GitHub for Mac 1.2 drops and with it comes a cute mascot and horrible name
GitHub, the ever popular hosted source management service, dropped version 1.2 of its client for Mac. Dubbed Snow Octocat, which for the most part makes...
Firefox releases Collusion, online tracking paranoia enabler
Data visualization and privacy paranoia come together in a new add-on released by Mozilla, named Collusion. Neat little graphs of what sites use what cookies await you...
Handbrake 0.9.6 released
Handbrake, the ever-popular transcoding app for the Mac (and other platforms), has reached a new milestone: 0.9.6. Considering it has been over a year since...
Rumor: Apple considering a 14-inch MacBook Air for China
It’s long been assumed that Apple is getting ready to refresh the MacBook Air lineup again, with reports ranging from faster machines to the introduction...
Apple fixes iMac Wi-Fi sleep bug in Lion, issues driver update
If you’ve been noticing that your iMac won’t connect to your Wi-Fi network after waking from sleep, you’re not going crazy. It’s actually a bug...
Apple working on adaptive audio streaming for iTunes
Like Netflix before it, Apple is currently investigating adaptive streaming technologies that will let the company deliver a range of audio qualities to their iCloud...
Read your Path stream on the Mac with Journey
I’m a Path creeper. It’s true. I enjoy checking in on the app from time to time, checking out what people are doing, leaving comments,...
Intel delays next generation CPU, could affect Apple’s next machines
Uh-oh! Kathrin Hille over at Financial Times is reporting that Ivy Bridge, Intel’s next CPU platform, will likely be delayed. This delay means uncertainty for...
Apps of the Week: Sleep Cycle, Frequency, and Messages (beta)
It’s Friday, and that means it’s time to take a look at some awesome apps for each platform: iPhone, iPad, and Mac OS. Today, we’re...
EFI Firmware Update for 2011 Macs
If you own a 2011 Mac (iMac, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro or Mac Mini), you most likely have an EFI Firmware Update waiting for you...
Mountain Lion screen sharing brings drag and drop file transfers
When Mac OS X Lion was announced, one of its new features was the ability to share files with nearby Macs through AirDrop. The cool part...
Microsoft attempts to compete with iCloud with SkyDrive on OS X
Apple is doubling down on making iCloud the conceptual core of the next decade at Apple by tightly integrating it into Mac OS X 10.8...
Mountain Lion Mail.app gets the VIP treatment
Admit it, email is probably the bane of your existence, especially if you get a substantial amount of mail on a day-to-day basis. Things tend...
Patent reveals Apple is working on better keyboards
Today, a patent filing was published showing Apple’s considerable work on developing keyboards that are thinner and more efficient for future products. Obviously patents aren’t...
Gapless listening makes its way towards Spotify
Gapless playback is a vital part of the listening experience for some albums. For example, the second half of The Beatles’ Abbey Road album is...
Apple considered using an AMD CPU in the MacBook Air
Brian Caulfield over at Forbes is reporting that Apple was considering using an AMD CPU/GPU hybrid in last year’s MacBook Air refresh, but AMD just...
Microsoft, Google, and Netflix want DRM decryption tools in HTML5
Of course the powers that be want a way to ensure that HTML 5 has appropriate controls to decrypt licenses for online video. Microsoft, Google,...
Mozilla announces its own app store
Mozilla has announced that it will be launching a web app store next week, once the Mobile World Congress exhibition kicks off. Mozilla’s app store...