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Daily iPhone App: Agricola is Playdek's great adaptation of the board game
Agricola is one of the most ...
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Daily Update for June 18, 2013
It’s the TUAW ...
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DevJuice: iOS/Android PortKit translates visual metaphors
The clever folk over at Kintek have posted a handy system-to-system guide ...
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Daily Deals for June 18, 2013
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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Knights of Pen and Paper now updated to +1 edition
The excellent iOS RPG Knights of Pen and Paper has been updated to the ...
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Want to try iOS 7 without bricking your phone?
If you want to try out iOS 7 for yourself without the risk of bricking your phone or dealing with constant restarts, Recumbo is housing ...
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Rockstar releasing ‘Max Payne 3′ for Mac on June 20
Originally released back in 2012 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and later Windows, Rockstar announced today that it’s bringing Max Payne 3 to the Mac ...
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MacStadium announces plans for Mac Pro hosting and colocation while Macminicolo also plans to be ready at launch
Less than a week since being teased at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, the Mac Pro is already finding its way into new and useful places. ...
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Review: Is Chatology the solution for Messages search?
Messages for Mac is buggy. There’s no denying that fact. At some point, all of us have tried to search for a specific message in ...
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Air France Mobile app updated with Passbook support for boarding passes
Following British Airways earlier this month, Air France has just updated its iPhone app with support for storing digital boarding passes in Passbook. The feature ...
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3 Ways to View Zip & Archive Contents Without Extracting in Mac OS X
Wondering what is in that zip file or archive you downloaded, but you don’t want to extract it to find out? Maybe you are hunting ...
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Dual Boot OS X 10.9 Mavericks and OS X 10.8
Setting up a dual-boot environment for OS X Mavericks and OS X 10.8 (or even 10.7 and 10.6 if you’re still running an older version ...
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Set Network Connection Priority in Mac OS X
For those of us who use several different types of network connections to get online, you may want to take a moment to set the ...
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Evolution of the iPhone & iOS Home Screen
The visual change between iOS 7 and iOS 6 is obviously significant, and this graphic does a great job of showing just how the iOS ...
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Resolve a “Couldn’t Unmount Disk” Error in Disk Utility
Disk Utility usually works trouble-free, but a frustrating “Couldn’t Unmount Disk” error can halt whatever the attempted task is right in its tracks. This can ...
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Apple Updates 'Configurator' App With Improvements and Bug Fixes [Mac Blog]
Apple has updated its enterprise iOS configuration tool, Apple Configurator. The Mac app, originally released last year, ...
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'Bike Baron' Named Starbucks App of the Week, Available for Free [iOS Blog]
Mountain Sheep’s Bike Baron has been chosen as the Starbucks App of the Week, making it available for free for the first time ever ...
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Apple Releases New Java 6 Updates with Security Enhancements [Mac Blog]
Apple today released updated versions of Java 6 for OS X, bringing additional improvements to security, reliability, ...
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'Paper' Developers Get $15 Million in Funding For Future Apps and Hardware [iOS Blog]
FiftyThree, the company that created popular iPad sketching app Paper, today announced that it ...
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'Chatology' Addresses Glaring Search Issues in Apple's Messages App for Mac [Mac Blog]
Apple’s Messages app for OS X has received a significant amount of criticism since its introduction last year as the evolution of iChat. The app ...
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The Week in iOS Apps: Hot Toddy
This week’s roundup of accessories includes a new, fashionable way to keep your iOS screen clean, as well as ways to listen to (and ...
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Catching up with developers: Michael Simmons on Chatology
It’s no secret that trying to find things in Messages is a mess. It certainly came as no news to Flexibits co-founder Michael Simmons ...
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Review: Hard as it tries, Chatology can't overcome Messages flakiness
iChat’s transformation into Messages was not exactly welcomed with open arms by Mac users everywhere. Some find the integration between iMessages and instant ...
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Why I'll miss skeuomorphism in iOS
One of the first things I loved about my first iPad—a first-generation model bought about six months after the product launched in 2010—was the ...
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The Macalope: The beginning of the end ... again
It’s almost summer, but the Macalope’s still still digging his way out from under the blizzard of dumb WWDC analysis that fell from the ...
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Lack of Voice Memos app in iOS 7 beta could leave space for third-party alternatives
Apple made no small amount of changes to its mobile platform with iOS 7, and among those was the possible removal of its native voice ...
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Apple tweaks Siri responses to help prevent suicides
Apple often touts how its products affect the lives of their users, and a recent update to Siri suggests that the company is committed to ...
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Inside iOS 7: Apple's Weather app gets animated
One of the most significant aesthetic changes in iOS 7 is found in the iPhone’s native Weather application, which has been redesigned with moving three-dimensional ...
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Solar charging stations with Apple Lightning & 30-pin connectors come to New York
iPhone, iPad and iPod users on the go can now receive a free boost at a handful of new public solar charging stations in New ...
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Microsoft undercuts Apple in education, selling Surface RT for $199
Attempting to carve out a niche for its low-selling Surface RT, Microsoft took a step into Apple’s territory this week, offering the device to schools ...
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Amped Wireless Rec 10 Wi-Fi range extender – Review
High Power 600mW Compact WI-Fi Range Extender (Model Rec 10) Amped Wireless Price $79.99 The Amped Wireless Rec 10 Wi-Fi range extender overcomes the problem ...
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Instagrammification – but is it Art?
Opinion by Curt Blanchard I’m increasingly uneasy about a growing trend in filtered photographs. No, I’m not a Luddite, I’m a digital designer with a ...
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Take Control of iTunes 11 the FAQ – Review
Take Control of iTunes 11 the FAQ Company: Take Control Author: Kirk McElhearn Format: PDF Price: $15.00 Having reviewed Take Control of Messages previously ...
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Newer Technology miniStack Max – Review
Newer Technology miniStack Max Company: Other World Computing Price: $319.19 There are many types of products on the market that help you cope with your ...
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TechFan #122 – Mavericks
Download and listen to the show here Subscribe in iTunes Tim Robertson, David Cohen, and Owen Rubin discuss WWDC 2013, including Mac OS X Mavericks, ...
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Yahoo: Since December 2012, we have received up to 13,000 U.S. gov’t requests for customer data
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Ron Bell, General Counsel, have issued…
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See how Apple’s stunning new Mac Pro is extruded from a solid aluminum puck (with video)
Man, I can’t get over that new Mac Pro…
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Huawei reportedly ‘considering’ Nokia acquisition
Huawei would consider snapping up Nokia…
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Hidden iOS 7 settings show new features, including hiding pre-installed apps, folders inside folders, and more
In addition to the several new user-facing features introduced by Apple…
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UBS analyst: Apple CEO Tim Cook ‘the right guy’ for ‘exceptional company’
Even though Apple’s challenges of late…
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The AppStorm Step-by-Step Guide for Upgrading to Adobe Creative Cloud
Adobe released their latest version of Creative Suite — what would have been Creative Suite 7 — earlier today. Only this ...
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Thanks to our Sponsor: Visual Watermark
When you put your photos online, you run the risk of someone stealing your work and claiming it as their own. ...
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The Walking Dead: An Incredible, Apocalyptic Experience
If you’ve followed gaming at all over the past year or so, you’ll have undoubtedly heard of The Walking Dead from ...
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iWork for iCloud Beta: Apple’s Shot at Making iWork a Productivity Standard
We all expected to see iOS 7 at the WWDC keynote. That one was a given. The next version of OS ...
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Win a Free Copy of AirParrot from AppStorm!
OS X Mavericks has a number of great new features, from tabs in Finder to new apps to better notifications. It ...
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Max Payne 3 Is Finally Coming To The Mac On June 20th
Max Payne 3 will be available for Mac later this week, on Thursday June ...
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Reveal Hidden “Smart Mailboxes” In iOS 7 Beta [iOS Tips]
Just like we said yesterday, remember that any of the iOS 7 beta ...
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Vine App Gets New Share Button And UI Improvements
Twitter’s video sharing app, Vine, just got a new update that makes sharing ...
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You Can Already Turn The New Mac Pro Into A Supercomputer With This Server Rack
Apple hasn’t even announced a price tag or release date for the tiny new ...
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Woz Loves This 360 Degree, Credit Card Sized iPhone Stand, And So Will You
Imagine cramming an entire iPhone stand, not just into your pocket, but into a ...
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First Look at iPhone-Powered Logitech Harmony Smart Control
We’re big fans of Logitech’s Harmony remote controls, and even though the company may soon divest itself ...
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New Yorkers Get a Quick Solar Charge While On the Go, Thanks to AT&T
Nothing ruins summer fun like your favorite gadget running out of battery juice, but if you happen to ...
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Overnight Recap: Skype Video Messaging, Digg Previews RSS, Jobs in Paperback
Companies are racing to get their Google Reader replacements out before the plug gets pulled on July ...
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown to Hit iOS on Thursday
XCOM: Enemy Unknown made a big splash when it hit PC and consoles late last year–and Mac OS back in April–and now (as developer Firaxis ...
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Quadropus Rampage Review
The iOS games market generally isn’t defined by the kinds of action titles with pinpoint-precise controls that dominate consoles. That makes it all the more ...
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Matt Gemmell on iOS 7
Matt Gemmell: Press coverage is disproportionally focusing on the Home screen (about which more in a moment), but the reality of day to day usage is ...
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Second Least-Surprising Tidbit From the Apple-DOJ E-Book Price-Fixing Trial
Peter Kafka: The “page curls” in the iBook app, which show up when you flip an iBook’s page? That’s Steve Jobs’s idea. You can see that he ...
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New 13-Inch MacBook Air Runs for 15 Hours in PCMag Battery Test
Joel Santo Domingo, reviewing the new 13-inch Air: Road warriors and jet travellers rejoice, we’ve found a laptop that will last all day and well into ...
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Persuading David Simon
Maciej Ceglowski: The security state operates as a ratchet. Once you click in a new level of surveillance or intrusiveness, it becomes the new baseline. What ...
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Designers on iOS 7
Week-old roundup of day one designer commentary on iOS 7. I was right about one thing: it’s polarizing. Two remarks I very much agree with: Craig ...
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The reviews are in: Everybody loves the new MacBook Air’s battery
Apple said the new MacBook has the longest battery life of any of its notebooks. Well, according to the first users, that claim is true. ...
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Paper iPad app gets $15M for more productivity software, services — and hardware
The company behind one of the best and highest-grossing apps on the App Store landed its first round of funding from Andreessen Horowitz and others ...
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As Apple ebook trial enters last week, it’s all about Steve Jobs
As the Apple ebook pricing trial enters its final week, much of SVP Eddy Cue’s testimony Monday focused on Steve Jobs’ involvement with the launch ...
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Apple sanctions iPhone game controllers: a first clue as to how they’ll look
What will iPhone gaming controllers look like? A first clue comes courtesy of Kotaku’s blurry shot of an alleged Logitech iPhone controller, said to be ...
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So what if Apple copies your app? Get to work, like Sunrise did
Sunrise tries to keep ahead of new iOS Calendar features coming in iOS 7 by adding Foursquare, Crunchbase integration into its app.
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Apple asserts commitment to customer privacy
Apple has published details of requests for customer data made by police and security services and re-asserted that it hadn’t heard of Prism before it ...
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Office Mobile for iPhone launched
Following months of speculation, Microsoft has released a version of Office for iOS, but there’s no iPad version, it needs an Office 365 subscription, and ...
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Reuters: Apple to launch bigger, cheaper and multi-coloured iPhones
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. Apple will launch bigger iPhones, probably next year, and will also release iPhones in colours other than ...
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2013 MacBook Airs have a performance boost secret
When Apple’s senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, Phil Schiller gave us a preview of the upcoming Mac Pro at WWDC yesterday, he made ...
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Apple kicks-off WWDC with packed keynote including new Macs
Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference started today with a bang, when Tim Cook and his executive team took to the stage to launch new Macs, ...
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How to repair damaged disks that crash Disk Utility and DiskWarrior
Some damaged disks do not show up with Disk Utility and DiskWarrior, and may hang and crash such repair utilities. Yet, there is a trick ...
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Another Dropbox permissions errors problem, and fix
Some time ago, I posted a hint about fixing Dropbox Permissions Denied errors. This fix works in many cases, but I came across another, ...
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Access old Dropbox menu with Option-click
You can access the older version of the Dropbox menu by Option-clicking the Dropbox icon in the menu bar. This saves you an extra click, ...
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Send selected text to Evernote
A colleague asked if anyone knew how to migrate his vast collection of Mac Stickies notes to the cloud. I suggested he get an Evernote ...
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Peek inside zip archives from Terminal
Have you ever wanted to see what’s in a Zip archive without unzipping it? Well, it turns out that there is a Terminal command you ...



