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Reality Absorption Field: iPod's trail of tears, part 1
The recent celebration of iTunes tenth anniversary provided an opportunity to remember that it debuted before the ...
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Daily iPad App: Frozen Synapse simulates some very impressive turn-based strategy
Frozen Synapse has been a successful title on Steam for a while now — it’s a turn-based ...
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Ultima Forever spotted on the Canadian App Store
If you’ve been waiting for Ultima Forever, the new iOS version of Ultima from EA, then it’s here ...
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DevJuice: Don't forget to order your WWDC business cards
With WWDC just around the corner, time is running low. Have you ordered new business cards for the ...
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Skycore uses MMS to send Passbook passes
Passbook users rejoice, as life is about to get a little easier. Skycore has announced support ...
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Apple posts new iPhone “Music Every Day” ad
Apple has just posted a new iPhone 5 ad to their YouTube channel, detailing many of the ways people use their iPhone to listen to ...
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Instagram reportedly mass-deleting seemingly-random accounts for ‘violation of terms’ (Update: accounts being restored)
UPDATE: Some users are reporting that their accounts have been restored following the deletion earlier this evening. We’re still waiting on an official response from Instagram. It seems many Instagram were ...
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AT&T explains its new 61 cent/month administrative fee policy
. Thanks reader Kory for screenshot AT&T started this month charging an administrative fee of $.61/month/user for its mobile customers in addition to its current ...
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9to5Toys Last Call: App Sales Galore, $80 Logitech UE Bluetooth Speaker, 35% off SlickWraps, 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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gMusic app unofficially brings Google’s new “All Access” subscription music service to iOS
When Google unveiled its brand new $9.99/month “All Access” Google Play music streaming service earlier this month at its I/O keynote, we quickly learned that ...
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How to Clear Call History on the iPhone
It’s really easy to delete calls from the iPhone call history log, and you can get quite specific in the process. You can delete a ...
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How to Enable a Hidden Debug Menu in Photo Booth for Mac OS X
Photo Booth is the goofy picture taking application in OS X that can take normal shots or apply a bunch of weird effects to distort ...
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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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AT&T's GoPhone Prepaid Brand to Gain iPhone and LTE/HSPA+ Support Tomorrow
MacRumors has learned that AT&T’s GoPhone prepaid wireless brand will be undertaking a significant expansion of its services starting tomorrow, offering support for the ...
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Apple Posts New iPhone TV Ad 'Music Every Day'
Apple started running a new iPhone ad this evening called ‘Music Every Day‘, the second in a series that launched last month with a ...
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Letter to Brazilian Apple Repair Centers Suggests June 2013 Policy Changes? [iOS Blog]
AppleInsider has obtained a letter supposedly sent to Brazilian Apple Authorized Service Providers suggesting that new policies regarding iPhone and iPad repairs will begin ...
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Microsoft Inaccurately Depicts Windows Tablet as Larger than iPad in New Comparison Ad
To go along with two previously released anti-iPad Windows 8 tablet ads, Microsoft has released a side-by-side comparison of the iPad and various Windows ...
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New Colors Rumored for iPhone 5S and Lower-Cost iPhone, Dual LED Flash for iPhone 5S?
Macotakara has released a report with new details on a number of upcoming products, including the rumored low cost iPhone, the iPhone 5S, ...
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Remains of the Day: Don't panic
If you were worried Apple might not have a keynote at WWDC this year, you can finally relax. But don’t get too relaxed: Comixology’s pulling ...
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On Android, market share, and watermelons
John Kirk nicely deconstructs the argument that market share is what matters, showing that Apple is playing a very different game than the one its ...
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The Macalope: Bigger is better just because
Writing for the clown show that is Forbes, Darcy Travlos asks the Betteridge’s Law-challenging question “Apple And Google: The New ‘Old’ Reality?” (No link ...
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Review: Attractive Locus Workstation standing desk an excellent choice
Focal Upright’s Locus Workstation is the company’s flagship product. Martin Keen, the man who founded the Keen shoe company, designed this upright desk. After ...
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Researchers find more versions of digitally signed Mac OS X spyware
Security researchers have identified multiple samples of the recently discovered “KitM” spyware for Mac OS X, including one dating back to December 2012 and targeting ...
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Judge says evidence will likely show Apple culpable in e-book price fixing case
In rare pre-trial “tentative view,” Judge Denise Cote said the U.S Department of Justice will likely be able to prove that Apple colluded with major ...
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AT&T to reportedly add Apple's iPhone to GoPhone prepaid lineup
The nation’s second-largest carrier AT&T will reportedly add Apple’s iPhone to the list of devices customers can buy through its GoPhone prepaid brand on Friday, ...
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Apple airs new iPhone ad, continues brilliant 'quiet' TV campaign
Apple on Thursday released a new ad focusing on the iPhone as a music player, with its quiet, serene style following in the footsteps of ...
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Google reportedly mulling $1B Waze bid, could spark bidding war with Facebook
According to Bloomberg sources, Google is looking to throw in a $1 billion bid for Waze, possibly portending a bidding war between the search giant ...
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Apple expands iOS Maps' 3D Flyover coverage of California
In a recent update to its iOS Maps app, Apple added Flyover support a large swath of California, including popular tourist attractions like Disneyland in ...
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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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Doug Kass goes long with Apple Inc. stock
My next long purchase will be Apple (AAPL), as the risk/reward ratio…
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Xbox One might not be the game changer Microsoft claims
Microsoft’s Xbox One is ugly at best, with limited functionality that will prevent most consumers…
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Penguin to pay $75 million in e-book settlement with US State Attorneys General
Penguin has reached a comprehensive agreement with the US State Attorneys General…
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Apple supplier Cirrus Logic plummets as pricing pressure grows
Shares of Apple (AAPL) supplier Cirrus Logic (CRUS) slumped 18 percent…
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Jon Stewart covers U.S. Senate committee’s Apple hearing, envisions ‘taxcode nano’ (with video)
Starting off with the ubiquitous Apple Maps jokes…
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The Best Code Editors for Your Mac in 2013
Web development — and app development — is an ever-growing industry. Over at ThemeForest, there are thousands of website themes available ...
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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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UrbanEars Boom: The All-Day, All-Directional Speaker For Your Summer Adventures
UltimateEars Boom is yet another wireless Bluetooth speaker, a category that has gone from ...
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Xistera iPhone 5 Multitool Does Everything. EVERYTHING
The obvious thing to say about the XiStera is to call it the "“Swiss ...
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Apple Airs New TV Ad For iPhone: ‘Music Every Day’ [Video]
Music is what started it all for the modern Apple with the iPod back ...
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Matchmaker Added To Tinder, A Real-Life Social Networking Introduction App
Have you ever wanted to introduce two super interesting people from different circles of ...
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Google Considering Buying Waze For Around $1 Billion
Google is considering a buyout of Waze, the mapping app for iPhone and Android ...
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Rumor: Many Color Choices Available for 'Budget' iPhones
Keep in mind that we’re still in the realm of rumor here, but it’s looking more and more like there might be truth to those ...
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Angry Birds Space Free on App Store for Next Seven Days
With stellar followups like Angry Birds Space, developer Rovio has once again proven that its bird-flinging saga has every reason to deserve its status as ...
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Sky Guide Review
Not so long ago, armchair astronomy used to involve lugging along stacks of charts and flashlights if you wanted to know the name of a ...
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8 Exciting Story-Driven iOS Games
Games are a relatively young narrative medium, and plenty of them boil down to punching and/or shooting the bad guys. But ...
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Combo Crew Review
Button-mashing brawlers make for a great time when you’ve got real buttons to mash, but they don’t always translate so well to iOS touch screens. ...
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‘Music Every Day’
Love this campaign. ★
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Daring Fireball T-Shirts
Now available for a limited time: a new round of DF t-shirts, including a new heather grey shirt. We’ll take orders through the start of ...
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Philip Elmer-DeWitt on Joe Nocera on Tim Cook
Philip Elmer-DeWitt: But what will be remembered about Nocera’s latest Apple column is that he called Tim Cook a liar — accusing him of telling, under
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HP Envy Remains the Most Aptly-Named Product in PC Industry
Sean Hollister, The Verge: This year, it’s not just thin-and-light laptops getting the treatment: according to company representatives, CEO Meg Whitman has now mandated a unified ...
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Innovative Use of the Word ‘Still’
Larry Popelka, “founder and chief executive officer of GameChanger, an innovation consulting firm”, in a piece for Businessweek headlined “Google Is Winning the Innovation War ...
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Apple ebook antitrust trial set for 9-12 days in early June
Apple and the federal government met on Thursday for a final hearing before their trial, which is set to begin on June 3, and features ...
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Smule users record one billion songs, generate $12.6 M in revenue in 2012
iOS app maker Smule has been autotuning and auto-rapping the music app genre all the way to a sweet $12.6 milion in revenue.
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Box acquires Folders technology to enrich iOS offering
Box recognizes that user experience is important, particularly on mobile devices. The company said Thursday it has acquired technology from the Folders iPhone app, which ...
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Apple, in political crosshairs, is on pace to boost lobbying
Having a larger presence in the nation’s capital and making friends with the policymakers that can wield great power over its reputation and fortunes may ...
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Amazon: victim or aggressor? Issue will frame Apple ebook trial
Apple and the federal government are about to go to trial over an alleged conspiracy to fix ebook prices — but recent court filings show ...
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Apple confirms WWDC keynote for 10 June
Apple has confirmed that it will kick-off its Worldwide Developers’ Conference with a keynote speech on Monday 10 June. It hasn’t said who will deliver ...
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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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Put Mac to sleep with Drafts on iOS
Agile Tortoise’s Drafts is a nifty tool for writing texts and doing things with them on an iOS device. I use it mostly for ...
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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 ...



