Apple Products and News

Sure, Rovio just announced its new Star Wars Angry Bird iteration, but they certainly haven’t forgotten about the OG Angry Birds that started it all. Today, Rovio has updated the original Angry Birds with a ton of new content. Chock full of new power-ups, this update includes 15 new Surf & Turf levels as well […]

Sling Media, maker of the Slingbox set-top media streaming boxes, today announced its first new hardware products in four years, introducing the new Slingbox 350 and 500 boxes. The company has long been one of the leading vendors offering software and…

In a letter to shareholders posted today on the Microsoft Investor website, Steve Ballmer, current CEO of Microsoft, said something surprising. His comments in the annual letter suggest that Microsoft may take a page out of the Apple playbook and start building its own phones based on the upcoming Surface tablet PCs, similarly to the […]

Apple’s much-maligned Maps app, released along with iOS 6, is an easy target, what with mixed up locations, cloud-obscured satellite images, and the infamous melting bridges. However, several developers have come forth to say that they had been warning Apple via reports on developer-only forums since the first beta came out at the beginning of […]

LifeProof has sent a note to customers notifying them that the company’s iPhone 5 waterproof case is taking a little longer to finish than had been planned. LifeProof CEO Gary Rayner said in an email that the company has an “army of engineers working 2…

LifeProof has definitely made an impact with the digital outdoors; seems I run into their sleek, modular, waterproof iPhone cases everywhere (we love them, btw). Now, the company is focusing on their new Nüüd iPad case, and the second available accessory for the case is the LifeJacket, a flotation device that fits around the waterproof […]

. Right before Apple was set to launch the iPhone 5 in mid-September, the nation’s fourth-largest/iPhone-less carrier T-Mobile prepared an agressive campaign to capture iPhone users on its network. Coincidentally launched on Sept. 21, T-Mobile promises up-to $1200 in savings over AT&T for unlocked iPhone users. T-Mobile even has a nanoSIM just for those making […]

Like any new tech, Passbook took a few stumbles when it was born unto the world. I thought the only card I’d be using was the Starbucks pass, but I soon found frustration that it didn’t work yet. Target’s generic coupon offering wasn’t very entici…

The Verge forums user Sentry posted the concept art you see above for the (underutilized) iOS task switcher, and I think it’s awesome. Sentry’s vision adds a lot of worthwhile information to the multitask bar without sacrificing the clear layout.
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If you are an accessory manufacturer there is a real game to be had: guessing at the specifications for a new Apple device with the hope that you can be one of the first to market and sell crazy amounts of product because there is very little competition. The risk of course is that Apple […]

In March, the folks in Cupertino released Apple Configurator, a Mac app that allows for someone to administer many iOS devices at a time like in a school or business (or a 9to5mac editor’s house) setting. This evening the application has been updated with a slew of features, including support for new iOS 6 features, iMessage, iBookstore, GameCenter, and for configuring […]

Usually there are enough incentives that get you going to McDonalds, whether it’s a craving for fast food or just a craving to eat food fast –for residents near Virginia Beach there is more than just fries with your burger. On four of the tables in the Hampton Roads location there are iPads perched in […]

According to a post on MarketWatch today, Major League Baseball would love to stop selling paper tickets. It turns out that Apple’s Passbook might very well help them to accomplish that goal during the next year.

Traditional ticket sales have been…

Major League Baseball has been thrilled with the success of Passbook. After integrating with the iOS 6 service only a couple weeks ago, MLB is already seeing 12{813a954d5e225a1509f22204ece89c855080ce25555f20805f61bed63cbfde3b} of its e-ticket buyers opt for using digital passes on their iPhones. According to MarketWatch: Passbook – which allows tickets and loyalty cards from a variety of outlets […]

Today a Chinese company introduced the first-ever fully functional cloned Lightning cable, proving that it is possible to knock off Apple’s new connector.  It even goes a step beyond Apple by adding a funky glowing feature and providing a dock. The Flash Lightning Dock is capable of charging and syncing an iPhone 5 or new […]