Apple reveals the next version of Mac OS X: 10.8 Mountain Lion
Apple have quietly revealed the next version of Mac OS X 10.8 and it's a Mountain Lion.
Seemingly out of nowhere and with Keynote announcement, Apple have announced the next version of OS X 10.8. A section on Apple's website details the additions to the new operating system: Messages, Reminders, Notification Centre, Games Centre and Twitter integration. Yep you've guessed it: more features of iOS are coming to the Mac along with further integration of iCloud.
Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple has described iCloud as being part of a long term strategy for Apple, with nearly 100 million users having signed up to the service. The inclusion of dedicated Mac Apps for Reminders, iMessage as well as iOS 5 style notifications prove this intention of Apple to sell more Macs as a bonus to massive iPad and iPhone sales.
Mountain Lion is due to be released in the summer of 2012 just as previous versions have been released to the public. We can expect it to only be available via the Mac App Store just like it's predecessor Lion. Members of the Apple Developer community can download a preview of Mountain Lion here.
