Thursday, October 31, 2013

Kami review: Origami puzzle game soothes the iOS gamer - Macworld









Kami review: Origami puzzle game soothes the iOS gamer

Macworld

Kami might not keep you up at night or be on your mind all day long, but if you're looking for a solid brain teaser sort of game to play on your bus rides or waiting in line, it might just be the perfect one for you. Kami is an origami paper themed ...





Wednesday, October 30, 2013

How To Fix iOS 7's Most Annoying Feature - Huffington Post









How To Fix iOS 7's Most Annoying Feature

Huffington Post

You can finally send a text message using Apple's new mobile operating system without barfing. Apple just updated iOS 7, making it possible to stop applications from zooming in and out when you open them. The effect was causing some to suffer from ...





Apple taken to court over unwanted iOS 7 install download - CNET









Apple taken to court over unwanted iOS 7 install download

CNET

Mark Menacher, a resident of Poway, Calif., filed a small-claims complaint against Apple's CEO Tim Cook in the Superior Court of California in San Diego on Thursday, asking for the removal of the iOS 7 install file -- something that's downloaded to ...





Apple releases iOS 7.0.3 update with iCloud Keychain support, bug fixes aplenty - Engadget









Apple releases iOS 7.0.3 update with iCloud Keychain support, bug fixes aplenty

Engadget

Turns out it's not just Macs getting an OS update today. Apple has now also released version 7.0.3 of iOS -- a decidedly less major upgrade, but one that will no doubt be welcome to anyone having technical issues since updating to iOS 7. It's not all ...





iLife for OS X and iOS redesigned, new versions available with free update today - The Verge









iLife for OS X and iOS redesigned, new versions available with free update today

The Verge

Apple is giving its iLife suite of apps for Mac and iOS a fresh coat of paint today, just in time for Mavericks and iOS 7. iPhoto, iMovie, and Garageband have all seen a visual refresh across mobile and desktop. Considering the desktop apps haven't ...





Fantastical Updated for iOS 7, Gets Reminders, TextExpander, and More - Lifehacker









Fantastical Updated for iOS 7, Gets Reminders, TextExpander, and More

Lifehacker

iOS: Fantastical is our favorite calendar app for the iPhone, and today it's getting updated for iOS 7. In this case, that means a whole new (paid) version, but there's also a ton of new features. First off, everything we loved about Fantastical's ...





Apple iPad Air reviews are in: World's best tablet gets even better

ZDNetApple iPad Air reviews are in: World's best tablet gets even betterZDNetAt 1 pound, the new iPad Air is impressively light, barely heavier than the iPad mini. My toddler can waddle around the house with it a lot more easily, and I can now use it in bed without worrying that it will smack me in the forehead if I doze off ...

Users report trackpad, keyboard lockups with Apple's newest MacBook Pros

Apple InsiderUsers report trackpad, keyboard lockups with Apple's newest MacBook ProsApple InsiderBy Shane Cole. Owners of Haswell-equipped Retina MacBook Pros have taken to Apple's user-to-user support forums en masse, complaining of repeated keyboard and trackpad freezes that can be remedied only with a hard reset. New Retina MacBook Pros.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies lands on Steam, iOS next week - Joystiq









Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies lands on Steam, iOS next week

Joystiq

Steam and iOS have laid out the landing strip for Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies. On November 5, the game will be available for download on Steam and later on November 7 for iOS, 2K Games announced in an email today. It will be priced at $5.99 ...





Apple iPad '5' Air Release Date Nears: 3 Reasons You Should Save Your Money

International Business TimesApple iPad '5' Air Release Date Nears: 3 Reasons You Should Save Your MoneyInternational Business TimesEarlier this week, we offered three reasons why the high price of the iPad Air was worth your money. Now, we're offering you a counter-argument and explaining why the iPad Air might not be worth the considerable pocket change Apple is demanding from ...

How an iPod Could Transform Drug Testing

IEEE SpectrumHow an iPod Could Transform Drug TestingIEEE SpectrumThe mobile app essentially provides image analysis to drug screening method that is growing in popularity. The new method aims at replacing in vivo (in living subjects) methods with in vitro (in test tube) tests to determine how drugs affect living tissue.

Apple iMac 27

SlashGearApple iMac 27-inch (2013) ReviewSlashGearApple wowed us with the new iMac last year, its incredible design borrowing from aerospace construction methods and the sort of screen lamination only done on smartphones like the iPhone, while inside delivering the sort of power desktop users expected.

Tim Cook sees 'an iPad Christmas,' calls Apple 'a force for good in the world'

Apple InsiderTim Cook sees 'an iPad Christmas,' calls Apple 'a force for good in the world'Apple InsiderOne year later, Jobs rhetorically asked if 2011 would be the "year of the copycats" in presenting a slide portraying a series of competitors' logos that all turned out to be tablet failures that year, then predicted 2011 would actually be "the year of ...

Apple Stems Its iPad Decline

ReadWriteApple Stems Its iPad DeclineReadWriteSales of the iPad remain flat—no surprise, considering that this report doesn't account for Apple's recent iPad event—at 14.1 million units sold, up from 14.6 million in the last quarter. In the same quarter last year, Apple sold 14 million iPads. In ...

Apple Stems Its iPad Decline

ReadWriteApple Stems Its iPad DeclineReadWriteSales of the iPad remain flat—no surprise, considering that this report doesn't account for Apple's recent iPad event—at 14.1 million units sold, up from 14.6 million in the last quarter. In the same quarter last year, Apple sold 14 million iPads. In ...

MacBook Pro Problems: New models suffering from keyboard and trackpad issues

TrustedReviewsMacBook Pro Problems: New models suffering from keyboard and trackpad issuesTrustedReviewsAnnounced alongside the new iPad Air and iPad mini 2 with Retina display last Tuesday, October 22, the revised MacBook Pro models were made available with immediate effect, with early adopters now reporting a range of late-2013 MacBook Pro problems.

Monday, October 28, 2013

Apple Invades New Holocaust Film with Jarring iMac Product Placement

ShowBiz411.comApple Invades New Holocaust Film with Jarring iMac Product PlacementShowBiz411.comIt's a bit of a shock, but probably not so much to regular movie goers. Toward the end of Brian Percival's adaptation of “The Book Thief,” there's a jarring image. The camera sweeps over a group of framed family photos on a piano with vistas of Central ...

Apple censors Lawrence Lessig over warranty information; iOS 7 mess grows - ZDNet









Apple censors Lawrence Lessig over warranty information; iOS 7 mess grows

ZDNet

Frustrated at this, along with Apple's lack of response in its forums, and the non-trivial difficulty in restoring any device to a pre-iOS 7 state, he had also taken particular notice of a UK commenter who found a last-ditch solution in returning their ...





How To Fix iOS 7's Most Annoying Feature - Huffington Post









How To Fix iOS 7's Most Annoying Feature

Huffington Post

You can finally send a text message using Apple's new mobile operating system without barfing. Apple just updated iOS 7, making it possible to stop applications from zooming in and out when you open them. The effect was causing some to suffer from ...





App developer: iOS 7 commits an 'unjustifiable' crime against good design - BGR









App developer: iOS 7 commits an 'unjustifiable' crime against good design

BGR

Sinclair says that iOS is all about touch and earlier versions of the mobile software always made touch targets clear. Buttons, for example, looked like buttons. But in iOS 7, Apple removed all of the platform's button borders and instead uses only ...





Clear iOS apps updated with support for iOS 7′s Background Refresh - 9 to 5 Mac









Clear iOS apps updated with support for iOS 7′s Background Refresh

9 to 5 Mac

The popular Clear productivity apps for iOS have been updated today with support for Apple's Background Refresh feature new in iOS 7. That means your lists in Clear will now update more often, refreshing from iCloud in the background so they're always ...





5by5 Radio Gets Updated For iOS 7, Goes Free For Halloween - AppAdvice








AppAdvice



5by5 Radio Gets Updated For iOS 7, Goes Free For Halloween

AppAdvice

The popular 5by5 Radio has received an update, adding support for Apple's iOS 7 and going free for the network's “favorite holiday,” Halloween. Of course, iOS 7 optimization for the app makes a lot of sense, especially since many of the hosts which ...





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Cult of Mac(sorry, you need Javascript to see this e-mail address)Cult of MacThe new MacBook Pros with Retina Display may be Apple's most powerful laptops yet, but a growing number of users are experiencing issues with both the 13-inch and 15-inch version of the laptop. In a growing support thread on Apple's official ...

Ways to Save: $65 iPod Touch and accessory deals

WXIA-TVWays to Save: $65 iPod Touch and accessory dealsWXIA-TVOur spotlight stealer today is an iPod Touch for $65. I've heard from countless viewers who find the $229 starting price of a new current generation iPod touch completely unaffordable. Some of you just want an iPod Touch to play music. Many other ...

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Why Apple's iOS Could Benefit From A Little Fragmentation - ReadWrite








ReadWrite



Why Apple's iOS Could Benefit From A Little Fragmentation

ReadWrite

Apple had a choice earlier this year: Roll out iOS 7 to every iPhone, iPad and iPod that could possibly support it or only allow the latest version of operating system for new devices. It was a Catch-22 where Apple was damned if it didn't … and has ...





Another daylight saving time bug strikes Apple's iOS 7, affects calendar display - Apple Insider









Another daylight saving time bug strikes Apple's iOS 7, affects calendar display

Apple Insider

Owners of iOS devices running the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system awoke to a display error in iOS 7's calendar app caused by the switch to daylight saving time. iOS 7 Calendar Display Issue. iOS 7's calendar application displays the ...





As iPod Turns 12, We Look Back At Its Early (Awful) Reviews

Refinery29As iPod Turns 12, We Look Back At Its Early (Awful) ReviewsRefinery29Today, the iPod turns 12. It's a little hard to remember the days before Apple's ubiquitous music player hit the market — the days when we endured skipping CDs, MiniDiscs, and brick-heavy MP3 players. Then, along came this minimal, Dieter Rams ...

Saturday, October 26, 2013

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Gotta Be Mobile13-inch MacBook Pro Retina Haswell Unboxing & BenchmarksGotta Be MobileThe 13-inch MacBook Pro Retina Haswell update is part of Apple's new late 2013 lineup which uses an Intel 4th generation processor to deliver better battery life and a new graphics card to power the super dense, high-resolution display. When it comes ...

Apple iPad Air/iPad mini: Does the svelte, light iPad Air, styled after its ...

Daily MailApple iPad Air/iPad mini: Does the svelte, light iPad Air, styled after its ...Daily MailSNAPS AND SKYPE: The full-size iPad now looks like a giant iPad mini – a good thing – but little else has changed. The camera's still a paltry five megapixels, but you look like a fool taking photos on a big iPad anyway, so we'll give Apple a pass ...

iMovie for iOS projects no longer work on the Mac - Macworld









iMovie for iOS projects no longer work on the Mac

Macworld

By and large, I quite like iMovie's new look and feel—but in Apple's revamp, the editing program has lost one of its more-favored features: importing projects between iOS and the Mac. In addition, some users are complaining about being unable to ...





Here are 5 ways iOS 7 can help the enterprise - GigaOM









Here are 5 ways iOS 7 can help the enterprise

GigaOM

Since the release of the first beta release to developers in June 2013, iOS 7 has been making news in the tech world. With the public release just a few weeks old, reactions from end-users and tech pundits have been mixed. Change is hard for some and ...





Friday, October 25, 2013

Apple dreams of an iPad cloud for enterprise zombies

ZDNetApple dreams of an iPad cloud for enterprise zombiesZDNetAnd there's nothing spookier or more bone-chilling than a middle-aged tech writer trying to force bad horror film analogies into yet another iPad launch post-game analysis. I watched, of course, along with everyone else, the fall Apple launch event ...