Steve Jobs  announced the release today of the iLife '11 suite of apps, FaceTime for Mac, and previewed OS X Lion.

We'll deal with iLife later, but it looks like a great value package of applications that have been dramatically improved.

FaceTime for Mac makes a lot of sense, and the beta can be downloaded from today. If your friends and family use iPhones and Macs, you can say goodbye to Skype!

OS X  Lion was previewed, and Steve Jobs explained that the big idea for this release was 'Back to the Mac',  what Apple learned taking OS X into the mobile world with iOS, they are now bringing back to the Mac:

- Lion will see multi touch gestures (but no touchscreen for Macs)

- Mac App Store (But it won't be the only place you can get apps)

- Mission Control, which is a great looking hub for your Mac Apps, inspired by the iPad.

OSX Lion will be released in summer 2011, but the Mac App Store will be available for Snow Leopard within 90 days. That's a huge development, and could really change Mac computing! We'll update with our reflections, reviews and thoughts soon.