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Google: Voice Search coming to Chrome for iOS soon
Yesterday TUAW showed you how voice search on Chrome for Mac has improved, now providing eerily Siri-like ...
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Microsoft's new ad slams Siri hard
Microsoft has released a new ad featuring the Windows 8 ...
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Shazam app goes universal, adds mapping features, more
The uber-popular live-music-recognition app Shazam has received a major update ...
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Mailbox for iPad now available
Popular email client Mailbox is now available for iPad. Previously ...
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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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Smule ships free, collaborative, interactive ‘Guitar!’ game for iPhone
Smule, one of the early high-profile developers for Apple’s App Store, has launched a new app to follow-up on its taste for music software. The ...
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Information management app Evernote finally adds reminders
Evernote, the highly popular cross-platform information management app, has at last added what the company described as one of its most-requested features: reminders … Reminders ...
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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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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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Apple's Tight Control Over Components Keeping iPhone 5 Repair Costs High
MarketWatch takes a look at the state of the repair industry for the iPhone 5, noting ...
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Shazam for iPad Rebuilt as Universal App With Background Auto-Tagging and More [iOS Blog]
Shazam was one of the early App Store success stories, offering users the ability to easily identify music by capturing a snippet of the ...
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Gmail Management App 'Mailbox' Gains iPad Compatibility [iOS Blog]
Popular email app Mailbox, which launched for iPhone in early February with a reservation system that saw well over one million users sign ...
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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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Review: iPhome 2 case and stand keeps your iPad safe and sound
It’s fairly large. It’s kind of klutzy. It’s not pretty. Yet I’ve had my iPad parked in iPhome Products’s $40 iPhome 2 for months, ...
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Evernote can now remind you to update your notes
Evernote on Thursday unveiled a new update for the Web, iOS, and Mac versions of its note-taking service: a new reminders function, which prompts ...
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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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Apple granted patents on push-to-talk, double-sided touch panel
This week the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published 26 newly granted patents for Apple, and among them were the Cupertino company’s take on a ...
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Apple on pace to double lobbying spending on taxes, other issues
Embroiled in controversy over alleged tax avoidance, Apple is jumping into the fray in Washington, as the iPad maker is reportedly on track to double ...
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Mailbox for iOS gains native iPad compatibility
Mailbox, the Gmail-based iOS email client that encourages a tidy inbox, was updated on Wednesday with native support for Apple’s iPad lineup.
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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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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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Microsoft’s cheap shot at Apple’s iPad actually spotlights exactly why Windows 8 tablets suck (with video)
A brand new Windows 8 ad pits the iPad against Microsoft’s Windows 8 tablet…
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EU regulatory chief wants country-by-country tax reporting from large corporations
Europe’s top regulatory official is seeking to force large companies to disclose…
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Apple patent application reveals new two-way ‘AirPlay’ interactivity and hints of ‘iTV’
Apple’s future-gen AirPlay’ would be able to operation in a two-way manner…
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New York Times columnist Joe Nocera calls Apple CEO Tim Cook a liar
What will be remembered about Nocera’s latest Apple column…
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Apple specifies 5 patents allegedly infringed by Samsung Galaxy S4 and Google Now app
Last week Apple informed the court that it intended to amend…
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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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Evernote Reminders Now Available On Mac, iOS & The Web
Evernote has today rolled out a new Reminders service to its clients on the ...
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Following App Store Ban, AppGratis Turns To Android For Survival
After being pulled from the App Store back in April for violating Apple’s latest ...
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Easily Open A Second Finder Window From The Same Folder [OS X Tips]
Typically, when you hit Command-N while you’re in the Finder, you’ll get ...
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Mailbox Is Now Available On Your iPad
Mailbox, the hugely popular third-party Gmail client for iOS that ...
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Clear App Updated On iPhone & Mac, Coming To iPad Soon
Clear, the popular list-making client for iPhone and Mac from Realmac Software, now allows ...
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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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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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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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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 ...



