Ultrabook makers bring junk to an aluminium fight

Ultrabook manufacturers are looking into alternate materials to adorn their “Macbook Air Killers” as Apple gets first dibs on the machines used to crank out...
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Get native song notifications on track changes in iTunes

Getting live updates of what song is playing in iTunes isn’t difficult these days with the dozen or so applications that provide the feature. But,...
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The future of Siri is already on display with this thermostat hack

Pretty soon Siri will be taking live requests to spice up your life. Developers have already put together a hack that lets them control a...
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Apps of the Week: Fab, Alarm Clock HD, Pixelmator

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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Hollywood tries to circumvent iTunes, ends up paying for iTunes movies. Apple laughs.

We get it. Hollywood absolutely hates how much influence Apple has in the industry. iTunes and those game changing iPads are seriously putting a kink...
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AppleCare+ window extended, but not really, but kinda, but hunh?

If you’ve purchased your iPhone 4S on launch day, and you’re hoping to buy AppleCare+ still for your phone, you’re out of luck. We think. The...
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Mac taking over enterprise space, PCs taking over recycling bins

Apple continually gets slack for focusing more and more on consumer markets, but the numbers are showing something else entirely: Mac sales in the enterprise...
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Surprise! Kids want Apple products for Christmas

An interesting Nielsen survey has revealed that 44 percent of kids from ages 6 through to 12 want an iPad for Christmas. In other news,...
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Apple, we don’t need iChat in iOS, but we do need iMessages in OS X

A developer has found, or should we say re-found, strings for iChat in iOS. iChat, for those uninitiated to the Mac platform, is Apple’s Instant...
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MacBook Air accounts for 28 percent of Apple laptop shipments, experts attribute “frikkin’ sweetness” as cause

The MacBook Air? Apparently we love this thing, as it accounts for a healthy 28 percent of Apple’s notebook shipments. Pretty impressive when you consider...
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Apple names Arthur D. Levinson Chairman of the Board (AAPL)

Apple made a move today to fill the Chairman of the Board position that Steve Jobs help up until his death. Arthur D. Levinson is...
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Covert Browser brings Tor browsing support to iPad

A new browser on the App Store has brought the Tor network to the iPad. Tor, a free and open network, is primarily been used...
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Apple could release the Air-inspired MacBook Pro in March

That Air-inspired 15-inch MacBook Pro is back in the news again today, and this time it’s suggested that parts for the device will begin shipping...
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You can now put Siri on your iPhone 4 or iPod touch

Developers have managed to crack the Siri security protocol, making it theoretically possible to install Siri on an iPhone 4 or an iPod touch; however,...
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iTunes Match gets a launch, now live

iTunes 10.5.1, and with it iTunes Match, has been launched to the masses. By the masses we mean Americans. The rest of us are left...
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Mac sales are up huge in the Western Europe, competitors are down, down, down

While the rest of the PC market seems to be drying up in Europe (down 11.4 percent this year over last), Apple seems to be...
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Quick Tip: Locking your desktop with your screen saver

Okay, what gives? I just spent the last five minutes trying to remember how to get my screen saver to lock my desktop in Lion...
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Apple tells Jon Briggs to Shhh-up and keep Siri on the down-low

Appearing in any Apple commercial or technology can clearly be a double-edged sword. On the one hand it could mean instant fame (Hello Mr. Long...
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