Category: News

Web developers and website owners pay attention: you need to set a retina-ready iOS bookmark icon. Called an Apple Touch Icon, these custom images become the icon that is displayed on a users home screen when they bookmark a website on an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. Without a custom apple-touch-icon set, users will get […]

Google is in the middle of a lawsuit with Oracle over patents issues related to Android, but that is not what this post is about. The legal document of an upcoming hearing of this case has revealed a very interesting bit of information regarding the advertisement money Google makes from different mobile platforms. In the […]

If you’re worried about losing an iPad or iPhone, you can greatly assist the chances of getting the iOS device returned to you by setting a custom “If Found” message as the lock screens wallpaper. This only takes a minute or two to set up: Use a drawing app (Paper for iPad is free and […]

Paper by FiftyThree is a free app that recently became available in the App Store. Created by ex-Microsoft employees, Paper allows users to draw sketches, diagrams, illustrations, or simple drawings. Paper features a minimalist and beautiful interface and has built in sharing options that allow users to share their creations on the web. Paper features […]

Apple will start production of a new 15-inch MacBook Pro in April and a new 13-inch MacBook Pro in June, according to DigiTimes‘ sources from the upstream supply chain. Rumors have been going around for a while now that the next MacBook Pro design will look similar to the MacBook Air, but there is still […]

The rumors about the smaller iPad or larger iPod touch won’t stop ever, now a new rumor has surfaced through Japanese site Macotakara (that has provided credible Apple news in the past) that Apple is now working on a 5-inch iOS device. Macotakara quoting a reliable source says that the new device features a Retina […]

iTunes 10.6.1 has been released, the minor update includes a variety of bug fixes but otherwise provides no new features. The official list of changes is as follows: • Fixes several issues that may cause iTunes to unexpectedly quit while playing videos, changing artwork size in Grid view, and syncing photos to devices. • Addresses […]

I don’t see Apple coming out with anything like this in the near future, but it’s still a pretty cool concept. Apple has said in the past that they looked into bringing touch screens to the Mac, but decided the multi-touch trackpad is a better solution. But now with the huge success of the iPad […]

A new Cydia tweak called SwitcherLand is now available in Cydia store. When installed, this tweak adds landscape mode to iOS’s app switcher or multitasking tray. So whenever your device is in landscape mode, you can simple double click the home button to reveal the app tray in landscape mode. This tweak not only allows […]

An iPhone saved a 49-year-old Dutch man’s life after the device stopped a bullet that was headed for his heart. Several unknown individuals approached the victim while in his van and opened fire. One of the five bullets fired hit the man’s chest, but luckily his iPhone was in his shirt pocket. The bullet shattered […]

A new app called Find My Facebook Friends has become available in the App Store that allows users to locate their Facebook friends on the map. The app works almost like Apple’s own Find My Friends service (app) and not only lets users to locate their friends on map, but also notifies them when one of their […]

There have been recent media reports suggesting that if you leave your new iPad plugged in after it reaches a 100{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} charge, it could harm the battery. Macworld decided to do some research on these claims and concluded that they were false. Your new iPad’s battery is fine. Despite some media reports suggesting that Apple’s […]

With the screen off on the 3rd-generation iPad, Cult of Mac was able to get  25.3 hours of battery life when using it as an LTE hotspot. Once you turn off the iPad’s giant Retina display, the battery will last for a very long time. As you can imagine, the display is one of the […]

  Many blogs have been talking about some recent tweets from Michael Margolis, a former Apple engineer. Talking about the new Apple TV interface, Margolis said “those new designs were tossed out 5 years ago because SJ didn’t like them.” This has started lots of creative rumors about how Apple won’t survive without Steve Jobs […]

Fortune Magazine ranked the 12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time, and chose Steve Jobs as number one. I think they made a great choice, but I would also point out that he was the greatest entrepreneur of all time, not just our time. Though he could be abusive and mean-spirited to people who threw themselves […]

83-year-old Evelyn Paswall is suing Apple after she walked into the glass doors at Manhasset Apple Store on Long Island. She is asking for $75,000 in medical expenses, plus punitive damages for negligence totaling $1 million, reports CBS New York. Paswall claims that she didn’t realize that she was walking into a wall of glass as she approached […]