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Twitter for Mac finally gains Notification Center support
Well, here’s something I thought we would never see — a minor update for Twitter for ...
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Engadget takes Unikey's iPhone assisted keyless entry for a spin
We’re still a few years away from the self-opening home front door of the Jetsons. But that’s okay ...
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Zite update is aimed at Google Reader orphans
With Google Reader fading into the sunset in July, more and more users ...
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OtterBox acquires LifeProof
OtterBox, a pioneer in smartphone case technology based in Ft. Collins, Colo., today got a little bit ...
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Apple: Google Now violates Siri patents
We recently asked if Apple’s ongoing legal battles with Samsung were worth the effort for the computer giant. As if ...
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iPad version of Mailbox email-management app launching today
The promised iPad version of the email management app Mailbox recently acquired by Dropbox is launching today, offering essentially the same user-interface as the iPhone original, ...
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Shazam for iPad introduces passive tagging, lyrics display, auto-play in Spotify & Rdio and more
A new iPad version of Shazam available today introduces a whole raft of new functions, ranging from passive tagging without user input to the ability ...
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Latest Windows 8 tablet commercial uses Siri to mock iPad ads, pricing, capabilities
Microsoft’s latest television commercial for Windows 8 tablets uses a Siri voice-over to mock the iPad’s pricing and capabilities. The ad appears to frame Windows ...
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Analyst claims Apple ‘iWatch’ wrist-device is over a year away, explains why watch more practical than glasses
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has provided seemingly accurate information about previous Apple hardware releases (timing non-withstanding), claims that Apple’s much-rumored wearable wrist device ...
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9to5Toys Last Call: $90 iPod nano 7th Gen (refurb), $150 Seagate 4TB Internal HDD, $60 Philips In.Sight Camera, more
From 9to5Toys.com: A large majority of the deals we cover each day come from a variety of ‘Daily Deal’ websites that feature a couple exceptional deals for ...
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Quick Fix iPhone Stuck in “Headphones” Mode & Speakers Not Working
Ever had your iPhone get stuck in Headphone mode? The symptoms are fairly obvious; you go to change the volume level and the little volume ...
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Use FileVault to Get Full Disk Encryption in Mac OS X
FileVault is an amazing disk level encryption feature that comes with Mac OS X. When it has been enabled, it encrypts everything, all disk contents, ...
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How to Change the Dock Indicator Lights Color in Mac OS X
The color indicators in the Mac OS X Dock provide an easy way to tell what apps are running just by glancing at the Dock. ...
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6 Tips to Extend iPhone Battery Life That Actually Work
Just about every iPhone user loves the iPhone 5, but if there is one thing to complain about it’s almost always about the devices battery ...
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How to Check an iTunes / App Store Account Balance Quickly from iOS & Mac OS X
Ever wanted to check the remaining balance of an Apple ID, so you know how much credit is remaining for iTunes, iBooks, or App Store ...
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Microsoft Releases Windows 8 Tablet Ad Highlighting iPad's Flaws, High Price [iOS Blog]
As noted by The Verge, Microsoft has released a new Windows 8 tablet ad that uses Siri ...
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Apple's Smart Watch May Not Launch Until Late 2014, Use Biometrics and iPod Nano Technology
KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has on a number of occasions offered accurate information about Apple’s product plans, issued a new research report this ...
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Clear Updated with List Emailing Functionality, iPad Version Coming Soon [iOS Blog]
Realmac‘s gesture-based list making iPhone app Clear has been updated to version 1.2.2, adding a ...
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Casemaker OtterBox Acquiring LifeProof [iOS Blog]
In an event today at the CTIA conference, case maker OtterBox announced it was acquiring waterproof case maker LifeProof. OtterBox ...
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Corning Pits Gorilla Glass 3 Against Sapphire, Plans Reflection Reduction and Antimicrobial Technology
Following Apple’s adoption of sapphire crystal as a strong and durable covering for the rear cameras on the iPhone 5 and fifth-generation iPod touch late ...
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All about About This Mac
In this week’s tip, I’ll discuss a cool feature that you may be wholly unaware of—even if you’re a long-time Mac user. In Lion and Mountain ...
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Doing more with Messages
Last week we wandered about Mountain Lion’s Messages application to get a feel for the territory. In today’s lesson we’ll dig into some of ...
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Remains of the Day: Holey wholesale holograms!
A longtime industry watcher moves to Cupertino, Steve Jobs’s email to James Murdoch is marked as read, and Tim Cook dodges an inane “rumor.” The ...
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The Week in iOS Accessories: Cha-ching!
This week’s roundup of iOS accessories features not one, but two ways to elegantly convert your iPad into a cash register. But the iPad and ...
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OmniPresence, the Omni Group's new cloud sync service, hits all the right buttons
Syncing is a hot topic these days, with plenty of alternatives and lots of angst over their perceived limitations and shortcomings. If you happen to ...
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Apple invention adjusts audio based on a display's orientation, user positioning
A patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday reveals Apple is actively researching methods to ensure a video’s multi-channel audio ...
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Apple investigating advanced AirPlay system with device-specific UIs
An Apple invention filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office describes a method in which a single app provides multiple user interfaces that can ...
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Twitter unveils two-factor authentication, updates Mac app with Notification Center support
Near ubiquitous microblogging service Twitter on Wednesday released an updated Mac app with built-in Notification Center integration and, more importantly, a system-wide two-factor authentication solution ...
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OtterBox buys rival case maker LifeProof, drops ongoing patent suit
At the CTIA conference on Wednesday, mobile device case maker OtterBox announced that it has purchased TreeFrog Developments Inc., DBA LifeProof, known commercially as “LifeProof,” ...
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New Microsoft Windows 8 ad turns Apple's Siri against her maker
A recently aired Microsoft ad pits a tablet running the company’s Windows 8 against the iPad, with the spot featuring an unlikely narrator: Apple’s Siri ...
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The J-Men Show – MyMac Podcast #458
Download and listen here Subscribe in iTunes Before We start I’d like to say RIP Tim Verpoorten he was a massive influence on me when ...
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Mac Kung Fu – Book Review
Mac Kung Fu, Second Edition – Over 400 Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks for Apple OS X Author: Keir Thomas Publisher: The Pragmatic Bookshelf Price: ...
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Double Vision – TechFan Podcast #119
Download the show here Subscribe in iTunes Google Glass is the discussion this week, as well as Tim and David disagreeing on the state of ...
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Mac Hacks – Book Review
Mac Hacks - Tips & Tools for Unlocking the Power of OS X Author: Chris Seibold Publisher: O’Reilly Media Price: US $24.99 (print) | US $19.99 ...
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An AppleTV TV set? Why?
For quite some time various Apple watchers have been talking about an AppleTV as an actual television set. Oh so very high end with all ...
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Google’s new 3D Maps destroy Manhattan with melting buildings and buckled streets
Google’s year late, non-mobile 3D Maps product is riddled with errors…
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Court rules NSA doesn’t have to reveal its semi-secret relationship with Google
It’s no one’s business but theirs, according to an appeals court in the DC Circuit…
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If Apple paid more tax, we might pay less or something
Opinion seems to be divided as to whether Apple’s tax avoidance schemes…
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WWDC: iCloud – big changes ahead
Software will be the big focus for Apple’s annual developers event…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook pounds another nail into the Keynesian coffin
Technology giant Apple Inc. has in the past few days been the recipient of juvenile attacks…
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Spotdox: Take Dropbox Anywhere
I’m a big fan of Dropbox, but I don’t think it’s necessarily the easiest to use of the various cloud storage ...
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Weekly Poll: Do You Own a Game Console?
Do You Own a Game Console? It’s the season for game console news, with both Sony and Microsoft recently unveiling their ...
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The Best Apps for Mobile Mac Users
Earlier this year, I made the move to a MacBook Pro being my primary machine after years of having a desktop ...
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Apps We Use: Jorge Rodriguez
It’s now my turn to tell you about all the amazing apps I’ve found and kept using to this day, after ...
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Create a Picture From a Thousand Words With Wordify
Typographic artwork is very popular at the moment with all sorts images being created, from maps to movie posters. They look ...
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Forget The iWatch: Brando’s Crappy ‘Fashionable Bluetooth Vibrating Bracelet’ Is Here Right Now
Waiting for Apple’s iWatch? Good luck with that if you’re expecting anything fancier than ...
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MakeDoc For iOS Turns Beautiful Markdown Files Into DOCX Monstrosities
MakeDoc is a single-serve iOS app which costs just $3. That’s a lot less ...
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NuForce Mobile Music Pump: The Best-Named Headphone Amp Ever?
To be honest, I’m writing this post based solely on the awesome name of ...
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Map Camera Adds Maps To Your Photos
You know how all your photos have a ton of extras tucked inside? Like ...
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One Ruggedized UE BOOM Bluetooth Speaker is Cool, But Two Gets You Stereo Sound
It’s unlikely that the Jawbone Jambox will be shoved off its throne anytime ...
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Overnight Recap: Senate Opening Statements, PS4 Teaser, UE BOOM Speakers
OK, gamers, what are your thoughts on that Xbox One? If you’ve seen the hardware, you already know ...
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Want New Hardware from Google? You'll Have to Wait for WWDC
As I was following the stream of Google I/O updates on my Twitter timeline last week, one thought kept ...
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Report Claims People Less Happy with iPhone Than a Year Ago
Are you as happy with your iPhone as you were last year? If not, you may not be alone, according to a recent survey which ...
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Apple Publishes Testimony in Defense of Tax Practices
Apple executives are expected to testify on Capitol Hill today to defend the iPhone maker’s offshore ...
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Overnight Recap: Scanner Pro 4.5, Hacked AT&T Update, VUDU Adds Offline
Yahoo! certainly kicked off the week in grand style Monday with news of its Tumblr acquisition, ...
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Businessweek Profiles Google X
Brad Stone feature for Businessweek, “Inside Google’s Secret Lab”: While Teller runs the day-to-day operations at X, he reports to Brin. (“Sergey is Bruce Wayne, and ...
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Windows vs. iPad: Compare Tablets
Microsoft still loves their product comparison checklists. Update: And there’s a TV ad too. It’s cute in a playing-for-second-place way. Microsoft is pitching Windows 8 ...
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Tim Bray on Glass
Tim Bray: But people, and there are a lot of them, who are saying “Glass is doomed because it’s dorky-looking/privacy-invasive/anti-social” are pretty well wrong; it’s more ...
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‘Don’t Say GIF’
Fun song by Gonathan Mann. ★
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Steve Jobs/James Murdoch E-Book Negotiations
Zachary Seward, writing for Quartz: The emails have mostly been viewed in the context of the lawsuit, but they also provide an extraordinary view of high-stakes
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Mailbox launches iPad app and says Android is in the works
Looking to make the most of your love for Mailbox, the hip new email app? Now that the startup has joined up with Dropbox, it’s ...
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Shazam’s new iPad app automatically tags every song you ever listen to
Shazam wants you to turn your iPad into an automated logging device for any type of media playing within reach.
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Google plans to bring its own voice search to the iPhone and iPad
Voice search will be available as part of an update to Chrome for iOS “in the coming days,” Google announced Wednesday. It’s yet another part ...
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Zite adds 7 new publishing partners; updates iOS app with Google Reader-inspired features
Personalized social reader Zite is updating its iOS app with more Google Reader-inspired features, and also added seven new publishers to its publisher program.
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Integrated Vimeo, Flickr sharing could follow Twitter, Facebook to iOS
A report on Tuesday from 9to5Mac says Apple is looking to bolster social sharing options in iOS 7 by integrating Vimeo and Flickr. The inclusion ...
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Analyst: Apple iWatch not a watch and won’t ship til 2014
Apple’s much talked about iWatch is on the way, but won’t ship until late 2014, according to one analyst. Perhaps more surprisingly, it won’t be ...
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Tim Cook defends Apple tax arrangements at Senate hearing
Tim Cook was grilled by US Senators today over allegations that Apple was the ‘Holy Grail of tax avoidance.’ During the hearing, Cook claimed that ...
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Yahoo buys Tumblr as users seek sanctuary in WordPress
Yahoo confirmed today that it had shelled out a hefty $1.1bn (£723m) for content platform, Tumblr and, perhaps in acknowledgement of what has happened to ...
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Tim Cook hints about US-built Mac
Tim Cook has again talked about the Mac Apple will build in the US later this year. The Apple CEO told US politics website, Politico ...
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Apple announces fifty billion downloads from App Store
Apple confirmed today that the 50 billionth app has been downloaded from the App Store. The milestone was reached when a man from Ohio, Brandon ...
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Use Flickr as a cloud drive
Flickr has announced that all users will now have 1 TB of storage for free. With that much space, surely it would be interesting ...
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Quick way to get artwork from currently playing iTunes track
iTunes makes it easy to retrieve the artwork from the currently playing song. Just drag & drop the artwork displayed in the iTunes LCD (the ...
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Control iTunes AirPlay streaming with AppleScript
iTunes 11.0.3 provides AppleScript support for controlling AirPlay devices. Below is a basic script that illustrates how AirPlay devices can be selected and applied using ...
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Save disk space by deleting copies of Mail attachments
By default, Mail will keep file attachments that you’ve opened or viewed in your ~/Library/Mail Downloads folder, until you delete the associated email. You can ...
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Fix for missing "Assign to..." Mission Control bug in 10.8.x
Having originally upgraded to 10.8 from 10.7, all of my applications’ desktop assignments in (now) Mission Control were already set. I recently decided to wipe ...



