that the new memory module is compatible with your Powerbook and do not touch the pins on one of the long edges.
6. Find the grooves in the slot in the memory compartment. Match them with the new memory module pins and slide it at a 30-degree angle.
7. Press down on the memory module firmly and sitting flat in the memory compartment. The clips on either side should snap into place on the sides of the module, if you did it correctly
8. Put the cover back on and tighten the screws with your Phillips screwdriver. Turn on the PowerBook.

Apple users can now wirelessly stream their music through AirPlay, a new feature of Apple’s latest products.

AirPlay is a new feature of AirTunes which allows music to be played into different stereos within an an environment without having to connect wires and USBs around. It can even be connected to AppleTV!

Users can now enjoy wireless music to every Apple products like iPod or iPhone transporting every audio file via AirPlay and into multiple locations too.