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Microsoft announces Xbox One, with more Smart Glass and TV integration
Microsoft has announced a brand new game console today, though the company would probably disappointed to hear ...
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Apple still most valuable global brand
Every year, Millward Brown Optimor produces the BrandZ list, a listing of the 100 most valuable brands. ...
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Tim Cook on the state of IP protection: Our product cycles move much quicker than the court system
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Just about everything you'll want to know about Beethoven's 9th on your iPad
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony (free plus in-app purchases) is an epic iPad app that ...
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Ireland distances itself from Apple's tax inquiry
Ireland has responded to criticism from Senater Carl Levin (D-Mich.) that Irish tax ...
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Pinterest adds pricing, availability, ingredients, & movie ratings to pins, rolls out Pin It button for third-party apps
Pinterest just updated its app for iPhone and iPad after adding push notifications and much more just last week. Today’s update, version 2.4.2, brings the ...
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Flickr, Vimeo integration likely to bolster social ties in iOS 7
In the upcoming overhaul of its iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch operating system, iOS 7, Apple plans to include an increased presence of third-party social ...
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Review: Otterbox Defender iON powered iPhone case
As I mentioned in my review of a couple of wood cases, I’m not normally a case kind of guy. I’ve never quite seen the ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says Made-in-USA Mac will be assembled in Texas
During this morning’s Senate hearing regarding Apple’s tax strategies, Apple CEO Tim Cook provided opening statements regarding Apple’s perspective on the issues. Notably, during a ...
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Senator Rand Paul apologizes to Apple, blames Congress for tax woes at Senate hearing
Before either Apple CEO Tim Cook or Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer took the stand to testify on behalf of Apple to defend the company’s tax ...
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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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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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Apple Still Tops in Cellphone Customer Satisfaction, but Losing Ground to Samsung and Others
The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ASCI) has today released its annual rankings of customer satisfaction for mobile phones in the United States. While Apple ...
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Photos of Likely 802.11ac 'Gigabit Wi-Fi' Card From Next-Generation iMac Surface
Tonymacx86 points (via 9to5Mac) to recently discovered photos of a Broadcom BCM94360CD Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card that supports the 802.11ac “Gigabit Wi-Fi” standard
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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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Advice from an Apple Tech: When your Mac takes a fall
If you’ve never heard that noise before, you’re bound to hear it someday: that amazing, dull crunch as your Mac slips out of your hands ...
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The Macalope: Loose talk
If you were wondering if ReadWrite had cleaned up its act since Dan Lyons left, fret not: Its Apple coverage is still as vapidly negative ...
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Remains of the Day: Face the music
Sony and Apple are at loggerheads over streaming music, AT&T gets ready to open the floodgates on video chat over its network, and the head ...
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Senate report: Apple claims subsidiaries with no taxing jurisdiction
Apple has set up three foreign subsidiaries that the company claims are not resident in any nation for taxing purposes, in an effort to avoid ...
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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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Apple publishes execs' opening statements from US Senate testimony
After Apple chief executive officer Tim Cook and chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer appeared before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations to explain the ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says America's IP environment needs more work
In the midst of a larger discussion with U.S. senators on international corporate taxes, Apple CEO Tim Cook took an aside to discuss another area ...
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Microsoft unveils 'Xbox One,' a voice-controlled all-in-one entertainment hub
Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled its next-generation home game console dubbed the “Xbox One,” a device that aims to go beyond gaming and become the center ...
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Possible wireless cards for next-gen Macs show 802.11ac connectivity
Ahead of an expected refresh of Apple’s Mac lineup, images of what appear to be the wireless cards that could go into those computers have ...
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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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Platforma Messenger Bag for iPad – Review
Platforma Messenger Bag for iPad Strotter Price: $170 Strotter’s unusual Platforma Messenger Bag for iPad is basically a high quality carrying case that can be ...
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iCookbook – App Review
iCookbook Company: Publications International, Ltd. Version: 3.1 Price: $4.99 Requires: iPhone 3GS and above, iPod touch 3rd generation and above, iPad, iOS 4.3 or later. ...
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e-books remain a tough sell in North America
A new and interesting e-book trend has emerged showing that e-books…
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Why Apple TV has nothing to fear from Microsoft’s Xbox One
Today Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One at its Redmond, Washington campus…
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Nobody on U.S. Senate committee laid a glove on Apple CEO Tim Cook
It was with some trepidation that Apple investors tuned in…
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer gives each Flickr user 1TB free storage
We’re also giving our Flickr users one terabyte of space — for free…
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Stumbling Microsoft unveils third Xbox, names it ‘Xbox One’
The word ‘living room’ was heard a multitude of times as we learned…
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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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Screenhero: Work Together Across Screens
Undoubtedly the first time you used a real-time collaborative web tool like Google Docs, you were wowed. I definitely was, and ...
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Badger Brings A New Level Of Meaning To iPhone App Badges [Jailbreak]
Badger is a new jailbreak tweak that lets you access unread notifications from ...
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Apple Publishes Opening Statements From Today’s Senate Hearing On Taxes
Apple has published the opening statements read by CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer ...
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Why The Apple TV Has Nothing To Fear From The Xbox One
Today Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One at its Redmond, Washington campus. As the battle ...
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Intel Hires Former Apple VP Mike Bell To Lead New ‘Smart Devices’ Team
Intel lost the opportunity to power the iPhone, but the company is hard at ...
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Use iBooks 3.1 To Study Better – Highlight, Search, And Make Notes In The Text [iOS Tips]
iBooks is not only a fantastic e-reading app on your iPhone or iPad, ...
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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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U.S. Carriers Rally Around "It Can Wait" Anti-Texting Campaign
Texting while driving has become such a big problem that all four major U.S. ...
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Weekend Recap: Intel CEO on iPhone, Handbrake 0.9.9, Tresorit for Mac Teased
Aside from some rumblings of a big Yahoo! deal (we’ll get into that shortly), it was a ...
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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 ...



