Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
Barnes & Noble has announced a cross-platform streaming video solution for the Nook tablet and other devices. The new service will premiere this fall in the US and during the holiday season in the UK with films and original TV shows from HBO, Sony …
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has settled with seven rent-to-own companies and software developer DesignerWare charged with using spyware to monitor locations, passwords, and other personal details of more than 420,000 customers leasing computers….
One of the few third-party add-ons to OS X that is considered by many as essential as the operating system itself, Telestream’s free Flip4Mac WMV Player (also distributed by Microsoft as Windows Media Components for QuickTime) has for years given Mac u…
Consumer electronics manufacturer ViewSonic announced its latest 27-inch professional grade monitor — the VP2770-LED. The super IPS display offers professionals in digital photography, architecture, computer engineering and design nearly 80{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} more pi…
The ongoing Apple versus Samsing legal jousting continued today, with Apple filing its opposition to Samsung’s motion asking for a remand of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 preliminary sales injunction. Despite Judge Koh’s concerns of substantial issues raised by …
A third-party app that integrates with Apple Maps may be able to single-handedly supply many of the features users say were dropped or are less complete than in the previous Google-based Maps application for iOS 6. Garmin has updated its Garmin Street …
The Federal Communications Commission will investigate if a formal complaint is filed against AT&T over its FaceTime restrictions, according to chairman Julius Genachowski. He tells The Verge that if an effort to resolve the problem earlier “doesn’…
LaCie has released a new edition of its Rugged external drive, incorporating both USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt ports. Three versions are available; a 1TB HDD model is said to have transfer speeds up to 110MBs, while the 120 and 256GB SSD units are capable o…
Following the release of the iPhone 6 and iOS 6, YouMail has launched a new version of its call management app for the iPhone. YouMail now includes in-app, numberless messaging that lets users send voice messages directly to other YouMail users, as wel…
VMware has quickly updated its popular Fusion virtualization software to support OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion and Microsoft’s Windows 8 preview. Fusion 5 aims to merge the best features of both platforms, while continuing to improve performance over its pre…
Earbud manufacturers have it rough. Just about every portable device has a pair, generally of iffy quality, but included sets have the advantage of being free. Space considerations prohibit large drivers, and the biology and uniqueness of people’s ears…
Intuit has revealed QuickBooks for Mac 2013, the next major update of the company’s small business accounting software. Relatively few changes to the app have been detailed, but Intuit does say 2013 will simplify a number of common tasks, such as invoi…
The iPhone 5 — expected to be announced on Wednesday — will support LTE networks in Europe and Asia as well as the US, according to sources for the Wall Street Journal. The people caution that it’s unlikely that the device will support LTE in all cou…
Appleís upstream supply chain have reportedly started shipments of new iMac and 13.3-inch MacBook Pro models to Apple, according to Digitimes. The rumored 13.3-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display is also said to be included in the new shipments. Digi…
HP has introduced its first Spectre-branded all-in-in PC ready for Windows 8. The headlining Spectre One that instantly recalls Appleís iMac lineup with its use of aluminum materials and a wireless keyboard and trackpad that are very reminiscent of Ap…
Data loss generally results from three types of accident: user error in deleting a file they didn’t intend to, some repairable disk or directory corruption, or an unrecoverable total (mechanical) drive failure. Cleverfiles’ Disk Drill Pro institutes, w…