Author: Scott Buscemi

As part of the new OS X Mavericks, websites can now send push notifications to your computer. Back in June, we featured the first public website that took advantage of the native push notifications feature. Today, the same developer Connor LaCombe, released Pronto Push, a new service that allows you to receive push notifications for […]

Xcode has been updated to version 5.0.1, bringing with it the OS X 10.9 SDK and several new features for developers to use. The app is free in the Mac App Store. Developers can now use the “Debug Gauge” to see how much power their apps use in realtime. In addition, to go along with […]

The updated versions of iPhoto, iMovie, and GarageBand are now making their way onto the Mac App Store. The icon for iPhoto has been updated on the store, but it’s still displaying “iPhoto ’11″ at this time. The latest version released today, 9.5, is available though if you press the install or update button. Update: For […]

Joining the new “Space Gray” iPhone 5s, the 32/64GB versions of the iPod touch, iPod nano, and iPod shuffle can now be ordered in new color as well. This might indicate that the iPod line won’t be seeing any update this season/year, since Apple is going through the effort to add the additional color. The iPod touch sports […]

Details of the rumored smartphone-compatible, Carl Zeiss lens-weilding camera attachment from Sony, set to be announced tomorrow, have been leaked by sonyalpharumors. The promotional video above shows the features of the QX100/QX10 “lens-style cameras”. For devices with NFC, a simple tap hooks up the camera/lens and makes it ready to share or save files right […]

For years, there have been iPad applications that allow remote access to your Mac from anywhere in the world. Parallels Mobile, for example, was launched back in 2011 and allowed you to view your Mac and Windows virtual machines on your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad (and later discontinued). But these apps have always been […]

Judge Cote, who is overseeing the e-books case involving the DOJ and Apple, said today that she does not want to “intrudce much on how Apple does business”, according to an AP article. This is the same judge that found Apple guilty of conspiring to raise prices. As noted by ATD things morning, Apple recently […]

Apple has updated its System Status page to show that 20{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} of users have been unable to make purchases since 6am this morning. Sadly, this outage is starting to become the norm as just last week the iTunes Store and other iCloud services were experiencing issues for certain users. In addition, Apple released new versions […]

In preparation for this year’s iTunes Festival next month, Apple has brought back the iTunes Festival channel on the Apple TV. The channel appears automatically over-the-air without any manual updating or notification. Popular artists such as Elton John, Lady Gaga, Ellie Goulding, and Justin Timberlake will take the stage in London for 30 days of […]

iTunes Radio, Apple’s upcoming streaming music service that will compete with services like Pandora and Spotify, will be partnering with large brands for audio and video advertisements, according to a new report by Ad Age. The service, which will be available on all iOS devices – including the Apple TV – and every computer that […]

This morning, Apple updated its Apple Web Server notifications page to credit security researcher Ibrahim Balic and several others for pointing out security flaws in their web servers. Balic claimed to be responsible for taking down the Developer Center after demonstrating how security flaws in the website allowed him to gather full names and Apple IDs. […]

Just two short months ago, Nook manufacturer Barnes & Noble was telling the world that it was moving out of the tablet business and focusing on content. Now it appears the company is scrapping that new strategy and going full-speed ahead with their original plans (memories of Netflix’s Qwikster plans are brought to mind). Although […]

Apple has just posted Security Update 2013-002 for OS X 10.7.5 and 10.8.x. The Apple Security Updates knowledge base page hasn’t been updated with details regarding the update, but it’s recommended for all users to download and install through Software Update or apple.com.

For the past three weeks, I’ve been wearing the new Fitbit Flex, a new competitor in the health wristband market. As a former unofficial beta tester of the original Jawbone Up, I was excited to start using a new wristband to track my steps and sleep. With great battery life promised and a sleek design, […]

After every Apple event, the company posts the video to their Apple Keynotes video podcast channel. While yesterday’s event was live streamed and the stream was available on Apple.com shortly thereafter, the video download allow for offline viewing. Apple introduced iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks yesterday during the 2013 WWDC Keynote. We’re still finding […]