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Box acquires Folders, in what sounds like the least exciting acquisition deal ever
Filesharing service Box has acquired the technology behind a French app called Folders, which is also centered ...
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Study: Mobile gamers download five titles a month, mostly through word of mouth
A new study released by Applifier says that word of mouth is still the number one way ...
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Evernote introduces reminders to Mac, iOS apps
One of the reasons that I’ve never been a super-user of Evernote is that while it’s a ...
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Twitter #Music adds new chart features
When Twitter launched its music discover service Twitter #Music last month the service had a lot going ...
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Daily Deals for May 23, 2012
It’s time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring a handy list from Dealnews and our own hand-picked ...
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1Password 4 for Mac beta signups are now open
1Password has just announced the private beta for the overhauled version of their Mac client. Users interested in testing the new update can sign up ...
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Verizon Cloud service now available on iOS devices
After announcing that it would be rolling out a new Verizon Cloud service to iOS and Android users back in April, the carrier provided an ...
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Rumor: Cheaper iPhone is being tested in a plethora of colors, will be produced July-September
Credit: Ferry Passchier Japanese Blog Macotakara purports to have some interesting details on the plastic ‘low cost’ iPhone Apple is expected to release later this year. The site ...
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Microsoft lies and cheats to portray advantage in tablet ads
Optical illusions? The iPad screen on the left is actually bigger Earlier today Microsoft unleashed its second ad in what appears to be a new campaign focusing ...
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Jon Stewart rubs Tim Cook’s Senate testimony the wrong way [Video]
You can’t help but laugh at Stewart’s ribbing of the senators’ questioning, but it is pretty clear Apple is pushing for simplicity and is only ...
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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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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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Jon Stewart Takes on Apple's Appearance in Front of Senate Committee [Mac Blog]
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart ran a satirical segment (via Apple 2.0) on last night’s ...
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Angry Birds Space Named App of the Week, Available for Free [iOS Blog]
Rovio’s Angry Birds Space has been named Apple’s App of the Week, and as a result, both ...
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Apple Confirms WWDC Keynote Presentation Will Be Monday June 10th
In an unsurprising announcement, Apple has confirmed that the keynote address for the Worldwide Developers Conference will be at the Moscone Center on June ...
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Evernote Adds Reminders to Mac and iOS Apps in Update [Mac Blog]
Evernote has added the ability to set reminders and alarms to its note-taking and organizational app, a ...
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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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Mountain Lion: Which features do you really use?
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference is just over the horizon, and many of us are expecting to hear something about the future of Mac OS X. ...
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Rumor: Apple to vastly expand color options with this year's 'iPhone 5S' & low-cost iPhone
Both Apple’s next-generation flagship iPhone and the company’s anticipated low-cost iPhone will come in an array of colors well beyond the current black and white ...
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Apple's fifth-gen iPad rumored to debut after 'iPhone 5S,' feature rear mic
The next full-size iPad from Apple will launch toward the end of 2013, after Apple’s next iPhone, and the new tablet will gain a rear-facing ...
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Microsoft caught lying about tablet size in comparison to Apple's iPad
In an attempt to draw interest away from Apple’s iPad, Microsoft has set up a tablet comparison page that falsely presents the iPad as having ...
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Apple's iAd first major mobile ad-network to get Media Ratings Council accreditation
Apple’s iAd for iPhone and iPad gained a bit more legitimacy this month as it received accreditation from a major advertising body, making it the ...
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Dubai hotel provides guests with iMacs, 24-karat gold iPad
Apple’s iPads are premium products with a premium price, but apparently not enough for one Dubai hotel, which provides its guests with 24-karat gold versions ...
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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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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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Apple has operated nearly tax-free in Ireland since 1980
Apple was welcomed by a government keen to bring jobs…
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Android’s market share is literally a joke; Apple is winning the smartphone wars and winning them handily
Two farmers bought a truckload of watermelons, paying five dollars apiece…
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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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Microsoft Lies About Windows 8 Tablet Screen Size To Try And Diss The iPad
Earlier today, Microsoft released a new ad that attempts ...
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Apple Testing Budget iPhone For Later This Year In Colors Like Blue, Pink, Green And Orange [Rumor]
Apple is rumored to be working on a budget iPhone targeted at emerging markets. ...
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Make Memorable Moments With Photo Movie Maker Pro For Mac [Deals]
Looking for a powerful little Mac app that will help you create ...
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Rhapsody Releases Redesigned iPhone App
Rhapsody, the online music streaming service a few of your friends ...
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Slide On The Dotted Line To Riffle Your Way Through An iBook [iOS Tips]
When reading an iBook on your iPad or iPhone, you typically tap the right ...
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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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imo.im Introduces Social Discovery for Mobile Apps with Broadcasts
Messaging is perhaps the hottest category of app around, so it’s little surprise developers keep finding new ways ...
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Overnight Recap: Shazam Encore 6.0, MediaFire Streaming, BBM Confidence
The week may not be quite over, but most Americans are looking ahead to the extended Memorial Day ...
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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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John Kirk: ‘Android’s Market Share Is Literally a Joke’
Outstanding, must-read piece by John Kirk for Techpinions: Scoring by market share alone and ignoring profit is like saying that a baseball team won because it ...
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Tesla Repays Federal Loan Nearly 10 Years Early
Chris Isidore, reporting for CNN Money: Tesla Motors announced Wednesday that it has repaid a $465 million loan from the government nearly a decade before it ...
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‘From Here You Can See Everything’
James A. Pearson, writing for The Morning News: In Wallace’s book, a Canadian terrorist informant of foggy allegiance asks an American undercover agent a form of ...
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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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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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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 ...



