Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
Recently, we reported that Apple was taking a tough stance on how it controlled the sharing of technology surrounding its new Lightning connector. Cupertino was trying to maintain some oversight on who received the information, but according to a new r…
One of the “features” of Apple’s new Lightning adapter on the iPhone 5 is a special authentication chip that must be built into the adapter or third-party peripherals in order for them to work properly. Apple is reportedly doing this in order to e…
Here is an interesting ‘footnote’ to this story on former GE CEO Jack Welch leaving Fortune Magazine, quitting over his harsh anti-Obama jobs Tweet coverage: Apparently, the 20-year CEO and Chairman of GE conducts business on his iPad. So, there’s another notch in the “iPad is only for consumption” coffin.
Following word today that the iPhone 5 will launch in India on October 26, MacRumors has learned that the iPhone 5 has been approved for sale in Brazil by Anatel, the country’s telecommunications regulatory authority. The approval was posted yesterday…
LaCie has announced a new addition to its Little Big Disk line with a pair of RAID’d SATA III solid state drives in either 512GB or 1TB total capacity. The company positions the drives towards “the creative pro on the go”, supporting either RAID 1 for …
The weather is getting cooler, the leaves are turning, and now begins the time of year when curling up in front of the fireplace with a great book on the iPad sounds fantastic. Thankfully, the fine folks at Humble Bundle are offering a nice collection …
Despite having flags, VIPs, folders, and other modes of structure and storage, emails are inherently difficult to keep track of. Especially whenever you have a message that must be replied to by a certain time. Luckily, both the Calendars and Reminders…
Images via Stephen M. Katz | The Virginian-Pilot A McDonald’s franchise owner in Virginia Beach, Va., decided to install mounted iPads in his store for customers to use while eating—something 20 locations in Europe have already done. The Virginia-Pilot (via CNET) has the full story.
The OS X text-editor market is burgeoning, especially with the advent of the Mac App Store and the capability to store documents on iCloud (and otherwise in the cloud). These writing apps range from minimalist text editors with few options to relat…
Most Mac OS X preferences are managed through easily accessible control panels, but going behind the scenes with defaults write commands can lead to some genuinely useful tweaks that can only be made through the command line. This list represents a compilation of some of the best defaults write commands out there, and even if […]
LaCie issued a press release today announcing an update to its Little Big Disk Thunderbolt series that now includes a pair of 2.5-inch SATA III SSDs. The new Little Big Disk provides read speeds up to 635MB/s, according to the company, approximately a 33 percent increase from the previous generation. It is also capable of daisy […]
Last week, EA released the first gameplay video of the new SimCity. Today, the Maxis team is running a live webcast showing new gameplay and the first live demo of SimCity.
The video will be available at origin.com/maxis-live after the event is compl…
Despite our love of all things digital we at PadGadget are still fans of old-school books. You know, the ones with paper pages. Even if you do nearly all your reading on an iPad, there are still ways to celebrate the printed page. For example, how about ordering an iPad case made out of a […]
Late last month, Macotakara reported that Apple had ordered carbon fiber components for an unknown product from a Japanese company. The order was said to be too large to simply be a sample, but no other details on the part were revealed.
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There’s been plenty of Footballing action for iOS users lately. EA released FIFA 13 last month and now Gameloft has unleashed Real Football 2013 in the App Store. Real Football 2013 is the newest version of Real Football series for iOS and brings better graphics and overall gaming experience to the already popular gaming series. The game brings real […]
Over the past several months, numerous cases and physical mockups for Apple’s rumored “iPad mini” have leaked, offering what many have believed will be a good approximation of what the device will actually look like. But according to a brief report fr…