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  • Doxie's new DoxieGo + Wi-Fi: Demo video at Macworld iWorld 2012

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    Steven Sande
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Yesterday while I was on the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, I came upon a 7-foot-tall scanner walking around. After I figured out that my cold medicine wasn't making me hallucinate, I knew that I was in the right place -- the Doxie booth. There I was able to interview Paul Scandariato of Doxie about their new DoxieGo + Wi-Fi mobile scanner and grab some video. The new scanner communicates with your Mac or iOS device over Wi-Fi, and allowing you to scan straight to the cloud if you wish. Paul noted that many users scan their documents straight to Dropbox, then open them for viewing or…

  • Namco Bandai releases Namco Arcade for iOS

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    Erica Marceau
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:54 pm
    Namco Bandai has released Namco Arcade, a collection of four restored 1980s arcade classics for free on the App Store. You can play Xevious, The Tower of Druaga, Motos, and Phozon on your iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (4th generation), and iPad 2.You choose one title and play for free once per day. If you want to play longer with the same or different game, you can either purchase Play Coins from within Namco Arcade or purchase the game so you can play for as long as you want. While only four games are available, additional titles are planned for future release.Namco Arcade has online…

  • Hands on: LandingZone dock for MacBook Air

    MacNN
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:45 pm
    Several successful Kickstarter projects are currently on hand at the Macworld iWorld expo for potential customers to try out, including LandingZone's docking station for the MacBook Air. Electronista initially wrote about the device before it had gathered enough funding to pass through the Kickstarter program, so we were excited to get a chance to see it in person....

  • The State Of iCloud-enabled Apps

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    Federico Viticci
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:30 pm
    Three months after the public launch of iCloud, I thought it’d be interesting to check upon the App Store and see how many developers have decided to enable iCloud integration for documents & data storage in their apps. iCloud went live alongside iOS 5 and OS X 10.7.2 on October 12th, two days ahead of the iPhone 4S’ launch. In retrospect, iCloud’s public debut wasn’t without its issues and hiccups, but it was relatively smooth in the following days and Apple acted promptly to restore interrupted services for its users. Looking back, it’s just weird how many…

  • Intuit Releases Quicken Essentials on Mac App Store

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    Jordan Golson
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:46 pm
    Intuit has begun offering its entry-level financial management software Quicken Essentials for Mac on the Mac App Store. This is the standard edition of Essentials that has been on sale for quite a while, not a new version -- something Intuit is quick to point out in the description for the software. It's merely a new distribution point. Quicken Essentials for Mac, a basic starter edition, helps you manage all of your personal finance in one place, so you can see where you’re spending and where you can save. Quicken automatically categorizes your financial transactions, stay on top of bills…
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  • RIM: only 20% use modern BlackBerrys, LTE PlayBook in spring

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:30 am
    RIM's new leader Thorsten Heins in further interviews has outlined how he plans to take on competition in the short term. He revealed to Reuters that just 20 percent of BlackBerry owners are using a modern version of the OS, in some cases using BlackBerry 5 or even older. Much of the company's focus would be on getting them to upgrade to new phones, including special carrier deals that could bundle devices together or give carriers phones with bundled apps....

  • Hands on: Schneider iPro 2x lens for the iPhone 4

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:30 pm
    Schneider Optics was one of many companies at the Macworld iWorld expo showing off its latest accessories. Electronista stopped by the lens maker's booth to check out their latest addition to the iPro interchangeable lens system for the iPhone 4 and 4S. A 2X telephoto lens now complements the company's wide angle and fisheye lenses....

  • Macworld: iPhone cases that open a beer

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:35 pm
    The Macworld iWorld expo always hosts a number of unique products, and this year was no exception. MacNN was surprised to find no less than three iPhone cases that double as bottle openers. We checked out the Opena case, along with two 'Intoxicase' models offered by Spicebox....

  • NYT reposts Foxconn story in China, to different reaction

    27 Jan 2012 | 10:00 pm
    An AppleInsider report by Daniel Dilger provides some illuminating insight on the recent New York Times article criticizing Apple and Foxconn and the labor practices they and the rest of the electronics industry pursue to keep innovation high and prices low. The newspaper recently reprinted its report in China, soliciting comments for use in the US. What it got -- and subsequently buried -- was charges of its own bias from Chinese workers and management....

  • Hands on: LandingZone dock for MacBook Air

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:45 pm
    Several successful Kickstarter projects are currently on hand at the Macworld iWorld expo for potential customers to try out, including LandingZone's docking station for the MacBook Air. Electronista initially wrote about the device before it had gathered enough funding to pass through the Kickstarter program, so we were excited to get a chance to see it in person....
 
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  • Firmware Updates for Mac mini, MacBook, and 13-Inch MacBook Pro

    25 Jan 2012 | 10:50 pm
    A trio of updates for mid-2010 Mac releases enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection. (Free update, 3.1 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

  • PDFpen and PDFpenPro 5.7

    25 Jan 2012 | 10:19 pm
    Update focused on adding support for managing files on iCloud and integrating with the new PDFpen for iPad app. ($59.95/$99.95 new, free update, 41.6 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

  • Fantastical 1.2

    25 Jan 2012 | 5:27 pm
    Improves entry of recurring events using natural language and display of events, plus adds language localizations. ($19.99 new, free update, 8.7 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

  • Q1 2012 Marks Yet Another Record Quarter for Apple

    24 Jan 2012 | 6:29 pm
    Apple blew past analysts’ estimates to once again post record breaking numbers, with revenues of $46.33 billion and profits of $13.06 billion. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.

  • Yojimbo 3.0.3

    24 Jan 2012 | 1:36 pm
    Maintenance update fixes bugs in the desktop software plus synchronization and pairing issues related to the Yojimbo for iPad app. ($38.99 new, free update, 7.2 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member! Members also enjoy an ad-free version of our Web site, email delivery of individual articles, the ability to make long comments with live links, and discounts on Take Control orders and other Apple-related products.
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  • Video: Weekend Tech Review: iBooks Event Week 3 2012

    danieleran
    22 Jan 2012 | 2:29 pm
    Daniel Eran Dilger Here’s a video recap of the top tech stories involving Apple for the third week of 2012, including a look at Apple’s iBooks Event, product news, the week’s business stories, and upcoming events. You can also follow us on Twitter: @appleinsider and @DanielEran. Weekend Tech Review: iBooks Author Week 3 Jan 2012 – YouTube

  • Radio: CES 2012 and the tech industry

    danieleran
    20 Jan 2012 | 5:46 pm
    Gene Steinberg of the Tech Night Owl invited me to talk about CES 2012 and efforts by Intel, AMD, ARM, Apple, and Google. Also on the show are Kirk McElhearn of Macworld and Rob Pegoraro of USAToday. You can tune into the live broadcast stream Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00 PM Pacific, 10:00 PM to [...]

  • Shit Tech Guys Say

    danieleran
    18 Jan 2012 | 1:38 am
    Daniel Eran Dilger Shit tech guys say

  • Video: Weekend Tech Review: CES Week 2 2012

    danieleran
    15 Jan 2012 | 6:38 pm
    Daniel Eran Dilger Here’s a video recap of the top tech stories involving Apple for the second week of 2012, including a tour of CES 2012, Steve Ballmer’s keynote, big product news, the week’s business stories, and upcoming events. Weekend Tech Review: CES/Week 2 Jan 2012

  • Inside CES 2012: the Copycat Electronics Shitshow

    danieleran
    9 Jan 2012 | 1:52 pm
    Daniel Eran Dilger Mac users can be forgiven for thinking that the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show is essentially the PC version of what was once Macworld Expo. But that’s not really the case, here’s why. . . CES is actually a preview aimed at electronics resellers, not consumers. That’s because the primary market for big electronics manufacturers outside [...]
 
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  • iPad announcement anniversary: January 27, 2010

    Michael Rose
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:15 pm
    Before two years ago, we didn't yet know much about the hypothetical Apple tablet device, prescient leaks and rumors aside. We didn't know for sure which OS it would run (although we were pretty confident it would be iOS and not Mac OS X). We didn't know what it would cost -- the WSJ hinted at pricing near the $1,000 mark -- and we didn't know what it would look like. We certainly didn't know what it would be called, even though there were strong suggestions; apparently the Mad TV writers and some Dubai architects had some good sources. We couldn't have guessed that our most extravagant…

  • Siri probably isn't the bandwidth hog the WaPo warned you about

    Mel Martin
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    "How Siri is ruining your cellphone service." That's the searing headline from the Washington Post in an article by Paul Farhi. Farhi claims that "Siri's dirty little secret is that she's a bandwidth guzzler, the digital equivalent of a 10-miles-per-gallon Hummer H1." Where's he coming up with this? Apparently, the "Siri eats bandwidth" claim is based on a study by Arieso that reports that iPhone 4S owners consume twice as much cellular data as iPhone 4 users and 3 times as much as iPhone 3G users. Recent Android phones are also chewing up twice as much data as the iPhone 3G, while 3G and 4G…

  • Macworld | iWorld Best of Show liveblog

    Victor Agreda, Jr.
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:58 pm
    I'm live at the Best of Show awards, where Macworld has chosen the best products from the show (hence the name). Sorry about the lack of images, you'd basically see washed out photos of a projected image. Be sure to check out the links to each product. 3:07 Just now getting started! Up first, Boinx with iStopMotion. Florian from Boinx is doing a demo of iStopMotion. As we said back in December, it is pretty nice. 3:12 A beautiful little paper cutout animation from a kid who used iStopMotion -- really cool stuff. 3:15 PDFpen for iPad is up next from Smile. Really interesting to see how…

  • Doxie's new DoxieGo + Wi-Fi: Demo video at Macworld iWorld 2012

    Steven Sande
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm
    Yesterday while I was on the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, I came upon a 7-foot-tall scanner walking around. After I figured out that my cold medicine wasn't making me hallucinate, I knew that I was in the right place -- the Doxie booth. There I was able to interview Paul Scandariato of Doxie about their new DoxieGo + Wi-Fi mobile scanner and grab some video. The new scanner communicates with your Mac or iOS device over Wi-Fi, and allowing you to scan straight to the cloud if you wish. Paul noted that many users scan their documents straight to Dropbox, then open them for viewing or…

  • Seen at Macworld | iWorld 2012: $68,000 diamond speakers

    Megan Lavey-Heaton
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:35 pm
    Standing in the middle of the Macworld | iWorld 2012 exhibit floor looking a bit out of place, Alljack's $68,000 diamond-studded speakers -- fresh from CES -- are drawing a bit of attention. Inspired by a wine bottle and a flower, the speakers are crafted with Russian diamonds, gold plating, simulated wood grain and other decorative metal. Alljack works with industrial designers and engineers to create their products, and these speakers are crafted from precision-controlled machinery. Alljack is a prototype center from Taiwan, so these are most likely the only set of these speakers that'll be…
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  • Macworld 2012: Autodesk Inventor Fusion for Mac Coming

    Arnold Kim
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:46 pm
    Autodesk was at Macworld showing off a new product for the Mac called Autodesk Inventor Fusion. Autodesk Inventor Fusion is an existing 3D mechanical design software on Windows, but will soon become available for the Mac for the first time. Autodesk made headlines back in 2010 when they returned to the Mac platform after a two decade hiatus. Due to the success they've seen with their existing Mac products, the company will be bringing Inventor Fusion to the Mac. In the next few weeks, Autodesk will be releasing a free Technology Preview for the program which will allow Mac users to download…

  • Civil Suit Against Google, Apple and Others Over Employee-Poaching Ban Can Continue

    Jordan Golson
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:30 pm
    A U.S. District Judge has ruled that an anti-trust case filed against a number of tech companies can continue, saying "they still have an antitrust claim" according to Bloomberg. [Judge] Koh didn’t take issue with the allegations about the agreements between individual companies, Joseph Saveri, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said in an interview after the hearing. Instead, Koh has questions about “how it ties together,” or claims of an over-arching conspiracy between all the companies, he said.The case goes back more than 5 years, according to the lawsuit, which alleges that "no…

  • Tim Cook Responds to Report on Working Conditions at Suppliers' Factories

    Eric Slivka
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:25 am
    In the wake of yesterday's report regarding treatment of workers at the facilities of Apple's suppliers, Apple CEO Tim Cook has sent an email to company employees addressing the situation. As published by 9to5Mac, the email highlights Apple's efforts to oversee compliance with company standards for workers' rights and the transparency with which it has shared that information. From Cook's opening statement:As a company and as individuals, we are defined by our values. Unfortunately some people are questioning Apple’s values today, and I’d like to address this with you directly. We care…

  • Apple Estimated to Retake Title of World's Largest Smartphone Vendor

    Eric Slivka
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:13 pm
    Research firm Strategy Analytics today announced its estimates of the global smartphone market for the fourth quarter of 2011, finding that Apple narrowly squeezed by Samsung to retake the title of world's largest smartphone vendor as measured by unit shipments. According to Strategy Analytics' numbers, Apple's 37 million iPhones narrowly eclipsed Samsung's quarterly smartphone shipments of 36.5 million units.Neil Mawston, Executive Director at Strategy Analytics, added, “While Apple took the top spot in smartphones on a quarterly basis, Samsung became the market leader in annual terms for…

  • iWorld 2012: Bottle Opener Cases, Wave Cradle, Nomad Brush, Wallet Case

    Arnold Kim
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:51 pm
    Macworld | iWorld carries the usual collection of iPhone cases and accessories, not all of which are insanely great. But here are a few interesting ones that were on the show floor as I made my way through the masses. Opena Case and Intoxicase were both showing off iPhone cases with built in bottle openers. Intoxicase's even integrates with an app that counts the number of openings. Not sure the demand for such a thing, but here they are. WaveCradle is simple aluminum stand that amplifies the audio coming from your iPhone. The stand simple curves the audio towards the listener and they claim…
 
 
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  • iPhone/iPod touch/iPad apps for Jan. 27

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:59 pm
    Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps. You can find 'em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/). Sovereign Dynamics has announced Global Feed 1.0 for iOS. The free app designed to stream news based on Geo-IP location. It's completely configurable by the end user. read more

  • Jon Rubinstein, former Apple exec, bids HP adieu

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:08 pm
    Jon Rubinstein, the former Apple exec who took over handheld maker Palm and moved with it to Hewlett-Packard in a 2010 acquisition, has left HP effective today, according to "AllThingsD." Rubinstein is said to have no immediate plans, and had completed a 12-24 month commitment to stay with HP after the acquisition. "Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well," HP spokeswoman Mylene Mangalindan said. In a brief comment to "AllThingsD," Rubinstein said, "I am going to take a well deserved break after four and a half years of developing webOS." read more

  • Apple Italy now informing customers of mandated, two-year warranty

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:25 am
    Apple has complied with a court order in Italy and is informing customers at its online store about a legally mandated two-year warranty, reports "The Register" (http://macte.ch/AHf0w). Now featured at the top of the main page of Apple's online store is a "communication to protect consumers" that links to a PDF explaining the court's ruling. The change to Apple's online store in Italy was first noted by setteBIT and detailed by The Register. read more

  • Samsung loses another German lawsuit against Apple

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:20 am
    One week after dismissing Samsung's first German patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, the Mannheim Regional Court also rejected Samsung's second complaint, reports "FOSS Patents" (http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/). read more

  • Tim Cook emails Apple employees about factory worker reports

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:13 am
    According to "9to5Mac," Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out a lengthy letter to all of the company employees that are a direct response recent reports of factory worker mistreatment. read more
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  • The TouchArcade Show - 36 - Clean Shaven Edition

    Brad Nicholson
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm
    On this week's episode of The TouchArcade Show, we push through discussions about feral dogs, the Mindfreak, and accents in order to bring you the latest, hottest, and best-est in iOS game news and chit-chat. At the top, we dig into unreleased titles like Adventure Bar Story before we dive into more known quantities, like say, Triple Town. Post-break, we weigh in on heavy stuff like the Zynga vs. NimbleBit, uh, issue, and of course, get to a few of your listener questions. Oh! We also had a special guest this week: Joseph Leray. If you'd like to give us a listen, go ahead and do so via the…

  • Glu is the Latest Company to Rip Off 'Tiny Tower'

    Eli Hodapp
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:29 pm
    Let's wind the clocks back to Tuesday when news hit that Zynga was relentlessly ripping off NimbleBit's Tiny Tower [Free] with their Canadian pre-release "beta" of Dream Heights [Free]. Dream Heights is basically identical to Tiny Tower in every way, except for the lack of the Bitbook and a different art style. News of this spread like wildfire, and it wasn't long before even the mainstream media was reporting on it. (These are crazy times we live in, I tell you.) Well, Zynga has been silent on the matter as far as we can tell, which you'd think would result in a dead story. Not so fast…

  • Man, 'The Other Brothers' Looks Good

    Brad Nicholson
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:37 am
    What happens when three visionaries get together and tease an awesome game? You get The Other Brothers, which is certainly has the look and style of a next-level iOS joint. On the other hand, you also get almost nothing in the Fine Details Department, and that's a monumental bummer considering the promise on display. I mean, just look at that. The first post on the game's new blog describes The Other Brothers as "a pixelated family fun adventure [game] of running, jumping, collecting, racing against the clock ..." with a suitably mysterious twist. A Kotaku post has some more concept-y type of…

  • 'Where's My Water' Gets New Levels Via IAP

    Brad Nicholson
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:31 am
    Where's My Water [$.99 / Free] keeps getting bigger, better, and ... harder? Earlier yesterday, Disney polished off yet another update to the playful puzzle title, adding in some neat story elements and a total of five free puzzles and many others via IAP. The package itself has been dubbed "Cranky's Story." We'll let the boilerplate do the explaining: Cranky is the toughest alligator around and he has worked up an appetite from sabotaging Swampy’s water supply. He eats anything, especially all the rotting and disgusting junk found in the dumps and sewers. Cranky will not eat vegetables…

  • 'Jetpack Joyride', 'Battleheart', 'Sword & Sworcery' and More Nominated for International Mobile Gaming Awards

    Eli Hodapp
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:30 am
    Earlier this month I convened with the panel of judges in Marseille, France that made up the International Mobile Gaming Awards to go through the over 500 games submitted. After a day of some incredibly intense (and incredibly jet lagged) judging, we had our list of finalists which were just recently revealed. We've already reviewed almost all of these games, and if you're missing any of these games from your collection, they're all worth picking up: Best Casual Game CreaVures [Coming Soon] Hector [$4.99 Episodes 1, 2, 3] Jetpack Joyride [Free] Sprinkle [$1.99 The Blocks Cometh [99¢] Best…
 
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  • HP makes printing from an iPad easier with Wireless Direct printing

    27 Jan 2012 | 1:05 pm
    Hewlett Packard is showing off a range of new printers at Macworld|iWorld 2012, largely aimed at the home office and small-to-medium business segments. However, a new feature of its latest printer models is what really caught our eye on the show floor. HP's Wireless Direct makes it possible to print documents and images from an iOS device via AirPrint without even knowing the name or password of the local wireless network. All of HP's printers now include the company's ePrint feature, which enables options like wireless printing, sending documents to print via e-mail from anywhere in the…

  • OmniPlan for iPad to put project management at your fingertips in 2012

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:00 am
    Users who rely on the desktop version of OmniPlan but wish to manage complicated projects and workflows on-the-go will soon be able to pinch and swipe their way to Gantt chart nirvana. According to Omni Group CEO Ken Case, project management app OmniPlan will make its way to the iPad, perhaps as soon as the second quarter of this year. Case was on hand at the Macworld|iWorld 2012 conference in San Francisco to give Ars a sneak peak at an early build of the mobile version, as well as fill us in on the company's plans for the next year or so. When we spoke to Case at the Macworld Expo last…

  • Etc: Although there are currently several iPhone models on the market for new users to choose from, a new report points out that (unsurprisingly) 9 out of 10 choose the newer iPhone 4S.

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:58 am
    Although there are currently several iPhone models on the market for new users to choose from, a new report points out that (unsurprisingly) 9 out of 10 choose the newer iPhone 4S. Read More: All Things D Read the comments on this post

  • Apple CEO calls Times supplier report "patently false and offensive"

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:35 am
    Apple CEO Tim Cook has reportedly called recent reports on Apple's attitude toward its supply chain "patently false and offensive" in a new e-mail sent internally to Apple employees. Cook's remarks came the same day The New York Times published a lengthy feature about the "human cost" of our iPads, iPhones, and other gadgets. That report, based on sources and interviews conducted by the Times, made the assertion that many of Apple's executives are willing to look the other way when it comes to unsafe conditions and worker abuse because of the pressure to keep gadget costs down. Apple declined…

  • Forrester: Apple successfully infiltrating the office, executive washroom

    26 Jan 2012 | 1:07 pm
    The topic of Apple in the enterprise can often be a heated one—as we've learned over the years via our forums and story comments. But according to a newly published report from Forrester Research, Apple is indeed "infiltrating the enterprise." Apple products have become a growing presence in many workplaces, and as a result, says Forrester, vendors will need to change the way they deal with their clients. Forrester surveyed 9,912 workers in 17 countries to discover that 21 percent of "information workers" use one or more Apple products as part of their job (one percent reported using…
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  • Apple doesn’t care about workers?

    Digg
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:21 am
    On the heels of a record quarterly profit, Apple was slammed in the press yesterday by a lengthy New York Times article highlighting the poor working conditions in the Chinese factories that make Apple products.

  • Apple CEO Calls NYT Report on Worker Conditions "Patently False and Offensive"

    Digg
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:58 pm
    A couple of recent articles in The New York Times painted a less than rosy picture of Apple and its role in allegedly urging its suppliers in China to take shortcuts despite concerns to worker safety. It's a hot topic considering the multiple reports of poor working conditions at Foxconn, a top supplier of Apple's iDevices along with many...

  • Secretary’s Suite: The MUST HAVE APP for Receptionists

    Digg
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:36 am
    Review By Shineapp Team. Nobody has a perfect memory! We usually forget even what we ate yesterday! Unfortunately, there are jobs where one of your duties is to remember several things. For example, secretaries or receptionists have to remember appointments, messages, calls, etc. In order to make their work a bit easier various apps have been designed. One of the most remarkable specialized on saving and organizing call details, is "Secretary's Suite: The MUST HAVE APP for Receptionists" By jarEdApps.

  • Samsung's second German 3G patent lawsuit against Apple dismissed

    Digg
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am
    Samsung suffered another reversal in its patent battle with Apple Friday morning, as the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany dismissed the Korean company's second patent complaint related to 3G/UMTS technology. Last week, the same court rejected another similar Samsung complaint about 3G tech.

  • The Human Cost of Apple's Success

    Digg
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:37 pm
    It’s all Apple all the time these days: “astounding” earnings reports in the news on Jan. 25, lingering shots of Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene sitting near Michelle Obama at the State of the Union address the day before and, of course, ever since his death in October, near ubiquitous references to Jobs himself in pretty much any conversation or piece of writing or speech aimed at promoting creativity or ingenuity or an all-American, against-all-odds model of success.
 
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    MacStories

  • The State Of iCloud-enabled Apps

    Federico Viticci
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:30 pm
    Three months after the public launch of iCloud, I thought it’d be interesting to check upon the App Store and see how many developers have decided to enable iCloud integration for documents & data storage in their apps. iCloud went live alongside iOS 5 and OS X 10.7.2 on October 12th, two days ahead of the iPhone 4S’ launch. In retrospect, iCloud’s public debut wasn’t without its issues and hiccups, but it was relatively smooth in the following days and Apple acted promptly to restore interrupted services for its users. Looking back, it’s just weird how many…

  • The Omni Group Previews OmniPlan for iPad, iCloud Sync Coming To iPad Apps

    Federico Viticci
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:16 pm
    The Omni Group Previews OmniPlan for iPad, iCloud Sync Coming To iPad Apps At Macworld|iWorld 2012, which kicked off yesterday in San Francisco, iOS and Mac developer The Omni Group offered a first preview of an initial build of OmniPlan for iPad, and detailed some of their upcoming plans for the suite of apps they offer to Mac, iPhone, and iPad users. As reported by Ars Technica, an iPad version of The Omni Group’s project planning and management application, OmniPlan, should be released in the second quarter of 2012. That puts it right on schedule for a possible WWDC release, although The…

  • Why The iPhone’s Average Selling Price Increased Despite The “Free” iPhone 3GS

    Graham Spencer
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:51 am
    Earlier this week Apple released its Q1 2012 financial results and it was a blockbuster quarter, Apple’s best ever with $46.33 billion in revenue. One of the key factors that drove this sky-high figure was the sale of 37 million iPhones at an average selling price (ASP) of $660 — iPhone sales actually contributed to 53% of Apple’s revenue for the quarter. Significantly, this was the first full quarter where Apple offered a “free” iPhone in the US to customers going on contract — the iPhone 3GS. Previously Apple had offered the 3GS alongside the iPhone 4 at a…

  • The Apple Of Gaming

    Federico Viticci
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:22 am
    A great piece by Craig Grannell at Revert To Saved about the current state of Nintendo: For a long time, I considered Nintendo the Apple of gaming—a company that cared about the details and about the right things (fun, excitement, enjoyment). Nintendo’s problem these days is that Apple is now the Apple of gaming—and the Japanese veteran needs to fight back, perhaps borrowing some of the tricks used by the plucky American upstart. Yours truly, two months ago: It’s always about the games, ultimately, but the hardware matters, too. More importantly, integration of hardware and software…

  • The Problem With The iOS Home Screen

    Federico Viticci
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:17 pm
    I’ve been thinking about the problems I have with iOS’ Home screen concept for years now, but I never fully grasped what was, exactly, that with time made using the Home screen — and thus the whole system of Springboard pages — clunky and annoying. Until it hit me earlier today, and suddenly everything started to make sense. The iOS Home screen is conceptually broken. Not “broken” as in unusable, unstable or technically flawed. From an engineering standpoint, the iOS Home  screen works. The concept of the Home screen we interact with today is broken…
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  • You're Gonna Love Apple's Siri Pro All Night Long

    Ray Basile
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:06 pm
      A whole lot of geek fantasies are about to become a reality with Siri Pro, Apple's sexy new pleasure-bot that's programmed to please. Siri Pro takes the concept of iPhone's personal assistant to an unreal level and she's neatly priced at $999 for (32GB) and $1,299 for the (64GB) model. “Siri Pro is designed for a more fulfilling relationship. She’s a fully functional pleasure-bot, sexier than a MacBook Air and more seductive than an iPad.” Scoopertino wrote in their unreal news report. With a slogan like "Love means never having to reboot", it's…

  • T-Mobile Offering Additional Support to Unlocked iPhone Users Starting Jan 30

    Ray Basile
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:10 pm
    Starting on January 30th, T-Mobile will begin offering unlocked iPhone users additional support on their network, according to internal documents obtained by TMO News. The new support offering which is expected to serve over 1 million current unlocked iPhone customers on the carrier's Magenta network includes “common procedures, information about feature and specifications and other basic device questions.” “I'm excited about this news. I have an iPhone 4 that is factory unlocked and have been using it on T-Mobile's network since the summer,” one T-Mobile customer told…

  • "At Twitter, The Future Is You" — Recruiting Video

    Ray Basile
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:03 pm
    As part of an internal 2012 Hack Week project “the best worst recruiting video ever”, Twitter has unleashed a horribly awesome winner with “At Twitter, The Future is You!”. While I would expect this one to be tossed into the “the worst” video pile, the humor is definitely nerd-approved. It manages to create a few awkward and uncomfortable moments for all who watch. I was inspired to apply for a job at Twitter just to get my own official company shirt and coffee mug. But I can't compete with one YouTube commenter who's an expert Unicorn slayer. "I have 15 years of…

  • AT&T Sold A Record 9.4 Million Smartphones—7.6 Million Were iPhones

    Ray Basile
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:02 pm
      Losing its longtime exclusive carrier standing with Apple has not slowed down iPhone sales one bit for AT&T. The company sold a record setting 9.4 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2011, which included 7.6 million iPhone activations and accounted for 20 percent of Apple’s quarterly handset sales. The Hulk-like iPhone sales figures amounted to a remarkable 80-percent of all smartphones sold by AT&T, which were heavily influenced by the introduction of Apple’s iPhone 4S on October 14th. AT&T beat their previous quarterly smartphone sales record of 6.1…

  • Nut Sizer App Tells You Just How Big Yours Are

    Ray Basile
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:07 am
      Besides being the best iPhone app name ever, the ingenious Nut Sizer ($.99) app makes measuring nuts, bolts and washers simple for both US and metric sizes. I can use an iPhone to measure my nuts and bolts? Count me in! Developer Robert Soliday, has gone to great lengths to design an extremely simple utility app that makes me laugh out loud every time I use at my Home Depot store. Since it first launched, Nut Sizer has been updated to allow users to turn the sound on and off along with the animation. I found the inclusion of washer identifications for both ID (inner diameter) and OD…
 
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  • This Week’s Best Apps #19

    Robin Parrish
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:23 pm
    Several big-name franchises get new entries in this week’s batch of new apps, along with some new twists on popular game types, and a cool new app for the Oscars. And To Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street, by Dr. Seuss for iPhone & iPad Price: $2.99 Interactive version of Dr. Seuss’ very first children’s book, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Atlantis Quest for iPad Price: FREE ($4.99 to unlock full game) Attractive match-3 game with 76 levels. Baseball Superstars 2012 for iPhone & iPad Price: FREE Crazy popular sports team management game. Dungeon…

  • Is This How Steve Jobs Planned to Change TV?

    Robin Parrish
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:02 pm
    Illustration from Apple's latest patent Is this it? The illusive secret of Steve Jobs’ much-hyped iTV? A patent filing discovered today describes an intuitive, touchscreen, handheld device that will replace your entire pile of TV-related remotes. The patent, “Apparatus and Method to Facilitate Universal Remote Control,” describes a touchscreen device of unknown size that solves the main problem with TV, DVD, Blu-ray, DVR, and all other AV remotes: too many buttons. Replacing all of those buttons with a more intuitive gadget, a gadget that adapts itself on-the-fly to…

  • Review: Susan Kare Icons

    Robin Parrish
    25 Jan 2012 | 8:16 pm
    Presenting: the untold, little-known story of one of Apple’s earliest and most influential artists. Susan Kare’s place in history is among its most important and foundational, yet her body of work is comprised of something that most people take for granted and never give a second thought to. I have to be honest: I’d never heard of Susan Kare before I picked up this book. And once I did, I flipped through its sparse, white pages with lots of empty white space thinking, Okay, so it’s icons. What’s the big deal? It turns out, it is a mighty big deal. You may not…

  • 8 iOS Board Games You Should Own

    Jayvee
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:19 am
    When people get onto a heated debate about what platform is better — Android vs iOS, I always chime in and tell them that the one thing the iPhone and iPad have is a great selection of board games converted into iOS. It’s taking devs forever to port their games to Android and this is the sole reason why I still prefer iOS for my tablet. It’s a great gaming platform for popular board games. Here are a couple of my favorites: Carcassone Carcassone is considered the classic Euro themed game that gamers play to wean non-gamers into the flock. The game is relatively simple: you…

  • ‘Morris Lessmore’ Nominated for Oscar

    Robin Parrish
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:21 pm
    Congratulations to the talented folks at Moonbot Studios for their first Oscar nomination! One of our favorite storybook apps ever, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, was also created as an animated short film. Today that short was nominated for an Academy Award. Watch it here! Moonbot recently made the entire Morris Lessmore short film available to watch for free online, via Vimeo. (Previously it was viewable only after purchasing it from the iTunes Store, as well as streamable from the Morris Lessmore app.) I’ve embedded it below for your viewing pleasure. This marks…
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  • OWC releases 480GB Aura Pro Express SSD for MacBook Air

    Chris Barylick
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:38 pm
    The good news: You can now snag up to a 480GB solid-state drive for your MacBook Air. The bad part: It ain’t cheap. Per Electronista, Other World Computing has released a 480GB version of its Mercury Aura Pro Express. The new solid-state drive doubles the storage of its SATA3-based, 6Gbps model line. As with other SSDs, more capacity doesn’t mean a sacrifice in speed, and it can deliver as much as 500MB per second in peak transfer speeds. Apple’s stock SSDs in current-generation Airs usually stop at around half the maximum speed. OWC gets to the faster speed by using a…

  • Google Earth updated to 6.2.0.5905

    Chris Barylick
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:19 pm
    On Monday, software giant Google released version 6.2.0.5905 of its popular Google Earth program. The new version, a 34 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: - Seamless imagery of geographic landscapes. - Improved search results and suggestions. - Biking and transit directions. - Screenshot sharing via Google+. Google Earth 6.2.0.5905 requires an Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.5 or later to install and run. If you’ve tried the new version and have any feedback to offer, let us know in the comments.

  • EFF looking to keep jailbreaking iOS devices legal in U.S.

    Chris Barylick
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:14 pm
    Since it’s now kind of, sort of legal to jailbreak your iOS device, the Electronic Frontier Foundation aims to keep it that way. Per AppleInsider, an exemption from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that has made iPhone “jailbreaking” legal is set to expire, and a digital rights advocacy group hopes the U.S. government will renew and expand that exemption. The Electronic Frontier Foundation this week reached out to members of the public, asking them to help protect the act of jailbreaking, in which users can hack their iPhone or iPad to run unauthorized code. Up until…

  • Apparent announces Doxie Go scanner with wireless scanning features

    Chris Barylick
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:07 am
    This could prove useful. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog, accessory maker Apparent has announced a new model of its popular Doxie Go scanner with Wi-Fi support. The tiny appliance can be charged up, slipped into a bag and carried around for on-the-go scanning of documents, receipts or other slip of paper you want to digitize and save. Back in December, Apparent had developed a workaround that allowed to unit to enable with Eye-Fi Wi-Fi/SD card wireless scanning of sorts. As of the Expo, the devices now have that wireless functionality built in. Documents scanned with the new model can be sent…

  • Anthro Cart allows up to 40 iPads/Android tablets to be charged at once

    Chris Barylick
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:48 am
    Ok, so you probably don’t have 40 iPads (or iOS devices in general) just laying around your house waiting to be charged. Still, if you have a business or school that does, the Anthro Charging Cart & Cabinet for Tablets is a storage cabinet on wheels that can store and recharge up to 40 iPads or Android tablets. Per Macworld, the cart, which is on display at Macworld/iWorld in San Francisco has two compartments: one in the front for storing and charging the tablets, and one in the back for cable management and power outlets. Although Anthro promotes the cabinet as one for storing…
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  • Macworld | iWorld 2012: What’s new from Omni Group

    Aaron Kraus
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:21 pm
    Since Appletell last caught up with the Omni group at Macworld 2011, the maker of great apps such as Omni Graffle and Omni Outliner has been busy: Omni Outliner launched last spring for the iPad, while the all new Omni Plan for iPad is rolling out at this year’s Macworld. Even apps that are not new have been updated to support new features in iOS 5 while bringing desktop-level functionality to the iPad apps.Here is a roundup of what Omni brought to demo at Macworld:New AppsOmni Outliner launched last spring after Macworld, and brought the same level of simplicity and power for…

  • Namco Bandai releases Namco Arcade for iOS

    Erica Marceau
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:54 pm
    Namco Bandai has released Namco Arcade, a collection of four restored 1980s arcade classics for free on the App Store. You can play Xevious, The Tower of Druaga, Motos, and Phozon on your iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (4th generation), and iPad 2.You choose one title and play for free once per day. If you want to play longer with the same or different game, you can either purchase Play Coins from within Namco Arcade or purchase the game so you can play for as long as you want. While only four games are available, additional titles are planned for future release.Namco Arcade has online…

  • Reinvent the science classroom with Vito Technology’s iOS apps

    Jake Gaecke
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:18 pm
    Vito Technology is proud to announce that their iOS apps have been used in Science classrooms across the globe. Star Walk, Solar Walk and Geo Walk have all been used to help engage students.If you aren’t familiar with Vito Technology’s apps, here’s a rundown. Star Walk is a tool for stargazing; it helps you identify the objects and structures in the night sky. Solar Walk is a 3D model of the Solar System and Geo Walk is a 3D world fact book. These apps are great for anyone who has even the mildest of interest in astronomy, the solar system or Earth. You can imagine that…

  • Free Apps Roundup for January 27, 2012

    Jake Gaecke
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:10 pm
    This week on the Free Apps Roundup: Can’t tell what the song you’re listening to is trying to say? It can be difficult. That’s why Shazam is back with a new app to add information to your music. Shazam Player will stream the lyrics straight to your device, so you can finally know what Fall Out Boy is saying. In addition, Steam released their beta mobile app, and I found a number of great limited time freebies to keep your device brimming with apps.Free:Shazam Player – Shazam is likely the app you already use to identify songs automatically with just a few seconds of…

  • Law & Order: Legacies released for Mac and PC

    Charles Moore
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:29 pm
    Law & Order: Legacies, previously released for iPad and iPhone, is now available on the Mac and PC.This episodic interactive crime-drama, based on NBCUniversal’s Emmy-winning Law & Order TV series franchises, allows players to work cases as both investigators and district attorneys alongside a full roster of fan-favorite characters from both Law & Order and Law & Order SVU.The PC and Mac version of Law & Order: Legacies is available for immediate purchase and download at the Telltale Games website for $19.99. Players will receive the first three episodes of Law &…
 
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  • Macworld iWorld Thursday – ‘Mo Pictures!

    Mark Rudd
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:15 pm

  • A Podcast with a Twist MyMac Podcast #386

    Tim Robertson
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:40 am
    Download and listen here Subscribe in iTunes Shorter than usual but taking probably twice as long as it needed to since nearly everything was created and edited on iOS. Tim and Guy run through the latest stuff found at the Macworld/iWorld Expo before Guy has four recorded bits with various show vendors. Some links: Office(2)HD [...]

  • Day Two: The Show Opens

    Larry Grinnell
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:04 am
    Thursday started with the traditional MyMac.com breakfast at Mel’s Diner. From there, we walked to Moscone West and set up camp in the media room. Again, copious quantities of lukewarm Starbucks coffee and a selection of soft drinks were available. After dealing with another huge pile of press releases and other important email, Mark, Vicki, [...]

  • Awesomo Show TechFan Podcast #63

    Tim Robertson
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:48 pm
    Download the show here Subscribe in iTunes Tim Robertson sits with a variety of guests for the first Macworld Expo iWorld show of 2012. Guests include Steve Sande of TUAW as well as Guy, Larry, Nemo, Sam, Vicky, and Tom of MyMac.com! This is day one, so look for two more shows this week, and [...]

  • Yet Another Macworld Expo Photo Album

    Tim Robertson
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 pm
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  • Retro Tech Tuesday: 70's Tech from the History Channel

    Ryan Ritchey
    3 Jan 2012 | 12:55 pm
    Hey folks, let's face it: this probably won't be the most productive week at the workplace. Between swapping holiday stories, finishing off what's left of the holiday cookies, and generally taking it easy while the boss enjoys another few days off, productivity this week is in the toilet. So what a perfect time to dive in to 42 minutes of 1970's technology. Rather than our usual bite-sized portions of retro tech, today we bring you a whole decade, courtesy of the History Channel. enjoy:

  • Happy Holidays, Everyone

    Ryan Ritchey
    24 Dec 2011 | 3:00 am
    I know, I know... the un-written rule of the online world is that there's never a day off for an online publication. Well, we're going a bit old-school, and closing down our little content factory until 2012. So Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year, and most of all, thank you for making it another great year here at TDL. Also, look for a post early next year to talk about some changes and plans for the future of the site. Thanks again, and please take some time as we are to actually have a few days off, and maybe, just maybe, not even check…

  • Retro Tech Tuesday: Mario Bros. for... Atari?

    Ryan Ritchey
    20 Dec 2011 | 4:29 am
    The 1980's brought some strange bedfellows to the world of videogames. Take, for instance the game cartoonishly highlighted in this ad. Mario Bros... for Atari. Yes, Atari. Remember, Mario made his debut in Donkey Kong (as mentioned in the ad) which ironically was a huge breakthrough home arcade hit for Atari rival Coleco. Long before he was making his way through side-scrolling, mushroom-taking adventures, Mario had to jump and bump platforms with his brother, who is quizzically the star of this ad. Enjoy:

  • Retro Tech Tuesday: Famicom

    Ryan Ritchey
    13 Dec 2011 | 5:17 am
    Before you and I knew it as the NES in the United States, the Japanese had the Famicom, or family computer. It was the same basic system, but as you'll see in this compilation of ads, there were some interesting tweaks before the system made it to American shores. You'll notice in lieu of the futuristic light gun, the Famicom sported a more realistic (and anachronistic) six-shooter style gun, with holster! And look closely at those controller buttons, and you'll see they're not the circular mashers we're all familiar with. And hey, what's with putting the game in the top!? How are kids in…

  • Retro Tech Tuesday: The Fascinating Pre-Calculator World

    Ryan Ritchey
    6 Dec 2011 | 4:03 am
    You know, in my day, we used a physical calculator to add, not a calculator app on a computer. Okay, so maybe the advances in basic math tabulation have slowed down a bit, but that wasn't the case in the age of the slide rule calculator. Today from the good folks at RetroCalculators.com (who knew!?) we're taking a look at an interesting slide rule / and addiator. (Addiator may be my new favorite word, even if spell check doesn't recognize it as word) I've always been fascinated by the world of mechanical computation, even if I'm often left stupefied by just how it works. This handy little…
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    Cult of Mac

  • Friday Night Fights: Should The iPhone Allow You To Easily Swap Batteries? [Feature]

    Cult of Android
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:12 pm
    Laaaaaaaaaaadies and Gentlemen, welcome to Friday Night Fights, a new series of weekly deathmatches between two no-mercy brawlers who will fight to the death — or at least agree to disagree — about which is better: Apple or Google, iOS or Android? After this week’s topic, someone’s going to be spitting teeth. Our question: Should The iPhone Allow You To Easily Swap In And Out Batteries? A lot of Android phones let you swap in and out batteries if you’re low on power, but Apple’s never done so. Is this just another example of Apple hardware oppression, or…

  • Yahoo Pulls The Plug On A Slew Of Apps You Never Knew Existed

    Cult of Android
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:40 pm
    Yahoo has decided to do some pre-Spring cleaning and has announced they will no longer be supporting their lesser used apps. This may make some of you Yahoo app addicts sad, but for the rest of us, I’m sure we won’t mind. Yahoo has stated that as the mobile space moves at an insane rate, they too must keep up with what users want and are looking for in today’s market. That’s why they have decided to cease support of the following apps in order to make room for the future: Yahoo! Meme (iPad and iPhone) Yahoo! Mim (iPad) Yahoo! Answers (Android) Yahoo! AppSpot (Android…

  • Steve Jobs Died With A Letter From Bill Gates At His Bedside

    Alex Heath
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:08 pm
    Microsoft founder and renowned, mega-rich philanthropist Bill Gates recently sat down with The Telegraph to talk about current affairs and his relationship with the late Steve Jobs. Despite their professional rivalry, Jobs and Gates had been good friends for many years. Gates revealed in the interview that he sent Jobs a personal letter that was kept by his bedside during his last days. Some months before Jobs died, Gates paid him a long visit. “We spent literally hours reminiscing and talking about the future.” Later, with his old adversary’s death imminent, he wrote to him. “I told…

  • How Virtual Reality Can Make Your Building Smarter [Macworld / iWorld 2012]

    Nicole Martinelli
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:34 pm
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAvPrZePEd4 SAN FRANCISCO, MACWORLD / iWORLD 2012 — Next time you’re nodding off at school or in the office because there’s too much C02 in the room, a sensor can open the window and wake you up. This is just one of the cool functions that a group of uber-smart high school students and an affable professor have designed through virtual reality in Hawaii. Wiekling and students during the presentation. @cultofmac. In a talk titled “Enahanced Virtual Reality with HTML5,” Dr. Bill Wieking, who directs the energy lab at Hawaii Prep…

  • How Steve Jobs Steamrolled Cisco On The Name “iPhone”

    Alex Heath
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:24 pm
    Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone at Macworld on January 9, 2007 to thunderous applause. The revolutionary phone — a product that has now made Apple the top smartphone manufacturer in the world — then went on sale June 29, 2007 to long lines of eager customers and fanboys. Several years later, Jobs announced that the iPhone’s software would be called “iOS.” These two names, iPhone and iOS, have not only become a part of Apple’s core, but also staple, household names worldwide. Most people don’t know, however, the story of how Steve Jobs took both names from a…
 
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  • Targus 14″ Proxy Sleeve

    Joe
    23 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    If you are looking for an alternative to the Incase Neoprene Sleeve, the Targus Proxy Sleeve is just as good. In fact if you do not like the simplicity of Incase’s design the Targus Proxy Sleeve will be perfect. The Proxy Sleeve has two pockets in the front: a zippered one and a small one (made for iPods or Phones). The other nice thing about the Proxy Sleeve is that it has a handle, so you don’t have to carry it like a book. Before I go into more depth, let me give you the specs:The Breakdown:-Brand: Targus-Name: 14” Proxy Sleeve-Price:  $34.99 USD- Warranty: Limited Lifetime…

  • How To: View Your Apple Support Profile

    Joe
    10 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    Apple Support Profile is a great way to view your history, warranty information, and other details of your apple products. Getting there is easy, just click this link: Apple Support Profile. After that sign into your apple ID account and all items registered under that account will apear. In your Apple Support Profile you will be able to view and do many things like: adding nicknames to your apple devices, viewing/ changing your user information, view serial numbers, unregister devices, coverage details, case activity, repair activity, support resources, and much more. This was a great tip…

  • Review: OmniFocus

    Nick Young
    5 Jan 2012 | 10:17 pm
    After being swamped with a multitude of tasks, the next step was to determine how to finish all of these tasks. When OmniFocus launches, it becomes apparent that the developers of OmniFocus wanted to build a great Getting Things Done (GTD) application. OmniFocus is a complex beast, but the features OmniFocus provides are invaluable. OmniFocus can be found on the Mac, iPhone and iPad.Task ManagementOmniFocus excels in task management. The key to the OmniFocus task management is that it allows the user to create a task and have the actions required to complete the action. One of the reasons why…

  • How To: Use Mission Control

    Joe
    26 Dec 2011 | 8:00 am
    Mission Control is a new application that comes with OS X Lion. It gives you the ability to control and organize all of your windows and applications. Mission Control is a very basic and user friendly application. To quickly access Mission Control hit f3 depending on your keyboard. To use Mission Control you can add extra desktop spaces with the + button on the top right. To organize the desktop spaces just drag from side to side in desired order. Next when you open Mission Control it will display all of the windows opened in each of your desktop spaces. This allows you to see which window…

  • What’s changed with Apple with Tim Cook?

    Brandon
    13 Dec 2011 | 8:00 am
    After Steve Jobs, Tim Cook took over as Apple’s new CEO. Tim Cook brought about very subtle changes to Apple ever since taking the position as CEO. When working with Steve Jobs, they both disagreed about certain components of the company. One thing that Tim Cook had in mind was using Apple’s cash to pay a dividend or  to buy back stock. Steve Jobs did not agree with that, but now with Tim Cook in control, things may change.Tim Cook also set up a charity program. Apple isn’t known to be charitable and Steve Jobs wasn’t into giving away Apple’s money. The program is a match employee…
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  • Tim Cook blasts the New York Times' report on Apple's Chinese iPad factories

    Philip Elmer-DeWitt
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:16 am
    Calls the suggestion that his company doesn't care about the health and safety of workers in the supply chain he built "patently false and offensive" Cook Here's one thing that's changed since Steve Jobs died. When Tim Cook, Apple's (AAPL) new CEO, thinks his company has been wronged by the media, he doesn't shrink from hitting back -- swiftly and in a way that he knows will quickly become public. This report that got Cook's goat -- the second in a New York Times series about working conditions in the Chinese factories that build nearly all of Apple's products -- was particularly painful, we…

  • And the prize for Best App Ever (2012 edition) goes to ...

    Philip Elmer-DeWitt
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am
    The results of the "People's Choice" app award are announced at Macworld|iWorld Image: Halfbrick Studios A record 1.5 million votes were cast earlier this month in the fourth annual Best App Ever contest, more than three times as many as last year. Created in 2008 by 148Apps -- a smartphone app-tracking website named after the maximum number of apps that could be installed on Apple's (AAPL) original iPhone -- its purpose, according to founder Jeff Scott, "is to help publicize the very best apps available, not just the best-selling apps." It's not a bad idea. There are a dizzying number of…

  • Smartphone wars: Apple won the quarter, Samsung the year

    Philip Elmer-DeWitt
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:26 am
    A pair of reports agree -- more or less -- on the current state of the battle Click to enlarge. Source: IHS iSupply. Two reports published Thursday -- one by IHS iSuppli, the other by Strategy Analytics -- describe the global race for smartphone supremacy as high-stakes see-saw. Basically what happened is that Apple (AAPL) took the lead from Nokia (NOK) in June, lost it to Samsung in September and won it back in December. "Apple's introduction of the 4S in the fourth quarter unleashed tremendous pent-up demand for the iPhone as consumers awaited the arrival of the latest model," said IHS…

  • What's new at Macworld

    Philip Elmer-DeWitt
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:33 am
    The 28-year-old expo has a new brand, a new focus and hundreds of fizzy new products Macworld|iWorld graphic via IDG World Expo When Apple (AAPL) announced in 2008 that it was pulling out of Macworld -- no longer exhibiting its products or staging Steve Jobs' closely-watched keynotes -- many wondered whether the venerable expo could survive. It was touch and go there for a while, but it turns out there is money to be made providing a venue where third-party vendors and Apple's preternaturally loyal customers can get together once a year. So this week in San Francisco's Moscone West convention…

  • Apple in China: The New York Times goes for the Pulitzer

    Philip Elmer-DeWitt
    26 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am
    Its investigative series about how our electronic gadgets are made could be a contender Aftermath of an explosion at an iPad factory in Chengdu, China When monologist Mike Daisey flew to China to find out why the workers who assemble electronic devices for Apple (AAPL)  -- and every other major U.S. manufacturer -- were jumping from the roofs of their factory-city dormitories, he was shocked to discover that most of the American reporters writing about the suicides had never visited the plants or talked to any of the workers. (See A harsh light on Apple's supply chain.) Well that's changed.
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  • iPhone/iPod touch/iPad apps for Jan. 27

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:59 pm
    Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps. You can find 'em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/). Sovereign Dynamics has announced Global Feed 1.0 for iOS. The free app designed to stream news based on Geo-IP location. It's completely configurable by the end user. read more

  • Jon Rubinstein, former Apple exec, bids HP adieu

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:08 pm
    Jon Rubinstein, the former Apple exec who took over handheld maker Palm and moved with it to Hewlett-Packard in a 2010 acquisition, has left HP effective today, according to "AllThingsD." Rubinstein is said to have no immediate plans, and had completed a 12-24 month commitment to stay with HP after the acquisition. "Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well," HP spokeswoman Mylene Mangalindan said. In a brief comment to "AllThingsD," Rubinstein said, "I am going to take a well deserved break after four and a half years of developing webOS." read more

  • Apple Italy now informing customers of mandated, two-year warranty

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:25 am
    Apple has complied with a court order in Italy and is informing customers at its online store about a legally mandated two-year warranty, reports "The Register" (http://macte.ch/AHf0w). Now featured at the top of the main page of Apple's online store is a "communication to protect consumers" that links to a PDF explaining the court's ruling. The change to Apple's online store in Italy was first noted by setteBIT and detailed by The Register. read more

  • Samsung loses another German lawsuit against Apple

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:20 am
    One week after dismissing Samsung's first German patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, the Mannheim Regional Court also rejected Samsung's second complaint, reports "FOSS Patents" (http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/). read more

  • Tim Cook emails Apple employees about factory worker reports

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:13 am
    According to "9to5Mac," Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out a lengthy letter to all of the company employees that are a direct response recent reports of factory worker mistreatment. read more
 
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  • Motorola’s Buzzwords

    John Gruber
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:29 pm
    Seems like their caps lock key works.  ★ 

  • New York Times Goes Deeper on Chinese Apple Factory Working Conditions

    John Gruber
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:19 pm
    Charles Duhigg and David Barboza, reporting for the New York Times: “Apple never cared about anything other than increasing product quality and decreasing production cost,” said Li Mingqi, who until April worked in management at Foxconn Technology, one of Apple’s most important manufacturing partners. Mr. Li, who is suing Foxconn over his dismissal, helped manage the Chengdu factory where the explosion occurred. “Workers’ welfare has nothing to do with their interests,” he said. Tim Cook responded in a company-wide email.  ★ 

  • Make That Two

    John Gruber
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:22 pm
    Analyst Ed Zabitsky sees AAPL shares falling to $270: The reason for his bearish view of the company is that Zabitsky believes the competing Android mobile operating system from Google “will change the playing field entirely” with its latest 4.0 update, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. He says the experience on the updated platform is on par with Apple’s iOS.  ★ 

  • There’s Always One

    John Gruber
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:19 pm
    Thomas Kee is doubling down on his advice to sell Apple short: My purpose here is NOT to suggest that sales of iPhones are going to decline aggressively, even though I firmly believe AAPL products do not carry with them the competitive advantages they once did. Instead, I am suggesting that sales growth like what we have been witness to will not continue at the same rate. This stall is coming, it is closer than most people think, and what we were just witness to is likely the peak in this growth cycle.  ★ 

  • The State of Apple

    John Gruber
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:14 pm
    If you’re at Macworld Expo, come see Jason Snell, Andy Ihnatko, and yours truly on stage at 4pm speaking about the state of Apple. If you’re not at Macworld Expo, shame on you, but you can watch online at Macworld.com.  ★ 
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  • Police officer uses his own iPhone to locate thief and retrieve a stolen iPhone

    Chris Oldroyd
    28 Jan 2012 | 3:36 am
    A Police officer in New York used his own iPhone to catch a thief and retrieve a victim’s iPhone after she was robbed in a handbag store on Thursday night. A man walked into the store brandishing a black handgun and took the woman’s iPhone. After a fruitless canvass of the area, one officer, Robert Garland, tried another tack. Using the 24-year-old victim’s iTunes account information and the iCloud feature on his own phone, Mr. Garland was able to track the victim’s iPhone. Officers then followed the cyber-scent to the area near 49th Street and Eighth Avenue. As they searched the…

  • Launch Center puts Messages, Facebook, Twitter, a flashlight, more in your iPhone Notification Center [Macworld 2012]

    Rene Ritchie
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:52 pm
    Launch Center, a new shortcuts app for iPhone, aims to make everything from sending messages and mail to posting on Facebook and Twitter, to turning on your LED flashlight, faster and easier via an extremely clever, borderline audacious use of URL schemes and iOS 5′s Notification Center. Produced by David Barnard of App Cubby fame, it boasts an absolutely gorgeous user interface that lets you easily set up which actions you want to appear in your Notification Center from a robust set of shortcut that include Phone, SMS/iMessage, Email, Twitter, Facebook, Flashlight, Google search, and…

  • RIM’s new CEO is shaking up the BlackBerry world but is it enough?

    Chris Parsons
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:48 pm
    RIM’s new CEO, Thorsten Heins, spoke to Kevin Michaluk of our sibling site, CrackBerry.com, about some his thoughts and ideas on where RIM and the BlackBerry platform are heading. When the iPhone launched, BlackBerry was the biggest, baddest competition on the planet but in recent years, Android has taken much of their place, and given Apple’s recent results it’s going to be tough for RIM to regain their relevancy in the mobile space. The entire series of interviews is being posted on CrackBerry, and addresses quite a few things about Research In Motion. Where they went…

  • Penultimate talks iPad stylus [Macworld 2012]

    Leanna Lofte
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:39 pm
    Rene and I are at Macworld 2012 and had the pleasure of talking to Penultimate developer Ben Zotto. You, the iMore nation, asked us to ask Ben his thoughts on styli for the iPad, so we did! Check out the video above for Ben’s insights on the personal decision of choosing a stylus. Here’s a list of the ones he mentioned: Pogo Sketch Pro – $24.95 – Amazon link Pogo Sketch Plus – $14.95 – Ten One Design link Wacom Bamboo – $25.43 – Amazon link Cosmonaut – $25 – Studio Neat link What’s your favorite stylus to use with Penultimate?

  • Google’s new privacy policy and “don’t be don’t be evil”

    Rene Ritchie
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:21 pm
    Probably like many of you, I received my new Google Privacy Policy via email this week, and while couched in language about creating a more “beautiful” experience for us, the users — read: products — it’s also clearly about Google leveraging their popular services like Search and Gmail to help their new services, like Google+, become competitive with Facebook and Twitter. Because Facebook and Twitter scare the shit out of Google and when companies, like people, are scared they do dumb things. Google in particular, once the brash, brazen upstart that gave the…
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  • My Top 5 Tools of 2011

    patrick
    2 Jan 2012 | 10:55 am
    Happy New Year! 2011 was a particularly busy (but good) year for me. I finished a WordPress ebook (and then wrote a second edition this month), started and registered an online training company called Novo Learning LLC, and started a new video tutorial project that should be complete sometime in 2012. And through all of this, I managed to juggle 23 websites. Since most of my work in 2011 was around website development and video production, I thought I’d share my Top 5 Tools of 2011. Here they are in no particular order: 1. WordPress My inclusion of WordPress will not come as any…

  • Using The iPad as a Recordable, Wireless Whiteboard

    patrick
    11 Dec 2011 | 6:39 pm
    One of Apple’s great improvements of the iPad2 was the ability to project almost everything done on it, including browsing. This went a long way to making the iPad2 more of an instructional tool. If only there was a way to make annotations during instruction and then maybe record that so students could review later… Well, I’m glad you asked. You can do this now in a relatively inexpensive way. There are a few approaches to getting this done, but for this posting, I’ll go over the easiest and least expensive way. An iPad app called Air Sketch allows you create a…

  • Building and Managing A WordPress Website

    patrick
    19 Nov 2011 | 2:18 pm
    Here’s a quick promo video I’ve created for the ebook guide I’ve written on building and managing a WordPress website. The guide is geared towards small businesses, but is useful for anyone considering building or redesigning a website.

  • How To Produce An eBook With Pages – Part 2

    patrick
    4 Jun 2011 | 12:40 pm
    In Part 1, I detailed the process of creating an eBook (in the ePub format) using Apple’s Pages application. In this Part 2, I will quickly go over some considerations when inserting audio and video files into your eBook. The large majority of eBook platforms read the EPub format, which is an open standard announced by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) in 2007. (It should be noted that Amazon’s Kindle reader does not read the EPub format.) Apple’s Pages application can create eBooks in the EPub format quite easily (see Part 1 of this series.) While the EPub…

  • How To Produce An eBook With Pages – Part 1

    patrick
    6 May 2011 | 7:48 pm
    Ebooks are now a common part of our digital landscape. This year promises to bring a significant increase in the number of choices of tablet-like mobile devices. This is likely to only add to the astonishing growth in ebook consumption. But ebook consumption isn’t the only area that is likely to experience tremendous growth this year. It appears that ebook production has arrived for the common man/woman. There are many advantages of this type of self-publishing for both business and educational folk alike: relatively low barrier to entry establish expertise in subject area increasing…
 
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  • Control+T in Terminal shows time snapshot

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am
    Not sure if this was available before 10.7, but hitting Control+T while running a command in the Terminal will show what process is executing, the load, the PID of the process and its user and kernel time. I was running a script and accidentally hit Control+T instead of Command+T to create a new tab. I was surprised at what I got. Here is an example of what gets printed: # buildOrder.py load: 2.51 cmd: p4 15179 running 0.00u 0.00s load: 2.23 cmd: p4 17962 waiting 0.01u 0.00s load: 2.53 cmd: Python 15167 running 94.68u 66.33s load: 2.60 cmd: Python 15167 running 150.71u 101.82s [crarko adds: I…

  • 10.7 : Enable Recovery HD after restore from Time Capsule/File Vault 2.

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am
    File Vault 2 and embedded 'Recovery HD' disk are new additions to OS X in Lion release.   A fresh OS X Lion installation creates 'Recovery HD' by live re-partitioning 'Macintosh HD'. The recovery disk is 650MB in size (as of 10.7.2), of partition type Apple_Boot, and therefore, will be hidden during normal usage by OS X user interface. It does not show up in Finder, and not even 'Disk Utility.' If the recovery disk 'Recovery HD' is proper, booting up a Mac without File Vault 2 while holding down the Option key will result in listing 'Recovery HD' as an alternative to 'Macintosh HD' for…

  • iOS 5: iPad show mailbox gesture

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am
    Maybe everybody already knows this, but I missed it in all the new features of iOS 5. The iPad mail app adds a new gesture to show and hide the message list window when in portrait orientation. I always use my iPad's Mail app in landscape mode because I get to see my message list in addition to the message detail. And for some reason, I find it tedious to push the mailbox button at the top left of the screen to see the message list. iOS 5 added the ability to swipe right anywhere on the message window to pop up the message list and to swipe left to hide it again. Nice! Not having to move my…

  • A Spotlight Plugin for InDesign

    26 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am
    Every now and then I poke around the web to see if someone has found a way to search InDesign files with Spotlight. For many users of InDesign, this missing capability has been a point of frustration since Spotlight was introduced with Tiger back in April of 2005. Now there's a little something for anyone running InDesign CS5 or CS5.5. Over in the Adobe forums, John Hawkinson put together a plugin. He recommends installing it, then using Terminal to re-index specific files or folders using: mdimport /Users/UserName/Path/To/File/Or/Folder I installed the latest version of his plugin (version…

  • Sticky Widget from Selected Text

    25 Jan 2012 | 9:30 am
    There's a recent Macworld article for quickly making Stickies. I thought that some folks might want to make Sticky Widgets instead. This is derived from my hint posted a few years ago. Depending on your system version (and possibly other factors), you may need to launch Dashboard at least once if you haven't since system startup before trying the Service. Here are the simple steps: Open Automator and create an empty Mac OS X Service document. In the document window set the first popup to text and the second pop-up to any application. Drag a Run AppleScript action into the right side of the…
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  • iPhone 4S's Siri Is a Bandwidth Guzzler

    timothy
    28 Jan 2012 | 1:55 am
    Frankie70 writes "'Siri's dirty little secret is that she's a bandwidth guzzler, the digital equivalent of a 10-miles-per-gallon Hummer H1.' A study by Arieso shows that users of the iPhone 4S demand three times as much data as iPhone 3G users and twice as much as iPhone 4 users, who were identified as the most demanding in a 2010 study. 'In all, Arieso says that the Siri-equipped iPhone 4S "appears to unleash data consumption behaviors that have no precedent."'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.

  • America's Future Is In Software, Not Hardware

    Soulskill
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:35 am
    New submitter tcjr2006 writes "Obama's State of the Union focused on the return of manufacturing jobs to America. This New Yorker story makes the case that the manufacturing jobs aren't going to come back, and he should be focusing on software. Quoting: 'Yes, there are industries where manufacturing jobs can be brought back to America through proper tax incentives and training programs. But maybe he should have talked more about the things that he could do to keep software jobs here. He spoke of federal funding for university and scientific research. But a real pro-software agenda would also…

  • Judge Denies Dismissal of No-Poach Conspiracy Case

    Soulskill
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:30 am
    theodp writes "Testifying before Congress in 2007, Google's HR chief stated: 'We make great efforts to uncover the most talented employees we can find.' But according to the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Google actually went to some lengths to avoid uncovering some of tech's most talented employees, striking up agreements with Apple, Intel, and other corporations to avoid recruiting each other's employees. On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh ruled that Google, Apple, Intel, Adobe, Disney, Pixar, Intuit and Lucasfilm must face a lawsuit claiming they violated antitrust laws by entering into…

  • Zynga Accused of Cloning Hit Indie iPhone Game Tiny Tower

    samzenpus
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:36 am
    FrankPoole writes "Indie iPhone game developer Nimblebit is accusing social games giant Zynga of ripping off its popular mobile title Tiny Tower. Nimblebit's Ian Marsh got word out about the similarities between Dream Heights and Tiny Tower with an image that's still making the Twitter rounds. The image is made up of screenshots showing how Dream Heights' interface and gameplay mechanics appear strikingly similar to Tiny Tower's."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

  • Apple Announces Most Profitable Quarter in History

    Unknown Lamer
    24 Jan 2012 | 5:39 pm
    zacharye writes with an except from an article over at BGR about Apple's quarterly results: "'Disappointing' though it may have been to some, the iPhone 4S propelled what is now confirmed to have been the most profitable quarter any technology company has ever recorded. Apple on Wednesday reported record earnings for the December quarter, revealing a profit of $13.06 billion on revenue that surpassed $46 billion. Among technology companies, Apple's fiscal first quarter represents the most profitable quarter ever recorded. Only one U.S. company has ever posted a more profitable quarter —…
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  • Apple's Cook Steamed Over Labor Practices Report

    Richard Adhikari
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:18 pm
    Since the middle of this week, the buzz about Apple hasn't been so much its record earnings as disclosures of the working conditions its overseas workers endure, as detailed in a recent report, which touched on worker deaths, inhumane working conditions, disregard for workers' health, the use of underage workers, suggestions that Cupertino cares only about cutting costs and maintaining product quality, and allegations of infighting among senior management at Apple over these issues.

  • Moving Apple's Moolah Mountain

    John P. Mello Jr.
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    Apple surprised Wall Street Wednesday when it revealed it was sitting on cash reserves of nearly $100 billion. Now the question is, what will the company do with it? Apple's successful product lines, which include the iPhone and iPad, have been gushing bucks for months. That's allowed it to build a sizable war chest. Eighteen months ago, Apple already had a large sum locked up in cash -- $43 billion -- and some optimistic analysts predicted those reserves would reach $65 billion by the end of 2011.

  • Rumor Mill Buzzes With Shape - and Size - of iPhones to Come

    Rachelle Dragani
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:18 am
    The iPhone 5 is headed toward production for a summer debut, according a recent report. The information comes from an anonymous source: apparently the same Foxconn employee who last fall accurately disclosed that Apple was planning a revamped iPhone 4, the 4S, rather than the iPhone 5. This time around, the employee said that a few versions of the new handset have been considered, so it's difficult to know exactly what the design will look like. Many of the design updates the smartphones had in common were similar to the rumors that preceded the iPhone 4S.

  • iOS and OS X: Time for Some Real Convergence

    Chris Maxcer
    26 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    Lately I've found myself more frequently irritated and dissatisfied with my Mac than ever before. This is a weird feeling, made all the more powerful by the fact that Mac OS X Lion is the most useful operating system ever. With a simple two-fingered swipe on my Magic Mouse, I can flick my entire screen to a whole new desktop view, and with a swipe in the other direction, go back. This feature alone is freakishly powerful for people who have a lot of different kinds of content on their Macs.

  • iPhone Bonanza Drives Apple to Record Quarter

    Rachelle Dragani
    25 Jan 2012 | 1:05 pm
    Few expected Apple to slouch through the 2011 holiday season, but the numbers the company released Tuesday went well beyond the performance most Wall Street watchers had expected, reporting record sales of iPhones, iPads and Macs in Apple's first fiscal quarter of 2012. In its first full quarter since the death of cofounder Steve Jobs, Apple's performance made it the world's most valuable public company. At midday Wednesday, the stock was up nearly 7 percent to $447.05 per share, helping it surge past Exxon once again.
 
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  • iPhone/iPod touch/iPad apps for Jan. 27

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:59 pm
    Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps. You can find 'em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/). Sovereign Dynamics has announced Global Feed 1.0 for iOS. The free app designed to stream news based on Geo-IP location. It's completely configurable by the end user. read more

  • Jon Rubinstein, former Apple exec, bids HP adieu

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:08 pm
    Jon Rubinstein, the former Apple exec who took over handheld maker Palm and moved with it to Hewlett-Packard in a 2010 acquisition, has left HP effective today, according to "AllThingsD." Rubinstein is said to have no immediate plans, and had completed a 12-24 month commitment to stay with HP after the acquisition. "Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well," HP spokeswoman Mylene Mangalindan said. In a brief comment to "AllThingsD," Rubinstein said, "I am going to take a well deserved break after four and a half years of developing webOS." read more

  • Apple Italy now informing customers of mandated, two-year warranty

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:25 am
    Apple has complied with a court order in Italy and is informing customers at its online store about a legally mandated two-year warranty, reports "The Register" (http://macte.ch/AHf0w). Now featured at the top of the main page of Apple's online store is a "communication to protect consumers" that links to a PDF explaining the court's ruling. The change to Apple's online store in Italy was first noted by setteBIT and detailed by The Register. read more

  • Samsung loses another German lawsuit against Apple

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:20 am
    One week after dismissing Samsung's first German patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, the Mannheim Regional Court also rejected Samsung's second complaint, reports "FOSS Patents" (http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/). read more

  • Tim Cook emails Apple employees about factory worker reports

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:13 am
    According to "9to5Mac," Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out a lengthy letter to all of the company employees that are a direct response recent reports of factory worker mistreatment. read more
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  • Apple eyeing move to 'programmable magnets'?

    Eric Mack
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:30 pm
    Coded magnets could introduce new means of data transfer and user interfaces, indicates patent application uncovered by Patently Apple. Originally posted at Crave

  • Jobs e-mail to Schmidt suggests no-poaching deal in play

    Josh Lowensohn
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:59 pm
    A newly unearthed e-mail exchange between Apple's Steve Jobs and Google's Eric Schmidt shows Jobs actively telling Google not to try to hire its employees, resulting in the firing of at least one recruiter. Originally posted at Apple Talk

  • Reporters' Roundtable: Apple's China problem

    Rafe Needleman
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:17 pm
    Apple is the most valuable U.S. company there is, and the most powerful and influential consumer electronics company by far. It is obscenely profitable. This amazing success is built on the backs of hundreds of thousands of factory workers, almost all of them in China, who assemble iPhones, and other products from other vendors, in giant, science-fiction-scale plants that never stop. These plants take their toll. On workers in China. And on jobs here in the United states. Two recent pieces of outstanding journalism highlight the issues. First, there's a series developing in The New York…

  • Apple's iPad turns 2: A look back and ahead

    Josh Lowensohn
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:03 pm
    Apple's iPad made its debut two years ago today. CNET takes a look back at its origins, its successes, and what's rumored to be coming next. Originally posted at Apple Talk

  • Apple catches flak in China supply chain saga

    CNET News staff
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:48 pm
    roundup The maker of iPads and iPhones is hardly alone among tech companies that rely heavily on Chinese factories under scrutiny for labor practices. But it's become the flashpoint.
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  • Adobe shows the raw, dark side of Photoshop CS6

    Stephen Shankland
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:19 am
    Photoshop CS6 will get a dark gray interface by default and, of course it inherits Lightroom 4's new raw-image editing controls.

  • Twitter boycott looms with censorship accusations

    Dara Kerr
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:53 pm
    When Twitter announced it would withhold tweets country-by-country based on local restrictions, it said it was being more transparent. But some users disagree.

  • Anonymous takes aim over Europe's SOPA

    Elinor Mills
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:36 pm
    Hackers are attacking sites and looking to expose information on European officials in response to the signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. ACTA critics say it's even worse than the Stop Online Piracy Act floated in the U.S.

  • Microsoft's Kelihos botnet suspect says he's innocent

    Edward Moyer
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:27 pm
    St. Petersburg, Russia-based Andrey N. Sabelnikov says he is "absolutely not guilty" of participating in the creation of the huge spam network that Microsoft shut down last September.

  • Stickman games that shine on iOS

    Jason Parker
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:25 pm
    This week's collection of games relies less on graphics and more on solid gameplay. If you don't mind simple graphics and just want a good pick-up-and-play game, this is your collection.
 
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  • New iCade on the Way

    Ian Osborne
    12 Jan 2012 | 8:16 am
    ION's popular iCade game controller is getting a revamp. The iCade Core, which is due for release later this year, retains the arcade-style joystick and buttons but moves away from the overall coin-op metaphor. This makes it far more practical in operation. The original iCade worked great when your iPad was in portrait mode, but when playing a landscape-orientated game, it didn't look right at all. The iPad sat in front of the cabinet, without ever appearing to be part of it. The iCade Core's iPad slot is long enough to take the tablet either way, as you can see in the video here. It takes up…

  • MacFormat 243 – Get more from iCloud

    Timothy Hardwick
    4 Jan 2012 | 8:58 am
    Housed in a vast data centre in North Carolina, iCloud is Apple’s next-generation online service. It syncs your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and iPod touch. It can track a lost device, copy your iPhone snaps over the web so they’re safely backed up on your Mac, and synchronise your iWork files. This issue, we’ll show you how to set up your Mac and iOS devices to use iCloud, how to sync your apps and data, and how to back up your documents to the web. But as ever, we’ve packed in so much more. What's in store for Apple in 2012? We’ve drawn up the possible plans for the New Year, and it makes…

  • Another money-saving apps bundle

    Ian Osborne
    3 Jan 2012 | 9:40 am
    BundlesForMac has announced another money-saving collection of applications. The New Year 2012 Bundle features eight apps sold for more than 90% off their total cost when bought separately. The offer ends on 13th January, 2012. The applications included in the New Year 2012 bundle are: • iOrgsoft DVD Maker for Mac: Create and burn DVD movies from video files, and personalise your work with menus.SWF Converter for Mac: Convert SWF files to other video formats. Aquafadas Pulp Motion: The easy way to create sound and video presentations. Belight Concealer: A utility that hides and secures…

  • Merry Christmas everybody!

    Ian Osborne
    22 Dec 2011 | 5:09 am
    The MacFormat team would like to wish all our readers a very merry Christmas and a prosperous new year. And just to get us all in the festive mood, here's a digital Christmas card from Future Publishing.

  • Grab a Bundle of Indie Games

    Ian Osborne
    14 Dec 2011 | 7:35 am
    How much would you pay for an indie game? A fiver? A tenner? More? How much would you pay for a bundle of five or more new, cross-platform, DRM-free titles? With the fourth Humble Indie Bundle the answer is anything you like. The Humble Indie Bundle contains at least five games, namely Super Meat Boy, Shank, Jamestown, Bit.Trip Runner and NightSky. All are available for Mac OS, Windows and Linux. Bought separately, they would cost around $100 (about £65), but here you really do pay whatever you want, with the proceeds being split between two charities and the games' developers. You can even…
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  • Intuit Releases Quicken Essentials on Mac App Store

    Jordan Golson
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:46 pm
    Intuit has begun offering its entry-level financial management software Quicken Essentials for Mac on the Mac App Store. This is the standard edition of Essentials that has been on sale for quite a while, not a new version -- something Intuit is quick to point out in the description for the software. It's merely a new distribution point. Quicken Essentials for Mac, a basic starter edition, helps you manage all of your personal finance in one place, so you can see where you’re spending and where you can save. Quicken automatically categorizes your financial transactions, stay on top of bills…

  • Apple Offers Statement on Warranty Disclosures to Italian Customers

    Eric Slivka
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:09 am
    Back in late December, Apple was fined $1.2 million by Italian regulators over allegations that the company promoted its AppleCare extended warranty program to customers without adequately disclosing that many of the program's benefits were already included in the standard two-year warranty required by Italian law. As noted by @setteBIT, Apple has now added to its Italian online store a prominent link sharing the court decision (PDF). The document outlines the requirement that Apple modify the marketing terms for its AppleCare services in Italy within 90 days from the December 21 decision…

  • Apple Seeds OS X 10.7.3 Build 11D50 to Developers

    Arnold Kim
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:46 pm
    Apple has pushed out Build 11D50 of OS X 10.7.3 to registered developers. Apple continues to report no known issues in the seed notes, and asks developers to focus their testing on Address Book, iCal, Mail, Spotlight and Safari. The previous builds had appeared to be close to a final release, but Apple is clearly still making some final tweaks to the update. The release description has indicated that the main improvements in OS X 10.7.3 will be support for several new languages and fixes for issues related to smart cards, directory services authentication, and Windows file sharing.

  • EFI Firmware Update Brings Lion Internet Recovery to Mid-2010 13-Inch MacBook Pro [Updated]

    Eric Slivka
    23 Jan 2012 | 10:30 pm
    As noted in our forums, Apple today pushed out a new firmware update specifically targeting users of the company's Mid-2010 13-inch MacBook Pro model. The new MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.5 brings compatibility with Lion Internet Recovery, allowing users of OS X Lion to reinstall the operating system from scratch on a brand-new hard drive without the need for physical recovery media.About MacBook Pro EFI Firmware Update 2.5 This update enables Lion Recovery from an Internet connection on MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) models. For more information about Lion Recovery, please visit this…

  • Virgin America Names Jet After Steve Jobs

    Jordan Golson
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:49 pm
    Virgin America has named one of its fleet after Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, emblazoning a popular Jobs quote "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" on the side of this Airbus A320. Steve mentioned the phrase in his 2005 commencement address at Stanford University, noting that it was originally used in The Whole Earth Catalog in the 1970's: On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed…
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  • Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Friday, January 27, 2012

    webmaster@applelinks.com
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:27 pm
    • "Fellow Apple Nerds Our Time Is Now" • WD Previews My Book Thunderbolt Dual-Drive Storage System at Macworld/iWorld • Bill Gates Reflects On His Relationship With Steve Jobs, Mortality • Hard Drive Shortage May Have Far-reaching Effects • Trim Enabler Brings TRIM SSD Optimization To Mac OS X • Apple and General Motors Ads Dominate NFL Playoff Games According to Ace Metrix • Dolly Drive to Take Macworld Live Stage Friday to Unveil All-in-one Consumer & Business Cloud Solution for Mac • SecureMac Releases PrivacyScan for Mac App Store at…

  • Applelinks iOS News Reader - Friday, January 27, 2012

    webmaster@applelinks.com
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:19 pm
    • Apple Infiltrates The Enterprise: More Than 1/5 Of Global Info Workers Use Apple Products For Work • Android Captures Record 39 Percent Share of Global Tablet Shipments in Q4 2011 But Apple iOS Still Way Out In Front At 58 Percent • The PC Is Dying. The iPad And Mac Are Not • Schreibkraft Now Supports Apple iCloud, Twitter, As Well As Dropbox • Nuance PaperPort Notes App for iPad Taps Power of Dragon for Note Dictation • DE-light Lamp LED Table Lamp by Philippe Starck Charges iPod, iPhone and iPad • Soonr Announces Scribble Cloud-Based Annotation App for…

  • Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Thursday, January 26, 2012

    webmaster@applelinks.com
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:24 pm
    • Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired - and Secretive - Company Really Works • Facts About Apple's Business That Will Blow Your Mind • MacBook (Mid 2010) EFI Firmware Update 2.1 • Mac mini (Mid 2010) EFI Firmware Update 1.5 • MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2010) EFI Firmware Update 2.5 • Battery Status 1.0 Menu Bar Charge Status Monitor • Corel Painter 12 (Windows/Mac) Digital Art Software • aText Text Macro Utility • Announcing iFixit.org: The People Who Are Fixing the World • An Interview With HackintoshUK - Which Offers PCs That Run Lion…

  • Applelinks iOS News Reader - Thursday, January 26, 2012

    webmaster@applelinks.com
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:16 pm
    • What Were 15.4 Million iPad Fans Thinking? • Is This RIM's Macintosh Moment? • HP to Commit webOS to Open Source by Fall 2012 • iPad takes 96% of tablets, iPhone 53% Of Phones In Good Mobile Enterprise Study • Poll Finds Consumer Confusion Over Where Apple Devices Are Made • Soaring iPad Sales Again Fuel Talk of Fading PCs • Apple CEO Tim Cook: Tablets Will Be Bigger Than Pcs And Why Kindle Fire Isn't Hurting The iPad • The Best Tablets You Can Buy This Year • 100 Percent of Surveyed Consumers Bought an Electronic Device over the Holidays -…

  • Applelinks Tech Web Reader - Wednesday, January 25, 2012

    webmaster@applelinks.com
    25 Jan 2012 | 5:23 pm
    • Will Apple's iOS Gadget Success Kill The Mac As We Know It? • 7 Days Living With....The Other Computer (Apple Mac OS X) • Happy 28th Birthday, Macintosh! • Picture of the Day: The Original Macintosh Computer Turns 28 • Happy 28th Birthday, Macintosh! • President Obama Points To Steve Jobs' Ingenuity In State Of The Union Address • Intego's annual 'Year in Mac Security' Report Available • Ultrabooks & Mobile Computing Represent The Future?.......Continue Reading Tags: News | Tech-Industry |
 
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  • Macworld Expo: TMO’s Editors Choice Awards for Macworld|iWorld 2012

    TMO Staff
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:06 pm
    The Mac Observer’s Editors Choice Awards from Macworld|iWorld Expo 2012 are out, and just like previous years, there were plenty of great products for us to check out. We chose seven products that we feel represent the best of what was shown at the conference and expo for the Mac, iPhone and iPad.

  • Macworld Expo: Hub Innovations Shows Stylish Anvil Stand for iPad

    Bryan Chaffin
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:02 pm
    SAN FRANCISCO - Hub Innovationsw was showing several new products at this year’s Macworld|iWorld show, but the one that caught out eye the most is Anvil, a very cool stand for the iPad. The device holds your iPad in either portrait or landscape mode, and it includes a stabilizer bar if you want to lean your iPad back and type on it.

  • Macworld Expo: PadDock 10 Turns an iPad Into a Mini iMac

    Julie Kuehl
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:27 pm
    SAN FRANCISCO - iPad stands are nearly as numerous as iPhone cases, but the PadDock 10 is more than just a stand. In addition to making your iPad look like a smaller version of an iMac, it adds speaker and connector features too.

  • Macworld Expo: Watershed & Dry Case Offerings Keep Your iDevices High & Dry

    Chuck La Tournous
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:48 pm
    Two Macworld|iWorld exhibitors offer cases that keep your iDevices dry and usable in the Great Outdoors. And if you’re at the show, you can get discounts that keep your budget from getting all wet too.

  • Macworld Expo: Henge Docks Allow Apple Notebooks to be Grab-n-Go

    Julie Kuehl
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:15 pm
    Apple notebooks often pull desktop duty, including being plugged into a variety of peripherals. It can be a chore to disconnect all the cables and cords to free the device for the roaming life it was made for. Docks are the solution to this problem, and Henge Docks solves this by including connections to ports as part of the dock, allowing you to take your notebook without unplugging anything.
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  • iPhone/iPod touch/iPad apps for Jan. 27

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:59 pm
    Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps. You can find 'em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/). Sovereign Dynamics has announced Global Feed 1.0 for iOS. The free app designed to stream news based on Geo-IP location. It's completely configurable by the end user. read more

  • Jon Rubinstein, former Apple exec, bids HP adieu

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:08 pm
    Jon Rubinstein, the former Apple exec who took over handheld maker Palm and moved with it to Hewlett-Packard in a 2010 acquisition, has left HP effective today, according to "AllThingsD." Rubinstein is said to have no immediate plans, and had completed a 12-24 month commitment to stay with HP after the acquisition. "Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well," HP spokeswoman Mylene Mangalindan said. In a brief comment to "AllThingsD," Rubinstein said, "I am going to take a well deserved break after four and a half years of developing webOS." read more

  • Apple Italy now informing customers of mandated, two-year warranty

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:25 am
    Apple has complied with a court order in Italy and is informing customers at its online store about a legally mandated two-year warranty, reports "The Register" (http://macte.ch/AHf0w). Now featured at the top of the main page of Apple's online store is a "communication to protect consumers" that links to a PDF explaining the court's ruling. The change to Apple's online store in Italy was first noted by setteBIT and detailed by The Register. read more

  • Samsung loses another German lawsuit against Apple

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:20 am
    One week after dismissing Samsung's first German patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, the Mannheim Regional Court also rejected Samsung's second complaint, reports "FOSS Patents" (http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/). read more

  • Tim Cook emails Apple employees about factory worker reports

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:13 am
    According to "9to5Mac," Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out a lengthy letter to all of the company employees that are a direct response recent reports of factory worker mistreatment. read more
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  • Apple Reports Highest Quarterly Revenue and Earnings Ever

    24 Jan 2012 | 5:17 pm
    Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 first quarter, which spanned 14 weeks and ended December 31, 2011. The Company posted record quarterly revenue of $46.33 billion and record quarterly net profit of $13.06 billion, or $13.87 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $26.74 billion and net quarterly profit of $6 billion, or $6.43 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. “We’re thrilled with our outstanding results and record-breaking sales of iPhones, iPads, and Macs,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “Apple’s momentum is incredibly strong, and…

  • Apple Reinvents Textbooks with iBooks 2 for iPad

    19 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Apple today announced iBooks 2 for iPad, featuring iBooks textbooks, an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, engaging, and truly interactive. iBooks textbooks offer iPad users gorgeous, full-screen textbooks with interactive animations, diagrams, photos, videos, and unrivaled navigation. Leading education services companies including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson will deliver educational titles on the iBookstore, with most priced at $14.99 or less. And with the new iBooks Author, anyone with a Mac can create iBooks textbooks and publish them to Apple’s…

  • New iTunes U App for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch

    19 Jan 2012 | 11:54 am
    Apple today announced an all-new iTunes U app, giving educators and students everything they need on their iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch to teach and take entire courses. The all-new iTunes U app lets teachers create and manage courses — including essential components such as lectures, assignments, books, quizzes, and syllabuses — and offer them to millions of iOS users around the world. The app also gives iOS users access to the world’s largest catalog of free educational content from top universities including Cambridge, Duke, Harvard, Oxford and Stanford. And starting today, any K-12…

  • iPhone 4S Arrives in China on January 13

    4 Jan 2012 | 4:52 pm
    Apple today announced that iPhone 4S will be available in China and 21 additional countries on Friday, January 13. iPhone 4S features Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for fast performance and stunning graphics; an all-new 8-megapixel camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD-resolution video recording; and Siri, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking. “Customer response to our products in China has been off the charts,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “With the launch in China next week, iPhone 4S will be available in over 90 countries, making this our fastest…

  • Apple Store Grand Central Opens Friday, December 9

    8 Dec 2011 | 2:09 pm
    Just in time for the holidays, Apple’s fifth Manhattan store opens for business at New York’s world-famous Grand Central Terminal at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 9. The store overlooks the historic Main Concourse and features two Genius Bars, entire rooms dedicated to Personal Setup and Personal Training, and an expert team of 315 employees. Holiday shoppers can test-drive Apple products, attend 15-minute Express workshops, get free technical support, and more.
 
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    Insanely Great Mac

  • Apple Makes Money, MW3, Macworld Expo, Evil Apple (Podcast)

    27 Jan 2012 | 8:42 am
    This week we talk about Apple's financial results (spoiler: they make money). Also a look back at the old days of less successful and evil Apple. This week also saw the first map pack for MW3.

  • Moshi Zefyr 2 MacBook cooling stand (Video Review)

    26 Jan 2012 | 10:41 am
    Laptops are pretty powerful these days and make for a worthy desktop solution. Whether transcoding video, rendering 3D, or just playing some impressive games, a MacBook can put off some desktop-level heat. The built-in cooling system should be sufficient to handle any heat issues, however, cooling stands allow users to be a little more proactive. And that brings us to the Zefyr 2 from Moshi. In addition to providing two fans of cooling power, the Zefyr 2 also functions as a stand to improve typing angles. The stand is made of aircraft aluminum and contains dual fans that are powered by a…

  • IK Multimedia announces iKlip Studio for iPad

    26 Jan 2012 | 10:39 am
    IK Multimedia make a number of products geared towards voice and instrument performance, just as their iRig line. This week the company formally announced the iKlip Studio stand for iPad. The stand is created with performance in mind, allowing the iPad to rotate in portrait or landscape modes. Also the stand has multiple viewing angles, depending on your setup. IK Multimedia notes that all ports and controls are also accessible. The device can also fold flat for easy storage and transport. The iKlip Studio has a unique detachable bracket to hold the company's iRig adapter in place. The iKlip…

  • DryCase announces waterproof DryBuds w/ Microphone

    26 Jan 2012 | 10:28 am
    DryCase stands out in the crowd of iPhone-in-a-bag protection. The company's DryCase has a vacuum sealing feature, but also an integrated audio jack. The idea is you could take your iPhone, iPod, or iPad to the beach/pool, out in the rain, or whatever and still use your device without worrying about it getting wet. All the while still listening to tunes. Below is a video of the product at CES. DryCase this week announced DryBuds to compliment its DryCase. The device is a sports-style around the ear headphone that can be submerged in water. The headphone offers 100-percent water proof.

  • PluralEyes audio sync utility released for Final Cut Pro X

    26 Jan 2012 | 10:13 am
    PluralEye is a cool extension of Final Cut Pro that allows you to match up multiple audio track to a video track. For example, if you're shooting video with a DSLR camera, but using an external audio recorder, you can easily match up the media. The utility takes multiple tracks from the external recorder and matches them to the imported video tracks. The system can also deal with matching up multiple camera angles/shots with a master audio track. In the old days people would use clapboard or more complicated time coded workflow. Final Cut Pro X actually has this feature built-in, however,…
 
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    Macmegasite

  • Automatically edited video dances to Drop’n'Roll

    admin
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    Hong Kong – The innovative “Drop’n'Roll” feature allows instant, one-tap replacement of video fragments in a movie after it has already been automatically edited by V.I.K.T.O.R. Users are now empowered to cut into the process of automatic editing by replacing individual video parts as they see fit more, and leaving the rest of the edited movie intact. V.I.K.T.O.R.’s original feature, “Refresh”, enabled users to create unlimited number of movies by editing sets of video clips located on user’s phone. With the new “Drop’n'Roll”…

  • Leaping Bytes releases MapPocket v.2.4 Update – Take Your Maps Anywhere

    admin
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:45 am
    Silver Spring, Maryland – Leaping Bytes today is proud to announce the release and immediate availability of MapPocket v.2.4, an update to their map application that can help you to save a lot on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket allows you to put online maps in your pocket, so you can use them later without an Internet connection. Whats New in MapPocket v.2.4: * GPS Tracking in on-line and off-line modes (distance/avg speed/altitude) – push and hold GPS button to activate * Chinese localization (traditional and simplified) * Map Language selector MapPocket is a quick,…

  • Nova Development Launches the Mac SuperBundle Winter 2012

    admin
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:55 pm
    Calabasas, California – Nova Development, a consumer unit of leading global software developer and publisher Avanquest Software (Paris:AVQ – News), is proud to announce the release of the Mac(R) SuperBundle(TM) Winter 2012 software suite. Valued at over $470 if purchased separately, the nine software titles and exciting bonus app in the new 2012 Mac SuperBundle are available for just $49, an 89% savings, and offer innovative solutions no Mac user should be without. Nova’s biggest bundle to date and best consumer deal yet features the award-winning and #1 selling…

  • The Fashion World Awaits You, Now on the Mac App Store

    admin
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:40 am
    Krakow, – Poland – Teyon, a video games developer and digital publisher, revealed today that Fashion Advisor, a unique hidden object puzzler with clever fashion mini-game tie-ins, is now available worldwide in the Mac App Store for just $2.99. Step into the glamorous world of fashion as Lilly, a creative director at an advertising agency. Her duties consume most of her free time and there’s not much time left for her passions; Shopping and creating her own fashion creations, but Lilly’s about to get her lucky break! She must prepare models for a fashion shoot for the…

  • What is this App? 2 – Crazy iOS puzzle action is the answer

    admin
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:15 am
    Medford, Massachusetts – BeBop Games, LLC, an established mobile game developer, has today announced the release of What is this App? 2 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This mysterious entertainment puzzle experience challenges players to answer the app title question by unraveling a series of brain teasers, visual puzzles, and other conundrums! The sequel to the smash hit What is this App?, What is this App? 2 is no walk in the park. This app guarantees gamers endless hours of riddle action at their fingertips, regardless of whether they’re playing solo in Standard mode or…
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    prMac

  • Automatically edited video dances to Drop'n'Roll

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    New Photographers Burning Factory has released an upgraded version of V.I.K.T.O.R., their automatic video-editing iPhone app for quick and easy movie making and sharing of video clips. With the innovative "Drop'n'Roll" feature, users are now empowered to cut into the process of automatic editing by replacing individual video parts as they see more fit and leaving the rest of the edited movie intact. The app allows making and sharing of professionally-looking short movies.

  • Leaping Bytes releases MapPocket v.2.4 Update - Take Your Maps Anywhere

    28 Jan 2012 | 4:45 am
    Leaping Bytes today announces MapPocket 2.4, an update to their iOS map application that helps save on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket is a quick, intuitive and convenient way of using maps on the road without an Internet connection. Users can choose maps from one of four providers: Google, Mapquest, Bing or OpenStreetMap. MapPocket allows to share recorded maps with all your devices using iCloud or DropBox. Version 2.4 includes changes to GPS Tracking, Map Language selector and more.

  • Basketball Physics new approach to phone basketball games genre

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:59 am
    CodeCube Brothers Partnership announces Basketball Physics 1.1.0 for iOS devices. Basketball Physics is a game which is inspired with a awesomes of basketball game and physics. This game have a slightly different approach to the game type, because this game you have to really control ball and throw the ball with your finger. This gives more interesting approach to the game. Game also have one and two player modes, so you can play againts your friend or cpu player.

  • Yatzymate - a social dice game

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:51 am
    Arelio introduces Yatzymate 1.0 for iOS devices. Yatzymate, a turn based multiplayer game. Yatzymate is the third game we created for the iPhone and iPad, but it's the first game that is turn based. Yatzymate is a game similar to Yahtzee/Yatzy, you can play with your friends around the world. There can be up to 4 players in each game, and you can have 16 games going at once. Yatzymate have multiple leaderboards, and many achievements. A funny game that guarantees joy for the whole family.

  • FmPro Migrator 6.46 Builds Scalable Servoy 6 Apps From Legacy Databases

    28 Jan 2012 | 12:10 am
    California based .com Solutions Inc. has announced that FileMaker Pro, Microsoft Access and Visual FoxPro developers can use FmPro Migrator Platinum Edition 6.46 to quickly build scalable Servoy 6 applications from their legacy solutions. Using the Servoy 6 file format significantly shortens the Servoy Eclipse IDE load time for converted applications. All of the new Servoy 6 features are immediately available for development of the converted application.
 
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    Inside Mac Games

  • Law & Order Legacies Available For Purchase

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    January 27, 2012 5:00 AMTelltale Games has announced the release of the Mac version of Law & Order: Legacies. The game features a "dream team" of investigators and attorneys from the long running Law & Order television franchise, and will give players the chance to solve a case with their favorite team. The first three episodes are now available, with the next three soon to be released.Play the show as you investigate crimes and prosecute the offenders. Will you prove the suspect guilty, strike a plea bargain, or will the jury let him walk? Law & Order: Legacies features all-new stories…

  • Frozen Synapse Post Mortem Revealed

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    January 27, 2012 5:00 AMGamasutra has posted a post mortem article examining the development of Mode 7 Game's Frozen Synapse. Mode 7's Paul Taylor explained the process of creating the game and discussed the company's design philosophy. The game features both single and multiplayer action, a variety of guns, hand crafted maps, and a map editor."My motivation was highest to make a game that had interesting decisions the whole time," developer Ian Hardingham told Taylor, while working on the game."A couple of big work-for-hire contracts enabled us to adopt a 'when it's done' attitude to…

  • Tropico 3: Gold Edition Released

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    January 27, 2012 5:00 AMFeral Interactive has released Tropico 3: Gold Edition for the Mac. Developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media for Windows, Tropico 3: Gold Edition is a re-imagining of the classic construction and management simulation Tropico.Tropico 3: Gold Edition is a combination of strategic city-builder and humorous political simulator that invites players to reign as El Presidente, dictator of the resource-rich Caribbean nation of Tropico. To govern is to choose, and as players build their island’s infrastructure, manage the economy and keep competing…

  • IMG Reviews Civilization V: Spain And Inca

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    January 27, 2012 5:00 AMInside Mac Games has posted a new review of Sid Meier's Civilization V: Double Civilization and Scenario Pack - Spain and Inca from Firaxis and Aspyr Media. The add-on introduces the Spanish and Incan civilizations as well as a new scenario to the popular world conquering strategy title.Here's an excerpt:While it may be hard to see the relevance and use of the Incan Empire up against military greats from the western world, the Incans do have an ace up their sleeve. That ace being their strength against terrain. When building tile improvements or moving units around the…

  • Battle.net World Championship Announced, BlizzCon Cancelled

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:00 am
    January 27, 2012 5:00 AMBlizzard Entertainment has announced the 2012 Battle.net World Championship, a global eSports event set to take place in Asia at the end of this year. Skilled players of StarCraft II and World of Warcraft Arena will compete for cash in tournaments. The company also revealed it will cancel this year's BlizzCon in order to focus on the World Championship and continuing work on Diablo III, Mists of Pandaria, and Heart of the Swarm. Blizzard Entertainment is proud to announce the 2012 Battle.net World Championship, a major global eSports event featuring some of the best…
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    MacUser

  • Twitter censorship plan under fire

    Kenny Hemphill
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:12 am
    Twitter has been widely criticised over the implementation of a system which will allow it to block tweets in specific countries while allowing them to be published in others. The social network said it would assess requests to block tweets on a case by case basis and that its approach to freedom of speech would not change. In a blog post the company pointed out that content which was legal in some countries would breach the law in others. It cited France and Germany, where pro-Nazi content is banned, as an example. The new filter would, it said, allow it to block relevant tweets in countries…

  • Apple smashes Q1 earnings estimates with mind-boggling results

    Kenny Hemphill
    24 Jan 2012 | 5:00 pm
    Apple has announced that it made $46.33 billion in revenue for its fiscal first quarter, which ended on 31 December. That’s a 77% increase on the previous year. Net profit for the quarter was $13.06 billion, which equates to $13.87 per diluted share. That’s a 131% increase on Q1 2011. Gross margin increased from 38.5% to 44.7%, the highest it’s been for 15 years. Sales figures for each of Apple’s three key product streams were equally impressive. Mac sales rose by 26% to 5.2 million units, iPad sales were up 111% to 15.43 million, and the iPhone sold a whopping 128%…

  • Apple UK prices most expensive in Western Europe says Idealo

    Kenny Hemphill
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:42 am
    The price of Apple products in the UK is higher than anywhere else in Western Europe, when VAT is excluded, according to a report from price comparison company, Idealo. Idealo compared the prices of five Apple products; an iMac, iPad 2; iPod touch; MacBook Air; and MacBook Pro. It priced each of the five on all 37 Apple online stores with and without sales tax. Idealo found that Malaysia has the cheapest prices in the world for Apple kit, closely followed by Canada and Hong Kong. The USA is fourth cheapest, followed by Singapore. Brazil has the highest prices, followed by the Czech Republic,…

  • Latest Issue: Volume 28 No 2

    Adam Banks
    20 Jan 2012 | 3:00 pm
    You probably pay for more things with a card than with cash, and hardly any with a cheque. It’s taken us since the 1970s to automate payment this far – but the next revolution could be just months away. Mobile devices – likely to include the next iPhone – now have built-in compatibility with the contactless readers spreading across the UK, meaning you won’t need your card to spend money on your account. Meanwhile, retailers such as Starbucks are releasing apps to let any user pay on screen. Developments like these will quickly change the way we pay. In MacUser…

  • Apple launches iBooks 2 with interactive textbooks

    Kenny Hemphill
    19 Jan 2012 | 12:42 pm
    Apple announced a new version of iBooks today with support for interactive textbooks, and a Mac application for authoring them. Textbooks in iBooks 2 behave like apps and can be updated in the same way. They will be priced at $14.99. UK details have yet to be announced. Publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill, and Pearson announced that they would deliver titles on the store. ‘Education is deep in Apple’s DNA and iPad may be our most exciting education product yet. With 1.5 million iPads already in use in education institutions, including over 1,000 one-to-one deployments,…
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    Macenstein

  • Review: Antec Advance Screen cleaners

    Dr. Macenstein
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:06 am
    For most of us, the goto way to clean our iPods, iPhone, and iPads is the old “breathe onto it and quickly rub it with your shirt before the vapor disappears” thing, and with good reason – it works quite well. So given that you have your own built-in supply of hot water vapor, is it [...]

  • How to: Use your iPhone to check your remote control’s batteries

    Dr. Macenstein
    26 Jan 2012 | 5:37 pm
    While researching Jesus and kittens I came across this wonderfully informative clip from EyeHandy.com that shows you how you can use your iPhone to check the batteries in any infrared device you may own. Enjoy!

  • How to: Turn your favorite iOS game’s music and sound files into Ringtones and text alerts

    Dr. Macenstein
    23 Jan 2012 | 8:46 am
    One of the side effects of playing a particularly addictive iPhone game is that quite often you find the soundtrack running through your head at night as you try to sleep, almost BEGGING to be used to make the world’s most annoying ringtone. But how to go about it? Sure, you could try to record [...]

  • Watch out Vancouver International Airport – You’re next

    Dr. Macenstein
    18 Jan 2012 | 9:07 pm
    Well now that Apple legal has stopped my Steve Jobs action figures from showing up in the mail, it looks like the next target it will be setting its litigious gaze upon will be the Vancouver International Airport. Faithful Macenstein reader Grant Wall writes (via Twitter): “Saw this @YVR in the Domestic Terminal and thought [...]

  • Games That Don’t Suck: Scramble With Friends

    Dr. Macenstein
    16 Jan 2012 | 12:24 pm
    Today’s game that doesn’t suck is the latest offering from that evil empire known as Zynga (makers of the Chess With Friends, Words With Friends and Hanging With Friends games). It’s called Scramble With Friends (FREE – with ads). At its heart, just as Words With Friends is a Scrabble rip-off and Hanging With Friends [...]
 
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    MacUpdate: Recent Mac OS X

  • SpiderOak 4.2.9913 - Secure online backup, storage, access, and sharing.. (Free)

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:35 am
    SpiderOak is a multi-platform secure online backup, storage, access, and sharing solution engineered for the consumer and small businesses. Running natively on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux, SpiderOak allows users to create a central storage repository where they can access data from all their SpiderOak devices within the application, or via web login at SpiderOak.com. Using an automated approach, SpiderOak immediately backs up and stores any additions, edits, or changes to the back up set. Historical versions of any document can be identified and downloaded by timestamp. Any folders within a…

  • Doodle Fit 1.0 - Fit given blocks into a given shape.. (Commercial)

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:27 am
    The task in Doodle Fit is simple: fit the given set of blocks into the given shape. Drag the blocks into positions in search for the layout that fills the whole shape. A level is complete when all blocks have been used and there is no more space free in the shape. Sounds easy? It is, at the beginning, but gets more and more engaging an addictive with every new puzzle. And there are hundreds of them!

KEY FEATURES

Absolutely addictive gameplay - everyone playing this game will confirm: it's one of the most addictive puzzle games on the planet.

Unique level shapes - Many levels…

  • iFileX 1.1.1 - Sophisticated search utility.. (Free)

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:19 am
    iFileX is not meant to be a substitute for Spotlight but it can find more files including hidden files, packages content, bundles content, etc. You can search after file size,creation and or modification dates, is Folder, is Alias and file name. This way it is easy to find more related files of applications you try to remove from your system.Features:Find files that Spotlight doesn't:files inside packages, bundles, hidden files...Very fast searchingFast searching on HFS formated volumes.Filter resultsEasy show or hide packages content, hidden files and/or folders.Mac OS X 10.7 Lion…

  • Finch 1.4 - Track time spent on your Mac by application.. (Commercial)

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:40 am
    Finch...Take the guesswork out of your time reporting and start working with empirical data.Finch is a time tracking application that monitors what windows are open on the screen at any given time. Using the application's tagging system allows for detailed reports of how much time is spent working on different projects.Set it, and forget itStarting with Finch is as simple as running it, and then proceeding with your work. Finch will quietly sit on your Mac OS menu bar until the end of the day. No messy configuration, just turn the app on and let it go!Export to CSVOn the reports view, specify…

  • Cryptix 1.0.1 - Cryptography tool.. (Commercial)

    28 Jan 2012 | 1:28 am
    Cryptix is a complete solution for cryptography, encoding and ciphers. You can also make numerous tasks and learn more about cryptography... The main interface is divided into 2 parts. One for the cryptography, the other one for the security, containing tools such as (Checksum, Network, Unix). You can also thanks to this software have any elements necessary for your security (Steganography, Passwords & System management). Key features : Aes 128 /256 bits, Ano, Blowfish 447, Outguess,OpenSSL, Wordlist generator & More...Version 1.0.1:Complete rewriting. Distributed now on Applestore. Cryptix…
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    The Mac Lawyer

  • Guest Post :: Document Management for the Mac-Using Lawyer with DocMoto

    J. Benjamin Stevens
    12 Jan 2012 | 9:02 am
    Note from The Mac Lawyer:  Among the questions that I am asked most often are: “What document management systems are available on the Mac?” and/or “My firm uses Worldox.  Is there anything similar for the Mac?”  While the Finder may be a suitable solution for some smaller law firms, many others want something more powerful.  I recently had an opportunity to meet face-to-face with the developers of an exciting new product, DocMoto, and view its features.  I was so impressed that I asked them to provide this Guest Post to make my readers aware of their product…

  • Guest Post :: Implications of iCloud on the Legal Field

    J. Benjamin Stevens
    14 Dec 2011 | 7:00 am
    Cloud computing technology has been making serious headway in the past few years. Most of those endeavors have been on the “back end,” allowing businesses to create and implement scalable solutions that rely on third-party, Internet-based providers. The legal field, however, has sometimes been resistant to these technologies. A variety of concerns – primarily those involving security – have kept many cloud solutions at bay. With the advent of Apple’s iCloud, however, the legal field may not be able to hold out much longer. While iCloud isn’t necessarily revolutionary in what it…

  • Guest Post :: 5 Top Law Apps You Must Have

    J. Benjamin Stevens
    12 Dec 2011 | 7:00 am
    The iPod, iPhone and iPad changed how people communicate and do business, and this is true in the legal profession, as well. Lawyers are always on the go and need tools to stay in touch with the office, as well as the courts. The five apps outlined below can be of help. All can be found and purchased in the app store. You might want your iPod Touch white to keep the defense looking innocent or perhaps a black iPhone if you’re the prosecution. Let us see what Apps we have for your device. Fastcase The free Fastcase app offers primary law access for federal law and every state. This includes…

  • Guest Post :: Apple Store in Grand Central Station Opens Friday

    J. Benjamin Stevens
    8 Dec 2011 | 10:40 am
    Grand Central Terminal, the iconic train station in New York City, is planning on unveiling a new Apple Store this Friday, December 9, 2011. This is the fifth Apple Store to be opened in Manhattan and will be 23,000-square feet in size. Apple, Inc. is paying $180 per square foot, amounting to $4,140,000 for the store to be opened. In addition, Apple made a $2.5 million capital investment in the space with a $1.1 million annual rate that will continuously rise each year of the 10-year lease. Furthermore, Apple paid Metrazur, the restaurant that occupied their space prior to building the store,…

  • Guest Post :: Equity – The Best Font for Lawyers

    J. Benjamin Stevens
    30 Oct 2011 | 9:09 pm
    What font do you use? Why? Have you thought about it? Do you care how your documents look and how readable they are? You should.  In college, I worked in the public relations department for three years, and I learned a lot about the importance of layout, font choice, text size, etc.  Since I began practicing law 16+ years ago, I have always given great thought to which font I used, and my tastes and preferences have changed over the years. I am proud to say that my preferred font these days is “Equity“, and I asked its creator, Matthew Butterick, to write this Guest Post to tell…
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    iPhonefreak

  • Top Ten iPhone and iPad Apps Released This Week

    Andy Boxall
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:48 am
    Looking for a new app this weekend?  Here are ten great new apps for the iPhone and iPad that you may want to check out! Steam Mobile. This free app lets you join in with the Steam gaming community on your iPhone, though chats, news stores and the various groups.  Free. My Army. An endless run game [...]

  • iPhone/iPad App Review – Smash Cops

    Andy Boxall
    26 Jan 2012 | 10:55 am
    Smash Cops is a brilliant idea. It’s based on those thousands of police pursuit-type TV shows that feature nothing but the cops chasing down a suspect, all shot from a police helicopter.  They’re trash of the highest order, but compelling and exciting trash nonetheless.  Making a game using that exact formula is inspired, and Smash [...]

  • Reckless Racing 2 Released on February 2nd

    Andy Boxall
    23 Jan 2012 | 10:10 am
    It has been more than a year since the release of Pixelbite’s excellent iOS racer Reckless Racing, and the team has now provided a release date for the sequel.  Reckless Racing 2 will be sliding onto your iPhone and iPad on the 2nd February. Announced in October last year, the new game will once again feature [...]

  • Top Ten iPhone and iPad Apps Released This Week

    Andy Boxall
    20 Jan 2012 | 5:37 am
    Looking for a new app this weekend?  Here are ten great new apps for the iPhone and iPad that you may want to check out! LEGO App4+. The latest educational play app from Lego, this time aimed at kids between 4 and 7.  The concept is simple, build a truck, carry some cargo and earn [...]

  • Apple Releases iBooks 2.0, iTunes U and iBooks Author Apps

    Andy Boxall
    19 Jan 2012 | 2:41 pm
    At a special event held at the Guggenheim museum earlier today, Apple released several new applications all related to education, school textbooks and bringing students and teachers together through a single device. Introduced by Phil Schiller and Eddy Cue, with demonstrations by the VP of iTunes Jeff Robbin and the VP of Productivity Software Roger Rosner, [...]
 
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    Mac Amour

  • Georges Clooney is Mac guy. What else?

    Hedi Regaya
    21 Jan 2012 | 6:46 am
    What else? Blog about Mac Computers, Apple Product and Design (from Photography, to Architecture). Embedded videos, apple commercials, photos, news, download links, a lot of tips and tricks, tutorials. Anything you need to make your Macintosh experience UNIQUE!

  • John Sculley says he never fired co-founder Steve Jobs

    Hedi Regaya
    21 Jan 2012 | 4:42 am
    Former Apple Chief Executive John Sculley has said in recent interviews that the late Steve Jobs was never fired from the company he helped found, an assertion that runs counter to Jobs’ own... Blog about Mac Computers, Apple Product and Design (from Photography, to Architecture). Embedded videos, apple commercials, photos, news, download links, a lot of tips and tricks, tutorials. Anything you need to make your Macintosh experience UNIQUE!

  • RimAlbumArtDaemon is using all of my MacBook Pro resources

    Hedi Regaya
    21 Jan 2012 | 4:40 am
    This is an issue I’m having since I installed the BlackBerry Desktop Software (BDS) on my MacBook Pro. It makes iTunes slower, Mac overheating and the RimAlbumArtDaemon using up to 98% of my... Blog about Mac Computers, Apple Product and Design (from Photography, to Architecture). Embedded videos, apple commercials, photos, news, download links, a lot of tips and tricks, tutorials. Anything you need to make your Macintosh experience UNIQUE!

  • Windows 8 Intel Tablets Will Cost $100 more than iPad 3

    Hedi Regaya
    21 Jan 2012 | 4:36 am
    How funny this is! Blog about Mac Computers, Apple Product and Design (from Photography, to Architecture). Embedded videos, apple commercials, photos, news, download links, a lot of tips and tricks, tutorials. Anything you need to make your Macintosh experience UNIQUE!

  • Exclusive: Install iOS 5 on your iPhone 2G/3G or old iPod Touch with NO jailbreak Required

    Hedi Regaya
    21 Jan 2012 | 4:24 am
    How does it work? The Whited00r dev team have basically built a custom version of Apple’s official iOS 5, specially catered towards the ARM6 family of Apple devices: the iPhone 2G & 3G, and the... Blog about Mac Computers, Apple Product and Design (from Photography, to Architecture). Embedded videos, apple commercials, photos, news, download links, a lot of tips and tricks, tutorials. Anything you need to make your Macintosh experience UNIQUE!
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    macZOT!

  • Shade Basic 12.1

    mikeZot
    28 Jan 2012 | 12:00 am
    Shade Basic 12.1 3D rendering, animation and modeling for artists and developers Web Development Code Camp ZOT Continues… Normally: $99.00 ZOT Price: $29.50 Click to MacZOT    Mirye Software Shade 3D Basic: 3D Powerhouse for Art, Rendering, Animation and More Shade 3D 12 is a powerful 3D modeling, rendering an animation (joint and timeline based) system but it’s a cat outside the pack! Shade’s modeling tools include boolean modeling and its signature curved surface modeler, and powerful tools you won’t find in any other product at this price – build 3d…

  • Mac Bundle: NTFS for Mac OS X 9.5 and HFS+ for Windows 9.0

    mikeZot
    26 Jan 2012 | 12:18 am
    Mac Bundle: NTFS for Mac OS X 9.5 and HFS+ for Windows 9.0 The only NTFS driver on the market that provides full read/write access to NTFS with the same high speed as native HFS+ files. Web Development Code Camp ZOT Continues… PDF Studio Pro 7 ZOT Continues… Normally: $39.95 ZOT Price: $19.95 Click to MacZOT    Download trial of NTFS for Mac OS X 9.5 here… Download HFS+ for Windows 9.0 here… Running Windows on your Mac? Not a problem with cross-platform technologies from Paragon! NTFS for Mac® OS X 9.5 and HFS+ for Windows 9.0 eliminate barriers between…

  • Web Development Code Camp

    mikeZot
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:09 am
    Web Development Code Camp Work as a Professional Web Developer… All the Coding Skills You Need in One Convenient Course! PDF Studio 7 Pro ZOT Continues… Normally: $199.00 ZOT Price: $87.00 Click to MacZOT Work as a Professional Web Developer… All the Coding Skills You Need in One Convenient Course! Check out this sample… Contents: 1: HTML Ch 1: Welcome To HTML 2: HTML Ch 2: Text Markup 3: HTML Ch 3: Working with Lists 4: HTML Ch 4: Creating HTML Links 5: HTML Ch 5: Working with Images and Media 6: HTML Ch 6: HTML Tables 6: HTML Ch 6: HTML Tables 8: HTML Ch 8:…

  • PDF Studio 7 Pro by Qoppa Software

    mikeZot
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:56 pm
    PDF Studio 7 Pro by Qoppa Software Review, Annotate, Edit, Sign, Create PDFs! Developer Interview below… Normally: $125.00 ZOT Price: $75.00 Click to MacZOT    Review, Create, Annotate, Sign, Edit PDF Documents Work towards a paperless office with new PDF Studio 7 Pro. Between mac Preview (free but limited in its PDF annotating functions), and Adobe® Acrobat X Pro® (at almost $500) PDF Studio Pro fills the gap as an affordable yet powerful PDF tool that supports most PDF functions while maintaining full compatibility with the PDF Standard. Enable collaboration – read,…

  • 5 Fonts For 5 Dollars!

    mikeZot
    23 Jan 2012 | 12:01 am
    5 Fonts For 5 Dollars That’s Right. . . 5 Dollars. Normally: $50.00 ZOT Price: $5.00 Click to MacZOT This bundle contains five fonts that are perfect for logos for only 5 dollars! Fontbundlr has teamed up with great font designers and macZOT to bring you this amazing deal! You save 90% (Wow!) On this first bundle. Grab your customer’s attention with one of these great fonts! Don’t be the guy with the boring logo! Fonts included in this bundle include: Zuben The Zuben font is perfect for body text or sleek, modern logos! This simple, yet stylish font would be great for a tech…
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    Apple

  • Yahoo kills a bunch of mobile apps you’ve never used

    Ryan Lawler
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:25 pm
    Yahoo is cleaning house on the mobile product side, announcing Friday that it is “decommissioning” a long list of mobile apps. Apps that will no longer be supported include winners like Yahoo! Meme and Yahoo Mim (say what?), as well as some more general mobile apps like Yahoo Answers for Android and Yahoo Deals for iPhone. Unfortunately, Yahoo! Sketch-a-search, which I didn’t even know was a thing before today, is also getting the axe. (You can see the full list on the official announcement.) Somewhat paradoxically, Yahoo is pitching its non-support of these apps as part of…

  • Macworld | iWorld 2012 highlights for home theater nuts and audiophiles

    Weldon Dodd
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:31 pm
    One of the trends I saw on the floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012 is an increasing number of companies producing high-end audio and home theater equipment to use with your Mac and/or iOS devices. Everyone from the casual enthusiast to the demanding audiophile will want to take a look at the following products from both big brand names and small niche manufacturers. Home theater If you want to bring your Apple products into the home theater, you might want to start with the new Epson Megaplex projectors with an integrated iPhone/iPad dock. The Epson MG-850HD provides 720p video (and integrated…

  • Games for the weekend: Tank Riders

    Geoffrey Goetz
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:59 pm
    Games for the Weekend is a weekly feature aimed at helping you avoid doing something constructive with your downtime. Each Friday we’ll be recommending a game for Mac, iPhone or iPad that we think is awesome enough to keep you busy until Monday, at least. Tank Riders ($1.99 Universal, $3.99 Mac) is a good cross between a maze, puzzle and third-person shooter game that can be really fun in the right circumstances on the right devices. Thanks to well-thought-out maps, Polarbit has done an amazing job at keeping the gameplay interesting enough in single-player mode, while also making…

  • Apple to buy Hollywood? Not a chance.

    Ryan Lawler
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:16 pm
    With about $100 billion just lying around, Apple’s received a number of suggestions for how it can spend that cash. The latest comes from Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch, who argues that Apple could use that money to invest in a new type of subscription TV service to compete with Comcast, Time Warner Cable and the like. But that suggestion overlooks a few very important facts about Apple, and about the economics of today’s pay TV business. What Apple does and doesn’t do For a clue to how Apple approaches the video market, you need look no further than how it’s dealt with…

  • For Apple, iCloud is just the beginning

    Erica Ogg
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    No one can doubt the sheer awesomeness packaged in Apple’s recent quarterly performance. However, for me the real story is the company’s iCloud and CEO Tim Cook’s assertion that with 85 million sign-ups in three months, Apple is only getting started with iCloud. “It’s not just a product, it’s a strategy for the next decade,” Cook declared. The recent elevation of Eddy Cue to SVP of Internet Services and his generous stock options are a sign of how serious Cook is about iCloud. The $1 billion data center in North Carolina is more proof of the…
 
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    Mac Tricks And Tips

  • Generate Random Numbers In Terminal/Bash

    admin
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:07 pm
    Hey I have a previously discussed about generating random numbers in applescript, today I am going to discuss two methods which you can use to generate random numbers in Terminal. This is useful for bash, terminal or any other scripts which use the language.  The two methods allow you to have a certain element of control on the size and the randomness and type of number produced. There are certain levels of randomness with random numbers produced by computers. One of the options shown will use an aspect of your Mac which is very random. If you don’t want the book versions of a Million…

  • Find Duplicate Files On Your Mac

    admin
    26 Jan 2012 | 1:08 pm
    Hey, When you use your Mac you generate files and folders worth of content. Unless you have a keen sense of keeping things in perfect order, once in a while you will find duplicates and copies of the same file. This wont just be the same file name, but the exact same file repeated in different places. It is acceptable to have one or two duplicates of the same file, but sometimes an entire folder or directory full of duplicate files can be a bit of a problem. Hence, I am going to demonstrate to your Araxis neat little app, Find Duplicate Files. Lets assume you have a folder with 10,000 files…

  • Clear Terminal History

    admin
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:56 am
    Hey This is a rather simple tip that will allow you to clear Terminal history either selectively or every entry within the terminals history file. When you type in Terminal history it will show you every single entry you have made. Previously I have mentioned how you can change the history size to suit, however if it is becoming rather large, or you want to remove entries that you do not want other people to access, such as a super secret location you don’t want other people to find out about, it is worth removing entries. To clear every entry in Terminals history type the following…

  • Auto-Complete Words On Your Mac

    admin
    16 Jan 2011 | 4:59 pm
    Hey This is a rather cool quick tip that can save you a lot of time. Most modern search boxes now a days have a drop down auto-complete feature to help you complete words a lot quicker, this is generally useful and can save you some time and effort. Wouldn’t it be useful if you could expand this auto-complete feature to more text boxes around your operating system. Thankfully you can. Simply press Command + Period (or full stop) and your Mac will bring up a list of words which you can use to complete the word you are typing. This drop down menu appears in pretty much any text box areas…

  • Flight Control HD For Mac – Review

    admin
    15 Jan 2011 | 12:53 pm
    Hey If you buy this game you will lose a lot of hours in the following week and month, I for one had to rush a report because I as playing this game. If you haven’t played Flight Control HD, on an iPhone or iPad you can finally play it on your Mac. Flight Control has been out for quite a while, so I thought I would give it a review and tell you what I think about it. I’m also interested in what other players of this game think as I have been addicted to this game. The general premise is rather simple. You are in a top down world and in charge of controlling various aircraft.
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    MacBlogz

  • iPad announcement anniversary: January 27, 2010

    Michael Rose
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:15 pm
    Before two years ago, we didn't yet know much about the hypothetical Apple tablet device, prescient leaks and rumors aside. We didn't know for sure which OS it would run (although we were pretty confident it would be iOS and not Mac OS X). We didn't know what it would cost -- the WSJ hinted at pricing near the $1,000 mark -- and we didn't know what it would look like. We certainly didn't know what it would be called, even though there were strong suggestions; apparently the Mad TV writers and some Dubai architects had some good sources. We couldn't have guessed that our most extravagant…

  • The Week's 10 Hottest Apple News Stories, January 27th

    J Keirn-Swanson
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:30 pm

  • The Week's 10 Hottest Apple News Stories, January 27th

    J Keirn-Swanson
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:30 pm

  • Macworld 2012: Olloclip's Three-in-One Lens Idea Was a Good One

    Florence Ion
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:22 pm
    620x349 with html5 and api support  We loved the Olloclip. It's one of the few iPhone lenses out there that doesn't require a case to use and gives iOS photographers three different perspectives to choose from, including wide angle, macro, and fish eye. It's truly a versatile product, so we asked one of the founders why they decided to put three lenses into one.

  • Macworld 2012: Olloclip's Three-in-One Lens Idea Was a Good One

    Florence Ion
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:22 pm
    620x349 with html5 and api support  We loved the Olloclip. It's one of the few iPhone lenses out there that doesn't require a case to use and gives iOS photographers three different perspectives to choose from, including wide angle, macro, and fish eye. It's truly a versatile product, so we asked one of the founders why they decided to put three lenses into one.
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    MacCast - For Mac Geeks, by Mac Geeks

  • Maccast 2012.01.25

    Adam Christianson (Mac Geek)
    26 Jan 2012 | 4:15 am
    A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 381. Apple's education event. Apple's 1st quarter 2012 results. Interview with computer historian David Greelish about his interview with John Sculley. Want more Maccast? Become a Maccast Member. Special thanks to our sponsors: Smile - Disc Label smilesoftware.com. Links Classic Computing Blog John Sculley Interview (MacObserver) Subscribe to the Podcast Feed or Get the MP3 or Enhanced AAC

  • Maccast 2012.01.16

    Adam Christianson (Mac Geek)
    17 Jan 2012 | 1:45 am
    A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 380. Fifth OS X Beta seeded to devs. With iPad Apple could be largest PC maker. Latest on the iPad 3. Target to get Apple Store in Stores. Using Photostream to find lost iPad. Apple NYC Education event. Apple total media domination. Replacing iDisk. Mail attachment and Outlook issues. Windows on the iPad. Want more Maccast? Become a Maccast Member. Special thanks to our sponsors: Circus Ponies NoteBook - The Easy Way to Get Organized on the Mac. Try it FREE for 30 Days. Hover – Domain names made simple. Subscribe to the…

  • Maccast 2012.01.10

    Adam Christianson (Mac Geek)
    10 Jan 2012 | 4:40 pm
    A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 379. Apple quarterly results call scheduled. Continuing the March to iPad 3. Cash in the Flash. TV industry "petrified" about the iTV. iOS edited photos lose resolution. Apple TV 2 Jailbreak. Mac OS X, troubleshooting the stuff you can't see. Managing iOS storage. Want more Maccast? Become a Maccast Member. Special thanks to our sponsors: Faronics Deep Freeze Gazelle - THE place to get cash for your used gadgets. Shownotes in: HTML or OPML Subscribe to the Podcast Feed or Get the MP3 or Enhanced AAC

  • Maccast 2011.12.30

    Adam Christianson (Mac Geek)
    30 Dec 2011 | 10:30 pm
    A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. Show 378. Apple iTV rumors tune in. New Intel chip to sprout in Spring. iPhone 5 Fall 2012. iPad 3 rumors continue to spill. iPhone 4S helps Apple gain US marketshare. Anyone with zero paid apps? Didn't know my apps were dirty. Managing iOS iTunes Match content. Global iTunes 3rd party keyboard controls. Current apps and a retina iPad. Exporting iTunes metadata. Fix for Mail/Exchange eating RAM. Want more Maccast? Become a Maccast Member. Special thanks to our sponsors: Circus Ponies NoteBook - The Easy Way to Get Organized on…

  • Maccast 2011.12.23 - Blu-ray and Mac Home Theater

    Adam Christianson (Mac Geek) & Ara Derderian
    23 Dec 2011 | 7:25 pm
    A podcast about all things Macintosh. For Mac geeks, by Mac geeks. A special episode of the Maccast. Ara Dererian of the HDTV Podcast is back and helps us follow up on how you can take your Blu-ray disks and get them into your Mac Home Theater set-up. Links: MakeMKV Handbrake MetaZ Other World Computing (External Blu-ray Drive) Subscribe to the Podcast Feed or Get the MP3 or Enhanced AAC
 
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    MacMost

  • MacMost Now 663: iTunes U App For iPad

    Gary Rosenzweig
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:45 am
    The new iTunes U app for iPad lets you subscribe to entire college courses. The courses can include video, audio, reading materials, apps, web links and other items. You can follow along with the course and take notes.

  • Apple Quarterly Report Shows New Highs

    Gary Rosenzweig
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:22 am
    It seems that almost every quarter Apple breaks new records. With $46 billion in revenue and $13 billion in net profit the 20122 holiday quarter was more than twice as profitable as 2010. More than half of Apple’s revenue comes from the iPhone which sold 37 million units. iPad sales totaled more than 15 million. [...]

  • That iPhone Is Way Too Big

    Gary Rosenzweig
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    “Yes, I know that iPhone is way too big. So was the wish-list of new features you wanted added to it.”

  • MacMost Now 662: Reading Textbooks With iBooks 2 For iPad

    Gary Rosenzweig
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:46 am
    The new version of iBooks for iPad allows you to read advanced textbooks. These can include interactive images, 3D objects and even review quizzes. You can add your own notes and then review them as Flash cards.

  • iBooks Author Elicits Mixed Reactions

    Ilene Hoffman
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:15 am
    The release of iBooks Author by Apple last Thursday has created a flurry of mixed reactions among writers in the computer industry. While the iBooks 2 reading app adds some great features for reading books, such as highlighting text, flash card creation, and high quality interactive books, the authoring program seems to have some issues. [...]
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    thriftmac

  • iBooks Author

    Mark
    19 Jan 2012 | 10:01 am
    Create and publish multi-touch books for iPad with this free tool from Apple. Start with a template and use drag-and-drop to customize it with photo galleries, movies, slideshows and 3D objects. Preview it on an iPad, then submit it to the iBookstore.

  • Meme Generator

    Mark
    18 Jan 2012 | 10:12 pm
    Have mindless fun taking bizarre photos that have been circulating around the Internet — annoying Facebook girl, for example — and applying your own slogans to them. Or, as the website version puts it: “Bluntly offensive statements and careless advice with animal icons.”

  • YouTube to MP3 [1]

    Mark
    12 Jan 2012 | 9:07 pm
    Go to the YouTube music video you want and copy the URL. You can then click the paste button in the app and hit the download button. A music MP3 will show up in your Music folder or, if you choose, iTunes. Super simple.

  • NetSpot

    Mark
    9 Jan 2012 | 12:03 am
    Map out your wireless network and set up hotspots to ensure you’re getting good coverage. Walk around your building with a MacBook to set up points on a map, then let the app test the wifi strength in each spot.

  • Mixtab

    Mark
    3 Jan 2012 | 9:01 pm
    Slick RSS news reader offers a mix of tabs, each with its own collection of feeds covering various subjects. Choose from popular pre-made tabs — such as tech news or world news — or create your own. This app’s innovative interactive is quite attractive, but might seem overdone for hard-core news junkies. At the App Store.
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    ScreenCastsOnline Free Version

  • IOS0042 - Skitch for iPad [Trailer]

    Mac Video Tutorials
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:52 pm
    Skitch for iPad is a fantastic free annotation tool for the iPad. Skitch for iPad allows you to capture photos, screenshots, web pages, maps or just doodle on screen. Once captured, Skitch has a full set of annotation tools to mark up any images with lines, shapes arrows or text. Once you've annotated you images, you can share via email, Twitter or save them to your camera roll. If you're an Evernote user, you can even save then directly to your Evernote account. With full AirPlay support on iPad 2, Skitch turns your iPad into a really useful presentation device. Annotate images in real time…

  • 331 - QuickTime X vs QuickTime 7 [Trailer]

    Mac Video Tutorials
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:49 pm
    [Trailer for Full Show] Quicktime is the foundation of Apple’s multimedia offerings. With the introduction of QuickTime X in Snow Leopard, Apple have begun the process of re-writing QuickTime from the ground up. As a result, many of the original capabilities of the QuickTime 7 player have been left in the latest version of QuickTime X. This first part of a two part series takes a look at both QuickTime X and QuickTime 7, and examines the features still available via the legacy player. In the first section of the tutorial we look at some of the great new features of QuickTime X including…

  • New ScreenCastsOnline Website Overview

    ScreenCastsOnline
    12 Jan 2012 | 10:47 am
    THus video walks you through some of the new features of the ScreenCastsOnline website and contains important information for existing members

  • 328 - Alfred Part 2 - PowerPack [Free Tutorial]

    ScreenCastsOnline
    6 Jan 2012 | 2:18 am
    As promised, it's time to check out some of the more advanced features of Alfred, the superb application launcher and productivity enhancer from Running with Crayons. I covered the basic operations of the free version of Alfred in a previous show (SCO0325). In this week's show, I take a look at some of the more advanced features, enabled by the installation of the optional PowerPack module. I was impressed with the free version of Alfred, but as a staunch LaunchBar user, I missed some of the more advanced features. However, once you purchase and install the optional Alfred PowerPack, many…

  • 327 - ScreenCastsOnline - Behind the Scenes! [Trailer]

    ScreenCastsOnline
    28 Dec 2011 | 8:18 am
    [Trailer for members show] Last show of the year so I thought I'd do something different. This week I take you through the ScreenCastsOnline workflow, from preparation, through recording and editing, on to encoding and subtitles to final testing and publication. The whole process is fairly complex so I've broken it down into manageable chunks. Whilst not intended to enable you to make your own screencasts (although it can be quite simple), the show this week is in response to the may requests I get each week asking to "peek behind the curtain", and see just what is involved in producing the…
 
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    Softpedia News - Apple

  • Analyze 3D Dinosaurs on Your iPad with This App

    Softpedia News (Filip Truta)
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:11 pm
    M5859 Studios has launched Inside the World of Dinosaurs, a new education app for  iPad users, narrated by Stephen Fry. The publishers believe it’s one of the most exciting and content-rich apps in the world of interactive publishing. A fully-interactive digital dinosaur encyclopedia, Inside the World of Dinosaurs leverages... (read more)

  • Apple Becomes the Largest Smartphone Vendor in Q4 2011

    Softpedia News (Filip Truta)
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:33 am
    Strategy Analytics has issued the results of its latest research on global smartphone shipments, naming Apple the top dog of smartphone vendors in Q4 2011. Handset shipments grew 54 percent annually to reach a record 155 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, said the firm. “Apple reclaimed top position as the world... (read more)

  • Mac Version of Tomb Raider ‘Reboot’ in the Works

    Softpedia News (Filip Truta)
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:58 am
    An archive of common questions regarding Crystal Dynamics and its products, compiled by Global Brand Director Karl Stewart and Community & Communication Manager Meagan Marie, reveals that the developers are working to bring Tomb Raider ‘reboot’ to Mac OS X. Simply titled “Tomb Raider”, this new game is entirely ... (read more)

  • Educators Say Solar Walk for iPad Made Science Class Cool

    Softpedia News (Filip Truta)
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:41 am
    Vito Technology, a well-known developer of education apps for iPhone and iPad, is showcasing its updated iOS software at Macworld | iWorld this year, touting their success in classrooms worldwide. Star Walk (stargazing guide), Solar Walk (3D Solar System model) and Geo Walk (new kind of encyclopedia) have been successfully u... (read more)

  • Apple Posts iOS 5.0.1 iTunes Connect Update

    Softpedia News (Filip Truta)
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:31 am
    Developers working with iOS 5.0.1 now have the option to edit the default language for app metadata at any time, Cupertino has announced. On its Developer site, Apple informs developers that if they have multiple apps, they can now manage metadata localizations for each individual app. “Any localizations you add will be... (read more)
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    9to5Mac

  • Court filings show Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching Apple engineers

    Jordan Kahn
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:05 pm
    Following reports earlier today that U.S. District Judge Lucy H Koh would allow a lawsuit claiming Apple, Google and five other companies entered “no-poach” agreements, now court documents made public today show in 2007 former Apple CEO Steve Jobs asked Google’s Eric Schmidt to “stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer.” Reuters reported: The email from Jobs to Schmidt was disclosed on Friday in the course of civil litigation against Apple, Google and five other tech companies. The proposed class action, brought by five software engineers, accuses the companies…

  • Mac Superbundle deal. Parallels 7 + nine Mac Apps: $49

    9to5 Staff
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:09 pm
    From 9to5Toys.com: Nova offers its MacSuperbundle Winter Deal for $49. We are picky about our bundles, but Parallels alone makes this one worth noting.  There are some solid extras here as well. Valued at over $470 if purchased separately, the nine software titles and exciting bonus app in the new 2012 Mac SuperBundle are available for just $49, an 89% savings, and offer innovative solutions no Mac user should be without. Nova’s biggest bundle to date and best consumer deal yet features the award-winning and #1 selling virtualization software Parallels Desktop® 7 for Mac, (a $79.99…

  • T-Mobile to offer unlocked iPhone users additional support starting Jan. 30

    Jordan Kahn
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:25 pm
    T-Mobile will begin offering more than 1 million unlocked iPhone customers additional support starting Jan. 30, according to a report from TMO News who obtained internal documents. The documents said the new support offerings would include, “common procedures, information about feature and specifications and other basic device questions.” The carrier is also updating the iPhone website within its Community so it fits in with the rest of the T-Mobile supported device pages and “Integrated Scope of Support” for representatives. Earlier this month, we had a chance to talk with…

  • Bill Gates sent special letter to Jobs before his passing

    Jordan Kahn
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:44 am
    In a recent interview with The Telegraph, Bill Gates sat down to talk, among other things, about his relationship with Steve Jobs. Gates recalled his often up and down relationship with Jobs changing somewhat after the launch of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2007: “Steve and I did an event together, and he couldn’t have been nicer…I got a fair bit of time with him in his last year.” When Gates ultimately learned of Steve’s medical condition, he wrote him a letter “I told Steve about how he should feel great about what he had done and the company he had built. I…

  • Former Apple Retail head Ron Johnson talks remaking JC Penney using Apple experience

    Christian Zibreg
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:06 am
    Ron Johnson, Apple’s former head of retail, pioneered the concept of the Apple Retail Stores and the Genius Bar a decade ago. As you know, he is also yet another established Cupertino executive to use experience at Apple and tap his peers in an effort to transform an industry and rethink a company. Another one: The iPod Godfather Tony Fadell whose intelligent thermostat made quite a stir among the technophiles. Not everyone succeeds, as evident in the case of former Apple hardware chief Jon Rubinstein, who just left Hewlett-Packard following a series of missteps with webOS and Palm.
 
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  • Lawmakers press Google on privacy policy changes

    27 Jan 2012 | 9:09 am
    (Reuters) - A leading lawmaker on privacy issues said on Thursday he would ask for a probe into whether recently announced changes in how Google handles consumer data violated an agreement it made with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

  • Twitter to restrict user content in some countries

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:27 am
    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter announced Thursday that it would begin restricting Tweets in specific countries, renewing questions about how the social media platform will handle issues of free speech as it rapidly expands its global user base.

  • Abusive working conditions at Apple exposed

    26 Jan 2012 | 1:48 pm
    LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The New York Times published on Wednesday its second bombshell of a story on inhumane working conditions at Apple's Chinese manufacturers. So how will the world's most valuable company, notorious for its secrecy, respond?

  • Want an app? There could be a tax for that

    25 Jan 2012 | 6:57 pm
    O'Malley plan to collect taxes on sale of digital music, apps, ebooks and more; some fret the detailsThat download of an Angry Birds app, Katy Perry song, or "Captain America" movie could end up costing consumers more, thanks to a "digital products" tax proposal that's being pushed in Annapolis this year by Gov. Martin O'Malley.

  • Google changes privacy policies; will merge more user data across products

    24 Jan 2012 | 4:20 pm
    Google is alerting hundreds of millions of users of its products that it's changing the way it treats users' data, combining even more information it knows about them from all of its products, from Gmail to YouTube.
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  • Health Update

    Tim (Surfbits)
    11 Jan 2012 | 9:16 am
    I wanted to take a moment and update you on my health situation. I’ve received so many great emails, tweets, and IM’s from so many of you that I was unable to answer them all. I thought I owed it to you to update you on how I’m getting along. If you’ve wondered why you’ve not heard much from me of late it’s because I’ve just gone through the worse part of my treatments, a month of radiation and Chemo daily. It took more out of me then I’d ever have guessed. I was weak and helpless and thought I’d never get better. But it’s been a…

  • Belkin Folio Keyboard for iPad 2

    Tim (Surfbits)
    11 Jan 2012 | 8:56 am
    Written by Amanda Green. To accommodate those who simply cannot get used to typing on a tablet screen, several companies have released blue tooth powered keyboard attachments for users to connect to their iPads. Most are designed as hardened hinged components that can be tucked under the tablet itself. This is due to the simple fact that in order for a user to operate a keyboard with their iPad, the tablet needs to be propped up. While most product designers solved this problem by building a drawer-like system, Belkin opted to instead integrate the keyboard into a traditional folio form. What…

  • When Will Siri Fully Work?

    Tim (Surfbits)
    20 Dec 2011 | 7:28 pm
    Written by Amanda Green: When the iPhone 4S hit the shelves of retailers, one of the main reasons to upgrade was the promise of a voice-activated artificial intelligence service called Siri. While there are several other improvements with the device, such as a better camera, faster processor, and increased networking options, Siri has fell flat with many users and doesn’t seem like that big of a deal when you actually use it. Siri was supposed to be the hallmark of the new iPhone 4s and the reason those who wouldn’t have upgraded chose to purchase a brand new $600 phone. While…

  • Get Old School with the iCade

    Tim (Surfbits)
    30 Nov 2011 | 4:30 pm
    Contributed by Amanda Green The holiday season is upon us, and for many that means trying to find the perfect gift for gadget enthusiasts or trying to find the perfect gift to put on our own lists as the tech lover in the family.  While many will be asking for new laptops and smartphones this year, iPad and iPad 2 owners will be surely asking for accessories to complement the use they already enjoy with their tablets. Some will request designer iPad bags or cool Etsy cases, but for those serious about having fun on their iPad, they will surely request the ThinkGeek iCade. Originally…

  • Another Great Tom Bihn Briefcase, The Cadet

    Tim (Surfbits)
    11 Nov 2011 | 3:45 am
    Those of you that have read my blog over the years and did not know how big of Tom Bihn fan I am, raise your hand. In my opinion, Tom Bihn is the top maker of quality luggage and gear bags in the country. Since 1972 Tom Bihn has been working out of their Seattle factory making bags by hand and making certain every bag you get from them is top quality. I have been one of the lucky people over the past years to review many of their bags. Here is a list of some of my favorites: Zephyr: CheckPoint Flyer Breifcase: Ristretto for the iPad (My Favorite): Co-Pilot: And the unique Field Journal…
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  • AddThis.com Sends a Personalized Infographic on Your Site’s Social Trends

    Amit Bhawani
    12 Jan 2012 | 3:08 am
    Thanks to Addthis.com, one of the best services on the web which offer you with a option to share your website’s content on different services easily. Today they have sent us the Social Trends Report for 2011 in the form of a beautiful Infographic which represents the data of our blog. You can find out [...]AddThis.com Sends a Personalized Infographic on Your Site’s Social Trends is a post from : Tech Blog Click on the Title for Reading the Complete Article from Tech Blog - Stay Updated with the Latest Tech Info! Related posts: Top 5 Social Bookmarking Sites Badoo Social…

  • How to Find any Blogs Actual Traffic Certified by Google Officially

    Amit Bhawani
    24 Dec 2011 | 8:09 am
    Before you start reading this blog post for some kind of exclusive tool then you should take a step back because we are going to give you a small hint on a public service offered by Google which can help you in finding out any blog’s actual or real traffic easily. Stop checking out the [...]How to Find any Blogs Actual Traffic Certified by Google Officially is a post from : Tech Blog Click on the Title for Reading the Complete Article from Tech Blog - Stay Updated with the Latest Tech Info! Related posts: Find Detailed Traffic Stats for Specific Webpage in Google Analytics How to get…

  • How long a new website or blog wait before applying for AdSense?

    Guest Writers
    16 Dec 2011 | 12:12 am
    A lot of publishers from India and other Asian countries are puzzled on whether they can use AdSense Ads on new sites or not. Recently Google disabled a massive number of AdSense accounts from India and Pakistan which adds more to the confusion. To make it worse, Google does not mention anything in their policies [...]How long a new website or blog wait before applying for AdSense? is a post from : Tech Blog Click on the Title for Reading the Complete Article from Tech Blog - Stay Updated with the Latest Tech Info! Related posts: Do Indian Adsense Publishers need to wait 6 months for…

  • My First Month with Amazon Associates – 581 Product Sales Report

    Amit Bhawani
    14 Nov 2011 | 9:21 am
    Remember the last time i had suggested everyone of you to sign-up with the Amazon Associates Program? From the past 2-3 months I started trying out their options and looking into ways to earn money from their program. Exactly the last month I started linking to the referral links and also display their banners on [...]My First Month with Amazon Associates – 581 Product Sales Report is a post from : Tech Blog Click on the Title for Reading the Complete Article from Tech Blog - Stay Updated with the Latest Tech Info! Related posts: Buy Amazon Kindle 2 in India – Price Review Amazon…

  • Create Google+ Pages Badge for your Website & Blogs

    Amit Bhawani
    10 Nov 2011 | 12:19 am
    Now since the Google +1 for Business has been announced, every brand, celebrity or blog have started creating a Page for their business and the next step would be to get more people add your page into others circles. For this here am going to give you a useful way following which you can easily [...]Create Google+ Pages Badge for your Website & Blogs is a post from : Tech Blog Click on the Title for Reading the Complete Article from Tech Blog - Stay Updated with the Latest Tech Info! Related posts: Remove/Block Website Pages from Google/Yahoo/MSN Index How to Install Google +1 Button on…
 
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  • Apple sells 72 million iDevices!

    T. F. Gregory
    27 Jan 2012 | 3:52 pm
    Apple announced record breaking numbers. Again. This time, 5 million Macs, 15 million iPads, 15 million iPods and 37 (not a misprint) million iPhones! All of this resulted in sales of $43 billion and profits of over $13 billion. More stats can be found at Apple Stats »

  • Ala Moana Store Grand Reopening

    T. F. Gregory
    19 Nov 2011 | 2:13 pm
    Today, Apple had a Grand Reopening for the Ala Moana Apple Store (official #R073). This Apple Store opened on 17 May 2003 and was the first one in Hawai'i. It was Apple's 57th store and had 4,600 square foot. The store was closed from July 2011 for renovation to the new standard size which was achieved by taking over the space previously occupied by San Lorenzo's Bikinis. More pictures can be found at Ala Moana Grand Reopening »

  • Steve Jobs 1955-2011

    T. F. Gregory
    5 Oct 2011 | 7:09 pm
    Statement by Apple’s Board of Directors We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today. Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives. The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. More tributes can be found at Steve Jobs 1955-2011 »

  • Third Quarter Blowout!

    T. F. Gregory
    19 Jul 2011 | 7:35 pm
    Apple reported their earnings for the third quarter of 2011. The results were nothing short of stunning. Over 41 million iDevices were sold which included 9 million iPads, almost 4 million Macs, 20 million iPhones and 7 million iPods. All of the updated charts, including sales, earnings, updated analyst ratings, Mac, iPad, iPhone and iPod sales charts can be found at Apple Stats »

  • Boom!

    T. F. Gregory
    21 Apr 2011 | 5:45 pm
    Apple reported their earnings for the second quarter of 2011. The results were nothing short of stunning. Over 38 million iDevices were sold which included 4.6 million iPads, 3.7 million Macs, 19 million iPhones and 9 million iPods. All of the updated charts, including sales, earnings, updated analyst ratings, Mac, iPad, iPhone and iPod sales charts can be found at Apple Stats »
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  • 10 Tips To Better Organize Your Files & Folders [Mac]

    Bakari Chavanu
    25 Jan 2012 | 12:01 pm
    Most of what we do in any computer is access, manage, and use files and folders. Having a handful of good tips for using files and folders on your Mac can help you get things done faster and more efficiently. The following are a list of the favorite ways I work within the Finder. A few tips are borrowed from Keir Thomas’s Mac Kung Fu: Over 300 Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks for OS X Lion. Bookmark Files In Safari Websites and pages are not the only items that can be bookmarked in Safari or other web browsers. You can bookmark files located in your Finder. You simply select a file and…

  • How To Use Apple’s Lesser Known Podcast Producer [Mac]

    Bakari Chavanu
    20 Jan 2012 | 6:31 pm
    Though the medium of podcasting has been around for over a decade now, it is not limited to professional productions and online celebrities. Also, podcasts need not be posted on iTunes or other popular podcasting sites. They can be created for in-house use for small business presentations, schools and classrooms, and internal communication within organizations. Podcasting has already proven to be an effective way to communicate or entertain, and thus for basic broadcasting needs, Mac users might want to try out a lesser-known application included in Mac OS X Lion, called Podcast Producer,…

  • Create A Cool Travel Slideshow In iPhoto ’11 [Mac]

    Bakari Chavanu
    18 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    For iPhoto users who have travel photos taken in different places throughout the country or world, iPhoto offers a pretty cool slideshow theme that is relatively easy to put together, depending on how well you have managed your iPhoto library. It even includes a great piece of stock background music if you don’t have anything better to use. The Places theme for slideshows works best if you have traveled several different places and if your travel photos have been labeled by location. The latest versions of the iPhone and some other contemporary cameras now include a geotagging feature…

  • How To Set Up iTunes Match For The First Time – The Definitive Guide

    James Bruce
    28 Dec 2011 | 2:01 pm
    With iTunes Match finally released to us here in the UK, I signed up and have been using it for about a week now. Here’s my definitive guide to exactly what iTunes Match is, and what it isn’t; as well as a quick guide on how to upgrade all your matched songs to high quality 256kbs versions. Hopefully along the way I’ll answer any questions you have about the service too. What Is iTunes Match, Really? iTunes Match is cloud storage for up to 25,000 songs. Wherever possible, your music files are matched to a DRM-free, 256kbs high quality version on Apple’s server, if available. If…

  • Preserving Your iPhoto Library For Your Grandkids & Beyond [Mac]

    Bakari Chavanu
    28 Dec 2011 | 12:01 pm
    The end of the year is a good of time as any to tidy up, organize, and back up your iPhoto library. Even if you’re using Apple’s Time Machine to back up the contents of your Mac, your memorable photos are definitely files that you will want to preserve in more than one place. Apple has made the process fairly easy, in that you can simply back up your entire iPhoto library on a disc or external hard drive. But if you want to preserve your photos for your grandchildren and beyond, you should consider other options for archiving photos similar to how your parents or grandparents kept…
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  • Ex-VP Using Apple Experience To Remake Penney

    Gary Allen
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:13 am
    All the signs and banners said “JC Penney,” but during the company’s press presentation Wednesday, there were plenty of references to Apple and its retail stores. During the 90-minute briefing, former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson explained his plans to remake JCP into “America’s favorite store” over the next three years, admittedly drawing from his 10-year stewardship of Apple’s stores. In fact, the very first item on Johnson’s agenda was to explain why he left Apple, and the very first presentation slide was an Apple logo. Johnson sprinkled…

  • Real Estate Exec Leaks Store Sales Figure

    Gary Allen
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:39 pm
    In the world of Apple retail secrets, even the revelation of a single number is significant. In this case, a story in the Business Record outlined the commercial retail market in the Des Moines (Iowa) region, including at the Jordan Creek Town Center, where an Apple store is located. Tyler Dingel of the firm CBRE/Hubbell Commercial told a reporter that the 3,000-square-foot Apple store at the mall generates about $25 million in sales, a figure that Apple would never divulge. Dingel didn’t mention the time period for those sales—quarterly or annual. However, the figure probably is…

  • Apple Changes Accounting for High-Profile Stores

    Gary Allen
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:33 pm
    Apple has one of the most valuable brands in the world, and the company’s retail stores are arguably the most successful method of promoting that brand. In fact, the company has designated 20 of its stores as “high-profile,” and has expensed certain brand awareness expenses for these locations to the corporate ledger, and not the Retail segment. But according to an Apple filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today, that accounting policy is ending without explanation. “Prior to 2012, the Company allocated to corporate expenses certain costs…

  • Stores Lead Company to New Financial Records

    Gary Allen
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:26 pm
    Apple’s retail stores achieved new records for sales, profit and visitors during the holiday quarter, helping the company reach overall goals that defied the overall personal computer market. Revenue for the stores was $6.1 billion, up 59 percent compared to the same quarter of 2010, while profit soared to $1.8 billion, up 30.8 percent. Sales of Mac computers at the stores reached a new record of 1.1 million, with about half new to the Mac. Visitor traffic of 110 million in the pre-holiday period established a new record. Overall, Apple reported records in almost every…

  • Activity Spotted For Two Future France Stores

    Gary Allen
    21 Jan 2012 | 4:42 am
    After a year of rumors, two future stores in France may be on schedule for a 2012 grand opening. According to the MacGeneration Web site, Apple has filed an application to operate a retail business at the Quatre Temps shopping center northwest of city center, at the La Défense complex of office buildings, a train station, museum and other retailers. The area is a tourist destination, but also is a crossroads for thousands of daily office workers. The exact location of the store within the shopping isn’t know, but it could open by year’s end. Meanwhile, in Strasbourg a passerby…
 
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  • Automatically edited video dances to Drop’n'Roll

    Richard
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    Hong Kong – The innovative “Drop’n'Roll” feature allows instant, one-tap replacement of video fragments in a movie after it has already been automatically edited by V.I.K.T.O.R. Users are now empowered to cut into the process of automatic editing by replacing individual video parts as they see fit more, and leaving the rest of the edited movie intact. V.I.K.T.O.R.’s original feature, “Refresh”, enabled users to create unlimited number of movies by editing sets of video clips located on user’s phone. With the new “Drop’n'Roll”…

  • Leaping Bytes releases MapPocket v.2.4 Update – Take Your Maps Anywhere

    Richard
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:45 am
    Silver Spring, Maryland – Leaping Bytes today is proud to announce the release and immediate availability of MapPocket v.2.4, an update to their map application that can help you to save a lot on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket allows you to put online maps in your pocket, so you can use them later without an Internet connection. Whats New in MapPocket v.2.4: * GPS Tracking in on-line and off-line modes (distance/avg speed/altitude) – push and hold GPS button to activate * Chinese localization (traditional and simplified) * Map Language selector MapPocket is a quick,…

  • Nova Development Launches the Mac SuperBundle Winter 2012

    Richard
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:55 pm
    Calabasas, California – Nova Development, a consumer unit of leading global software developer and publisher Avanquest Software (Paris:AVQ – News), is proud to announce the release of the Mac(R) SuperBundle(TM) Winter 2012 software suite. Valued at over $470 if purchased separately, the nine software titles and exciting bonus app in the new 2012 Mac SuperBundle are available for just $49, an 89% savings, and offer innovative solutions no Mac user should be without. Nova’s biggest bundle to date and best consumer deal yet features the award-winning and #1 selling…

  • The Fashion World Awaits You, Now on the Mac App Store

    Richard
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:40 am
    Krakow, – Poland – Teyon, a video games developer and digital publisher, revealed today that Fashion Advisor, a unique hidden object puzzler with clever fashion mini-game tie-ins, is now available worldwide in the Mac App Store for just $2.99. Step into the glamorous world of fashion as Lilly, a creative director at an advertising agency. Her duties consume most of her free time and there’s not much time left for her passions; Shopping and creating her own fashion creations, but Lilly’s about to get her lucky break! She must prepare models for a fashion shoot for the…

  • What is this App? 2 – Crazy iOS puzzle action is the answer

    Richard
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:15 am
    Medford, Massachusetts – BeBop Games, LLC, an established mobile game developer, has today announced the release of What is this App? 2 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This mysterious entertainment puzzle experience challenges players to answer the app title question by unraveling a series of brain teasers, visual puzzles, and other conundrums! The sequel to the smash hit What is this App?, What is this App? 2 is no walk in the park. This app guarantees gamers endless hours of riddle action at their fingertips, regardless of whether they’re playing solo in Standard mode or…
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  • Apple’s stingy employee discount

    Jason D. O'Grady
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am
    Apple announced record earnings again last quarter, surpassing all previous records and making Apple the envy of technology companies and Wall Street. Although $AAPL’s reported revenue topped $100 billion (yes, with a ‘b’) for the year, it continues to stiff its employees.Exhibit A comes from CEO Tim Cook’s town hall meeting with his rank and file employees yesterday. Word leaked out that Apple will be offering a new discount to its employees.So far, so good. Everyone likes a good discount.According to 9to5Mac, Cook told employees that Apple would be offering…

  • Will Apple’s success kill the Mac as we know it?

    David Morgenstern
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:58 pm
    With Apple this week announcing its best quarter ever for Mac sales (5.2 million units) and tens of thousands of Apple fans gathering for the weekend’s annual Macworld Expo in San Francisco, surely this moment must be one of the greatest for Mac users in the platform’s 28 year history. But many longtime professional users of the Mac are worried — very worried — by the smoke signals coming out of Cupertino. They wonder whether Apple will make a computing solution for the rest of us or for all of us.I’ve spoken to a number of Mac developers and longtime…

  • Apple reports monster quarter, ships 37M iPhones and 5.2M Macs

    David Morgenstern
    24 Jan 2012 | 3:59 pm
    Analysts expected a wild quarter for Apple’s fiscal Q1 2012 quarter and Cupertino delivered. In its quarterly earning release conference call, executives said the company had revenues of $46.33 billion. Net profit was 13.06 billion.Apple said it had sold 37.04 million iPhones during the quarter, one in which Apple had expanded its lineup with the iPhone 4S while keeping the older iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS in the mix. This was a 128 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.Apple sold 15.43 million iPads during the quarter, a 111 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The…

  • iCloud bug creates thousands of duplicate bookmarks

    Jason D. O'Grady
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am
    I knew something was amiss when I touched the Bookmarks button on my iPad about a month ago and saw something like the screenshot at right.In place of my normal bookmarks were literally thousands of duplicates of my Bookmarks Bar and Bookmarks Menu folders — and it gets worse, read on.One of the main reasons that I use Safari as my primary desktop web browser is because it’s the only browser that syncs its bookmarks automatically with the iPhone and iPad.The benefits are pretty obvious, create a new bookmark on your Mac and boom, it’s on your iPhone and iPad. Convenient, and…

  • Docks for mass quantities of iPad due for Macworld/iWorld Expo launch

    David Morgenstern
    23 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm
    Several companies at this week’s Macworld/iWorld Expo in San Francisco will release docks that can charge and sync multiple iPads. The docks automatically sync the iPads and let managers avoid individual cables and syncing.Longtime Mac-market vendor Newer Technology will introduce its GripStand Station, which can charge up to 8 iPads simultaneously. Syncing is done via wireless connection. The iPads must be mounted in the company’s GripStand cases, sold separately. The 499.95 Station appears to be aimed primarily at the education market, with options for mounting the Station on a…
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  • Steve Jobs told Google to stop poaching workers

    Shawn King
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:21 pm
    Reuters: Apple’s Steve Jobs directly asked former Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt to stop trying to recruit an Apple engineer, a transgression that threatened one junior Google employee’s job, according to a court filing. The 2007 email from Jobs to Schmidt was disclosed on Friday in the course of civil litigation against Apple Inc, Google Inc and five other technology companies. The proposed class action, brought by five software engineers, accuses the companies of conspiring to keep employee compensation low by eliminating competition for skilled labor. Who said Apple and…

  • ∞ Apple’s an easy target, but you can’t blame them for Foxconn

    Jim Dalrymple
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:37 pm
    The cries from the media blaming Apple for the conditions at Foxconn are getting out of hand. Blaming Apple solely for the problems at the factory is like blaming one car-maker for greenhouse gasses. It doesn’t make sense. There are many companies and many factors that make Foxconn what it is. [...]

  • Ron Johnson using Apple experience to remake JCPenney

    Shawn King
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:36 pm
    ifoAppleStore: During the 90-minute JC Penney briefing, former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson explained his plans to remake JCP into “America’s favorite store” over the next three years, admittedly drawing from his 10-year stewardship of Apple’s stores. In fact, the very first item on Johnson’s agenda was to explain why he left Apple, and the very first presentation slide was an Apple logo. “It’s the best decision I’ve made yet,” he said of moving to JCP. The only hard part of the decision was driving to Steve Jobs’ house to announce he was leaving. Jobs looked up at him…

  • 2011 Best App Ever Awards

    Shawn King
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:20 pm
    148Apps: With over 1.5 million votes cast (over three times the number cast last year) and a record number of nominations, we now have the winners of the 2011 Best App Ever Awards. Thanks to all that voted, nominated, and made these fantastic apps! Awards were handed out in over one hundred categories including Best Visual Design, Most Innovative, Best Time Killer and ∞ Permalink

  • The State of iCloud-enabled apps

    Jim Dalrymple
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:15 pm
    Federico Viticci: In 107 days since iCloud went live, and 235 since Apple’s announcement at WWDC ’11, it appears the majority of third-party developers are still considering whether or not iCloud is something worth investing their time — and customers’ money — or not. An interesting read. ∞ Permalink
 
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  • Pokki Brings Awesome Web Apps, Games To The Desktop

    Mezanul
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:46 pm
    We’ve seen Mozilla Prism and Google Chrome’s application shortcuts, built to display and make websites (web apps) behave as native applications. But both had one disadvantage, you don’t feel any difference over using just the browser. Basically, both just displayed the same look which you would see when opening the website in the browser. You never get the feeling of using an actual native application. This is why SweetLabs came up with Pokki. Currently in beta, it aims to make you feel as if you’re actually using a desktop app when the next time you open your Gmail…

  • Google Chrome Latest Version Download Links [Stable Channel, Always Updated]

    Mezanul
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:03 pm
    Google Chrome Stable Channel updated to 16.0.912.77 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. Important Note: Bookmark this page (Press CTRL + D) to always Get the latest update about Google Chrome Stable Channel for all platforms. According to the Google Chrome Releases blog, Chrome 16 has many improvements. These includes enhancements to Sync and the ability to create multiple profiles on a single instance of Chrome. With the enhancement of multiple profiles, Chrome users can now easily add new users, each user will have their own sync profiles. To add a new user, click on the Spanner…

  • Speccy Helps You Know Your Computer System Inside-Out [Windows]

    Mezanul
    5 Jan 2012 | 2:13 am
    You’ve just purchased a shiny new computer (or a notebook/netbook) for yourself. Now, you’re wondering if the system you’ve purchased is as specified by the sales person, or you just want to know what’s at the heart of this new system that’s booting up Windows in a few seconds flat? Speccy, a freeware application developed by Piriform, (the same developers, who developed the awesome app CCleaner) let’s you know about your system inside-out by displaying all system information related to all of your components. This article will take an in-depth look and…

  • Best Free VPN Services To Securely Browse Internet

    Mezanul
    30 Dec 2011 | 6:14 pm
    VPN (Virtual Private Network) uses a public network (usually the Internet) to create a secure reliable communication between remote sites or users. Primarily a VPN is used by large geographically diverse business organizations so that their employee or a remote site can securely connect with them using a VPN Tunnel. Other than the use of VPN services in organizations for secure connection, VPN services are now widely used to bypass Internet censorship. Using a VPN you can get access to location-restricted websites like Hulu, Pandora, Netflix, etc. Sometimes, VPN services are also…

  • Waiting for Official Firefox 64-Bit? Try Waterfox, A Faster Variant of Firefox

    Mezanul
    27 Dec 2011 | 8:42 pm
    With each new release of Firefox by Mozilla, we see better performance, stability and security. But, despite all these improvements, Firefox is still resolutely a 32-bit browser. Yes, Mozilla is still working on Firefox 64-bit, but for some reason, they haven’t officially released any 64-bit builds for Firefox. If you can’t wait, you can grab a nightly build of the 64-bit available for Windows and Linux from Mozilla servers. Many people will hesitate to use a nightly build for regular use. For those who wants stability and don’t want to try a risky nightly build, Waterfox…
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  • Stop Resume From Opening Documents When Launching an App in OS X Lion

    Paul Horowitz
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:26 pm
    If you want to stop OS X Lion’s Resume feature from reopening past windows, you can selectively stop Resume during an app launch by holding down the Shift key. This causes the app to launch with a clean slate and preventing any previously opened windows or documents from restoring, but it doesn’t disable the feature completely. If you’re opening apps from the Finder you’ll know this was successful because the app launch animation is briefly shown in slow motion, although launching from Dock and Launchpad do not show any indicator and the app will just open as usual…

  • Add Special Effects to iPhone Videos Easily with Action Movie FX

    Paul Horowitz
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:39 pm
    Action Movie FX is a really fun free app that adds high quality special effects to videos, and it’s all done on the iPhone in a surprisingly easy package. Created by Hollywood studio Bad Robot Productions (makers of movies like Cloverfield, Star Trek, Super 8, and the latest Mission Impossible), the app came out a little while ago but has been updated to include another free special effect, demolition ball, alongside a missile launcher and a car falling from the sky. These aren’t poor quality effects either, they’re impressively made as you can see in the videos posted…

  • How to Install the Older Preview App from Snow Leopard in Mac OS X Lion

    AJ
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:57 pm
    Preview in Mac OS X Lion brought with it several improvements and new features like digital signatures, but it also removed some very useful abilities like the file size estimator, Save As, and added the sometimes obnoxious Auto-Save. If you miss the old version of Preview from Snow Leopard, and you either have a Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard machine or backup handy, you can restore the older version of Preview (5.0.1) from Snow Leopard to run in OS X 10.7 Lion. Here is how to do this without replacing the OS X Lion version of the app (5.5.1), just in case you want to go revert to the newer…

  • Exclude Folders from Time Machine Backups

    Paul Horowitz
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:45 am
    Excluding folders and files from Time Machine backups is very easy and can make a big difference in the size and speed of backups on a Mac: Launch System Preferences and click on “Time Machine” Click on “Options” Drag and drop folders into the ‘Exclude items from backup’ list Click Save and close out of System Preferences If you’re averse to dragging and dropping, you can also click the + plus button and manually select items and folders to exclude. Removing items from the exclusion list is a matter of clicking the name and hitting either the Delete…

  • You Can Install Siri on iPad 2 with Spire

    Matt Chan
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:20 pm
    You can now run Siri directly on the iPad 2, thanks to the recent A5 jailbreak and a few third party tools. While Siri works as expected and will answer your questions and inquiries, getting this all put together isn’t exactly for the impatient and it’s a somewhat lengthy procedure with a fair amount of setup required. If you’re interested in this, here’s what you’ll need to get started: Jailbreak iPad 2 with Absinthe – must be on iOS 5.0.1 Spire and iFile installed – free downloads via Cydia SiriProxy running on a computer – Mac OS X, Windows,…
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  • Facebook IPO – INFOGRAPHIC

    Sheeraz Raza
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:06 pm
    Since Facebook IPO news has been on fire – there are reports that the company might file papers for its Initial Public Offering next week – precisely Wednesday – So we have decided to share a great infographic that will help you understand everything you need to know about Facebook’s IPO via: ValueWalk

  • OLX Free Classifieds: The Best Android App To Search And Post Free Online Ads

    Sheeraz Raza
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:49 am
    OLX is basically a New York based company which provides its world-wide users to add free classified advertisements on their website, the company has recently announced its partnership with one of the renowned social networks, Friendster. OLX website manages different domains for different locations, for example if there is a user who is visiting the…

  • Siri v/s Iris: Not Much of a Competition… Yet

    Muhammad Ali
    10 Jan 2012 | 7:32 am
    Recently the giant information database ChaCha teamed with Dexetra, the developers behind Siri’s most serious competition, Iris. The alliance means that you will now be able to get the voice recognition that Iris uses to search for and find answers to just about anything. Apple’s Siri and Android Iris may never be friends, despite their…

  • Reasons And Benefits: Why You Need A VPS Hosting

    Sheeraz Raza
    16 Dec 2011 | 9:00 am
    When it comes to making money online from your blog which is very much common nowadays, What you can do is – you can establish a blog without spending a single penny by registering a blog on any free web hosting website like blogspot, wordpress, and tumblr etc. and after hosting it for free –…

  • Mini iPad coming in 2012

    Muhammad Ali
    16 Dec 2011 | 7:16 am
    Digitimes as it quite often does is upto its rumor sharing ways again and this time it’s spreading a speculation that has been lost in the past few months. Yes, the Taiwanese pulication is claiming that Apple is planning to unleash the small sized iPad in the coming year. What size is it? We answer…
 
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  • Absinthe for Mac Version 0.2 is Now Available for Download

    Imran
    21 Jan 2012 | 10:36 pm
    Quick heads up – Absinthe for Mac version 0.2 is now released. It fixes some issues such as no reboot after activating VPN or launching the Absinthe app. The white icons after jailbreak have also been fixed. If you’re already jailbroken, no need to do it all over again but if you ran into issues, just re-run this updated version over your current jailbreak on iOS device. Download links update in original post here. Related posts: Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Released! Download Absinthe Now! Absinthe Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Updated with Database Connection Error…

  • How to Jailbreak iPad 2 and iPhone 4S using Absinthe A5 on Windows [Guide]

    Imran
    21 Jan 2012 | 10:18 pm
    Absinthe A5 Jailbreak tool was earlier released for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0.1 but it was only for OS X. The windows app took at bit more time and it’s finally here. Follow our instructions and download links below to jailbreak your A5 iOS device. Supported Firmware iPhone 4S ( iOS 5.0 and iOS 5.0.1) iPad 2 ( Wi-Fi only, CDMA and GSM supported. iOS 5.0.1 only ) Note: Back-up your data before you proceed. The jailbreak tool is new and could contain bugs. iTD wont be responsible for any issues caused. In case of issues, follow our guide here. Also: Do NOT have a pass code set when…

  • Jailbreak iPhone 4S or iPad 2 using CLI on Windows

    Imran
    21 Jan 2012 | 1:32 pm
    As earlier covered by iTD, the iPhone Dev Team released a CLI (command line interface) for Windows and OS X that lets users jailbreak iPhone 4S or iPad 2 with iOS 5.0.1 The purpose of the CLI is to help in debugging and jailbreaking iOS devices. While we would suggest users to go for Absinthe if they are on OS X ( Windows version isn’t available yet ), for those of us who are on Windows, there’s no other option such as redsn0w available yet. So, for users who want to enjoy the jailbreak goodness on their A5 processor iOS devices, here’s a guide aimed towards Windows users. Make sure you…

  • Absinthe Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Updated with Database Connection Error Fix

    Imran
    21 Jan 2012 | 6:20 am
    Absinthe has been updated to version 0.1.2-2 with a fix for the database connection error that users had been reporting which occurred due to server overload. We’ve updated our guide here with newer download links. Also check out the CLI tool released by the iPhone Dev team for Windows and OS X. Related posts: How to Jailbreak iPad 2 and iPhone 4S using Absinthe A5 on Windows [Guide] Fixing Issues with Absinthe A5 Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Untethered Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 Released! Download Absinthe Now! iPhone Dev Team Releases CLI To Untethered Jailbreak…

  • iPhone Dev Team Releases CLI To Untethered Jailbreak iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on Windows and OS X

    Imran
    21 Jan 2012 | 5:51 am
    The awesome ‘Dream Team’, comprised of the iPhone Dev Team and the Chronic Dev Team rolled out the public release of Corona A5 jailbreak tool for iPad 2 and iPhone 4S. Chronic Dev Team was the first to roll out an app called Absinthe which lets users quickly jailbreak their A5 processor iOS devices. Initially released on OS X only, with the Windows version to follow, this app lets you jailbreak your device without even putting it in DFU mode. We’ve already extensively covered Absinthe with fast download links, guide on how to jailbreak your iOS device with it as well as a trouble…
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  • Find My…

    Chita Hunter
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:01 pm
    Find My Mac…? My local news ran a story the evening past of a local resident whose iPhone was stolen, but fortunately retrieved because the owner had enabled “Find My iPhone.” During the retrieval process, the owner was able to give police directions as the location of the iPhone changed and finally the law enforcement officer was able to pinpoint the corner of the thief’s house in which the iPhone was hidden. The law enforcement representative was visibly in awe as he related the story to the news reporter. I smiled thinking, “Yeah, I got that, too.” Then I thought, there’s…

  • Time Won’t Let Me

    Jack Beckman
    25 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am
    I’ve noticed an annoying problem with OS X 10.7.2 (Lion) and Time Machine. Maybe you’ve seen it, and maybe not, but I thought I’d mention it here and how to work around it. Sometimes I need to log out of my machine – occasionally, something will start acting a bit oddly, for example. I usually try logging out before rebooting as it’s much quicker. If logging out and back in doesn’t work, then I reboot. But often when I log out, then log back in, my Mac will attempt to do a Time Machine backup – and fail. It claims the Time Machine disk is “read…

  • It’s One of Those Weeks

    Phyllis Evans
    24 Jan 2012 | 2:01 am
    Have absolutely nothing this week. Rather than rehashing something I’ve already covered, I’ll just share a 30th Anniversary video from The Capitol Steps, one of my favorite comedy groups. If you’ve never heard them, check out their website. Political humor/satire at its best. No one is spared. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4zkFDd1tHQ

  • More People Visited My Blog Using iPhones Than Either Macs Or PCs

    Terry White
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:08 pm
    I have a technology blog at terrywhite.com and while I do review Apple gadgets from time to time, I mostly concentrate on gadgets in general, Adobe products and photography stuff. I was quite surprised today when I happened to look at my stats and to see that for the past 30 days my site had been visited by iPhones more than any other OS including Windows PCs and Macs. It also points to a growing trend of using mobile devices instead of traditional desktop/laptop computers. Over the holidays two of my friends and one of my relatives got either iPhones or iPads as gifts. To date these devices…

  • Lock it away …..

    Calvin Carson
    20 Jan 2012 | 3:33 pm
    Welcome to another, but bitterly cold, at least here ……     F R I D A Y   No ice needed for that drink dear, just sit it out on the veranda and the temps outside will chill it for you. It’s cold outside. “How cold is it?” —– imagine the audience and I am Johnny Carson — “It’s so cold, I saw a mans teeth chattering and they were still in the glass by his bed” It’s cold outside. “How cold is it?” —– imagine the audience and I am Johnny Carson again — “It’s so cold, I…
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  • [Apps for Kids] Toontastic for iPad: “Lights, Camera, Play!”

    Michael
    7 Jan 2012 | 9:50 am
    Toontastic is a family favorite in our household. Our oldest son (5 years old) loves to animate and create his own make believe stories with it. Right now you can get the app for free! Toontastic App “Designed in partnership with Stanford’s Graduate School of Education and Zeum: San Francisco’s Children’s Museum, Toontastic inspires the artist and writer in every child while teaching key storytelling principles that help to promote Creativity at a young age. Toontastic’s drawing tools bring kids’ wildest ideas to life alongside virtual playsets chock full of pirates, princesses,…

  • [Apps] “Ambitious iOS Apps” – Fraser Speirs

    Michael
    31 Oct 2011 | 6:11 am
    Attempting to push the boundaries of what a mobile device can do is certainly a goal that every developer should strive for while designing or planning an application for an iOS device. Frasier Speirs, in a recent post, highlights some specific “things” that can be done to create an “ambitious” app. Two of my personal favorites are… 1. “You enable an entire task or workflow to be done on iOS alone.” 2. “You make something possible that was never easily done on a Mac.” Certainly every application can not enable an entire workflow or make…

  • [Link]: “Use OS X’s Login Items to Launch Web Sites at Startup” | Lifehacker

    Michael
    16 Jan 2011 | 10:06 am
    Use OS X’s Login Items to Launch Web Sites at Startup “Everyone knows you can use OS X’s Login Items to start up certain applications when you log in, but its less well-known that you can use them to launch just about anything—including load certain web sites.” Visit Lifehacker to see how to set this up… No related posts.

  • [Link]: “Is Mobile Affecting When We Read?” | Read It Later

    Michael
    16 Jan 2011 | 9:59 am
    Is Mobile Affecting When We Read? “This is where it gets interesting.  You’ll note four major spikes when most of the reading on an iPhone is done: 6am - Early morning, breakfast 9am - The morning commute, start of the work day 5pm – 6pm - End of the work day and the commute home 8pm – 10pm – Couch time, prime time, bed time” and… “When a reader is given a choice about how to consume their content, a major shift in behavior occurs.  They no longer consume the majority of their content during the day, on their computer.  Instead they shift that content to…

  • [IEAR] “Vote for the 2010 IEAR Community Best App Awards”

    Michael
    14 Dec 2010 | 9:43 pm
    Make sure to get your votes in ASAP for the 2010 IEAR Community Best App Awards… I Education Apps Review – I Education Apps Review – Vote for the 2010 IEAR Community Best App Awards “With that in mind, we are proud to announce the opening of voting for the first annual IEAR Community App Awards. Nominations were collected from our diverse community and the 2010 ballot is full of truly wonderful apps. In fact, a recent tweet proclaimed the nomination spreadsheet as a valuable resource for any school looking to build their own mLearning initiative!” Ballots close…
 
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  • Automatically edited video dances to Drop’n'Roll

    Richard
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    Hong Kong – The innovative “Drop’n'Roll” feature allows instant, one-tap replacement of video fragments in a movie after it has already been automatically edited by V.I.K.T.O.R. Users are now empowered to cut into the process of automatic editing by replacing individual video parts as they see fit more, and leaving the rest of the edited movie intact. V.I.K.T.O.R.’s original feature, “Refresh”, enabled users to create unlimited number of movies by editing sets of video clips located on user’s phone. With the new “Drop’n'Roll”…

  • Leaping Bytes releases MapPocket v.2.4 Update – Take Your Maps Anywhere

    Richard
    28 Jan 2012 | 4:45 am
    Silver Spring, Maryland – Leaping Bytes today is proud to announce the release and immediate availability of MapPocket v.2.4, an update to their map application that can help you to save a lot on roaming charges while traveling. MapPocket allows you to put online maps in your pocket, so you can use them later without an Internet connection. Whats New in MapPocket v.2.4: * GPS Tracking in on-line and off-line modes (distance/avg speed/altitude) – push and hold GPS button to activate * Chinese localization (traditional and simplified) * Map Language selector MapPocket is a quick,…

  • Nova Development Launches the Mac SuperBundle Winter 2012

    Richard
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:55 pm
    Calabasas, California – Nova Development, a consumer unit of leading global software developer and publisher Avanquest Software (Paris:AVQ – News), is proud to announce the release of the Mac(R) SuperBundle(TM) Winter 2012 software suite. Valued at over $470 if purchased separately, the nine software titles and exciting bonus app in the new 2012 Mac SuperBundle are available for just $49, an 89% savings, and offer innovative solutions no Mac user should be without. Nova’s biggest bundle to date and best consumer deal yet features the award-winning and #1 selling…

  • The Fashion World Awaits You, Now on the Mac App Store

    Richard
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:40 am
    Krakow, – Poland – Teyon, a video games developer and digital publisher, revealed today that Fashion Advisor, a unique hidden object puzzler with clever fashion mini-game tie-ins, is now available worldwide in the Mac App Store for just $2.99. Step into the glamorous world of fashion as Lilly, a creative director at an advertising agency. Her duties consume most of her free time and there’s not much time left for her passions; Shopping and creating her own fashion creations, but Lilly’s about to get her lucky break! She must prepare models for a fashion shoot for the…

  • What is this App? 2 – Crazy iOS puzzle action is the answer

    Richard
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:15 am
    Medford, Massachusetts – BeBop Games, LLC, an established mobile game developer, has today announced the release of What is this App? 2 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This mysterious entertainment puzzle experience challenges players to answer the app title question by unraveling a series of brain teasers, visual puzzles, and other conundrums! The sequel to the smash hit What is this App?, What is this App? 2 is no walk in the park. This app guarantees gamers endless hours of riddle action at their fingertips, regardless of whether they’re playing solo in Standard mode or…
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  • Apple’s Earnings Just Shot from Ridiculous to Surreal

    JT
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:55 pm
    It gets hard to talk about how insanely profitable Apple is – every quarter. Aside from running the risk of disappointing retarded analysts, as was the case last quarter when they nonsensically decided to go shithouse the quarter before a new iPhone was released, there’s this feeling that it can’t possibly last. That feeling was exacerbated this morning, as the Street started pushing estimates up hours before the earnings call. Apple’s response to the hype made all of their prior performances look like dainty appetizers. I’ll try to put it in context with a…

  • The Don’t Be Evil Bookmarklet: the FTC Rests Its Case

    JT
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:29 am
    Your money shot starts at 6:28: A current search for “AT&T” puts its Google+ result right below the company’s official website. A “natural search” i.e. the search you used to get before Google+, puts it at the bottom of page 6. Let’s hope the FTC can use YouTube. The Don’t Be Evil Bookmarklet: the FTC Rests Its Case originally appeared on TheMacAdvocate on January 24, 2012.

  • Verizon’s Advertising Finally Captures the Essence of Android

    JT
    23 Jan 2012 | 7:45 pm
    Verizon’s been taking a couple of stabs at advertising the second-best smartphone operating system and I have to say, the latest tie-in kinda nails it. Ladies and gentlemen, R2D2: What better way to advertise Android than with an actual droid? The resemblances between Lucas’s reboot of the Star Wars franchise and Android don’t stop there, however. To wit: Both bastardize popular original ideas to turn a buck with vastly inferior offerings Both substitute eye-catching features to cover for their lack of substance Both feature lead characters that have the likability of wet…

  • FTC: Google, Search Plus Your World? Yea, Put It Next to the Big Pile Marked “Antitrust”

    JT
    13 Jan 2012 | 4:08 pm
    I confess I haven’t been following the whole Google, Search Plus Your World debacle, aside of muttering to myself “catchy name”. What I’ve picked up from my RSS feed is that Google has gone and flipped another one of those damn switches, and this one folds information from Google+ into your search results. This ostensibly ranks some results that favor Google and its services over results that, say, would give you the most relevant information. Even though I’ve been turning a deaf ear to the latest exploit of Google’s search monopoly, according to Bloomberg,…

  • Android Design Principles. Really.

    JT
    13 Jan 2012 | 10:20 am
    In an attempt to provide some unification to the cornucopia of ass that the apps in the Android Market resemble, Google announced a framework of design principles for the latest  version of the Android operating system. “Design principles” are a lot like “Mission Statements”: pretty words intended to signal some sort of unification, but really only as consequential as the means of enforcing it. And Google doesn’t really have the means. Samsung is going to continue with TouchWiz and HTC will keep slapping Sense over the base Android UI/UX. In terms of app…
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  • Win It If You Can Ski Ticket Giveaway, Question #7

    Kali Hilke
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:00 am
    Today is the final installment of our daily trivia question that you must answer correctly in order to be qualified to win a ticket to Mad River Glen! (The questions may range from easy to hard, from product-related to Small Dog-related, and pretty much anything in between. You may know the answer by heart, or you may have to search it out—all answers can be found somewhere on the Smalldog.com website.) Today’s question: Q: What were the three awards Small Dog won in 2011, according to our press releases? To enter: 1) Comment with the correct answer below in the Barkings! blog…

  • SOPA, PIPA and Why it Matters

    Don Mayer
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:08 pm
    Start Soapbox On January 18th, there were some high-profile websites—Wikipedia among them—that actively opposed two pieces of intellectual property rights and privacy legislation by adding black banners in protest. The outcry was so effective that the legislation was, at least temporarily, blocked. In the US Senate it was the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and in the House it was the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). We have had a longtime belief that copyrights, patents and intellectual property need protection. There is a problem in that there is widespread illegal…

  • Win It If You Can Ski Ticket Giveaway, Question #6

    Kali Hilke
    26 Jan 2012 | 9:02 am
    Time for another installment of our daily trivia question that you must answer correctly in order to be qualified to win a ticket to Mad River Glen. The questions may range from easy to hard, from product-related to Small Dog-related, and pretty much anything in between. You may know the answer by heart, or you may have to search it out—all answers can be found somewhere on the Smalldog.com website. Today’s question: Q: When was our inaugural eWaste Recycling Event and where was it held? Bonus: To be entered in tomorrow’s drawing as well, tell us how many tons we recycled…

  • Win It If You Can Ski Ticket Giveaway, Question #5

    Kali Hilke
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:05 am
    For the next several days, we’ll be asking a question a day that you must answer correctly in order to be qualified to win a ticket to Mad River Glen. The questions may range from easy to hard, from product-related to Small Dog-related, and pretty much anything in between. You may know the answer by heart, or you may have to search it out—all answers can be found somewhere on the Smalldog.com website. Today’s question: Q: How many current Mac “families” of computers are there and what are they? To enter: 1) Comment on the daily question with the correct answer in…

  • Virgin America Quotes Steve Jobs on Jet

    Kali Hilke
    24 Jan 2012 | 10:10 am
    “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” is prominently displayed on the side of an Airbus A320 in Virgin America’s fleet, paying homage to Steve Jobs’ famous quote. Virgin America is the only airline based in Silicon Valley, and a representative of the company explained that the name was chosen “as part of an internal plane naming competition.” In his oft-mentioned landmark commencement address at Stanford University in 2005, Jobs cited that the phrase was originally used, to his knowledge, in The Whole Earth Catalog in the 1970s, describing it thusly: “When I…
 
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  • iPhone/iPod touch/iPad apps for Jan. 27

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:59 pm
    Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps. You can find 'em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/). Sovereign Dynamics has announced Global Feed 1.0 for iOS. The free app designed to stream news based on Geo-IP location. It's completely configurable by the end user. read more

  • Jon Rubinstein, former Apple exec, bids HP adieu

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:08 pm
    Jon Rubinstein, the former Apple exec who took over handheld maker Palm and moved with it to Hewlett-Packard in a 2010 acquisition, has left HP effective today, according to "AllThingsD." Rubinstein is said to have no immediate plans, and had completed a 12-24 month commitment to stay with HP after the acquisition. "Jon has fulfilled his commitment and we wish him well," HP spokeswoman Mylene Mangalindan said. In a brief comment to "AllThingsD," Rubinstein said, "I am going to take a well deserved break after four and a half years of developing webOS." read more

  • Apple Italy now informing customers of mandated, two-year warranty

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:25 am
    Apple has complied with a court order in Italy and is informing customers at its online store about a legally mandated two-year warranty, reports "The Register" (http://macte.ch/AHf0w). Now featured at the top of the main page of Apple's online store is a "communication to protect consumers" that links to a PDF explaining the court's ruling. The change to Apple's online store in Italy was first noted by setteBIT and detailed by The Register. read more

  • Samsung loses another German lawsuit against Apple

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:20 am
    One week after dismissing Samsung's first German patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, the Mannheim Regional Court also rejected Samsung's second complaint, reports "FOSS Patents" (http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/). read more

  • Tim Cook emails Apple employees about factory worker reports

    dsellers
    27 Jan 2012 | 9:13 am
    According to "9to5Mac," Apple CEO Tim Cook sent out a lengthy letter to all of the company employees that are a direct response recent reports of factory worker mistreatment. read more
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  • The Week's 10 Hottest Apple News Stories, January 27th

    J Keirn-Swanson
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:30 pm

  • Macworld 2012: Olloclip's Three-in-One Lens Idea Was a Good One

    Florence Ion
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:22 pm
    620x349 with html5 and api support  We loved the Olloclip. It's one of the few iPhone lenses out there that doesn't require a case to use and gives iOS photographers three different perspectives to choose from, including wide angle, macro, and fish eye. It's truly a versatile product, so we asked one of the founders why they decided to put three lenses into one.

  • Price Drop: Adventures

    J Keirn-Swanson
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:30 pm
    Sure, there are tons of leveling up games where you repeat a similar task through increasing complexity and those are fun and all, but if you're looking for a bit more excitement in your daily gaming routine, check out these price drops. Whether you're fighting off hordes of zombies, putting the smack down on Deathstroke, or getting the knack of Expelliarmus, your pulse will be pounding.LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4They've hit the price with a Sectum Sempra spell and slashed it down from $4.99 to $2.99 for this engaging universal app, and believe us when we say it's worth it. Over 40 levels…

  • iOS Games Weekly Roundup: The Battle Between Pizza and Skeletons Rages On

    Andrew Groen
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:45 pm
    Headlining this week’s cadre of awesome titles is the bizarre Pizza vs Skeletons, a game about a giant pizza squashing things and crushing entire buildings -- which is pretty much the most outstanding concept for a game we’ve ever heard. But that’s not all. We’ve also got details on rComplex, a stellar-looking Canabalt-esque platformer, and Valve’s new Steam iOS app.Valve releases Steam Mobile on iPhoneValve is one of the special few companies that is really doing both PC and Mac gaming right. And so when the company makes just about any move, we pay attention. Steam Mobile for…

  • Macworld 2012: 6 Awesome Apps on the Show Floor

    Andrew Hayward and Florence Ion
    27 Jan 2012 | 4:10 pm
    As we've been walking the halls of the Macworld/iWorld Expo in San Francisco the past couple days, we've tried to give you a look into the annual event -- first with our large gallery of pre-show sights, and later with our Day One roundup of interesting images and accessories from the show floor. But we've also been checking out some of the myriad apps being shown this year, and while some of these have been available for a while, they caught our eye for one reason or another.Check out six of the most intriguing iOS apps we spotted on the show floor this week in the gallery below, and go…
 
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  • Apple HDTV will include a 42-inch OLED with facial recognition – Crazy Rumor

    EdibleApple
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:17 am
    Citing a high-ranking source at a major electronics retailer, Technobuffalo reports that Apple’s rumored HDTV will likely see the light of day by April, or May at the absolute latest. As for the TV itself, it’s rumored to be a 42-inch OLED described as being ‘gorgeous’ and ‘very thin’. While we don’t know if the set will be running it’s own version of iOS, we do know that will have deep integration with devices running the popular operating system. They’ll also sport Siri style voice controls as well as facial recognition software, and plans for the…

  • Steve Jobs alleged threat to Push Pop Press

    EdibleApple
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:10 am
    The new interactive textbooks Apple showcased last week are quite similar to the highly praised and innovative iPad app “Our Choice”, which of course is based on a book by Apple board member and former Presidential candidate Al Gore. And not surprisingly, Apple’s textbook creation framework is similar in nature to the easy-to-use framework developed by Push Pop Press, an iPhone development company founded by former Apple engineers Mike Matas and Kimon Tsinteris. Facebook, oddly enough, actually acquired Push Pop Press this past August, claiming that they have no interest in…

  • Apple retail stores now a possibility in India

    EdibleApple
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:00 am
    Apple’s retail guru Ron Johnson may have left the company, but Apple remains steadfastly committed to rolling out more and more retail shops across the globe. In that vien, livemint reported last week that Apple is considering opening up its first retail store in India. Interestingly, the option for Apple only became available recently following the Indian government’s about face with respect to allowing “full ownership of single-brand retail stores by foreign companies.” Of course, it’s not as if Apple products can’t be found in India as Apple has reseller…

  • iCloud – Apple’s strategy for the next decade

    EdibleApple
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:16 pm
    Apple isn’t exactly synonymous with seamless cloud computing solutions, but Apple’s iCloud roll-out thus far has seemingly gone off without a hitch. Speaking to Apple’s iCloud initiative, Tim Cook noted during Apple’s recent earnings conference call that the company viewed iCloud not merely as a product or service, but as an integral part of the company’s future. More specifically, Cook noted that over 85 million people have already signed up for the service. It’s almost cliche to say it, but a clear factor in the success of iCloud is the simple fact that,…

  • Nintendo on track for first annual loss in 3 decades

    EdibleApple
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:04 pm
    For the first time in history, Nintendo anticipates that it’ll experience its first annual loss since 1981. Bloomberg reports: Nintendo Co., the world’s largest maker of video-game machines, forecast its first annual loss in at least 30 years after the yen reached a postwar high and the new 3DS console had weaker-than-expected sales. The net loss may be 20 billion yen ($264 million) for the year ending in March, compared with a previous projection for a 20 billion-yen profit, Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo said in a statement yesterday. That compared with the 12.2 billion-yen average…
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  • Real Chinese talk about Apple, manufacturing and labor

    Ronald O Carlson
    27 Jan 2012 | 5:09 pm
    From the late 19th Century through mid-20th Century, it was the United States that was the world’s workshop and we have the human, social and environmental scars to prove it. China’s now going through those growing pains and the people actually living there in the here and now have a very different response [...] Related Posts: Apple is the worst company ever! Apple may sell iPhone through multiple Chinese carriers Taiwanese union using Apple to raise profile of their complaints

  • Apple holiday results underscore end of PC era

    Ronald O Carlson
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:33 pm
    Record Mac, iPad and iPhone sales, and the company didn’t just exceed expectations. For example, whereas there was discussion about how many iPhones Apple sold, with the most optimistic estimates in the 35 million range, the company actually sold more than 37 million units. The Cupertino kids likewise well exceeded iPad guestimates, shipping [...] Related Posts: Apple holiday results crush expectations Apple results dazzle with 3m Macs sold in fiscal Q4 A killer third quarter for Apple

  • Wi-Fi: Apple to leap ahead again

    Ronald O Carlson
    23 Jan 2012 | 3:37 pm
    Back in 1999, the original iBook was the first production, mass market computer to ship with 802.11b networking built in. Since then the company was the first major vendor to market with faster and faster versions of wi-fi. And, by that I mean Apple chose to ship months and sometimes year before the [...] Related Posts: Are Vista’s failures the boost Apple needs to get ahead in business? Apple drawing down iMac stocks ahead of refresh “Apple’s iPhone is 2-3 years ahead of competition”

  • Apple’s compelling enterprise strategy

    Ronald O Carlson
    20 Jan 2012 | 12:04 pm
    Or, how to succeed without really trying. Of course, it would be silly to say that Apple isn’t trying or that the company doesn’t have a strategy. However, Cupertino’s corporate sales force isn’t on the payroll, yet Mac, iPhone and iPad sales into the enterprise keep rising by double and triple digits. Analysts [...] Related Posts: Mac enterprise sales explode Mac sales go large in government, enterprise Mac enterprise support software improving

  • iBooks, Author, iTunes U: Time to change the world again

    Ronald O Carlson
    19 Jan 2012 | 12:26 pm
    One of the last unfinished thoughts Steve Jobs left us with was textbooks. Walter Isaacson’s seminal biography of the Apple co-founder teased that the next textbook publishing was the next industry the iconic technology visionary was seeking to revolutionize. That was the promise and today Apple has delivered the vision, as well as [...] Related Posts: iBooks will come to the iPhone Apple’s Du to students: ‘Change the world’ Amazon kind of, sort of matches iTunes 70/30 revenue split for ebooks
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  • MacTracker 6.3 boosts iOS, OS X knowledge

    the rocr
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:10 pm
    Are you a sys admin, eBay trader or collector? You can, of course, get all of the Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod and accessory information from the web, but having a searchable database right there in your hands? Yeah, it’s brilliant. Ian ...

  • Songbird adds more Androids

    the rocr
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:10 pm
    Are these the ones you’re looking for? Mac owners that also use an Android or Blackberry have limited music and data sync choices, but options there are and, thankfully, constant improvement is part of the equation. Winamp bills itself as the ...

  • Adobe goes $50-50% in the US, Europe

    the rocr
    26 Jan 2012 | 11:05 pm
    Adobe has begun a new educational promotion for students and teachers. Piczilla’s North America Education Store is offering buyers additional $50 off their usual (up to) 80 percent mark downs. On the other side of the pond — specifically in ...

  • PA online sales tax crackdown hits home

    the rocr
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:15 pm
    Republicans are against taxes, right? Here in Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is going after online retailers and, by extension, their affiliates in pursuit of uncollected sales taxes. And, this is directly affecting my family and I as three notable online ...

  • Kindle for Mac 1.8.3 adds Print Replica, PDF support

    the rocr
    25 Jan 2012 | 11:10 pm
    Nomenclature can be deceiving — this particular patch looks like a simple dot fix, but there’s more here than you might expect. From new major language localizations to support for PDF files, you need to get this update. Amazon has released ...
 
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  • CES: The Photos [CES]

    Daniel Feeney
    20 Jan 2012 | 3:03 pm
    This year’s overall CES experience was great. All the exhibitors had a lot to offer both on and off the floor. The booths were more than impressive as was the selection of products throughout the convention. Now that the show has come and gone, let’s take a peak at some of the highlights. Libratone is a Danish company known for creating premium AirPlay-ready speakers. After hearing how these speakers sound, I am already picking out which speaker to purchase. The price-tag, however might pose a problem for some. The company’s smaller speaker goes for $699.95 while the…

  • Hub Innovations gathers crowds with good reason [CES]

    Daniel Feeney
    14 Jan 2012 | 11:35 pm
    CES this year was a blast. The products were amazing, booths were stunning, and crowds –for me at least– weren’t hard to handle. One booth, however, was the most memorable: Hub Innovations’. Not only were the people running it an amazing bunch, but so were the products. A prime example of this is from the closing day (Friday) of the convention at 4:30, a half hour past the show’s end. Many booths by that time had been taken down, Ferrari’s which had been being displayed were driving out and the carpet walkways were being torn up, however Hub Innovations’…

  • A closer look at Griffin’s new products, many for kids [CES]

    Daniel Feeney
    14 Jan 2012 | 1:08 pm
    At CES, a variety of products are announced from TVs to Cameras to cases. However, it seems child-related items are not nearly as frequent at the show. This year, Griffin went against the grain announcing a variety of new products including a large number aimed at children. Aside from its kid-friendly releases, Griffin also announced a few products aimed at audiophiles. I was given the chance to take a look at some of the company’s new products. A quick rundown follows… Griffin’s Woogie 2 was announced at CES as “the original huggable case for iPhone and iPod…

  • A Mercedes-Benz photoshoot [CES]

    Daniel Feeney
    14 Jan 2012 | 1:18 am
    I am not going to try and fool anyone by saying I am a car fanatic. To put it frankly, I know just as much about cars as I do Windows PCs. Nevertheless, I refuse to pass an opportunity to take pictures of things which are truly inspiring. A Mercedes-Benz photoshoot follows…

  • Moshi releases new buds among other accessories [CES]

    Daniel Feeney
    14 Jan 2012 | 12:31 am
    Moshi, a very simplistic and well known company in the Apple realm was in attendance at CES. At the show, the company announced a few new products including two new earphones, the Clarus and Vortex Pro, as well as Luna, a new wired keyboard. With its steel alloy construction and DynaDuo two-way drivers, the Clarus is Moshi’s creme de la creme of its audio line. At $200, it has a price to fit. Moshi Audio originally began with the Moonrock and Vortex. Now, the company has released the Vortex Pro, a new set of earphones featuring “high definition” drivers, a braided cable,…
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  • Happy Birthday Macintosh

    Justin
    24 Jan 2012 | 1:15 pm
    On this date in 1984 personal computing changed for good. People were already getting used to the concept of a computer in their home, albeit the IBM or the Apple ][. Then on this day Apple introduced the original Macintosh Copyright lowendmac.com So on the Mac’s 28th birthday we say “Here’s to the crazy ones”.

  • Apple’s take on schools delivers over 350k iBook Textbooks in 3 days

    Justin
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:42 am
    Global Equities Research, a consulting firm that tracks iBooks sales, has gone pubic telling the world that since Apple updated their popular ePub reader, iBooks to now read textbooks, over 350,000 textbooks where downloaded within three days of being available. This is an amazing number since each book is $15/piece! Apple of course gets their 30% of that…so do the math – $5*350,000 = 1.75 million dollars. HOLY CRAP! I checked out the Physics textbook and WOW! I liked Physics in high school, and I can see how much more I would have liked it had I had an iPad with this textbook. Not…

  • Happy Birthday to US!

    Justin
    24 Jan 2012 | 9:48 am
    It was 4 years ago I started Virtua Computers. I can’t believe how much has changed both in technology and me personally. Thanks to everyone who made these 4 years possible, and here’s to another 4 years!

  • Virtua Computers, iPad 3 rumors, and News

    anthony
    23 Jan 2012 | 4:10 pm
    We hope everyone had a great holiday season as we move into the new year!  We have undergone some changes in the past month and wanted to share them with you. First off, Virtua Computers has a new office on 38th and 8th.  The location is centralized to our clients and has proven to be efficient.  Second off, Autriv Software Development saw the release of it’s newest product, BlackBook, a contact management software that is server based.  The release party was held last week and was met with strong praise from Mac Consultants in the city. The new year also brings in the promise of…

  • Grand Central Store opening and Apple TV rumors

    anthony
    19 Dec 2011 | 3:23 pm
    Washington Post Copyright 2011 Good Afternoon on this chilly December day in New York.  This is the newest member of Virtua Computers Inc., Anthony, and I’m updating our blog on two topics: the Grand Central store opening and Apple TV rumors. First off, Apple has opened yet another beautiful store in NYC, it’s Grand Central location.  I visited the store when it opened to the public on Dec. 9th and there was a mob of people in the 23,000-square-foot store.  The store is located in the middle of the terminal and wraps around on the upper floors.  Check it out, it’s easily…
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  • Energy Saver Settings – Mac OS X

    Andrew Kunesh
    27 Jan 2012 | 11:07 am
    If you would like to conserve battery power on your Mac, this tutorial is for you! Energy Saver settings on your Mac can be used for many things including conserving battery power and scheduling your Mac to shut down. While this tutorial does not require any additional software, it does require Mac OS X Lion. [...]

  • Top Free Mac OS X Games

    Andrew Kunesh
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:45 am
    Now that the holidays are rolling around, you may have some extra time off to use your Mac or iOS devices. If so, you may want to try out some new games on your Mac—for free! In this article we will be highlighting a few of the best free games for your Mac. Keep in [...]

  • OnLive Releases OnLive Desktop

    ATB
    27 Jan 2012 | 10:24 am
    OnLive is well known for their “cloud gaming” service which is available for Mac and iOS. OnLive lets users play console on their mobile devices via the cloud. This takes away the need for high-end graphics cards and processors which are usually required to play full featured video games. OnLive has recently launched an iPad [...]

  • OpenOffice – Better Than Office?

    ATB
    25 Jan 2012 | 10:31 am
    Microsoft Office for Mac has been the premier office suite for professionals and students since its initial launch in mid-1989. Unfortunately, Microsoft Office is expensive, bulky and has an aging interface. What if there was a free alternative that was backwards compatible with Microsoft Office files? Fortunately, there is.  OpenOffice by Oracle is an open [...]

  • My IPad’s / iPhone’s home button is not working, how to fix

    ATB
    20 Jan 2012 | 1:11 pm
    Several users have reported that their iPad / iPhone home button suddenly stopped working and became unresponsive. Here are some tips to troubleshoot this problem; try each step until you solve this issue: Restart your device by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red “slide to power off” slider [...]
 
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  • Jan 27, can't get rid of full screen

    27 Jan 2012 | 7:39 am
    QUESTION: I have a desktop iMac and using msn keyboard. How do I get rid of a full screen. I have it on only one page of my website. Zoom doesn't work.

  • Jan 25, BootCamp Mac, Stopped Booting After Removing Partition

    25 Jan 2012 | 4:48 pm
    I stumbled onto some problems when removing the bootcamp mac partition. Testdisk helped me!

  • Jan 24, Slow MacBook, Now Superfast!

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    Thanks a million! I completed steps 1-4, 6 and 8 - I restarted, cleaned up my dashboard, start up items and deleted lots of files. My macbook which has

  • Jan 23, Apple iMac Reviews, I Should Have Read Them..

    23 Jan 2012 | 5:13 pm
    I didn't read all Apple iMac Reviews and if I did, maybe I would have bought something else. I am not saying this is a bad computer but there are some small issues I have problems with and if you want to know about them, read on

  • Jan 14, The Apple iMac (All-In-One) Computer

    14 Jan 2012 | 3:42 pm
    The Apple iMac is one of the computers out there passing the (WAF). It doesn't look like a regular computer you would have on the floor in a ugly box with a lot of cables going everywhere. It just looks like a big stylish display but at the same time it is a fully fledged computer inside.
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  • Wi-Drive: SSD External test for iPhone and iPad

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  • Corporations Should Use iBooks Author for Custom eLearning Courses

    Dan Hinckley
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:09 pm
    Earlier this month and before Apple announced their quarterly earnings that quickly made them once again the most valuable company in the universe, they shared a few new tools designed to improve the textbooks that help us learn. The announcement focused on how students, especially those in high school, would be able to learn more [...]Related posts:Quick Tip: Remove Custom Preferences If you’ve installed a third party preference application to your...Embed Custom RSS Feeds Into iWeb While adding Google Gadgets to your iWeb site allows you...iPad App Review: WhiteNote When Apple…

  • iMac Clones Are Here

    Dan Hinckley
    11 Jan 2012 | 11:05 am
    Over the past year Apple has been fighting in courts around the world to keep Samsung devices out of international markets because they believe they violate Apple’s patents and look to similar to the iPhone and iPad. I’m sure the last thing Apple thought would happen would be that another company would clone a different [...]Related posts:My iMac G4 Love Affair Name a product, any product, that was as widely loved,...It’s Time To Fix Apple’s Confusing Product Lineup It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that...News: 1 Million Apple TVs & Mac App…

  • Share All Your iPhone Pictures on Facebook

    Dan Hinckley
    9 Jan 2012 | 3:12 pm
    One of the great things about the iPhone is the powerful camera that is built into it. The iPhone is actually used to take more pictures than any other camera on the market. Apple’s recent improvements to the camera with the iPhone 4s has only helped make it popular as a picture taking device. With [...]Related posts:iPhoto 09 & Facebook Albums One of the new features in the 09 version of...Photo Sharing with Picasa Web Albums iPhoto is a great application for managing your digital photos....Add Facebook Contact Photos to your iPhone 4S One of the first things people do after…

  • The Future of Apple TV Has a Name & It’s Siri

    Dan Hinckley
    7 Jan 2012 | 7:25 pm
    Ever since the biography of Steve Jobs was published there has been increased speculation about Apple’s next big thing. The speculation comes from comments that Steve Jobs shared with Walter Isaacson, his biographer, that he’d “like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use… It would be seamlessly synced with all [...]Related posts:The Secret Value of The New Apple TV It turns out that most of what we were hoping...WWDC 2011 Expectations: Apple’s Cloudy Future Apple’s 2008 Worldwide Developer Conference brought us the App…

  • What to do with a Fraying Mac Power Adapter

    Brian Patterson
    29 Dec 2011 | 8:59 am
    I got my first Mac about 14 months ago – a MacBook Air.  Its a great laptop that I use for almost everything, and I’ve found it superior to my old Dell Powerbook in almost every way imaginable.  But being a new Mac convert, I wasn’t hip to the proper way to roll a Macbook power [...]Related posts:Connecting Your iPad to a TV I’ve described how Netflix is a great app for portable...iPhone, Text Messages, and “The Power” According to demographics, I am too old to “get” SMS...iPad 2 Details Emerge: More Power, Two Cameras, Same Resolution The highly…
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  • Gather files fast with this Lion Tip

    Miraz Jordan
    24 Jan 2012 | 4:04 pm
    Gather files fast with this Lion Tip Mac Tip #520, 25 January 2012 If you’re like me one or more of the folders on your Mac has a huge mess of unsorted files in it. To clean up you may like to move those files to various subfolders. Lion’s New Folder with Selection command makes this a whole lot easier than it used to be. Here’s how it works. Quick Start Make sure you’re using Lion, OS 10.7. Select a group of files in the Finder. Choose New Folder with Selection ([x] items) from the File menu. Want more detail? Read the full Tip below. Select multiple files If…

  • Book Review: Mac Kung Fu – a handy reservoir of Mac techniques

    Miraz Jordan
    20 Jan 2012 | 12:46 pm
    Book Review: Mac Kung Fu Saturday, 21 January 2012 Would you like to win a copy of this book? Read on for instructions. Mac Kung Fu. I recently received a printed review copy of Mac Kung Fu by Keir Thomas — over 300 Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks for OS X Lion. Published: November 2011, 301 pages. After you’ve uncovered the basics in Lion, Mac Kung Fu is your next step. You’ll learn how to master everyday tools such as the Dock, Spotlight, Mission Control, Launchpad, and Dashboard. You’ll discover other amazingly useful tools and built-in add-ons that you never knew existed.

  • How to Track Friends with your iPhone

    Miraz Jordan
    17 Jan 2012 | 12:41 pm
    How to Track Friends with your iPhone Mac Tip #519, 18 January 2012 Sometimes my partner walks part of the way home from work, for the exercise. Meanwhile I may drive down the hill with the dogs and start walking towards her, so the dogs get their walk too. iPhone’s Find Friends app makes it easy to see when and where we’ll meet up. Here’s how it works. Quick Start Request permission to follow someone. Once they’ve accepted, open the Find Friends app and select their name. Tap the address of their current location to see a map. Look for the pink pin. Choose Hide from…

  • Make your Mac much louder

    Miraz Jordan
    14 Jan 2012 | 12:27 pm
    Make your Mac much louder Quick Mac Tip, 15 January 2012 Trying to watch a video or listen to iTunes and finding you can’t hear well enough, even with the volume turned all the way up? I often have that problem. One way to solve it is with a wonderful piece of software called Audio Hijack Pro (US$32). I use this trick all the time. Quick Start Use Audio Hijack Pro. Add the app you wish to hear better as a Source. Add a Double Gain effect for that Source. Hijack. Add a source for Audio Hijack Pro After installing Audio Hijack Pro — it has a free trial you can experiment with…

  • How to make a simple year planner in Numbers.app

    Miraz Jordan
    10 Jan 2012 | 3:33 pm
    How to make a simple year planner in Numbers.app Mac Tip #518, 11 January 2012 It’s the time of year when people make plans, and for that a calendar comes in handy. But an actual calendar isn’t always what you want. So how about a list of dates instead? I set up a simple year planner in Numbers ’09 (NZ$24.99, US$19.99). Here’s how you can too (or just download mine, if it’s easier). Numbers is a spreadsheet app from Apple. You may use Microsoft Excel, or some other app. The same principles should apply whatever you use. This Tip is written using Numbers ’09…
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  • Free $10 iTunes Gift Card Promo Code! Happy Friday

    Tony
    27 Jan 2012 | 8:15 pm
    Read online at AppleSlut.com FREE $10 ITUNES GIFT CARD! Type the promo code into the REDEEM area of iTunes on your iPhone/iPad/Mac/PC, etc. First person to do it, wins! Please leave a comment if you’re the lucky winner. Good luck everybody! And happy Friday! Read this if you don’t know how to redeem an iTunes Gift Card. Details are toward the bottom. If you’re interested in knowing when the next free gift card will be posted here, like AppleSlut on Facebook. The Facebook fans are the first to know when it’s coming.

  • Absinthe Jailbreak Working on iPad 2 With iOS 5.0.1

    Lito
    27 Jan 2012 | 6:32 pm
    Read online at AppleSlut.comIts been a very long five days since the Dream Team released the latest and the only existing jailbreak for the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2 running iOS 5.0.1. I must tell you that I almost lost hope when I first tried to jailbreak my iPad 2 and ran into some issues.  But after several days of frustrations and perseverance, I was finally able to see the magic on my iDevice as Absinthe went to work and did the deed in no time at all! Just a couple of days ago I reported to you that I wasn’t able to jailbreak my iPad 2 because of some unknown issue with the the…

  • A Macbook with iOS? No Thanks.

    Tony
    23 Jan 2012 | 4:17 pm
    Read online at AppleSlut.com A couple tech blogs are talking about the idea of an Apple Macbook running iOS instead of OSX. Just to make sure we’re all on the same page, iOS is the operating system found on all iPads, iPhones & iPods. OSX is found on all Apple computers (iMac, Mac Mini, Mac Pro & Macbook Air/Pro). Basically, they want a Macbook running the same software as an iPad. From Harry at CNET: What the world needs now: An iOS Laptop : [I'm] able to focus better on my work, because I spend so much less time futzing with the device itself than I do when I’m using a…

  • Absinthe Jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 on iOS 5.0/5.0.1

    Lito
    23 Jan 2012 | 2:34 pm
    Read online at AppleSlut.comAs expected, the Jailbreak Dream Team has made good their word and delivered the newest and the only existing iPhone 4S/iPad 2 on iOS 5.0/5.0.1 jailbreak, Absinthe. It’s been a rollercoaster ride not only for us but more so for the Dream Team whose collective efforts have given us this newfound freedom.  As the Chronic Dev Team said, “Hacking the A5: Not Exactly a Walk in the Park – The ridiculously complex combination of exploits-within-exploits that make this iOS jailbreak possible have consumed thousands of hours of brain-power & effort from a…

  • AT&T Jacking Up Data Plan Prices for New iPhone Users

    Tony
    22 Jan 2012 | 10:01 am
    Read online at AppleSlut.com New iPhone users who choose AT&T will be subject to brand new pricing on data plans starting this week – and guess what? They’re more expensive. Shocking, I know. The good news is AT&T is giving you more data for your money. Let’s compare: Old AT&T data plans: 200 MB of data per month: $15 2GB of data per month: $25 4GB (including mobile hotspot access) per month: $45 New AT&T data plans: 300 MB of data per month: $20 3GB of data per month: $30 5GB (including mobile hotspot access) per month: $50 For New Customers Only AT&T…
 
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  • Texting Abuse

    Nick Nicholaou
    14 Jan 2012 | 2:17 pm
    Texting is a great communication tool, except when misused.  Texting is about simple communication in real time; it is not about calendaring or task management.  Here are a few examples of this kind of misuse:I need someone to send me some information they have at their desk, and I think of it while watching my favorite evening television show, so I text them.I want to get together with someone in a week or two, so I text them the date.I remember that I need to give someone some info they need for a task or meeting, and I text it to them off-hours.Sending them a text message, rather…

  • How to Rename Your Kindle Device or Application

    Nick Nicholaou
    3 Jan 2012 | 11:29 am
    I recently gave my wife a Kindle File, and she loves it!  I linked it to my Kindle account so we could share books (wouldn't it be nice if Amazon let us link family accounts for sharing purposes!).  The problem was that Amazon automatically named her Kindle Fire Nick's Kindle.Renaming the device was not obvious on the Amazon website, but the steps to do so are surprisingly easy!  Here they are:Login to www.amazon.com/manageyourkindleClick Manage Your Devices on the left side of the screenClick the Edit link next to your registered Kindle device's nameSync your Kindle device or…

  • New Article: Keyboard Shortcuts

    Nick Nicholaou
    1 Nov 2011 | 10:02 am
    The Windows and Mac OSX operating systems each have built-in shortcut keystrokes that can be great time-savers. While this has always been true, I find that most computer users today have either forgotten many of them, or have never even known about them! Click here to read this short article that will be a great help to you and your crew!

  • Managing Macs in Active Directory

    Nick Nicholaou
    31 Oct 2011 | 1:25 pm
    In one of the communities I'm involved in we had some discussions recently about managing Macs in Active Directory.  Some are adamant that it must be done, while others (me included) don't see the value.It takes a lot of effort to manage Macs in AD, and it's hard to find benefits that make the effort worthwhile.  In a recent roundtable I asked what the benefits were, and the only response was password management, reinforcing my position that it's not worth the effort.We already automount network volumes for Mac users, and we require that Mac users use the same username and password…

  • Annual Church & Donor Management Software Article - 2011

    Nick Nicholaou
    19 Oct 2011 | 11:00 am
    Church management software providers continue to improve their ability to help churches fulfill their mission!  With more abilities to track and communicate with people, improved web and mobile device interfaces, and powerful database tools, this category of software is a big help and useful asset for today’s ministries in reaching many for the Gospel.To read it click here!
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  • Apple Provides a Service of Gadgets Disposal in Europe

    Jacob Robinson
    19 Jan 2012 | 8:46 am
    Germany, France and the UK residents can now make use of service of disposing the unwanted “apple friends” who have become useless after having known better days. This project started up last year in the U.S.A. and successfully passed the ...

  • iPhone SJ: The Concept of the Sixth Generation of the Apple’s Smartphone

    Michael Wilson
    10 Jan 2012 | 12:14 pm
    The trimestrial remoteness hots about the iPhone 5 were ended with a slight disappointment for dedicated fans of Apple and with fume among those who waited for a brand new gadget, which differs from the iPhone 4. There is another ...

  • [App Store] SetBreaker – Force Your Own Brain to Work

    Milana Rose
    27 Dec 2011 | 5:12 am
    Category: Games Developer/Publisher: EzEz Apps LLC Version: 1.0 Price: $0.99 [ iTunes link ] SetBreaker is a great application for those who like logic games, which allow not only killing the time with an interest, but forcing your own brain ...

  • Two iPhone Apps That Help Me Manage Documents – Snap2PDF and Dropbox

    Sung
    26 Dec 2011 | 7:48 am
    If you are a business person, you are sure to be ‘on the go’, all the time. Laptops and notebooks are no more a comfortable option during travel, thanks to the iPhone, an extremely viable piece of hardware combined with ...

  • Video of Detached Jailbreak iOS 5

    Milana Rose
    12 Dec 2011 | 1:24 pm
    We are happy with the fact that, with each new broaching, the part of Apple products’ users invariably transfers to «light side of the power», where it remains as a result. Nevertheless, the interest for jail in the whole doesn’t ...
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