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Etón Rugged Rukus: Solid solar sound
TUAW has covered the alternative energy accessories from Etón before: the BoostTurbine is an excellent way to ...
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Longtime Apple VP to head Intel's new devices unit
Intel has tapped former Apple VP Mike Bell to head up ...
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Logitech intros wired iPad keyboard especially for education market
As anyone who has read TUAW over the past few ...
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Apple Store is down
The Apple Store went down around midnight ET. What will the refresh bring? We’ll let ...
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Burstly restructures, now offers three services for code-to-ship functionality
Burstly acquired the beta testing service TestFlight just a few months ago, and TestFlight released a
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Google begins rolling out revamped conversational Voice Search features in Chrome
During its Google I/O keynote earlier this month, Google announced that it would be bringing conversational, Google-Now like voice search to the desktop. Using a ...
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Apple Store homepage updated with Father’s Day Promo and new squarer, cleaner look
The Apple Store was briefly down as Apple updated the homepage with a special Father’s Day gift promotion and updated the page to a new ...
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Apple retains lead in American Customer Satisfaction Index, but Samsung gaining
The American Customer Satisfaction Index, a large-scale annual survey of consumer satisfaction across a wide range of products, shows that Apple retained the top ranking, but ...
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Senate hearing face-off proves anti-climatic
Yesterday’s Senate subcommittee hearing, in which Apple CEO Tim Cook was asked to explain alleged tax avoidance measures, turned into something of a damp squib, ...
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Logitech announces wired iPad keyboard for the classroom in Lightning and 30-pin variants
We know that Bluetooth keyboards are usually the go to solution for a bringing a traditional typing experience on the iPad. We’ve reviewed plenty from ...
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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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How to Save Web Pages as PDF Files on the iPad & iPhone
One little feature that iOS really needs is the ability to natively “print to PDF” directly on the iPad and iPhone, a popular trick on ...
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How to View All Running Apps & Processes in Mac OS X
There are a variety of ways to see all applications or programs which are running on a Mac, ranging from only seeing “windowed” apps running ...
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Apple Named World's Most Valuable Brand for Third Year in a Row [Mac Blog]
Millward Brown today released its annual BrandZ study of global brands (via AllThingsD), which found ...
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'Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic' Might Come to the iPad [iOS Blog]
Bioware and LucasArts’ Star Wars role-playing game Knights of the Old Republic may be coming to the iPad in the near future, reports IGN, ...
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Excerpts of Apple Executives' Senate Committee Testimony on Tax Policy
Three Apple executives, CEO Tim Cook, CFO Peter Oppenheimer, and head of tax operations Phillip A. Bullock, appeared in front of the U.S. Senate ...
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Apple to Expand Social Network Integration in iOS 7 with Support for Flickr and Vimeo
Apple has been making efforts to offer deep social network integration in its mobile operating system, first ...
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Microsoft Unveils Xbox One, an All-In-One Entertainment System with Revamped Kinect and Fully Integrated SmartGlass
Microsoft today released details on its next generation console at an event hosted at its Redmond campus in Washington. Called the Xbox One, the ...
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Mac Gems: Timebar turns your menu bar into your timer
While I often set timers with Siri on my iPhone, doing so means I need another Siri command or series of swipes and taps to ...
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Font free for all: Where to get free and low-cost fonts
Back in ancient times—throughout much of the 1980s and 1990s when just 1000 or so fonts were available for desktop computers—designers had a tongue-in-cheek saying ...
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Switch to Mac: Translating Windows to OS X
Congratulations! You’ve made the leap from a Windows PC to the Mac. Now that you’re here, it’s no surprise that you might be feeling a ...
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Remains of the Day: Death and taxes
Apple’s executives speak before congress, Ireland doesn’t think it has a taxation problem, and iOS 7 looks to share and share alike. The remainders for ...
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Apple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes
Apple pays a fair share of the taxes it owes the U.S. and other nations, its CEO said Tuesday, despite criticism from U.S. senators that ...
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Like Apple, Google & Yahoo also avoid taxes by way of Ireland
Though they weren’t grilled before a U.S. Senate subcommittee on Tuesday like Apple, Google and Yahoo rely on Irish subsidiaries to avoid taxes on billions ...
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Apple Online Store pushes iPad for Father's Day
Apple on Wednesday updated its online storefront, adding a special section for Father’s Day with a heavy emphasis on the iPad, the iPad mini and ...
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Popular game engine Unity drops licensing fees for iOS app developers
Unity, the company behind the eponymous game rendering engine, announced on Tuesday that it will no longer be charging an $800 licensing fee to developers ...
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Vudu Player for iOS update brings movie and TV show download support
Video-on-demand service Vudu on Monday rolled out a major update to its Vudu Player iOS app, granting users the ability to download movies and TV ...
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Google's Chrome team developing app launcher for Mac
Google is looking to bring a version of its Chrome OS app launcher to the Mac, possibly as an add-on to the Chrome browser, allowing ...
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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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Tim Cook: Apple’s ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ Mac will be built in Texas
We’re investing $100 million to build a Mac product line here in the U.S…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook: U.S. court system is too slow to adequately protect tech firms’ intellectual property
We require much more work on IP in this country…
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iPhone 5 screen repair costs expected to decrease as unit sales mount
Apple charges as much as $229 to replace an iPhone 5 with a broken screen…
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Rush Limbaugh: ‘High-tech lynching: Senate attempts to crucify Apple’
Apple is to the United States government what Clarence Thomas was to the civil rights coalition…
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Five things Tim Cook should do at Apple (now that he’s done testifying)
Tim Cook performed brilliantly in front of Congress today…
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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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Animate Your Web Content With MotionComposer
With Adobe’s “no CS7″ announcement, everyone seems a little shaken up. Some are even looking for good software alternatives already. If ...
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Create Your Own Animated GIFs With GIF Brewery
The animated GIF has never been so prevalent. What was once a way to bring some motion to a very static ...
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Thanks to Our Sponsor: Doo
It shouldn’t be so difficult to find that one document you need, but it often is. You’re stuck searching between different ...
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Classic Star Wars RPG Knights Of The Old Republic Could Be Coming To iPad
Everyone knows Aspyr Media for their numerous Mac ports of classic PC games like, ...
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Intel Creates New Devices Division To Make Sure They Don’t Underestimate Apple’s Next Big Thing
One of Intel’s biggest mistakes in the last decade was being blind-sided by the ...
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Inteliscope Turns Your iPhone Into The World’s Most Useful Rifle Scope
You may assume that there’s little use for a fragile smartphone on the battlefield, ...
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Take Over The World From Your Mac To An iPhone Or iPad With Conquist 2 [OS X Tips]
I’m a long time Risk player, with a penchant for grabbing up Australia ...
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Apple Specifies 5 Patents That Are Allegedly Infringed By The Galaxy S4
Apple began adding the Galaxy S4 to its ongoing patent-infringement case against Samsung last ...
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Overnight Recap: Senate Opening Statements, PS4 Teaser, UE BOOM Speakers
Okay 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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Best Moment of Today’s Senate Hearing
John McCain: “Why the hell do I have to keep updating the apps on my iPhone all the time?”
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Steve Jobs E-Book Email to James Murdoch
I missed this last week, but John Paczkowski has the entire email from Jobs with the “Throw in with Apple and see if we can ...
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Wikipedia Corruption
Andrew Leonard, writing for Salon, unmasks a blatantly corrupt Wikipedia editor: The mind boggles. After years of styling himself as someone who specializes in scrubbing Wikipedia ...
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Wired: First Look at the Xbox One
Peter Rubin: At this point, fewer than 2 million Surface tablets have been sold. Windows Phone has a 3.2 percent share of the smartphone market. The ...
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NYT Live Coverage of Senate Hearing on Apple and Corporate Taxes
Senator Rand Paul: Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican, has taken the floor with a very different tone. He says he is “offended” by the hearings. ...
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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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Your tax dollars at work: Apple’s Cook navigates the senatorial theater of the absurd
The reason for Apple’s being singled out for common U.S. tax minimization practices wasn’t completely explained by a U.S. Senate subcommittee Tuesday. But Tim Cook ...
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AT&T to allow FaceTime, other video chat apps over cellular for all customers
The carrier says by mid-June it will allow use of FaceTime over cellular for its unlimited plan customers. A broader rollout for even more video ...
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Tim Cook urges tax reform for US businesses — even if Apple has to pay more
Cook will call for a revenue-neutral reform of the corporate tax code that does away with all tax expenditures, lowers tax rates and establishes a ...
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Apple offering new incentives to make the iPhone more affordable in India
The iPhone maker has been tweaking its pricing strategy and incentive offerings in markets where smartphone ownership has only recently begun to take hold. In ...
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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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Google beats Apple to launch streaming music service
Google used the keynote at its I/O developer conference today to launch a streaming music service, the snappily-titled Google Play Music All Access. The new ...
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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 ...
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Set up Facebook chat in OS X Messages
You can set up Facebook chat in Messages. Since Facebook uses Jabber, all you need to know is your user name, and you can create ...



