Author: J.R. Bookwalter

Adobe Creative Cloud is poised to become more unified than ever, with updates to all future versions, cloud-based Sync settings, and Behance social networking for creative designers all built into the package. But its flagship application, Photosh…

Adobe kicked off its annual MAX conference in Los Angeles over the weekend, and MacLife.com was in attendance for the keynote address introducing the next generation of the company’s creative applications.Since late 2003, Adobe has maintained a nearly …

There’s nothing gamers like better than updates to their favorite titles — especially when it’s new cross-platform support for Borderlands 2 for Mac, or rumors of a possible Xbox event being held next month.Over the weekend, Aspyr Media announced the …

There’s plenty of excitement in Las Vegas this week as the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show is in full swing. While there are plenty of announcements coming out of the Nevada desert, two caught our eye on Monday.First up: Avid announced …

Retail executive Ron Johnson may have worked his mojo at Apple, but he couldn’t translate that magic to JCPenney, where the CEO has been ousted after only 17 months and replaced with his predecessor.The New York Times reported Monday that former Apple …

Monday wound up being a rather brisk day for tech news, with the removal of AppGratis from the App Store continuing to make headlines. T-Mobile also finally provided some much-needed official support for existing iPhones and Marvel even returned with i…

Samsung Electronics may be flying high with US$7.7 billion in profits for the first three months of the year, but all that money may be making the company’s chairman a little nervous, if history is any indication.AppleInsider reported Monday that Samsu…

The tech media made a big deal out of the U.S. patent office “rejecting” Apple’s trademark application for the iPad mini — a decision that has now been withdrawn without Apple having to lift a finger.MacRumors reported Sunday that the U.S. Patent and …

The iOS App Store may be coming up on its fifth anniversary, but it shows no sign of slowing down when it comes to the discovery of new, unique apps — such as a nifty OCR app for the iPhone and an iPad app that becomes a vault of old concerts.The folk…

They say an apology goes a long way toward mending fences, and when the apology is heartfelt, even more so — and Tim Cook’s very public apology on Apple’s Chinese website is already working its magic with the press there.On Monday, Apple CEO Tim Cook …

If your taste in movies and TV shows tends to lean more to the classic end of the spectrum, you’ll want to fire up your computer or Roku box and start your free trial for Warner Archive Instant.Warner Bros. has announced the public launch of Warner Arc…

Feeling blue that the release of the Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher has been delayed? No more need to lose sleep over it, because Funny or Die is coming to fill that void in your life with a movie all their own.Funny or Die released an “excl…

Whew! Hopefully you made it through Monday’s April Fool’s Day unscathed and are ready to get back to business. With the first calendar quarter of 2013 already behind us, there’s plenty to look forward to in the months ahead, and Apple is giving develop…

Ever wanted to have a conversation with a mobile ad, presumably aside from yelling at it to get off your screen? Ads are going to get a lot more chatty soon, thanks to the voice recognition gurus at Nuance.Nuance Communications announced its latest tec…

Although Apple has never publicly acknowledged it was theirs to begin with, the mysterious eBay storefront known only as “refurbished_outlet” appears to have vanished as quickly as it first appeared.9to5Mac is reporting that Apple’s semi-official, refu…