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Apple OS X Mountain Lion Preview

Yesterday Apple released a developer preview of OS X Mountain Lion, the ninth major release of the world’s most advanced operating system, which brings popular apps and features from iPad to the Mac. Mountain Lion introduces Messages, Notes, Reminders and Game Center to the Mac, as well as Notification Center, Share Sheets, Twitter integration and AirPlay Mirroring. Mountain Lion is the first OS X release built with iCloud in mind for easy setup and integration with apps. The developer preview of Mountain Lion also introduces Gatekeeper, a revolutionary security feature that helps keep you safe from malicious software by giving you complete control over what apps are installed on your Mac. Mac users will be able to upgrade to Mountain Lion from the Mac App Store in late summer 2012.

Features:

Messages App – Replaces iChat and allows you to send unlimited messages, high-quality photos and videos directly from your Mac to another Mac or iOS device. Reminders and Notes help you create and track your to-dos across all your devices. Game Center lets you personalize your Mac gaming experience, find new games and challenge friends to play live multiplayer games, whether they’re on a Mac, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Notification Center – Provides easy access to alerts from Mail, Calendar, Messages, Reminders, system updates and third party apps. System-wide Share Sheets make it easy to share links, photos and videos directly from Apple and third party apps. Twitter is integrated throughout Mountain Lion so you can sign on once and tweet directly from Safari, Quick Look, Photo Booth, Preview and third party apps. Mountain Lion also introduces AirPlay Mirroring, an easy way to wirelessly send a secure 720p video stream of what’s on your Mac to a HDTV using Apple TV.

iCloud – Access documents across your devices. Mountain Lion uses your Apple ID to automatically set up Contacts, Mail, Calendar, Messages, FaceTime and Find My Mac. The new iCloud Documents pushes any changes to all your devices so documents are always up to date.

Gatekeeper – A revolutionary new security feature that gives you control over which apps can be downloaded and installed on your Mac. You can choose to install apps from any source, just as you do on a Mac today, or you can use the safer default setting to install apps from the Mac App Store. For maximum security, you can set Gatekeeper to only allow apps from the Mac App Store to be downloaded and installed.

For more info on the update head HERE.

Source: Hypebeast

Grammy Winners 2012

Last night the 54th annual Grammy Awards were given out and there was one clear winner of the night – Adele. The artist went home with overall 6 Grammys. Overshadowed by the unexpected death of Whitney Houston over the weekend, found dead at 48 in her Los Angeles hotel room, the Grammy Awards were nevertheless a big spectacle as usual. Check out below other standout winners...

Record of the Year: “Rolling in the Deep” Adele

Song of the Year: “Rolling in the Deep” Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth

New Artist: Bon Iver

Rock Album: “Wasting Light” Foo Fighters

R&B Album: “F.A.M.E.” Chris Brown

Rap Album: “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” Kanye West

Dance/Electronica Album: “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” Skrillex

Source: High Snobiety

Laneway Festival Street Style

Over the weekend St Jerome's Laneway Festival stopped off in Melbourne. Luckily enough some of the Topman team were on hand to capture some of the street style on show. Take a look below and let us know which is your favourite look?

 

Bugged Out Weekender Review

Last weekend, Topman Generation sent one lucky winner, George Hill, to Bugged Out Weekender to witness a stellar line up deliver non-stop body popping basslines – here’s his take on the experience:  

"The line-up for Bugged Out Weekender was incredible with Chase & Status, Shy FX, Friction, Two Bears, Rob Da Bank and Zinc all lining up in a throwback seaside town on the last weekend before payday in January. It was a ballsy move but it worked.

One of the best parts is that at Glasto, Secret Garden Party and the like you come back to a flooded tent and night of composting yourself in a fetid sleeping bag. At Bugged Out Weekender you awake in an air conditioned hotel room with shower and TV. So it was that after a heavy weekend, I woke up on Monday and made my way to work like a real person rather than Worzel Gummidge. You couldn’t do that after Bestival."

Sounds like he had a fantastic time then! For more info on the Weekender head HERE.

Camden Crawl 2012

Seen as the summer's opening festival the Camden Crawl takes place from 4th - 6th May. With over 300 events ranging from live music to comedy and performing arts you're sure to find something you like. All you need is one ticket to attend any of the shows whether you want to go to 1 or a hundred. For all the info on line-up and tickets head HERE.

Samsung Touchscreen Window

Samsung recently revealed quite an amazing piece of technology at CES, whereby a window in your house is converted into a computer whilst still being able to see outside. Take a look below as the seemingly standard window popped up weather apps, Twitter and email icons that could be moved around with the swipe of a finger. Even when you want to block the light out it can even be used as an electronic blind and enabled to watch TV! Definitely one of the best bits of technology for a while...

Apple iPad 3 Leaked Details

Just as CES (Las Vegas) was winding down Bloomberg has had 3 people claiming they have intimate details about the Apple iPad 3. The rumours are:

• It went into production this month and is due to launch in March.
• It will have a quad-core CPU (as opposed to the dual-core A5 found in iPad 2).
• The new high def display has more pixels on its screen than some high-definition televisions.

If this is true the introduction of the new iPad will be Apple’s first major hardware release since the death of company co-founder Steve Jobs in October.

Source: TechCrunch

Coachella 2012 Lineup

Coachella has announced this year’s official lineup through their Twitter. Headlined by The Black Keys, Radiohead and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, check out the roster below...

Wanna be a Part of the Olympic Opening Ceremony?

Although a mighty 10,000 volunteers have auditioned for the Olympics’ Opening Ceremony, the organisers were rather hoping to put on a show featuring twice that number. And they’re especially keen to feature more men:

We need more men – particularly if you have rhythm! This means those of you who can dance but also drum, or do any sport, job, or hobby that involves keeping to time. Previous performance experience is not required; Ceremonies Volunteer Performers simply need lots of enthusiasm, personality, a positive attitude, huge amounts of energy and a willingness to perform in front of a stadium audience and to millions of people around the world.

If that sounds like your kind of thing then head HERE!

Source: TimeOut

Topman Generation Digital Magazine Now Live!

Our brand new digital magazine TOPMAN GENERATION is now live! Check it out HERE for amazing interviews from the who's who in the world of fashion, film, art and music.