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Seed Mail (For iPhone)

Jill Duffy, PC Magazine

Seed Mail connects to multiple webmail and Exchange accounts to give you a unified view of all your messages, if that's what you want. You can also view just one email account at a time. Even better, it includes the related calendar and contacts sections of those email services, too. In other words, you can read all your mail from any of your accounts and then switch to your Gmail calendar without ever leaving the app.

MLB Introducing Apple iBeacons To 20 Ballparks In March

Rich McCormick, The Verge

When Apple added support for iBeacons — small, lower-power Bluetooth LE transmitters that offer a host of location-based services — into iOS 7, Major League Baseball was one of the first companies to show the new feature's potential. Now a source familiar with the matter has confirmed MLB will be installing and using thousands of iBeacons in some of its teams' ballparks by the end of March.

Game Developers Are Trolling The Makers Of Candy Crush With Other "Candy" Games

Lily Hay Newman, Slate

What if a game developer was so concerned about protecting its viral iOS hit that it trademarked the word candy in Europe, and then succeeded in getting Apple to enforce the trademark? And what if other game developers were so annoyed by the situation that they launched a troll campaign to design and submit as many games as they could to Apple that included the word candy?

Unified OS Advocates Are Out Of “Touch” With Reality

John Kirk, TechPinions

Tablet and notebook interfaces are not combining because it simply won’t work. Great products are not defined by the absence of weakness, but rather, by the presence of clear strengths.

Working With Evernote For iOS 7

Federico Viticci, MacStories

A Look At SwiftKey Note

Cody Fink, MacStories

SwiftKey Note doesn’t replace Apple’s keyboard layout, but it does attempt to improve upon automatic corrections while offering easy-to-tap suggestions as you type. Does it hit the ball out of the park? Not completely, but it’s decent and for the most part has better suggestions than Apple.

Launch Center Pro For iPad Review

Federico Viticci, MacStories

Freemium Games In The UK Are Set To Change Considerably On April 1

Bryan M. Wolfe, AppAdvice

The 23 page “OFT’s Principles for online and app-based games,” states that game developers must alert users of any potential costs upfront. They must also explain whether personal data is used for marketing purposes.

Paper, An All New Way To Read Facebook On Your iPhone, Is Coming Feb. 3

Richard Devine, iMore

Flipboard Gets Updated On iOS, Rolls Out Revamped Cover Stories Experience

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Review: Expand Your Storage With The SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive

Brent Dirks, AppAdvice

Toddlers Love Selfies: Parenting In An iPhone Age

Associated Press

Twitter 6.1 Makes It Even Easier To Share Photos

Joseph Keller, iMore

Twitter has been updated to version 6.1, adding new options and features, including making it easier to reply with and edit photos. A couple of other improvements have been made to login verifications and discovery.

Apple Releases iOS 7.0.5 For iPhone Users In China

Dave Caolo, TUAW

Oops, Gmail iOS Bug Might Have Accidentally Deleted Some Of Your Emails

Toby Wellington, Macgasm

If you use Gmail’s official iOS app, you may have inadvertently deleted some important emails.

Hype 2.5: A Love Letter To The Animated — And Responsive! — Web

Rene Ritchie, iMore

The big news with Tumult's Hype's 2.5 update is that their layouts have become flexible, meaning they can now integrate with responsive designs and scale to suit different browser sizes and orientations.

Wickr (For iPhone)

Max Eddy, PC Magazine

Though the app rightly puts security first, Wickr is easy enough to use for your everyday messaging.

Octonius (For iPhone)

Jill Duffy, PC Magazine

Octonius, a new iPhone app, is a client for managing Evernote, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Think of it like the Mail app, but for your files and notes instead of email accounts.

Olloclip 4-In-1 iPhone Lens Review

Michael A. Prospero, Laptop Magazine

Olloclip's 4-in-1 lens kit is a well-made, compact accessory that will let you snap photos you had no idea your iPhone was capable of taking.

MacLocks Announces Security Lock For 2013 Mac Pro

Topher Kessler, CNET

The lock is a plate that slides into the Mac Pro's chassis around its I/O ports, which then connects to a cable lock. This approach allows you to keep the system visible should you enjoy its aesthetics, but still use its solid aluminum enclosure for security.

Tweak Your iOS Audio With EQ Settings

Michael Gowan, Macworld

Before you drop $300 on the latest high-end headphones to listen to music on your iOS device, check to see whether an equalization (EQ) app can make your current cans, or even earbuds, sound like a million bucks—or at least close enough to that figure to satisfy your tastes.

How To Turn Off Smart Quotes In Mavericks

Peter Cohen, iMore

If you do a lot of writing, especially with system-level utilities like TextEdit, you may have noticed a change in the way OS X Mavericks handles text. By default, Mavericks keeps "smart quotes" on. This isn't optimal behavior, so here's a quick guide to turn them off.

Ember 1.1 Brings Annotations, Screenshot Auto-Import To iOS

Federico Viticci, MacStories

Red Bull TV Channel Is The Latest Addition To The Apple TV Lineup

Dan Moren, Macworld

Angry Birds' Rovio Angrily Denies Charges Of NSA Snooping

Joseph Keller, iMore

Vox 2.0

Cody Fink, MacStories

Vox is a simple and powerful drag and drop media player for the Mac, letting you drag in folders and individual tracks to create custom playlists. The app supports just about any media format, from FLAC to AAC to WAV, and has a built in equalizer so you can dial in the perfect sound.

Apple Online Store Adds New Apple TV Section, But Will There Be A New Apple TV To Sell?

Joseph Keller, iMore

Google Brings Chrome Apps To Android And iOS, Lets Developers Submit To Google Play And Apple’s App Store

Emil Protalinski, The Next Web

Google today launched Chrome apps for Android and iOS. The company is offering an early developer preview of a toolchain based on Apache Cordova, an open-source mobile development framework for building native mobile apps using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Developers can use the tool to wrap their Chrome app with a native application shell that enables them to distribute it via Google Play and Apple’s App Store.

Track Star

Jennifer Golbeck, Slate

Right now, users are deciding to share their data based on an analysis of the benefits. But that decision should come from an analysis of the risks, too. That requires transparent and informative privacy policies, but the state of privacy policies today is quite the opposite. They are opaque and misleading. Before granting companies access to such critical components of our lives, we should know exactly what they will collect and how well it will be protected. Without that knowledge, we are forced to operate entirely on trust.

What's "After Hours Trading"?

Matthew Yglesias, Slate

GraphicConverter 9 (For Mac)

Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine

The best consumer-level graphic editor and manager for OS X, despite an inconsistent and sometimes cluttered interface.

Zoom Gets Serious About Audio/video Capture For OS X, iOS

Kirk Hiner, TechnologyTell

A Pro With Serious Workstation Needs Reviews Apple’s 2013 Mac Pro

Dave Girard, Ars Technica

Apple has made an exceptional machine for the future that just needs some tweaks to really shine. It's a machine the company could be proud of at any point in its history.

Apple Aperture Review - Aperture Offers A Power Set Of Adjustment Tools Including Advanced White Balance

Michael Burns, Macworld UK

Best Mail Apps For iPad: Mailbox, Evomail+, myMail, And More!

Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

Paid, Paymium Or Freemium?

Dan Counsell

The most important thing to remember is to stay focused and work hard on producing a truly great app, choose your business model carefully then market the hell out of it.

The Age Of The iPod Is Over

Sean Hollister, The Verge

What happened to the iPod? Simple cannibalization, for one: every one of those 51 million iPhones can take the place of an iPod. (Steve Jobs famously called the iPhone "the best iPod we've ever made.") And as people increasingly get their music from streaming services, a constant internet connection could be key, something you don't get with an iPod or even a iPod touch unless you have a Wi-Fi hotspot to pair with.

Tim Cook: Apple's Challenge Isn't Innovation, It's Where To Focus Its Energy

Richard Devine, iMore

"We have zero issue coming up with things we want to do, disrupt in a major way. The challenge is always to focus on the very few that deserves all of our energy. Always done that, and we'll continue to do that."

Dark Sky 4.0 Review: Whatever The Weather, This App Has You Covered

Serenity Caldwell, Macworld

Backed by data from the Dark Sky Company’s vaunted meteorological API, the app melds new weather information and a redesigned interface to enhance its original purpose. Longtime users may find a tad more lag when viewing detailed weather information, but Dark Sky’s data is well worth the wait.

How To Turn Off Autocorrection In OS X Mavericks

Peter Cohen, iMore

I type fast and make mistakes, and some of the time Mavericks is able to correct my mistakes properly. Other times it guesses wrong, substituting words that I've mistyped with something else entirely. If you're having that problem, here's how to turn off autocorrection in Mavericks.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 Review - Offers Most Of What You'd Need From A Digital Darkroom And Asset Manager

Michael Burns, Macworld UK

Apple iPhoto 9.5.1 Review - Free With A New Mac

Michael Burns, Macworld UK

Mac 30Th Celebration: Original Mac Team Members Share Their Stories

Roman Loyola, Macworld

NSA And GCHQ Target 'Leaky' Phone Apps Like Angry Birds To Scoop User Data

James Ball, The Guardian

The data pouring onto communication networks from the new generation of iPhone and Android apps ranges from phone model and screen size to personal details such as age, gender and location. Some apps, the documents state, can share users' most sensitive information such as sexual orientation – and one app recorded in the material even sends specific sexual preferences such as whether or not the user may be a swinger.

Apple Breaks Revenue, iPhone, And iPad Records In Q1 Of 2014

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica

Apple has just released its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2014, which runs from the beginning of October to the end of December. The company earned $13.1 billion in profit on a record $57.6 billion in revenue. Both the revenue numbers and the company's 37.9 percent gross margin were in line with the guidance Apple released at the end of last quarter.

Daily App: Heyday Is A Journaling App That Writes Your Daily Entries For You

Kelly Hodgkins, TUAW

Heyday is a journaling app for people who are too busy to pen daily entries into their journal. The app creates entries on your behalf based upon the places you go and the photos you take. Heyday works surprisingly well at creating a timeline of your daily comings and goings.

Simplenote Review: Basic Note-taker For Mac Bests OS X's Notes

Roman Loyola, Macworld

I prefer Simplenote’s interface and features over those of Notes, though I still use Evernote for most of my complex note taking.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 Review - Not As Revolutionary An Update As Earlier Editions

Michael Burns, Macworld UK

Best Note Taking Apps For Mac: Evernote, Simplenote, NoteSuite, And More!

Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

Review: 'Pac-Man' Takes A Bite Out Out Of The App Store

Marc Saltzman, USA Today

While you won't get all of the new content in this game without some in-app purchases, Namco Bandai Games' new Pac-Man at the App Store is ideal for those who fondly remember the ghost-chasing action of the '80s — and it might just charm a new generation of players, too.

iTunes Store Wish List Now Visible In iTunes Library

Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville

Enhanced Presenter Display Options

Rands In Repose

Not sure what annoys me the most: the useless description of the feature, the absence of any legit reporting on said useless feature, or the fact this really isn’t a feature. It’s a button.

Marco Arment: I continue to wonder what, exactly, is better about the new iWork apps in practice. I haven’t found a compelling change yet.

Apple’s Tim Cook On NSA, What’s Next As Mac Turns 30

ABC News

“From my point of view, number one, we need to be significantly more transparent,” he told ABC News’ David Muir in an exclusive interview. “We need to say what data is being given, how many people it affects, how many accounts are affected. We need to be clear and we have a gag order on us right now, and so, we can’t say those things.”

Mac At 30

Stephen Fry

What cannot be denied is that the first Macintosh changed my life completely. It made me want to write, I couldn’t wait to get to it every morning.

Send Valentines And Other Greeting Cards From Your iPhone With Paperless Post 3.0

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Commemorative Posters At Apple Campus List All Former And Current Apple Employees

Jordan Golson, MacRumors

Apple has debuted a number of posters at its Cupertino headquarters to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the Macintosh, with every employee who has ever worked for Apple listed in the order of their badge numbers.

MacMiniColo Launches $99/Month Mac Pro Colocation Service

Jordan Golson, MacRumors

Mac Pro (Late 2013) Review

PC Pro

The Mac Pro is a hugely impressive hardware, of that there is no doubt. It isn't unique in offering this level of power, but to do so in such a compact and efficient package is a truly impressive feat of engineering. To our knowledge, there isn't any other workstation machine that's as compact and portable, or as quiet. It's an unparalleled triumph in this regard.

For that reason, and that reason alone, we can see an awful lot of individuals and businesses seriously considering purchasing a Mac Pro. Imagine being able to edit multiple streams of 4K video on location, while shooting TV programs or films, without having to ferry footage back to the studio. The sheer logistical advantage of using a Mac Pro over and above, say, a full-sized desktop tower is difficult to ignore.

How To Get Apple’s Custom Font Celebrating 30 Years Of Mac

Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch

Apple left an easter egg (intentional or otherwise) in its new 30 years of Mac tribute website today: A custom font that depicts each Mac model from the past three decades of its history as a maker of personal computers.

FileMaker 13: More Polished But Pricey

Steve McCabe, TidBITS

In the end, possibly the most remarkable aspect of the new version of the FileMaker Platform is the pricing and licensing scheme. In addition to the pricey “concurrent connections” idea that makes WebDirect a non-trivial purchase, FileMaker, Inc. implemented a monthly licensing option similar to Adobe’s Creative Cloud system, but with a more attractive pricing structure.

20 Ways Apple’s Mac Changed Everything (Other Than The Most Obvious Ones)

Harry McCracken, Time

And if you trace the history of the Mac from 1984 to 2014, you keep coming up with ways the platform influenced the rest of the industry — yes, even during the scary period during the mid-1990s when the company flirted with financial disaster.

So for this list, I’m skipping the reasons why the Mac mattered in 1984. Here’s why it’s never stopped being the world’s most influential personal computer.

Macintosh

John Siracusa, Hypercritical

I’m eternally grateful to the people who created the Mac, and to the countless others who kept it alive and shepherded its rebirth. In this age of iOS, it’s heartening to hear Phil Schiller say, “Our view is, the Mac keeps going forever.” That’s just fine with me.

The Macintosh Is 30, And I Was There For Its Birth

Steven Levy, Wired

The assignment was my idea. I had been covering the computer world for a couple of years, and while the rest of the world paid little attention, Silicon Valley was buzzing with anticipation about Apple’s mysterious new machine. I managed to overcome editorial skepticism at Rolling Stone to get an OK to cover the launch, something of a stretch for the magazine of music and youth culture. But I was stunned when Apple did not embrace my idea right away. Its reps insisted — on orders from Jobs, I later learned — that my coverage was contingent on putting the Macintosh (or, presumably, Jobs) on the cover of Rolling Stone. And that wasn’t going to happen.

Finally, Jobs relented, and in November, I found myself at Bandley Three, the modest building in which the Mac team was frantically trying to squash software bugs and lock down features before the launch. It was to be one of the greatest days of my life in reporting.

Thirty Years Of Mac

Apple

Thirty years ago, Apple introduced the Macintosh with the promise to put the creative power of technology in everyone’s hands. It launched a generation of innovators who continue to change the world. This 30‑year timeline celebrates some of those pioneers and the profound impact they’ve made.

The Mac At 30: Tales From The Berkeley Mac Users Group

Dan Miller and Christopher Breen, Macworld

Before the Genius Bar and before Apple’s own online forums, when the Mac was young and its users needed help, there were user groups: Part social clubs and part volunteer tech-support staffs, they disseminated tips, troubleshooting advice, news, and arguments about the Mac. They distributed loads of early Mac shareware and became important stops for vendors promoting new Mac products (including one Steve Jobs when he was trying to get Next Computer off the ground).

And in that early Mac age, no user group was bigger or more important than the Berkeley Macintosh Users Group, known to all as BMUG. Founded in 1986 and lasting for 14 contentious years, it at one point reportedly boasted more than 13,000 users, with satellite groups in Boston and Japan. While the original group formally dissolved in 2000, a smaller group (BMUGWest) still meets. And so, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Mac, Macworld joined the group for dinner after one of its meetings and asked a few of the more senior members to look back over their three decades with the Mac.

The Techtopus: How Silicon Valley’s Most Celebrated CEOs Conspired To Drive Down 100,000 Tech Engineers’ Wages

Mark Ames, PandoDaily

Watch What You Eat, Using Your Phone As A Guide

Kit Eaton, New York Times

One of the best is Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker by MyFitnessPal. Free on iOS and Android, it’s full of features for tracking food intake and exercise.

The Apple Inquisition

Wall Street Journal

The case has grown into an unusual challenge to the legal and constitutional authority of court-appointed monitors, which were rare as recently as a decade ago. They've since become multimillion-dollar operations that can loot companies and are a fabulous gig for white-shoe lawyers with the right judicial contacts. Mr. Bromwich has an unlimited budget and wants to bill at $1,100 an hour to lecture Tim Cook and Al Gore about the appropriate "tone" to take about bogus antitrust charges.

When the Second Circuit hears arguments the first week in February, the judges ought to begin by disqualifying Mr. Bromwich as biased. They might also remove Judge Cote, though Apple isn't asking. To vindicate the rule of law and the separation of powers, they might also consider knocking down the monitor racket, which as the Apple inquisition shows is an invitation for abuse.

Apple's Mac Still Influences, 30 Years After Debut

Anick Jesdanun, Associated Press

Disney's Where's My Mickey? Goes Free For First Time Ever As Apple's App Of The Week

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Apple Silently Removes Keynote Remote From The App Store, Recommends Users Update To Keynote 2.1 For iOS

Michael Steeber, 9 To 5 Mac

Coinciding with today’s update to Keynote for Mac and iOS, Apple has silently removed the old Keynote Remote application from the App Store. Although a direct link to the application still works, some readers are reporting that they are no longer able to download the app, and it no longer appears in search results.

Textkraft: Powerful Text Processor For The iPad

Mel Martin, TUAW

I think the feature I'm most happy with is the cursor keys. There's no more fiddling with stabbing my finger on the screen and trying to move the cursor to the correct position. Textkraft also provides delete-forward, something missing on the stock iOS keyboard, and a key that I use all the time.

How I Went From 100 To 0 Things (Or How I Was Robbed Of All My Stuff)

Levels.io

There was one computer left in the house on which I immediately started changing all my passwords and resetting my two-factor authentication of all my online accounts. From Gmail to iCloud to YouTube, It literally took 12 hours to reset everything, and I still missed a few accounts.

Tomb Raider Reboot Now Available For Mac

Peter Cohen, iMore

Feral Interactive on Thursday released the Mac version of Tomb Raider, the rebooted action game featuring Lara Croft. The game makes its debut on the Mac App Store today, while it will be released on other download services including Steam on January 30th.

Apple Updates iWork For iCloud Apps With Flat Design And Other Improvements

Brent Dirks, AppAdvice

Apple Executives On The Mac At 30: 'The Mac Keeps Going Forever.'

Jason Snell, Macworld

“Every company that made computers when we started the Mac, they’re all gone,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, in an interview on Apple's Cupertino campus Thursday. “We’re the only one left. We’re still doing it, and growing faster than the rest of the PC industry because of that willingness to reinvent ourselves over and over.”

New Pixelmator Update Targets The Mac Pro

Jackie Dove, Macworld

Version 3.1 takes advantage of the Mac Pro's hardware to hasten performance and supports full input, output, and conversion of 16-bit images when used on a Mac Pro.

iTunes 11 Update Includes Feature To View Wish List In Your Library; But No One Can Find It

Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville

Fotor For Mac Review - Capable Photo Editor That Costs Nothing

Duncan Evans, Macworld UK

Review: How Cloud Photo Services Match Up

San Jose Mercury News

Best Calendar Apps For Mac: Fantastical, BusyCal, QuickCal, And More!

Periscope Post

Why Is It So Hard To Write A Decent Ending?

Charlie Jane Anders, Io9

We expect a lot from endings — and we have every right to.

Pocket Adds AirPlay Support For Streaming Saved Videos To Apple TV

Chris Welch, The Verge

Twitterrific 5.6 With Live Streaming

Cody Fink, MacStories

WerYoo Is A New Social Photography App With Some Appealing Features

Mel Martin, TUAW

Instacast 4.2 Adds News Mode To Combat Podcast Overflow

Joseph Keller, iMore

Turning on News Mode for a podcast marks old episodes as played and deletes any downloaded media once a new episode becomes available.

Apple Promises To Fix iOS 7 'White Screen Of Death'

Adario Strange, Mashable

"We have a fix in an upcoming software update for a bug that can occasionally cause a home screen crash," Apple spokesperson Trudy Muller told Mashable.

iTunes 11.1.4 Lets You See Your Wish List In Your Library, Improves Language Support

Joseph Keller, iMore

Apple released iTunes 11.1.4 today, adding the ability to see your Wish List in your iTunes library. It also includes better support for Arabic and Hebrew, along with some stability fixes.

Kayak PRO (For iPhone)

Jill Duffy, PC Magazine

Apple Has 10 Percent Of America's Corporate Cash

Matthew Yglesias, Slate

BYOD? Leaving A Job Can Mean Losing Pictures Of Grandma

Lauren Weber, Wall Street Journal

As more companies allow and even encourage employees to use their own phones and tablets for work activities, often referred to as "bring your own device," or BYOD, an unexpected consequence has arisen for workers who have seen their devices wiped clean—remotely and with little or no advance warning—during or after employment by firms looking to secure their data. Twenty-one percent of companies perform remote wipes when an employee quits or is terminated, according to a July 2013 survey by data protection firm Acronis Inc.

$450K Panel Of Glass At Apple’s Iconic 5Th Avenue ‘Cube’ Store Shattered By Snowblower

Mark Gurman, 9 To 5 Mac

Adobe Reader Updated With New iOS 7-Style Design Plus New Features

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

iPhoto Versus Photoshop Elements Comparison Review

Cliff Joseph, Macworld UK

Review: Zagg Keys Cover For The iPad Air

John Moltz's Very Nice Web Site

If you’re the kind of person who wants a keyboard for your iPad Air for extended writing, the Zagg is a great solution, one I feel I can really recommend. It combines some form of protection for the front of the Air with a solid typing experience, substantially better than the Logitech in my opinion.

2013 MacBook Air WiFi Problems Continue To Plague Users

John-Michael Bond, TUAW

When using two laptops on the same network, Air users are often finding that their 2013 machines get wildly different speeds than other computers connected at the same time.

First Look: Beats Music Is Off To A Promising Start

Christpher Breen, TechHive

On its first day, Beats Music looks very promising. The interface is polished, the curation seems solid, social networking is well thought-out, and the library nicely stocked. It’s entirely worth your while to give the seven day trial a spin.

So You Want To Turn Your iPhone Into An Underwater Microscope...

Steven Sande, TUAW

Apple Gets Reprieve From E-book Monitor's Oversight

Jonathan Stempel, Reuters

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Tuesday granted Apple a hearing on whether to stop the monitor, Michael Bromwich, from doing his job while the company pursues a formal appeal, which could last several months.

In granting an "administrative stay," the 2nd Circuit said a three-judge panel would hear Apple's motion for a stay pending appeal as soon as possible.

The Phoenix Photo Editor Is A Quick And Powerful App For iPhone

Mel Martin, TUAW

Go Minimalist With An App-Free Blank Home Screen In iOS

OS X Daily

All you are doing is creating a new blank page and placing that as the first screen you see when you unlock the device. So, want your home screen to be void of icons? Follow along.

What Hard Drive Should I Buy?

Brian Beach, Backblaze

Big Brother On Your iPad: The Video Game That’s Taking On The Surveillance State

Steve Haske, Salon

"République's" creator hopes the game makes people think about the ways their privacy's being invaded every day.

Apple’s iBooks Textbooks & iTunes U Course Manager Hit New Markets In Asia, Latin America, Europe

Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac

Autofocus Your iPhone Pictures Using The Volume Up Button

Joshua Schnell, Macgasm

I’m sure you know at this point that the iPhone lets you use the “volume up” button as a shutter button much like a point and shoot camera, but did you know that if you push and hold the button iOS won’t take a photo until the shot is in focus? It’s kind of like half pressing the shutter button on your point and shoot camera.

Take Control Of Your Photo Stream With MyPhotostream For OS X

Joe White, AppAdvice

If you’re looking for a simple, easy means of managing, saving, and backing up your iOS Photo Stream, consider ditching iPhoto for MyPhotostream.

The Hottest Ticket In Town: Mac Pro Delivery Estimates Slip To March

Peter Cohen, iMore

VLC For iOS Gets New Look, Google Drive Integration, And More

Joseph Keller, iMore

Best Password Manager Apps For Mac: 1Password, LastPass, oneSafe, And More!

Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

Elgato EyeTV Netstream 4Sat Review: DVB-S2 HD TV Tuner

David Denyer, Macworld UK

The promise of watching up to four different HDTV channels at any one time on your choice of Mac, Windows PC, phone or tablet is certainly tempting. Especially with the ability to record, edit and archive recordings to your media library. That’s exactly what Elgato’s latest product, the EyeTV Netstream 4Sat, can provide.

MemoZy For iPhone, iPad And iPod Touch Review

Charles Moore, TechnologyTell

Hands-on With The Free iWriters Text Editor For iOS

Charles Moore, TechnologyTell

How To Sync iBooks Across Multiple Apple Devices

Craig Lloyd, Gotta Be Mobile

Apple's New Mac Pro As A Server Platform?

David Morgenstern, ZDNet

Mac Screen Recorder 2.0 Gets Picture-in-picture Effects, More

Dennis Sellers, Apple Daily Report

Final Cut Pro X 10.1.1

Josh Centers, TidBITS

Final Cut Pro X 10.1.1 now preserves media files if an external volume is disconnected while consolidating a library. The update resolves an issue loading content into the Music and Sound Browser, as well as a stability issue when applying a Motion effect with Scroll Text behavior.

Some 2011 MacBook Pros Experiencing GPU Glitches, System Crashes

Juli Clover, MacRumors

Obama Throws Tech Companies Under The Bus

John Shinal, USA Today

The president might as well have said, "Even we can't protect our iPhone communication."

I can almost hear Apple CEO Tim Cook saying sarcastically, "Thank you, Mr. President!"

Review: Presentics Makes Nice-looking Presentations On iPad

Mel Martin, TUAW

How To Set Up Multiroom Audio With AirPlay Speakers And iTunes

Geoffrey Goetz, GigaOM

Turning your entire house into one giant speaker is not only possible, but likely already probable. That is, provided all of the speakers in your house are AirPlay enabled. If they are, then it is surprisingly simple to send the audio from your iTunes music library to all of your speakers simultaneously.

Review: Tick Is A Clever, Colorful Way To Manage Your To-do List On iOS 7

Whitney Marks, 9 To 5 Mac

Tick is a simple, highly customizable to-do list app that effectively uses color and animation to deliver a fun and motivating experience.

FTC Ruling In Apple In-App Purchase Case Generates Controversy

Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

Had Apple responded more quickly to the problems with a public statement, technical fix, and customer refunds, none of this would have happened. But happen it did, and it seems that once the millstones of government are set in motion, they grind inexorably to a conclusion, regardless of whether common sense would have moved on to more pressing issues long ago.

I Wrote An App!

Bill Amend, Foxtrot

Re-Ripping CDs With iTunes

Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville

Nomad ChargeKey Review: An iPhone Charger You Won’t Leave Home Without

Alex Colon, GigaOM

Think about it: What’s the last thing you’re likely to leave the house without? I’ve forgotten my wallet once or twice, but unless you have a door that locks automatically, chances are your keys are just about guaranteed to go wherever you do. And that’s the beauty of the ChargeKey – it’s the same exact size as your average house key and it fits right on your key ring.

A Muted Beginning To Sales Of Apple’s iPhone Through China Mobile

Eric Pfanner, New York Times

China Mobile has been less aggressive on pricing and subsidies than some analysts had expected. To get the iPhone 5S free of charge, subscribers must commit to a two-year contract at 588 renminbi a month.

China Unicom and China Telecom, which together have about 450 million customers, have cut the price of their competing iPhone packages only modestly since China Mobile announced its Apple agreement in December.

Take Control Of The Agenda With Meetings For Mac And iOS

Joseph Keller, iMore

Meetings is an app by Exquisitus for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that helps you manage the various aspects of meetings for organization. Everything from setting and tracking the agend to meeting minutes can be handled within the app.

Beware Of This Apple ID Phishing Scam

Steven Sande, TUAW

GoodReader Gets A Big Update For iOS 7

Cody Fink, MacStories

Five Ways To Reset A Lost Administrator Password

Alicia Katz Pollock, TidBITS

Let’s explore all the options to reset a password. Which you should use depends on the specific version of Mac OS X, and how the Mac is set up.

The Room 2 Review: Consummately Crafted, Spooky Game For iPad Puzzle Fans

David Price, Macworld

Like The Room, The Room 2 is based on a series of puzzles, most of which can be solved either by manipulating physical objects or matching linked items (from obvious pairings such as a star-shaped dial and a star-shaped hole, to insects, playing cards, and parts of toy ships). Where it departs from the previous game is in the scope of the puzzles.

Starbucks Addresses Security Snafu With Update To iOS App

Nick Arnott, iMore

Responding to a recent security bug, Starbucks released an update to their iPhone app addressing the issue late last night.

Storehouse Shuts Up Anyone Who Ever Said iPads Weren't For Creation

Rene Ritchie, iMore

Combining delightful interactions with, for the most part, intuitive navigation, Storehouse not only lets you soak in absolutely gorgeous photo and video essays by anyone and everyone, but also lets you easily create and share your own as well.

Judge To Apple: Reboot Relationship With Monitor

Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

A judge on Thursday urged Apple to reboot its relationship with a monitor appointed to analyze its antitrust prevention practices, saying disqualifying him was no solution.

"If anything, Apple's reaction to the existence of a monitorship underscores the wisdom of its imposition," she wrote. "A monitorship which succeeds in confirming the existence of a genuine and effective antitrust compliance program within Apple is in the interest of not only the American public but also Apple."

Sunlit

Federico Viticci, MacStories

You choose some photos that “tell a story” – could be a trip, a family gathering, anything you want to remember – and the app pulls in their metadata for date and location.

Starbucks Will Update iOS App To More Securely Store User Passwords

Sean Hollister, The Verge

Gist 2.0 Brings Full Pocket Support, New Summary View, And More!

Joseph Keller, iMore

Gist has been updated to version 2.0, adding important new features like a new summary view and full support for read-it-later service Pocket. Gist will now summarize all of the articles that you store in Pocket. You can add, delete, and favorite articles from within Gist.

Starbucks Confirms That Its iOS App Stores Passwords In Plain Text

Ben Lovejoy, 9 To 5 Mac

Starbucks has confirmed a finding by security researcher Daniel Wood that both username and password in its iOS app are stored in plain text.

An Overview Of Audio File Formats Supported By iTunes

Kirk McElhearn, Kirkville

How Mac Experts Deal With Their Contacts

Lex Friedman, Macworld

I spoke with Apple experts Glenn Fleishman, John Moltz, Jaimee Newberry, David Sparks, and Marco Tabini about how they organize their contacts. The upshot: No one’s thrilled with how they organize that Rolodexical data, but there are numerous approaches that work “well enough.”

Run Windows On Mac: How To Install And Run Windows On Any Apple Mac Using Bootcamp And Virtualisation

Matt Egan, Macworld UK

TextExpander (For Mac)

William Fenton, PC Magazine

From supplementing keyboard shortcuts to autocorrecting typos, from completing online forms to creating document templates, TextExpander has earned itself a coveted spot in my workflow. While its all-business interface is uninviting at first blush, once I began to use it—and reap its rewards—I learned to love its system-wide Snippets.

Terminal Tricks For OS X Users

Topher Kessler, CNET

If you regularly use Terminal, here are some tips and tricks to greatly increase your productivity.

Louvre HD: Tour The World's Great Art From Your iOS Device

Mel Martin, TUAW

Apple Expands 3D Flyover Coverage In Maps To Cape Town And Helsinki (Update: Marseille, France)

Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac

Q&A: Apple’s Tim Cook On China Mobile Deal

Paul Mozur, Wall Street Journal

I’ve always thought it was important for an individual and a company to have a North Star, something that doesn’t change. Many many things can change but the North Star should be clear, and for Apple that’s always been making the best products in the world. That’s our strategy and that’s not changing today or tomorrow or the next day or the next year.

Box Overhauls iOS Apps And Offers 50GB Of Free Storage For Life

Tony Bradley, Macworld

Anytune, The Music-practicing App Arrives For Mac, iOS Version Gets Feature Update

TUAW

An Overview Of OmniOutliner 4

Cody Fink, MacStories

OmniOutliner 4 is a big update. For posterity, we’ll call it Outliner for the rest of our overview. And honestly, I really don’t know where to start.

Google Brings Play Movies And TV To iOS

Nathan Ingraham, The Verge

Apple Agrees To FTC Consent Decree Over In-App Purchases

John Paczkowski, Re/code

Under the terms of the agreement, Apple must provide full refunds to consumers affected by confusion over in-app purchases, doling out a minimum of $32.5 million in redress. The company must also change its billing practices to ensure that it has obtained consumers’ express consent for in-app purchases before charging them.

Review: Lacie Fuel, The Wireless Portable Drive For All Your iDevices

Ben Lovejoy, 9 To 5 Mac

Going on a trip, you can carry virtually unlimited media in something small enough to slip inside any bag and with the convenience of wireless access with multiple devices.

On a holiday, you have the reassurance of being able to shoot as much video and take as many photos as you like, transferring them to the drive and then being able to delete them from your phone to create space for new ones (though you’d then have just a single copy).

Apple's China Mobile Deal To Extend Beyond Handsets

Paul Mozur, Wall Street Journal

"We've gotten to know each other....today is a beginning, and I think there are lots more things our companies can do together in the future," Mr. Cook said.

Why You Should Delete Every Travel App From Your iPhone And Just Use Foursquare

Allyson Kazmucha, iMore

We know what Big Ben is and how to search for the London Eye on Google. What I want is an experience that's different from the next person that went to London on vacation. Foursquare gave us that.

Stylish Screensaver Recreates The iOS 7 Lock Screen Experience On Your Mac

Benjamin Mayo, 9 To 5 Mac

View Extended Weather Details In The Default Weather App For iPhone

OS X Daily

Just open Weather app, navigate to the location you want to check the extended details for, and then do a single tap on the large current temperature reading to see specifics.

Perfectly Clear For iOS Corrects Your Photos With A Tap Or Two

Mel Martin, TUAW

Private Social Networking App Glassboard Goes 3.0 With iOS 7 Redesign And More

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Let's Get Small: One Editor's Journey From iPad To iPad Mini

Jonathan Seff, Macworld

How QuarkXPress Became A Mere Afterthought In Publishing

Dave Girard, Ars Technica

Quark's demise is truly the stuff of legend. In fact, the story reads like the fall of any empire: failed battles, growing discontent among the overtaxed masses, hungry and energized foes, hubris, greed, and... uh, CMYK PDFs. What did QuarkXPress do—or fail to do—that saw its complete dominance of desktop publishing wither in less than a decade? In short, it didn’t listen.

‘Did U?’ Gives You An Added Push To Finish Your To Do List

Kyle McInnes, Macgasm

With “did u?”, you simply add a List, fill it with items, and set a deadline. The app will then ask if you’ve completed those items, giving you an added push to get things done.

U.S. Judge Rejects Apple Bid To Halt E-books Monitor

Reuters

21 Mac Apps We Use Every Day

Thomas Hils, BrickFTP

Here is a list of 21 apps that we use every day and that help us do more. Some of these are well-known but we’ve thrown in some niche ones for you Mac app gurus.

Mophie Juice Pack Helium Review: Power Gets Thin

Luke Hopewell, Gizmodo

Four Fun Ways To Customize Your Mac

Kirk McElhearn, Macworld

You may use your Mac for serious work, but sometimes it’s a good thing to add a touch of whimsy to it. Here are four quick tips for customizing OS X and making it a bit more fun to use.

Markdown: A Brand New Markdown Editor For iOS And OS X

Joe White, AppAdvice

Apple Launches Poetic New iPad Air Campaign: 'What Will Your Verse Be?'

Rene Ritchie, iMore

Apple just debuted a new iPad Air commercial and campaign centered around poetry and what it means to be human. Called "What will your verse be?" it once again ties into Apple's "intersection of technology and liberal arts" theme by acknowledging the importance of science, but praising the achievements of the human soul.

Apple Now Shipping The Mac Pro To Europe Once Again, After EU Ban Of Old Model

Benjamin Mayo, 9 To 5 Mac

How To Take A Product From Idea To The Apple Store In 1 Year

Mike Macadaan, Tech Cocktail

I want to share with you my story of how I took my side passion project and married it with the Internet to create a business that is now being featured in the Apple Store within just one year.

How To Get The Most Out Of Apple’s Siri On Your iPhone Or iPad

Geoffrey Goetz, GigaOM

The following will help those that have not used Siri before get started, and show off some of the many situations where Siri can be used on iOS for those among us that are using it.

Simply Beautiful Line-Drawing Game Blek Goes Universal For iPhone And iPod Touch

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Privacy Advocates Worry Over New Apple iPhone Tracking Feature

Aaron Pressman, Yahoo Finance

Command-C: A Clever Clipboard-sharing Tool For Your Mac And iOS Device

Kelly Hodgkins, TUAW

Command-C is a new clipboard utility for the Mac and iOS from Danilo Torrisi that allows you to share text snippets and images between the devices. It uses a local WiFi connection so your data doesn't leave your internal network and leverages iOS 7's background notification system to make the sharing drop-dead easy.

Popular CloudApp Mac App Gets An Impressive Update To 2.0

Joe White, AppAdvice

CloudApp is a service that I use every day to share screenshots between my iPhone, iPad, and Mac. It’s simple, quick, and hassle-free, and best of all the service has an updated Mac application that promises to make the process even better than before.

Sidekick 4 (For Mac)

William Fenton, PC Magazine

For every location you frequent—your home, workplace, or favorite diner—you can configure profiles that automatically adjust system settings when you open your laptop. Perhaps your keychain locks at the diner, your default printer changes at work, or iTunes launches when you return home.

Useful OS X Troubleshooting Utilities For The New Year

Topher Kessler, CNET

While OS X includes some robust tools for troubleshooting, there are a number of third-party tools that can help tackle problems or simply give you a better understanding of how OS X functions.

Instantly Close All Safari Tabs In iOS 7 For iPad & iPhone

OS X Daily

This instantly closes out all tabs open in Safari, while simultaneously placing the user into Private Browsing mode.

How To Access Google Play Music, TV Shows And Movies On Your iOS Device

Kelly Hodgkins, TUAW

The Strange, Shady World Of $1,000 iOS Apps

Mike Wehner, TUAW

Once the app has reached its highest point, the developer drops the price back to one- and two-dollar range, and it gets at least a few hours of top-app sales before disappearing back into the ether. Whether the $3,000 investment is worth the eventual payoff depends on its performance during this relatively small window.

Kobo Books E-Reading App Turns A New Page, Updated To Version 7.0 For iOS 7

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Apple Devices Flow Into Corporate World

Daisuke Wakabayashi, Wall Street Journal

Apple won about 8% of global business and government spending on computers and tablets in 2012, Forrester Research says, up from 1% in 2009. The numbers exclude the iPhone, which may be the most widely purchased Apple product by corporate customers. It is often Apple's gateway into a business.

Capturing The Now With Kennedy

Federico Viticci, MacStories

Kennedy is not a full-featured journaling app and is no replacement for Day One. However, I'm intrigued by the app's simple interaction of pressing a button to capture your context, and I think it's an especially relevant topic now, as our devices have access to a variety of sensors and data sources with information about our surroundings and ourselves.

Software In 2014

Tim Bray

Maybe we’re stuck with clients-in-triplicate for the long haul.

Pages (For Mac)

Edward Mendelson, PC Magazine

The new Pages temporarily gives up advanced features from the older version while gaining a clean new interface and collaboration features. With all its limitations, it's the best word-processing app that's completely cross-platform compatible between OS X and iOS, with browser-based collaboration.

Super Stickman Golf 2 Goes Free As It Gets Hit By Meaty And Spacey Major Update

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Even Air Conditioners Are Now Receiving 'MFi' Certification From Apple

Brent Dirks, AppAdvice

Users will be able to complete the setup simply by connecting to WiFi.

Apple Seeks Removal Of Court-appointed Antitrust Monitor

Andrew Longstreth, Reuters

An attorney for the consumer technology giant on Tuesday asked U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan to disqualify Michael Bromwich from serving as an external compliance monitor, arguing he had shown a personal bias against the company.

Spotify For iOS Gets Free To Listen Shuffle Options

John-Michael Bond, TUAW

Review: Focus 2 For Mac Is A Worthwhile App For non-Photoshop Users

Mel Martin, TUAW

The app isn't designed to focus your images, but rather de-focus them so you can direct the eye to the portions of the photo that are really important.

The iPhone Habit: Apps That Help You Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

David Sparks, Macworld

While in theory I should be able to just do these things without any electronic assistance, I’m geeky enough that tracking habits with my iPhone actually provides me more motivation to keep up with them. I know I’m not alone. Talking to geek friends, I know many of them, too, are using habit trackers these days to start doing things like keeping their inboxes empty, taking their daily meds, and cleaning the garage every Sunday.

The LandingZone 2.0 Is A Surprisingly Good MacBook Air Dock

Kwame Opam, The Verge

iSelfie: A Remote Control For Your iOS Camera

Mel Martin, TUAW

iSelfie is a very clever free app that lets you take pictures from one iOS device, remotely controlling it from another.

Google Finally Updates Official YouTube App With iOS 7 Keyboard Support

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Can Apple's Angela Ahrendts Spark A Retail Revolution?

Jeff Chu, Fast Company

Yet Apple's retail business has also fallen into relative stasis. Its per-square-foot sales are still the envy of retail--just over $6,000, about twice what runner-up Tiffany records--and net sales rose 7% in fiscal 2013, but per-store numbers were flat, since Apple opened 26 new stores during the year. Morale has flagged as the retail operation has struggled first through a season under an ill-chosen leader and then a year without any chief at all. As envisioned and created by Apple mastermind Steve Jobs and his retail lieutenant Ron Johnson, the stores' design and customer experience were radical, "but they haven't progressed that much in the past five years. If you're not reinventing your experience every five years, you're behind the curve," says a longtime member of the retail team. "Competitors have been trying to emulate Apple's retail experience for quite a while, and Apple's been lucky that nobody has done it better. But that's not a great position to be in, where the competition just sucks more than you do."

Mophie’s New Space Pack For The iPhone 5/5S Combines A Battery Case With Built-In Storage

Brent Dirks, AppAdvice

Users will be able to access content stored in the case via the aptly named, and free, Space app. All files can be managed without any type of network access.

App Store Sales Top $10 Billion In 2013

Apple

Apple today announced that customers spent over $10 billion on the App Store in 2013, including over $1 billion in December alone. App Store customers downloaded almost three billion apps in December making it the most successful month in App Store history. Apple’s incredible developers have now earned $15 billion on the App Store.

Hotels.com iPad App Goes 4.0 With iOS 7 Redesign And Other Enhancements

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Seagate Introduces Backup Plus FAST Portable Drive, Next Gen Backup Plus Slim

Dennis Sellers, Apple Daily Report

Texas Library Offers Glimpse Of Bookless Future

Associated Press

Texas has seen the future of the public library, and it looks a lot like an Apple Store: Rows of glossy iMacs beckon. iPads mounted on a tangerine-colored bar invite readers. And hundreds of other tablets stand ready for checkout to anyone with a borrowing card.

New Broadcom SDK Makes Integrating Apple's AirPlay Easier For OEMs

Shane Cole, AppleInsider

Apple's AirPlay wireless streaming standard received a boost Monday when chipmaker Broadcom announced a new software development kit that makes it faster and easier for manufacturers to add AirPlay support to audio devices.

Apple To Hold 'Red Friday' Lunar New Year Sale In Select Asian Markets On Jan. 10

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

During the Red Friday sale, customers in select Asian markets including China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand can avail of numerous special deals on Apple products and accessories. Some of these are also available through the official Apple Store apps for iPhone and iPad.

Zynga Updates Words With Friends To Version 7.0 With New Design For iOS 7

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

The Olloclip Makes Your iPhone 5C An Even More Flexible Digital Camera

Dennis Sellers, Apple Daily Report

Apple To Hold Fiscal Q1 Earnings Conference Call On Monday, January 27Th

Zac Hall, 9 To 5 Mac

The Book And I: How The iPad Has Changed My Reading Life

Erica Sadun, TUAW

Although the Kindle debuted in 2007, it wasn't until 2010 that I really jumped on the e-book bandwagon. My entry was due to the iPad. In fact, it was the iPad 2 even more than the original that firmly grounded me into the e-book world. Between the light, thin design of the tablet and my aging eyes, the iPad with its built-in iBooks app and the add-on Amazon Kindle reader app, I have become a devotee.

Editors Keys Turns Apple’s Wireless Keyboard Into The First Logic Pro X Shortcut Keyboard

Jordan Kahn, 9 To 5 Mac

Night Vision App Designed To Take Videos And Photos At Night

Mel Martin, TUAW

Apple Wraps Up 12 Days Of Gifts With Rolling Stones Mini Album

Dave Caolo, TUAW

Amazon Updates Kindle App To Bring New Features For Students And Readers

Brent Dirks, AppAdvice

Apple Facing Criticism About Diversity Changes Bylaws

Adam Satariano, Bloomberg

The world’s most valuable company recently added language to a board committee charter vowing to diversify its board. The move follows objections from shareholders Trillium Asset Management LLC and the Sustainability Group, who said they’re disappointed that the iPhone maker has only one woman on its eight-member board, and one incoming female member of the executive team that reports to Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook.

Griffin Updates StudioConnect, Adds Multi-Tracking And A New Form Factor

Joe White, AppAdvice

iPads In The Classroom: Not A Bust, But Not Yet A Boon

Brenda Iasevoli, The Hechinger Report

Mistakes made in Los Angeles are now being heeded nationally as a cautionary tale, with school districts halting technology rollouts until rules regarding the use of the devices are finalized and teachers get more training.

LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt 2: Mini Review

Anand Lal Shimpi, AnandTech

The result is a remarkably simple device that gives you 1TB of external expansion and tons of bandwidth to the device.

Mac Mavericks' App Nap, Power Nap Don't Always Play Well With Others

David Morgenstern, ZDNet

The actions of App Nap, a feature new to OS X in the Mavericks release, may be interpreted by some users as a undetermined slowdown of system performance. Meanwhile the Mac's other napping technology, the previously introduced Power Nap, can bring its own share of mysterious behaviors.

Griffin Introduces StudioConnect HD Multi-track Recording Interface For iOS And Mac OS X

IClarified

LaCie Fuel Brings 1TB Of Wireless Streaming Storage To Your Apple Devices For $199

Billy Steele, Engadget

With no internet connection required, Fuel acts as a WiFi hotspot for on-the-go streaming to iPad, iPhone and Mac (up to five devices or three HD streams at once) while claiming 10 hours of battery life.

Good News: Clean And Simple RSS Reader App Updated With New UI And New Features

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

TinkerTool 5.1

Agen G. N. Schmitz, TidBITS

After adding support for OS X 10.9 Mavericks in its version 5.0 release, TinkerTool 5.1 from Marcel Bresink is now sandboxed for better security.

Can A Mac Be A Gaming PC? How The World Is Changing For Mac Gamers

Matthew Bolton, PCFormat

For years, Mac gaming has been almost an oxymoron - not really worth considering if your love of games extends beyond Football Manager. But things are changing. Big games are coming to Mac quicker and quicker, instead of arriving three years later or not at all.

Perhaps more excitingly, new indie games tend to hit Mac at the same time as everything else thanks to improved engine support, with Humble Bundles seeing major uptakes from Apple users, and most Steam Early Access games eager for them, too.

Smart Personal Finance App Wally Updated With Support For Future Expenses And More

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

What Happens After Apple Features Your App In The App Store

Seth Fiegerman, Mashable

Is Apple’s E-book Fight Worth The Trouble?

Yukari Iwatani Kane, New Yorker

Though appointing a monitor is rare when a defendant has no prior history of wrongdoing, Apple’s behavior over the past few months may help validate the judge’s decision to appoint one. And the question remains: Do the benefits of Apple’s strategy outweigh the costs?

Yahoo Sports Gets iOS 7 Redesign, Awesome Gif Creation Tool For Sharing ‘Big 4′ Sports Moments

Matthew Panzarino, TechCrunch

Digital Music Sales Decrease For First Time In 2013

Ed Christman, Billboard

For the first time since the iTunes store opened its doors, the U.S. music industry finished the year with a decrease in digital music sales.

While industry executives initially refused to attribute the early signs this year of digital sales weakness to the consumer's growing appetite for streaming, in the second half of the year many were conceding that ad-supported and paid subscription services were indeed cannibalizing digital sales.

Anki Drive Update Offers New Upgrades And Weapons For Its Robotic Slot Cars

Nicole Lee, Engadget

The update lets each miniature racer get up to 20 upgrades across four different dimensions -- engine, combat, energy and chassis -- along with weapons and swappable items.

SecOps Failure: GPG+Gmail On OSX Mavericks May Store Unencrypted Drafts

Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

If you're sending encrypted e-mail with the default Mail app on OS X Mavericks, your setup may be saving plaintext messages on the mail server. Mac-based users of the GPG encryption app began noticing this unfortunate behavior in October when using Gmail. Even after unchecking the "Store draft messages on the server" and "Store sent messages on the server" checkboxes, the changes would mysteriously vanish.

Preventing Manual Password Resets On A Mac By Using FileVault Security

OS X Daily

Fix iPhone 5 Charging Problems

Adam C. Engst, TidBITS

Every so often after that, when I plugged the iPhone into a Lightning cable — and it didn’t matter which one — there wouldn’t be a connection, and the iPhone wouldn’t report that it was charging. That it happened at all was concerning enough, but the problem got worse. For the last several weeks, I’ve had to apply firm upward pressure on the Lightning cable to make the connection, and the last few nights, I had to stack books on the iPhone to maintain the necessary pressure.

Choosing Hardware And Software For Podcast Recording

Josh Centers, TidBITS

Shoots & Leaves Will Reduce The Clutter Of To-Dos In Your Camera Roll

Christine Chan, AppAdvice

iOS 7 Only Is The Only Sane Thing To Do

Tal Bereznitskey

I’m porting an app that was originally targeting iOS 3 to an iOS 7 support only. Almost three years later, so much have changed.

What You Need To Know About Thunderbolt 2

James Galbraith, Macworld

How different is Thunderbolt 2 from its predecessor? Here’s what you need to know.

Starbucks Now Allows iDevice Users To Redeem 'Pick Of The Week' Using iOS 7'S Camera

Joe White, AppAdvice

Set Snooze Times For Notifications In OS X Mavericks

Topher Kessler, CNET

You can select from a number of different snooze times for notification alerts in the latest version of OS X.

Magic Trick #1 Is A Card Trick For Your iPhone

Mel Martin, TUAW

New Eyes For Hands-On Surgery

Apple

Liver surgeries are particularly complicated and difficult. And surgeons are often without valuable information in their operating room. That's why Dr. Itaru Endo and Fraunhofer MEVIS have developed an iPad app that displays interactive patient data during surgery to save time -- and lives.

Twitter Updates Tweetdeck For Mac With Photo Support In Direct Messages Plus More

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Apple’s New Mac Pro Uses 74% Less Aluminum, 68% Less Power And 84% Lighter Packaging

Matthew Panzarino, TechCrunch

Apple has today released its environmental report for its new Mac Pro machine, which details some fairly large savings on power and raw materials.

Nimblstand: Making The Apple Wireless Keyboard Even More Useful

Steven Sande, TUAW

The simple design works perfectly with your existing Apple Wireless Keyboard to let you use that keyboard with your iPad or iPhone, providing a stable and easily transportable stand for the iOS device.

This Week 1.2 Adds iPad Support

Federico Viticci, MacStories

Let's Take A Look Inside Japan's 2014 Apple Retail Store Lucky Bags

Joe White, AppAdvice

WolframAlpha (For iPad)

Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine

WolframAlpha isn't for everyone, but if you can benefit from its specialized computational and search features, it is worth buying the app.

Google To Close Bump And Flock, Its Recently Acquired File Sharing Apps

Catherine Shu, TechCrunch

Bump and Flock, the file sharing apps Google acquired last fall, will be shut down by the end of this month. Both apps will stop working and be removed from Google Play and the App Store on January 31, Bump confirmed on its blog today.

Kick Off Your Project 365 This New Year With The Newly Updated Photo 365 App

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

Marvel Unlimited Gets iOS 7 Design Refresh And More In Newly Issued Update

Aldrin Calimlim, AppAdvice

CocoaPods: Package Management For iOS & OS X Development

Mathew Mombrea, ITworld

Apple Says It Has Never Worked With NSA To Create iPhone Backdoors, Is Unaware Of Alleged DROPOUTJEEP Snooping Program

Matthew Panzarino, TechCrunch

"Apple has never worked with the NSA to create a backdoor in any of our products, including iPhone. Additionally, we have been unaware of this alleged NSA program targeting our products. We care deeply about our customers’ privacy and security. Our team is continuously working to make our products even more secure, and we make it easy for customers to keep their software up to date with the latest advancements. Whenever we hear about attempts to undermine Apple’s industry-leading security, we thoroughly investigate and take appropriate steps to protect our customers. We will continue to use our resources to stay ahead of malicious hackers and defend our customers from security attacks, regardless of who’s behind them."

The Mac Pro Review (Late 2013)

Anand Lal Shimpi, AnandTech

By leveraging a pair of high-end GPUs, including one more or less dedicated for compute work, Apple hopes to realize the sort of huge performance gains it has enjoyed in its phones/tablets over the years. The modern Apple is a company that values GPU performance, investing heavily in the GPUs used in all of its products. Even those that leverage Intel’s integrated graphics are pushed as far as possible within thermal constraints. It makes total sense that Apple would choose to outfit its highest end Mac with two GPUs.

Mac Pro Late 2013 Teardown

IFixIt

For being so compact, the design is surprisingly modular and easy to disassemble. Non-proprietary Torx screws are used throughout, and several components can be replaced independently.