Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
Adding a new option of portability to a Bluetooth speaker is no easy task. While many speakers are made for people on the go, they are meant to be packed away while people move about. Instead of being able to listen to them while traveling, they are le…
British manufacturer Kazam was formed in 2013 by two former HTC executives, and launched its first range of smartphones just six months later. The first collection included one mid-range release and a total of five devices in the budget-oriented Troope…
When gamers have ever wanted to get into the seat of a race car without spending millions of dollars to do it, they’ve turned to games to get the experience. From NASCAR, dragsters, rally cars and everything in-between, gaming has covered much of the r…
Although Skype continues to be a popular and widely-used service for Apple device owners, there is no shortage of complaints about the look of the app — particularly the Mac version, which didn’t cease when Microsoft took over development when it boug…
KCBS aerial reporter Ron Cervi on Tuesday posted photos of the ongoing construction of Apple’s “Campus 2” future headquarters in Cupertino, with the first “foundation” walls being placed and the overall shape of the building already becoming obvious fr…
Last week the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary’s Subcommittee Intellectual Property held a hearing on the first sale doctrine as part of review on copyright laws. The committee heard testimony from a number of businesses and gr…
Kindle has updated its iOS app, now allowing users to access purchased Audible content. Users can switch back and forth between reading a Kindle version of a book and the Audible audiobook version, depending on the relevant situation. Over 45,000 Kindl…
Just one day after issuing an SMC firmware update for mid-2013 model MacBook Air units, Apple on Tuesday added an EFI firmware update package for both the mid-2013 and early-2014 models. “This update improves reliability when waking from sleep and when…
Image-editing software maker MacPhun is now featuring a limited-capacity bundle offer on three of its top Mac-only photo manipulation programs, along with a premium membership to the ViewBug photo contest site and a complimentary copy of its next photo…
Mac users have relied on a pool of backup utlities for years, with three standouts being Apple’s own Time Machine, Retrospect, and Bombich Software’s Carbon Copy Cloner. All three fit slightly different niches, and serious techs and users have probably…
Apple’s online store currently has a huge inventory of refurbished 27-inch iMacs being sold at bargain prices. The 27-inch iMac with a 2.9GHz Intel quad-core i5 processor, 8GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive has been reduced by $400 to $1,399. A $300 disco…
At B&H.com this week, save $200 instantly on the 13.3-inch MacBook Air which has been cut from $1,099 down to $899. That discount makes this the lowest price we have seen on this computer by about $30. Also, buyers get a free copy of Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac, or a LoJack for Laptops one-year subscription. The MacBook Air features a 1.3GHz Intel dual-core i5 Haswell processor, 4GB of RAM and 128GB of flash storage. It is backed by a one-year warranty on parts and labor from Apple….
Home stereo units come in all sorts of sizes: from large combo units that tie into home theater systems to small head units that focus on doing the minimum, there are a lot of options to choose from. Accessory developer Pure has taken the simple, only-…
Rogers Wireless, a Canadian carrier, has announced that it will be supporting iOS 8’s new Wi-Fi calling feature when it debuts. Wi-Fi calling within iOS 8 will skirt the issue of roaming fees while a Canadian user is in the US or overseas, much like ov…
Today, Google issued one of its transparency reports, focusing on the encryption of outbound and inbound e-mails to other domains. Figures in the report look at different areas in the world, giving a percentage to the coverage amounts domains offer whe…
Available beginning today, users of ESPN’s WatchESPN apps can access content with Google’s Chromecast dongle. Live broadcasts can be streamed directly to users’ televisions with this update, including channel content from ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN3, ESP…