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Apple has begun seeding its second betas of Safari 7.0.3 and 6.1.3 to developers. Apple is once asking for testing to be focused on push notifications, extension compatibility, overall website compatibility, and login AutoFill. For v7.0.3 exclusively, …
Facebook has started testing location information embedding, looking at integrating Facebook Places data into Instagram. Instagram currently uses Foursquare data for geotagging and attaching photo data to a location. Neither Facebook nor Foursquare hav…
MacNN forum goers try to help Mac Elite “Helmling” figure out a way to get Mavericks to run on a MacBook from mid-2007, as well as provide some interesting insight on how this can be accomplished. “ShortcutToMoncton” is looking for good backup software…
Online gameplay is becoming more and more competitive, to the point where there an assortment of leagues where "pro gamers" can be found earning a very good wage, if they perform well enough. In the past, some gamers have turned to "modded" controllers, meaning console controllers that have been artificially boosted in some way, but lately, nearly all of these have been banned from organized p ……
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It’s hard to say where it comes from exactly, except perhaps the speaker industry, but there seems to be a strange fetish for wood in modern electronics. If you’re buying a Moto X, you can even pay a $25 upfront premium to add a wood back. Few companie…
In a report released on Tuesday, Brand Finance compiled a list of 500 US “billion-dollar brands” and found Apple to be at the top of the pyramid, with a brand name worth an estimated $104.6 billion — far ahead of any rivals. The value of the brand nam…
While specifics of the case have not been made public, a federal magistrate judge has issued an unusual rebuke to the US government over its request for a warrant to search the records of an unnamed @mac.com user. The request was rejected by the judge …
Following its release earlier today of a 10.9.3 Mavericks preview and iTunes 11.1.6 beta, Apple has added new Safari betas for developers to test. The pre-release builds, versions 6.1.3 and 7.0.3 (Lion/Mountain Lion and Mavericks, respectively), are ex…
Only a day after analyst Charlie Wolf noted that Apple’s North American education-segment sales had hit an all-time quarterly record, Apple has reportedly declined to re-authorize contracts permitting Apple Authorized Campus Stores across Canada, effec…
A new report from the Wall Street Journal claims that Amazon is in the process of demonstrating to partners and developers a nearly-complete set-top box device designed to leverage the company’s Prime streaming services and compete directly against App…
Yukari Iwatani Kane’s book Haunted Empire: Apple After Steve Jobs is “nonsense,” claims Apple CEO Tim Cook. “This nonsense belongs with some of the other books I’ve read about Apple,” he says in a statement to CNBC. “It fails to capture Apple, Steve, o…
Mozilla has today announced the immediate availability of web browser Firefox 28 for Windows, OS X, Linux, and Android. The new version brings VP9 video decoding to the alternative browser, as well as Notification Center support for web notifications u…
Microsoft has announced its new lightweight wireless mouse, the Wireless Mobile Mouse 1850. Priced at less than $15, the 1850 uses 2.4GHz wireless technology for a reliable computer connection, and holds a built-in mini USB transceiver that can be plug…
Apple has begun seeding new pre-release betas of OS X 10.9.3 and iTunes 11.1.6 within the company. Of the two the latter is the most significant, since it’s the first v11.1.6 beta and makes a critical change to iTunes, restoring the ability to sync con…
This week MacNN forum goers have been discussing the best new storage devices after Moderator “OreoCookie” upgraded their machine to a Retina MBP with 256GB of solid state storage and needed more. “RobOnTheCape” turned to the forums looking for help tr…
Mice are a part of the computer experience that is hard to live without, even more so if someone is going to be gaming. There are tons of different mice to choose from based on the needs of the customer. Mionix recently released two new entries into th…