Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
Apple has posted the Jony Ive introduction video for the iPad mini. As is typical for Apple product launch events, the video gives a behind-the-scenes look at the development the iPad mini. Both Jony Ive and iPad product marketing head Michael Tchao ma…
Apple has been slow to support the myriad of LTE networks used by cell carriers around the globe. The company only supported Verizon and AT&T in the U.S., and several Canadian carriers when the LTE iPad launched earlier this year, leading to complaints…
Consistent with Apple’s quest to make its new computers as thin as possible at the expense of expandability, the new 21.5″ iMac contains no user-accessible RAM slots. Instead, it can be configured with 8GB or 16GB of RAM direct from the factory. This w…
According to a study by ABI Research, the average size of an iOS app increased by 16{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} from March to September 2012; iOS games have grown even faster, jumping 42{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} over that same time period.
The increase is thought to be partly the result of the iPad’s…
Since the introduction of the fifth-generation iPod touch last month, a number of observers noted that the tech specs for the device no longer listed an ambient light sensor included as had been the case in previous generations, and users have indeed c…
The teardown experts at iFixit have taken apart the new Seventh-Generation iPod Nano, noting how much work Apple’s engineers put into making the device as thin as possible. The teardown notes that the battery has a rating of 0.8Wh, more than twice the …
With an unfortunate sense of timing, Microsoft has released pricing and availability information for its new ‘Surface’ tablet that was originally announced back in June. The release occurred just hours before Apple sent out invitations to its iPad Mini…
Apple has hired William Stasior, a search veteran from Amazon and early search engine AltaVista, to run its Siri unit, according to a report from All Things D.
Stasior was previously in charge of Amazon’s A9 unit, the company’s worldwide search and se…
LifeProof has sent a note to customers notifying them that the company’s iPhone 5 waterproof case is taking a little longer to finish than had been planned. LifeProof CEO Gary Rayner said in an email that the company has an “army of engineers working 2…
According to a report in the Guardian, Apple is planning to revise the full-size iPad with LTE support for the United Kingdom, something that was missing when the device was released earlier this year.
Additionally, the paper says the iPad mini will …
According to gadget review site The Wirecutter, the best iPhone 5 case at the moment is the Switcheasy Tones.
After he left Gizmodo, longtime tech blogger Brian Lam decided to make a website to help people buy gadgets. It wouldn’t focus on reviewing e…
LaCie has announced a new addition to its Little Big Disk line with a pair of RAID’d SATA III solid state drives in either 512GB or 1TB total capacity. The company positions the drives towards “the creative pro on the go”, supporting either RAID 1 for …
Last week, EA released the first gameplay video of the new SimCity. Today, the Maxis team is running a live webcast showing new gameplay and the first live demo of SimCity.
The video will be available at origin.com/maxis-live after the event is compl…
With the iPhone 5 in the wild for five days now, major apps continue to be updated for the device’s larger screen. Today, popular photography app Instagram was updated with iPhone 5 and iOS 6 support. However, as The Next Web points out, Instagram’s sq…
Garmin has released an update to its StreetPilot Onboard for iPhone app, adding “urban guidance” and support for Google Street View. The urban guidance feature allows users to map out public transit options when looking at pedestrian routes, including …
LaCie has released a new entry in its Rugged series of portable storage drives. This time, it’s a Thunderbolt/USB3 offering that comes equipped with a 1TB 5400rpm hard drive or either a 120GB or 256GB 6Gb/s solid state drive. LaCie says the SSD runs at…