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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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Growl team not worried about Mountain Lion Notification Center

You probably had the same thoughts we did while watching Mountain Lion’s Notification Center open up on the desktop in Apple’s new preview videos. The...
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VLC 2.0 breaks DVD decryption in Handbrake

As we reported, VLC 2.0 shipped last week. With it comes a new UI and experimental Blu-Ray support. Sadly, one of the changes with this...
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Rumor: Mountain Lion will not be available on a USB stick

Apple turned some heads when they announced that OS X 10.7 Lion was going to be sold through the Mac App Store. To assuage fears...
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The future is here, and it’s called the iPad Typewriter

Have you every found yourself longing for the days when you used to type important documents on a typewriter instead of a computer? The clickity-clack...
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Goodbye, Growl. Hello, Notifications.

For many, many years, Mac users have been using Growl to receive notifications from their apps. For just as long, Mac users have been wondering...
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Apple TV supply dries up at retail stores, refresh imminent… apparently

The Apple TV supply has run dry at Wal-Mart and Best Buy. Apple’s hobby device seems to be on the verge of a product refresh,...
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Mountain Lion: Sharing is caring

Apple isn’t taking any prisoners with their latest installment of Mac OS X. Announced yesterday, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion continues 10.7’s trend of moving...
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Apps of the Week: Clear, Skala Preview, and Screeny 2

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...
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Double Fine Adventure officially coming to Mac OS X and iOS

Earlier in the month, Double Fine announced that they would be funding their next game through Kickstarter. They needed a minimum of $400,000 USD to...
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