Sparrow now offers social email
I’ve been a big fan of Sparrow since I tried the free version when it first came out. Since those days it has made an...
Byword brings Markdown support to its distraction-free writing environment
The trend of minimalist text editors has really been taking off lately, both on iOS and on the Mac. Byword is an app that came...
HP’s Eric Cador claims TouchPad will surpass iPad – before release
HP’s Eric Cador said in an interview this week: “In the PC world, with fewer ways of differentiating HP’s products from our competitors, we became...
Orange CEO: iPhone 5 to be smaller and thinner
If we get information about upcoming products from support staff, we almost immediately disregard it, but if someone in the position of CEO at a...
Half a million apps now grace Apple’s App Store
While the current number of available apps is hovering somewhere around 400,000, Apple has surpassed an amazing milestone. In less than 3 years, Apple’s App...
Apple outlines steps to remove MacDefender
Part of Apple’s terms of service for Apple Care is that Apple will not assist users with the removal of malware and viruses. Apple does...
Kobo and Borders release new touch eReader, drop price of original to $99
Amazon’s Kindle has been doing extremely well, with sales of Kindle books surpassing sales of all print books on Amazon.com combined. The Kindle itself has...
Apple now owns 200 Freescale Semiconductor Inc. patents
According to sources, Apple has purchased 200 patents from Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. While that may not be all that noteworthy, Freescale Secmiconductor, Inc. originally belonged...
App development not such a happy go-lucky place after all
Given the number of applications we check out on a daily basis, sometimes it’s easy to forget about the thousands and thousands of applications that...
ISPs misreport Netflix data usage as an excuse for home internet restrictions
This week, information was made public revealing that ISPs are actually misrepresenting the amount of bandwidth consumed by video streaming services like Netflix. In recent...
Top Macgasmic posts of the week: May 16th Edition
Another week down and it appears you guys love rumors. Oh wait, we knew that. Looking at the top posts for the week of May...
Viacom content expiring on Netflix
It seems like an ever-growing story when it comes to negotiations between Viacom and Netflix, and they can never leave the pen down. From recent...
Apple rolling out new configuration and retail systems this weekend
Apple is rolling out new configuration options in its iOS Apple Store app this weekend. This coincides with a series of additional upgrades the company...
Square’s Dorsey vaguely hints at Apple tie-in for his service
It could be played off as silly fun, or it could something a little bit more. A playful tweet by Square and Twitter founder Jack...
Snow Leopard stock dwindling in Australia and New Zealand
With Lion rumored to take the stage during WWDC in a couple of weeks, it’s no surprise that we’re beginning to hear reports that Snow...
Apple Store employees celebrate 10 years by attempting to unionize
It has been quite a successful 10 years in retail for Apple. The decade that hasn’t seen too much controversy and is the envy of...
Back off Amazon, get your own App Store name
Apple’s not too impressed with Amazon’s use of the phrase App Store in the name of their Appstore for Android service. Apple made a move...
Apple hooks retail employees up with Daily Download
Images of an internal iPad application, meant for Apple retail store employees, has leaked online. The application highlights a number of internal programs to help...