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This week Apple announced a variety of new hardware and software products at media event. While Apple executives didn't devote stage time to accessibility announcements as they have in years past, the announcements still impact accessibility and assistive technology. Mac Apple previewed OS X Mavericks at their World Wide Developers Conference ( WWDC ) in June. This week Apple released the Mac operating system to the public and announced that it would be a free update. Like iOS 7, Mavericks includes some exciting accessibility improvements including enhanced dictation and Switch Control . Click to read more about each new feature. iPad The main focus of the event was updated iPads. Apple released a new full size iPad named iPad Air. The iPad Air is considerably thinner and lighter than the previous full size iPad . In addition to the slimmer design Apple included the new A7 processor which increases performance. The iPad mini was also updated to include a higher quality reti...

Apple's new and free Mac operating system called OS X Mavericks includes a new accessibility feature called Switch Control.  Switch Control allows switch users to navigate and use their Macs. Switch Control allows switch users to interact and control their Macs. Switch users are users who are only able to activate a few large buttons and who don’t have the ability to interact with the complexities of a keyboard or mouse.  For example, a quadriplegic may be able to activate switches mounted on their wheelchair with their head. Switches come in all different sizes and configurations but they give users who are unable to interact with the keyboard or mouse the ability to control their computers. It is exciting to see Apple continuing to improve OS X accessibility as well as iOS accessibility.  Switch Control on the Mac is  similar  to other switch interfaces and very  similar  to Switch Control on iOS 7. Click here to read about Switch Control for iOS...

Samsung Galaxy Round is world’s first curved Smartphone launched by renowned mobile manifaturer company Samsung on October 10, 2013. Though, other two big companies LG and Apple were also in this race but Samsung won this race. This is first flexible smartphone which can be bend either forward & backward and you can keep it comfortable in your pocket. The curved smartphone has made enough buzz in the market so let us take a glance at its feature. This smartphone is embedded with sophisticated features with a display of 5.7 inch, 1080 pixel OLED screen with a signature curved screen. It looks beautiful with slim looks and   has 7.9 mm thickness & and weighs 154g. It runs Android 4.3 Jelly beam and has a 2.3 GHz Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor, 2800 mAh battery, and 32GB of internal storage; expandable up to 64 GB via micro SD. Galaxy Round is embedded with 13- megapixel rear –facing camera and 2 megapixel front facing sooter. All the usual camera features from Samsung ar...

Apple's newly released and free OS X Mavericks includes a cool new feature called enhanced dictation. Dictation allows users to speak to their computer and have their words converted to text. Dictation can be beneficial to poor spellers and people with dyslexia. The new feature allows users to dictate without an internet connection by downloading the speech recognition engine onto their Mac . In previous versions of OS X users could dictate to their Macs, but an internet connection was required. With the new enhanced dictation words also appear as you speak instead of having to wait for your words to appear. Watch the above video to learn more. Click here to download Mavericks from the Mac App Store.

Nokia has introduced its first tablet Nokia Lumia 2520   in the market on 22 October, 2013 along with Lumia 1320 and Lumia 1520 Smartphone. Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet is expansion of Lumia series as company claimes. Nokia is well known for mobile making but now it inters the tablet market where it has to compete with two leading company Apple and Samsung.  Let us take a look over this tablet: What's in it for you. Nokia Lumia 2520 is embedded with latest features and presented in an attractive shape & size. It runs on Windows RT 8.1 operating system over 10.1 inch 1080 pixel display using Gorilla Glass 2 for toughness as it supports A 4G LTE modem & Wi-Fi that ensure lightning fast communication. It is powered by 2.2 GHz Snapdragon 800 system chip as well as Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor along with 2GB of RAM for flawless performance from the touch-screen operating system, without soaking up the battery.   The tablet also comes with 32GB inbuilt storage which...