Get rid of those out of battery woes with the Japanese thermo-electric cookpot

Japan. The land of robots, flying cars and dirty used underwear vending machines. OK, maybe that’s an exaggeration. However, what is true is that it’s...
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Tapjoy takes their ball home and starts an Android porting fund

If you recall, a couple of month ago Apple cracked down heavily on developers and applications that were incentivizing installations of applications. Long story short,...
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Computer viruses now illegal in Japan, as well as other countries

Creating and/or distributing viruses is now illegal in Japan. If you find yourself getting smacked by the wrong-end of the law for doing either, you...
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Apple getting ready to use WebGL graphics in iAds

WebGL is about to get some love from Apple, but not in the iOS sense that you may be thinking; instead, Apple will be making...
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9.8 percent of people prefer getting video from Apple

When it comes to user preferences for online video, YouTube is still the king of the hill according to a new study published from Citigroup....
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‘About This Mac’ gains huge overhaul in Lion

The “About This Mac” window is probably familiar to most Mac users. Housed right inside the Apple menu, About This Mac gives users quick access...
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Who put the “i” in iBooks, a New York publisher sues Apple

Another day, another trademark dispute for Apple. This time around publisher John T. Colby has filed a suit against Apple for its use of the...
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Rumor: Apple holding hardware updates until Lion ships

Sometimes rumors make too much sense to pass up, and this is one of those. Apparently Apple’s holding on to new hardware until Lion ships...
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BBC develops custom iPhone app for live on-field journalism

Within a matter of weeks, the BBC is set to roll out a new iOS app to its field journalists that will enable them to...
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App that revealed common passcodes yanked from App Store

Daniel Amitay, developer of Big Brother Camera Security, and the man directly responsible for providing us all with a glimpse into the most common iPhone...
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Rumor: So long AirPort, Apple prefers to call you Wi-Fi now in Lion

We wouldn’t have thought that AirPort as a moniker for Wi-Fi would have been all that confusing, but it seems like Apple may just disagree....
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Nokia wins in patent lawsuit against Apple

This morning, Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia issued a press release announcing that it had won a patent lawsuit against Apple claiming that Apple had...
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Lots of Final Cut Pro X screenshots leak

Some people thought we’d hear a little bit about Final Cut Pro X during the WWDC keynote, but we didn’t. It seems like Apple’s taking...
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J.C. Penney to look a little more like an Apple Store in the near future

J.C. Penney has a new CEO today, and they’ve poached him from Apple Inc.. Ron Johnson, the man responsible for Apple’s retail experience, will now...
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Rumor: Final Cut Pro X may be released next week

A lot of Final Cut Pro X news has hit the waves this week already, and today we’re hearing from Japanese blog Macotakara that Final...
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iCal event invites shed MobileMe and are now branded iCloud

Sooner or later Apple has to stop promoting the MobileMe brand, and instead start slapping iCloud on their products. We assumed that we wouldn’t start...
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Rumor: Back to School promo now an iTunes card instead of a free iPod touch

It’s being reported around the interweb that Apple’s looking to change up their back to school promotion this year, and instead of providing all those...
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Lion: Fullscreen apps render your second monitor useless

On the fence about fullscreen applications in Lion already? If you’re using a dual monitor setup, you may just be even more disappointed. According to...
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