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Apple’s Holiday Order Shipping Times & Deadlines

Dec 13, 2011 - Leave a Comment
Apple holiday shipping deadlines

Nobody wants their gifts to arrive after the holidays have passed, and to alleviate that potential Apple has posted a list of holiday shipping times and deadlines. In order to get Apple items shipped free to your door by Christmas Eve (December 24), you’ll need to stop procrastinating: iPad: December 19th iPod: December 19th iPhone … Read More

iTunes 10.5.2 Released, Download Now If You Use iTunes Match

Dec 12, 2011 - 4 Comments
iTunes 10.5.2

Apple has released iTunes 10.5.2 for Mac OS X and Windows, the update includes several bug fixes and improvements, most notably for the iTunes Match service. The description of the update is brief, but if you’re an iTunes Match subscriber and you’ve run into any problems, you should probably get the update sooner than later. … Read More

Apple Pokes Fun at Rumor Mill: References to iPhone 11, iPad 10, Apple TV 10, etc, Found in iOS 5.1 beta 2

Dec 12, 2011 - 5 Comments
iPad 10 and iPhone 10 fake references

Apple’s iOS developer team appears to have gone on the offensive in an attempt to throw off the Apple rumor mill with a hilarious new approach; including references to fake product numbers in the latest developer build of iOS 5.2 beta 2. Examples include references to such far-flung and imaginative hardware as the iPhone 11, … Read More

iOS 5.1 Beta 2 Released to Developers

Dec 12, 2011 - 1 Comment
iOS 5.1 Beta 2

Apple has released iOS 5.1 beta 2 to developers with a continued focus on bug fixes. A notable added feature however is the ability to delete photos from Photo Stream directly on the iOS device, as opposed to the current method of removing pictures from iCloud. The build comes as 9B5127c and runs on the … Read More

Get Flight Control HD & Mirrors Edge for iPad Free [Today Only]

Dec 10, 2011 - 1 Comment

Looking for a couple new iOS games to play this weekend? EAGames is offering up two popular iPad games for free today, Flight Control HD and Mirrors Edge. The games couldn’t be more different, Flight Control is an air traffic control simulator and Mirrors Edge is an action side scroller, but they’re both a ton … Read More

Apple’s New “The Beatles on iTunes” Commercial

Dec 9, 2011 - 2 Comments

Apple has started to air a new iTunes TV ad featuring The Beatles. The commercial is called “Covers” and transitions through The Beatles catalog that is available on iTunes, with the classic Beatles song “Magical Mystery Tour” playing in the background of the commercial. This feels very much like an Apple ad, although it’s obviously … Read More

Get 12 Great Mac Apps for $49 with the MacUpdate Winter Bundle

Dec 8, 2011 - 5 Comments
MacUpdate Bundle - December 2011

MacUpdate is back with another Mac OS X application bundle, this one includes 12 great apps that would retail alone for $741, but sold as a bundle are discounted 94% to just $49.99. The app pack includes: TechTool Pro($99) – Powerful system repair, testing, & maintenance tool IconBox ($24) – Organize and customize icons across … Read More

Apple Names Best Of 2011 for iTunes, Mac, and iOS App Stores

Dec 8, 2011 - 1 Comment
iOS App Store Rewind for 2011

Apple has posted their annual iTunes and App Store rewind lists for 2011, naming the best music, movies, TV shows, books, podcasts, iOS apps, and Mac apps for the year. We’ll cover the best apps for iPad, iPhone, and Mac, and you can check out the rest of the winners on the iTunes or Mac … Read More

Future MacBook Air to Support Two External Displays?

Dec 6, 2011 - 5 Comments
MacBook Air and Thunderbolt display

Future MacBook Air models are likely to be capable of supporting two external displays in addition to the built-in screen, as powered by the upcoming Intel HD Graphics 4000 integrated graphics chipset, according to a recent post on MacRumors. The information comes from a leaked roadmap of Intel’s mobile Ivy Bridge processor plans, which are … Read More

Steve Jobs Biography is the #1 Best Selling Book for 2011 on Amazon

Dec 6, 2011 - Leave a Comment
Steve Jobs Biography is 2011 Best Seller

The official biography of Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is now the number one best selling book for 2011, according to Amazon.com’s best sellers list. The book was released October 24 and quickly shot to the top of charts in the wake of Jobs passing. It’s a compelling read covering the immensely fascinating life of … Read More

iOS Version Code Names Are Labeled After Ski Resorts

Dec 5, 2011 - 5 Comments
iOS versions named after ski resorts

Fitting news as the Northern Hemisphere approaches winter and ski season, it has been discovered that Apple internally identifies iOS versions with code names based on ski resorts. The current list of iOS versions and their mountain code names is printed below, courtesy of AppleInsider: 1.0: Alpine 1.1: Little Bear 2.0: Big Bear 2.1: Sugarbowl … Read More

New Build of Mac OS X 10.7.3 Released to Developers [11D24]

Dec 2, 2011 - 4 Comments
Mac OS X 10.7.3 11D24

Apple has posted the second beta of Mac OS X 10.7.3 for developers, available now from the Mac Dev Center. The focus is on Spotlight, Safari, iCloud Document Storage (does not seem like the hidden iCloud file sync feature is coming anytime soon), Address Book, iCal, and Mail, and no known issues exist with the … Read More

Disable Carrier IQ on iPhone, iPad, & iPod touch

Dec 1, 2011 - 3 Comments
Disable Carrier IQ on iPhone, iOS

If you’ve been following the Carrier IQ brouhaha and ensuing fallout, you might be interested to know that it’s very easy to disable the Carrier IQ service, logging, and reporting on iPhone or any other iOS device: Tap on “Settings” Go to “General” and tap on “About” Tap on “Diagnostics and Usage” Tap on “Don’t … Read More

Steve Jobs: Thoughts on Life [Video]

Dec 1, 2011 - 3 Comments

This short clip of Steve Jobs sharing his thoughts on life is well worth watching. Taken from a 1995 interview when Jobs was still working at NeXT, he reflects on some important lessons and simple facts about life and the world around us. Here’s a great inspirational quote: “Everything around you that you call life, … Read More

Free Online Computer Security Class from Stanford & UC Berkeley

Nov 30, 2011 - 3 Comments
Computer Security class from Stanford & UC Berkeley

If you already signed up for a few of the 10 free online Computer Science classes from Stanford University, get ready to pack your self-learning schedule even further, because three professors from Stanford University and University of California Berkeley are teaming to offer a new free online course on Computer Security, starting in February 2012. … Read More

Safari 5.1.2 Update Improves Stability and Memory Problems

Nov 29, 2011 - 6 Comments
Safari 5.1.2 is available to download

Safari 5.1.2 has been released, and if it sounds like just another minor update to put off, it’s not, it improves overall stability and resolves some of the annoying memory management issues that existed in the prior versions of the browser. Also fixed is the flashing page issue, and a problem with displaying PDF’s within … Read More

Run a Windows Phone 7.5 Demo on iPhone

Nov 29, 2011 - 19 Comments
Windows phone demo on the iPhone

The smartphone discussion is typically focused around iPhone and Android, but Microsoft is still cooking up it’s own unique smartphone OS: Windows Phone 7. Now thanks to an HTML5 demo, the curious can try out a basic Windows Phone 7.5 experience directly on your iPhone. Open up Safari and throw in the following URL: http://aka.ms/wpdemo … Read More

iPhone 5 and iPad 3 References Found in iOS 5.1 Beta

Nov 29, 2011 - 6 Comments
iPhone 5,1 reference in iOS 5 beta 1

iOS 5.1 beta 1 continues to spill the beans for Apple product ID’s, with the latest find being a direct reference to Apple’s next-generation iPhone, referenced as “iPhone 5,1”, and two unreleased iPad’s, referenced as “iPad3,2” and “iPad3,3”. iPhone5,1 would technically be the sixth generation iPhone, which may indicate iPhone 6 is the proper name … Read More

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