Apple finds missing iWork features, returns them to the App Store

Apple has returned some 'missing' features to its iWork suite of productivity apps.

The Cupertino-based company was recently criticized for removing a number of much-loved (see: actually useful) features from the Mac version, including the DIY toolbar, page headers and footers and keyboard shortcuts.

Naturally, the pitchforks came out, and Apple pre-announced their return, along with an explanation that the apps were entirely rewritten from the bottom up "to be fully 64-bit and to support a unified file format between OS X and iOS 7 versions, as well as iWork for iCloud beta."

Now, the first few features have made a welcome, if fairly underwhelming reappearance.

Toolbar return

The main addition to the OS X version of Pages, Keynote and Numbers is the ability to customize the DIY toolbar. Additionally, Pages has introduced the ability to turn center and edge guides on by default, and Numbers now preserves windows size and placement upon save.

Keynote on both OS X and iOS has received a handful of new transitions, including Blinds, Color Panes, Confetti, Fall, Perspective, Pivot, Scale Big and Swoosh.

But the excitement doesn't stop there - oh no - as both the iOS and OS X versions of Pages, Keynote, Numbers, iMovie and iPhoto have also brought stability improvements and bug fixes. Don't rush to the App Store all at once, now.

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Software Vendors, Take Note: Security Features are as Important as Performance Ones in Purchasing Decisions

by JohnLinkous

In recent weeks, Google has once again stepped up to theplate of information security by demonstrating that they are a responsiblesoftware vendor. First, the company dramatically increased their bounty onvulnerability discovery, incentivizing white-hat hackers to discover black-boxissues within their entire suite of products. Next, Google took a strong standtoward information security awareness, reminding customers to maintain arelatively complex personal password policy for all online services.

Microsoft was not far behind, initiating a bug bountyprogram with substantial payouts – up to $100,000 per discovery – fordiscovering vulnerabilities across all layers of their product stack includingcore security services, OS and browser, and individual applications. Unlikeprevious “BlueHat” programs, this appears to be a perpetual offering, and willinclude both production and beta-release software to help ensure that softwaregoes gold with minimal security vulnerabilities.

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