Author: Mark Gurman

The Mailbox for iPhone email application no longer has a reservation system, its developers announced today. The developers say that improved scaling contributed to this. Good news! Mailbox is now available without having to wait in line. After 10 weeks of around-the-clock hard work, our engineering team has scaled the Mailbox service to deliver over […]

Facebook has released an updated version of its Facebook application for iOS today, bringing the iPad application more in line with the website’s recently announced redesign and adding some features from the Android-based Facebook Home software. The Verge took a hands-on look at the updated app. The iPad application now has a more streamlined, simplified […]

According to a tweet issued by CNBC, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch will leave the company this week to join Apple. Neither Apple nor Adobe have confirmed the claim. Update: Adobe has confirmed in an SEC filing that Lynch departed the firm. He left the company yesterday (March 18) to pursue other opportunities: On March 18, 2013, […]

Hulu has updated its interface on the Apple TV with a more intuitive interface. The updated section on the Apple TV makes it easier and quicker to access content. Like other Apple TV features, the updated Hulu section now has a top-bar with categories. Users can now jump into each individual category to access content: […]

Apple has released iOS 6.1.3 to end users today. It is currently available over-the-air via Software Update in the Settings app. The update includes a security flaw fix involving the iOS device Lock screen. Additionally, the new update includes fixes for the Apple Maps application for Japan. Apple previously released these Japanese Maps fixes over-the-air […]

If you’ve been wondering what’s different with Apple’s ads lately, you are probably not alone. Scott Trattner had been working with Apple’s exclusive ad agency, TBWA’s Media Arts Lab, since 2004, but left the firm in the summer of 2012 to join 72andSunny. Trattner worked on multiple campaigns for Apple, including the famous Get a […]

Ahead of Twitter’s new third-party application API rules that take effect on March 5th, Tapbots has updated its popular string of Tweetbot for iOS and Mac applications to comply with the new rules. Many of the changes have taken place on the backend, but users will notice subtle user-interface tweaks. These changes are mostly prominent […]

Following the hack on a small number of Apple corporate Macs, Apple has released a Java security patch to end users. Java for OS X 2013-001 delivers improved security, reliability, and compatibility by updating Java SE 6 to 1.6.0_41. On systems that have not already installed Java for OS X 2012-006, this update disables the […]

While the jury from the high-profile, California-based Apple versus Samsung trial ruled that Samsung willfully infringed, in five patent infringement claims, Apple’s patents, the judge presiding over the case has overturned this ruling (PDF of ruling). As noted by The Verge, Judge Lucy Koh, following a request from Samsung’s legal team, has decided that Samsung did […]

Apple sent the following email to developers today: iTunes Connect will undergo scheduled maintenance for approximately four hours starting at 8 p.m. (PT) on Saturday, January 26. During this time, content delivery and iTunes Connect will not be available. Regards, The iTunes Store team Thanks, Scott and everyone else who sent this in!

The highly anticipated Mailbox alternative email application for the iPhone will be available in the “coming weeks,” according to its creators. Orchestra, the application development team behind Mailbox, calls Mailbox “the inbox reinvented for a world on the go.” We’ve been testing the application and feel that it truly is the reinvention of email for […]

Apple’s iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS featured plastic backs Digitimes claims that the budget iPhone will feature a plastic chassis, rather than the metal and glass exterior design of the iPhone 5. The plastic shell comes in a move to cut costs on the device’s hardware. The report also claims that internal components may still […]

Bloomberg reports that Apple has announced in a filing to the city of Cupertino that its upcoming Campus 2‘s completion will be delayed until mid-2016. Apple previously said that it had planned to open the new, “spaceship”-like campus at some point in 2015. While Apple planned on breaking ground on the site, which is HP’s […]

Apple has begun airing two new TV ads for the iPhone 5. The first ad is a Thanksgiving special that demonstrates the iOS 6 Shared Photo Streams feature (above). The second ad, shown above, shows off the new iPhone 5′s noise canceling microphone functionality.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that Bertrand Serlet was working with other former Apple employees and other Silicon Valley veterans on a new cloud startup called UpThere. Today, it appears, that UpThere has put up a new website that shares a little more detail on the company. The company’s new website is still cryptic, […]

Apple has begun shipping the LTE version of the iPad mini to customers who have pre-ordered. Yesterday, we noted that Apple began shipping the LTE model of the fourth-generation iPad. Like the fourth-generation models, Apple is now telling some customers that their shipped iPad minis will arrive on Friday, November 16th. However, a check at […]