Author: Jake Smith

Yesterday, we reported the 2012 Mac mini, Retina 13-inch MacBook Pro, and iMac were unable to update to OS X 10.8.2 after Apple pulled the first update from the App Store last Friday. Today, the folks in Cupertino have released their second supplemental update for OS X 10.8.2 that should allow those users to install the […]

Even with the influx of cloud storage options like Apple’s iCloud and Google’s Drive, Dropbox is having continued success adding users, according to the company’s co-founder Drew Houston. Houston took to the company’s blog to boast that Dropbox now has 100 million users, quadrupling in the last year. Speaking to the New York Times, Houston further expressed […]

Ahead of the iPad Mini and fourth-generation iPad becoming available to customers Friday, early reviews of both devices have hit the web. You can see in the collection below that the reviews are fairly positive, discussing how great the build quality is, the lightness of the tablet, and how well it fits in your hand. […]

Ahead of the iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad landing in customers’ hands on Friday, software for both devices has hit the company’s servers. Obviously there isn’t much we can do with the software at this point, but it does give us a look at the build numbers: iPad2,5 (iPad2,5) version 6.0 (Build 10A406), Download iPad3,4 […]

Following its October 25th outage, Apple’s iMessage service is down for many users this afternoon. Our readers and several people on Twitter are expressing their annoyance over the problem. These iMessage outages seem to be happening on a weekly basis, spanning for a few hours. Additionally, readers are reporting that Game Center, iTunes Match, FaceTime, […]

At its September media event Apple showed off the new iTunes 11, software complete with a redesigned player, new mini player, redesigned store, preview history, iCloud integration, and more. Apple promised the new iTunes was going to be released during October, however, an Apple spokesperson speaking to CNET just announced that Apple has delayed iTunes […]

As promised, Google has released an update for its Search for iOS app that adds Google Now-like voice recognition. The new voice recognition feature also remind us a lot of Siri. Users can perform tasks like “asking for the weather in a natural way and it will provide results,” Google explained. You just need to […]

Everything Everywhere, a 50/50 joint venture between Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom, has launched the UK’s first 4G network today, citing speeds “typically ten times faster” than broadband. The 4G service is now available in 11 cities: Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Sheffield, and Southampton. The rollout across the UK will continue 2,000 square miles […]

In March, the folks in Cupertino released Apple Configurator, a Mac app that allows for someone to administer many iOS devices at a time like in a school or business (or a 9to5mac editor’s house) setting. This evening the application has been updated with a slew of features, including support for new iOS 6 features, iMessage, iBookstore, GameCenter, and for configuring […]

As the new Passbook feature available on iOS 6 starts to settle in the hands of more users, the sales of printed tickets may start to go down. MarketWatch reported this afternoon that Major League Baseball wants to phase out printed tickets all together and move to apps like Passbook to deliver tickets instead. The MLB tested […]

Apple’s new iPad mini is expected to be announced Oct. 17; and with that launch date swiftly approaching, we have seen our fair share of rumors and leaks. A report from The Guardian today refuted a prior claim, claiming the 7.85-inch iPad mini will not include 3G or 4G and will stick with Wi-Fi instead. Industry sources indicated to the Guardian that […]

Hopping on the don’t buy an iPhone bandwagon with Samsung, Nokia has posted an advertisement this evening touting its Lumia line’s slew of colors — trying to pull customers away from the iPhone’s white or black options. It’s like the other manufacturers can’t even make an advertisement showing off their phone — they simply just bash Apple […]

According to a report by Bloomberg’s Jon Erlichman, the co-founder of Siri Adam Cheyer has left Apple after more than 2.5 years. After the company he helped found was purchased by Apple for an undisclosed amount in 2010, Cheyer then moved into a position as the Engineering Director in Apple’s iOS group. This is the […]

Several readers have reported, and subsequently confirmed by Apple, that their iCloud accounts have been inaccessible for the good majority of the afternoon. On its official status page, Apple said, “<1{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} of users are affected”. It is also working to restore the service “asap”. The service does not seem to be down for the vast majority […]

The “Two and a Half Men” star Ashton Kutcher is set to play Steve Jobs in a new indie film, chronicling the earlier years of the Apple co-founder. The new film is set to start filming in May, when Kutcher takes a break from filming “Two and a Half Men.” It looks like the former […]