May
04
2011

Look out Apple: Spotify is coming after iTunes users

Music streaming service Spotify has a major announcement... and it's not the date of its US launch. The company announced ...
May
04
2011

Feature: How-to: replace your MacBook Air SSD with OWC’s Aura Pro Express

Apple launched updated MacBook Air models in October of 2010, featuring new, compact, and (originally) proprietary form-factor solid state drives (SSDs). The SSDs have ...
May
03
2011

Intel to fab ARM chips for Apple? It’s possible…

An analyst at Piper Jaffray has made waves today suggesting that based on signals that he's seeing, Intel is making a play for Apple's ...
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May
03
2011

Tactical Pants w/ Pockets Big Enough For iPad

That's gonna feel great in your ass. Apparently tactical pants are a real thing. Personally, I think MacGyver would argue any pair of pants can be tactical with the right tools in your pockets, but what do I know? ...
May
03
2011

Apple adds Thunderbolt, faster processors to iMac line

Apple introduced updated iMacs Tuesday morning, complete with Thunderbolt compatibility and FaceTime HD, just as
May
02
2011

Fake "MAC Defender" antivirus app scams users for money, CC numbers

Security firm Intego announced Monday that a fake antivirus program for Mac OS X has been discovered in the wild. While the ...
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May
02
2011

New MobileMe replacement, codenamed "Castle," can find your Mac

Apple may use the expected MobileMe revamp to launch a service to let users track down Macs in the same ...
May
02
2011

Time, SI, Fortune subscribers finally get free iPad access

Time, Inc. has made an agreement with Apple that will give its subscribers access to magazine content on the iPad for "free" as part ...
Apr
28
2011

Three Foxconn workers arrested for leaking iPad 2 design

Details of the iPad 2's design leaked out as early as December 2010, nearly three months before Apple officially unveiled the updated device in ...
Apr
27
2011

Um, Yay?: White iPhone 4 For Sale Tomorrow

Because there's nothing that makes a fanboy pop boners quite like color options (seriously, that's all it takes sometimes -- and only black and white), Apple is releasing the long-awaited white iPhone 4 tomorrow for the same price as the ...
Apr
27
2011

Apple comments on iPhone location storm, software update soon

Apple has finally commented on the iPhone and iPad location logging controversy that erupted last week, saying that a software update would be available ...
Apr
27
2011

Finally: white iPhone 4 arrives April 28 on AT&T and Verizon

Behold: the white iPhone 4. Apple has finally announced that the long-overdue device will be available on Thursday, April 28 ...
Apr
26
2011

Amazon responds to Apple: "app store" is generic, toss the suit

Amazon has responded to Apple's trademark suit over the term "App Store" by saying that Steve Jobs himself uses the term in a generic ...
Apr
26
2011

Hands on: RealNetworks’ Rinse for iTunes is good, not great

Hold onto your hats: RealNetworks is still around (*gasp*) and it just released a new-ish software product to help clean up users' iTunes libraries. ...
Apr
25
2011

Mac People Vs. PC People, The Infographic

Note: That tiny-ass picture looks like complete ass and is by no means the whole graphic, click HERE to see the whole thing, get your learn on, then fight in the comments like big babies. This is an informational graphic comparing ...
Apr
25
2011

Apple, Google summoned to Senate hearing on mobile device privacy

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) has called upon Apple and Google to participate in a hearing with the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the ...
Apr
25
2011

South Korea, Europe start iPhone location tracking investigations

South Korea's Korea Communications Commission is now asking Apple questions about the location data being stored on iPhones and iPads and backed up to ...
Apr
22
2011

Tit for tat? Samsung sues Apple in Europe, Asia

Samsung has responded to Apple's patent lawsuit by filing its own lawsuits against the company on Friday in South Korea, Japan, and Germany. Samsung's ...
Apr
21
2011

Apple reportedly ahead of Google with digital locker music plans

Apple may beat Google to the finish line when it comes to rolling out a cloud-based service for music, according to two sources speaking ...
Apr
21
2011

Verizon, AT&T sold less than 30% of iPhones shipped in 1Q 2011

Both AT&T and Verizon have announced their financial results for the first quarter of 2011, and both carriers had a few interesting data points ...
Apr
21
2011

Mobile phone users wary about privacy, says Nielsen

The majority of mobile app users—those who use mobile devices and have used an app in the last 30 days—are ...
Apr
21
2011

Rep. Ed Markey wants privacy answers from Steve Jobs (again)

Questioning Apple's privacy policies has become a bicameral proposition. Twenty-four hours after researchers provided a new open-source tool for iPhone users to view their ...
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Apr
20
2011

Senator questions Apple over iPhone tracking

Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) wants answers. Security researchers today revealed the existence of a file on iPhones and on their ...
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Apr
20
2011

iPod touch is one-third of iPod, iOS sales to date

Apple has never broken out numbers for individual iPod models when it reports quarterly sales results, making it difficult to determine just how may ...
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Apr
20
2011

How Apple tracks your location without consent, and why it matters

If you haven't yet enabled encrypted backups for your iPhone or iPad, now's definitely the time to start. Two security researchers have discovered a ...
Apr
20
2011

Security researchers find iPhones, 3G iPads track user location

Two security researchers have discovered that iPhones and 3G-equipped iPads regularly record and store location information to a hidden file that is backed up ...
Apr
20
2011

Latest buzz: September launch for iPhone 5

Recent rumors have pointed to the next-generation iPhone hardware launching in the fall instead of the usual summer timeframe. Now, new sources with "direct ...
Apr
19
2011

MobileMe, iWork deals disappear, suggesting updates are imminent

Apple has long offered a $30 discount on both MobileMe and iWork to new Mac buyers. But according to a memo sent to resellers, ...
Apr
18
2011

Apple shipping newer, faster SSDs in latest MacBook Airs

Apple launched revised MacBook Air models in the fall of 2010 by going SSD-only with speedy, but custom, small outline SSD modules made by ...
Apr
18
2011

Who’s buying? Evidence mounts that white iPhone launch is near

April 26 will be "white iPhone day," at least if the latest batch of rumors are to be believed. Evidence is mounting that the ...
Apr
16
2011

Week in Apple: Final Cut Pro X, hacked AirPlay streams, and more

This week in Apple, we covered the down-low announcement of Final Cut Pro X, Thunderbolt support from video hardware makers, Time Warner's legal battle ...
Apr
16
2011

Adobe throws in towel, adopts HTTP Live Streaming for iOS

Adobe previewed some new streaming video capabilities of its Flash Media Server at the 2011 National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) trade show, including new ...
Apr
15
2011

Apple facing class-action lawsuit over kids’ in-app purchases

Garen Meguerian and a team of lawyers are taking Apple to task for "inducing" children to spend hundreds of dollars of their parents' money ...
Apr
14
2011

Apple updates iOS (even for Verizon iPhone), Safari 5.0.5, Xcode 4.0.2

Forget the traditional Tuesday updates, because Apple has dropped a small update bomb on Mac and iOS users this Thursday. iOS 4.3.2 is officially ...
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