Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
2013 is winding down (and quickly!), so we can expect to see an awful lot of “best of” lists making the rounds over the next two weeks — and Apple is getting a jump on that tradition with one of its own.Apple has announced its Best of 2013 list for th…
It’s nearly a week before Christmas and you’re still trying to find gifts for your family members? Last-minute gift giving gets a boost this year thanks to the debut of Cinch Grinch.Klout released an update to its Cinch app for iPhone this week, adding…
The latest Apple holiday-themed television commercial has arrived, and it’s already ignited debate across the internet as to the real intent behind its message to sell more iPhone 5s models.Apple posted a new television commercial titled “Misunderstood…
Still not feeling the holiday spirit even though the calendar says we’re just over a week away from Christmas? Maybe today’s recap will cheer you up, particularly if you’re a Gmail user still struggling with OS X Mail on Mavericks. Or maybe you’re a Sp…
Photoshop-style bitmap image editors work with pixels, and therefore require large file sizes in order to preserve resolution. By comparison, vector-based illustrations are lightweight and able to scale up or down without a loss in quality, but finding…
Let’s face it: Apple’s U.S. customers are used to having the home field advantage. We’re the first ones to get Cupertino’s latest products and services, with one curious exception that seems to have vanished this year.Apple released its free, universal…
AT&T subscribers whose travel plans this holiday season involve a trip to visit our neighbors up north will be now be able to roam with 4G LTE data speeds — provided you’re willing to pay for it.AT&T announced Monday that it has become the fir…
Looking to redecorate your living space but not looking forward to the heavy lifting involved? A new iPad app gives you a chance to visualize that new look in photorealistic 3D, all without lifting a single piece of furniture.Adornably launched its hom…
Apple’s expansion of iTunes Match is nearly complete, with the music-matching service and companion iTunes in the Cloud downloading now available in all but a handful of countries where Cupertino offers music for sale. The rest will surely come in due …
Vine and Instagram make it easy for would-be filmmakers to create brief epics of the imagination using just an iPhone, with no traditional editing required. But those looking to expand their horizons will find far more creative options with a modestly …
When Apple revealed its tablet ambitions with the iPad in early 2010, critics dismissed the device as strictly for media consumption, rather than content creation or productivity. This unwarranted reputation largely evaporated over the years thanks to …
Billed as a “modern creativity tool,” Curator is a virtual, iPad-only notebook for organizing websites, images, or text into beautiful, visually rich checkerboards. Up to 25 tiles can be opened full-screen or relocated anywhere on the screen (using…
We’re big fans of Evernote, the “second brain” service where you can throw nearly any scrap of paper into the cloud until it’s needed again. For certain types of personal data, however, this approach often means that you’ll spend more time se…
Knock, knock, who’s there? It’s your iPhone, unlocking your Mac! Knock is a clever solution pairing a paid iPhone app with free OS X host software, which allows owners of late-model Mac computers to log into their user accounts by simply “knocking”…
As it’s done with similar disasters in the past, Apple is now making it easy to donate to the Philippine typhoon relief efforts of the American Red Cross just by clicking a button in iTunes.Apple is now accepting American Red Cross donations between $5…
It’s not the first time iTunes chief Eddy Cue has stepped in to accept an honor on behalf of his former boss, but this time, the Apple senior VP gave an emotional speech about Steve Jobs at the same time.MacRumors reported Tuesday that Apple Senior Vic…