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Apple's head of Patent Licensing & Strategy departs for calmer waters
The man in the unenviable position of being ...
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Apple updates Siri to help those considering suicide to get help
GigaOM noticed that Apple quietly released an update to ...
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Los Angeles schools award $30 million iPad contract to Apple
The Los Angeles Unified School District is redirecting US$30 million of its budget to ...
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HBO GO, WatchESPN come to Apple TV
Apple announced today that HBO GO and WatchESPN are now available on ...
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Researchers easily crack iOS-generated Hotspot passwords
When you enable the Personal Hotspot feature on your iPhone, iOS will ...
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Feedly launches new cloud backend & web interface, hits 12M users ahead of Google Reader demise
From 9to5Google: Following Google’s announcement that its RSS Reader product would be retired on July 1st, apps like Feedly that relied on the Google Reader ...
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Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour ‘Meltdown’ update brings new maps, perks, weapons, & multiplayer modes
A huge update today is available for Gameloft’s popular Modern combat 4: Zero Hour app. The ‘Meltdown’ update brings three new maps, 7 new perks, ...
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Big Apple TV 5.3 update adds HBO GO, WatchESPN, Sky News and more
. Apple has just pushed out a massive update to its $95 set-top box that brings the much anticipated HBO GO and WatchESPN channels to ...
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Apple cofounders in the news: Steve Jobs on legacy, and Woz firing-up three Apple Is 35 years later
The Loop spotted that YouTube channel EverySteveJobsVideo has uploaded a previously-unseen video of Steve Jobs answering a question about what would be his legacy. Rather ironically, ...
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown for iPhone & iPad now available on the App Store
We told you that XCOM: Enemy Unknown, a critically acclaimed game of the year on PC and consoles from 2K Games, would be arriving in ...
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11 Simple Tips for Maximizing iPad Battery Life That Work
The iPad already has very impressive battery life and regularly lasts all day, but who wouldn’t want to have their iPad last even longer? With ...
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What the iPhone Symbols & Status Bar Icon Indicators Mean
Ever wondered what all those status icons and symbols mean that sit in the iPhone status bar, along the top of the screen? You’re certainly ...
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How to Check if iPhone is Unlocked or Not
An unlocked iPhone means it can use any cellular network, so long as you have a compatible carrier SIM card. Due to this, unlocked iPhones ...
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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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Feedly Launches New Cloud Platform to Replace Google Reader Ahead of July Shutdown [iOS Blog]
Google Reader is set to shut down on July 1, and while several companies have stepped in to fill the void, Feedly ...
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Apple Scores $30 Million iPad Contract from L.A. Unified School District
Though Microsoft has been making a strong push to disrupt Apple’s foothold in the education market by ...
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Apple's Director of Patent Licensing & Strategy Departs for French Firm
Boris Teksler, Apple’s former director of Patent Licensing & Strategy, has left the company for a high-level ...
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Researchers Crack iOS-Generated Hotspot Passwords in 50 Seconds
When tethering an iPhone or an iPad, iOS users have the option of using an automatically generated ...
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Apple Adds WatchESPN, HBO GO, Sky News, and More to Apple TV
Apple today announced a software update for its Apple TV set-top box adding new channels including WatchESPN and HBO GO. The update also brings ...
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Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions hit 700,000
Despite customer outcry over Adobe’s switch from Creative Suite software in a box to Creative Cloud software as a service, the company ...
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HBO Go, WatchESPN come to Apple TV
Apple on Wednesday announced the additions of HBO Go and WatchESPN to the Apple TV. Those are channels that the Roku has long ...
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Macworld Pundit Showdown: WWDC Edition
What do you do when the brightest minds of the Mac and iOS developer community descend upon San Francisco for Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference? ...
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Lab Tested: New MacBook Air offers best battery life of any Apple laptop
When Apple revealed the new MacBook Air at WWDC, the highlighted feature was its drastically improved battery life. While Macworld Lab ...
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Mac Gems: OneSafe gives 1Password some password-saving competition
There’s certainly no shortage of password managers for OS X—there’s even a basic one (Keychain Access) built into the OS, and the next ...
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Apple patent chief departs amid major ongoing IP lawsuits
The intellectual property expert who has served as Apple’s head of Patent Licensing & Strategy, and who played a key role in its patent infringement ...
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Apple TV update adds HBO Go, WatchESPN & more channels
Apple on Wednesday issued an update for its Apple TV set-top box, adding HBO Go, WatchESPN, Sky News and other channels to the home screen ...
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Leaked schematics reveal what case makers expect Apple's low-cost iPhone & 'iPhone 5S' will look like
Using design plans believed to have originated at Apple, accessory makers are beginning to manufacture cases for the company’s anticipated low-cost iPhone, and AppleInsider offers ...
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Apple wins $30 million iPad contract from LA school district
The second-largest school system in the U.S., the L.A. Unified School District, has awarded Apple with a $30 million contract to provide iPads to every ...
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Inside iOS 7: iBeacons enhance apps' location awareness via Bluetooth LE
Apple’s new iBeacons feature for iOS 7 implements a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) profile for micro-location, enabling a series of new geofencing capabilities for app ...
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You’ve been Sherlocked by Mavericks – MyMac Podcast #262
Download and listen here Subscribe in iTunes OK despite the best of intentions this is another long show. However we don’t think you’ll be bored ...
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Take Control of Dropbox – Book Review
Take Control of Dropbox Author: Joe Kissell Publisher: TidBITS Publishing, Inc. Price: $10.00 82 pages, ebook ISBN: 9781615424214 Dropbox is the ubiquitous application that allows ...
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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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Parallels updates Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac with support for Apple’s OS X 10.9 Mavericks
Parallels just released an update to Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac…
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Apple, Samsung, HTC mull liquid-cooled phones, sources say
A heat pipe filled with liquid coolant which carries the heat away from the CPU and wireless chips…
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Apple adds HBO GO, WatchESPN, Sky News, Crunchyroll and Qello streaming content to Apple TV
Apple today announced that HBO GO and WatchESPN are now available directly…
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High resolution photos show iPhone 5 vs. ‘iPhone 5S’ display assemblies
A set of high resolution images were posted…
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Apple reportedly extending OS X Mavericks and iOS 7 testing beyond developers
Following the announcement of major updates to both OS X and iOS…
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Chatology: The iMessage Companion Serious Chatters Need
iMessage is a great idea. It makes SMS and MMS a thing of the past, between iPhones at any rate, and ...
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Collaaj: The Personal Screencast Tool Designed for Collaboration
Skype, FaceTime, Facebook, and more have revolutionized how we communicate with others. It continues to blow my mind how we are ...
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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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Jony Ive More Popular At WWDC Than Tim Cook, According To Social Media
Jony Ive didn’t even make an appearance at the WWDC keynote last week, ...
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Readdle Makes Calendars+ Free For 48 Hours Only
Readdle’s awesome Calendars+ app, which is normally priced at $6.99, is now free for ...
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Will Apple Ever Make An iPhone Cased In Wood?
Ever since Jony Ive took over Apple’s industrial design, it has been important to ...
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown For iOS Starts App Store Rollout
XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the highly-acclaimed tactical role-playing game from 2K Games, is coming to iOS this ...
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HBO GO & WatchESPN Now Available On Apple TV With iOS 5.3 Update
Apple just rolled out a new software update for the Apple TV that adds ...
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The Optrix iPhone Adventure Suit Review
Dive in to adventure! Living in Hawaii, I was lucky enough to be able to give the Optrix iPhone Adventure ...
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Ask a Question, Get an Answer with Poutsch for iPhone
Are you a leader or a follower? The answer to that question may determine how much use you’ll ...
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German Researchers Reveal Flaw in Apple-Generated Personal Hotspot Passwords
Don’t panic, but the next time you head out and decide to flip on the Personal Hotspot ...
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Overnight Recap: Chatology for Mac, Family Programming War, Neat Mobile 2.0
If you’re a parent, you probably have either a Netflix or Amazon Instant Video subscription (or maybe even ...
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The iPhone 5S: The "S" Really Stands for Seven
So, it seems as though Tim Cook was serious when he declared Apple was doubling down on secrecy. For the first ...
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Neven Mrgan on the iOS 7 Icon Template Grid
Neven Mrgan: But whether we accept the idea of a grid or not, here’s the bigger point: no icon designer I’ve asked thinks Ive’s grid is ...
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Michael Heilemann on iOS 7
Some of the best criticism of iOS 7’s design that I’ve seen. ★
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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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iPhone’s Wi-Fi hotspot passwords are vulnerable to attack, researchers say
Researchers demonstrate that the list passwords for protecting the iPhone’s mobile hotspot are drawn from is just too small. The “randomly generated” passwords are also ...
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Apple TV gets HBO Go and sports with WatchESPN
None of this makes Apple TV a viable cable replacement for those who want premium content and live sports because it still requires that pesky ...
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Why even the best iOS app developers struggle to set the right price
Small app studio Impending is struggling with one of the most essential questions about today’s App Store: what to charge for a new app in ...
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Apple amends Siri’s response to suicide with more direct approach
Apple’s made some changes to Siri’s programming if the mention of suicide comes up — she’s now much more proactive in getting the user help.
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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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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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Install OS X 10.9 Mavericks Developer Preview on a virtual machine
If you have an OS X developer account, and want to work with OS X 10.9 Mavericks, you may prefer to do so using a ...
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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 ...



