Apple Products and News

With the iPad mini still set for unveiling this month, part leaks are likely to happen. Apple seems better able to guard against new products slipping out than updates, but the supply chain is big and long and there’s just too many companies and peopl…

Brian Eno has a new app out. It’s called Scape. Like other apps he’s produced, it’s about making music – even for people who have no musical skill or knowledge whatsoever. Eno has a track record on iOS. His first app, Bloom, was one of the very earliest ambient music generators on the platform and […]

We posted a link to a rare audio recording in August of Steve Jobs speaking at the 1983 International Design Conference in Aspen. A roughly 20-minute audio recording of Jobs’ speech was available from the Center for Design Innovation’s website. In the recording, Jobs predicted the explosion of the personal computer market, the need for better […]

I use email for a ton of different reasons. I use it to communicate with family, friends, colleagues, and business partners. I use email to keep track of things I need to get done today, tomorrow, and far into the future. Chances are, you do, too. One of the ways I use email to keep […]

Despite Steve Jobs teasing Bill Gates about the benefits of software lovers wanting to make their own hardware, and Gates rage-laughingly retorting with PC market share numbers, Microsoft has often flirted with the integrated device model. From Xbox t…

Phiaton’s new Moderna MS 200 earphones ($149) sound good and have great sound isolation, sure, but what’s more important is how good they look plugged in to your new iPhone 5. The Good The MS 200’s look good, like, Michael-Jackson-in-the-80s-with-his-glove-and-red-leather-jacket good. I love the red tangle-free cord (which does its job well) and matching red […]

If you suspect someone is using your Mac while you’re away and getting into personal documents and files, the easiest way to quickly find out is by looking at the Recent Items list: Pull down the  Apple menu and go to “Recent Items” Look for apps, servers, and documents you didn’t open Now you’re […]

While some people think social, location-based mobile apps are for the birds, others might like to use them for that very purpose. That’s the idea behind Birdeez, an iOS app created by three partners in California who have birdwatchers in their sig…

For the introduction of the refreshed Nest thermostat, cofounder of the company and former iPhone engineer Matt Rogers sat with Kevin Rose for the new Foundation video series on TechCrunch. After speaking about some of the updates included in the upgraded Nest hardware, Rogers talks about his time at Apple in 2004 as an intern […]

If you want to completely peg CPU to stress test a Mac, turn no further than the Terminal. Using the command line you can easily max out all CPU cores and induce huge load on a Mac, making it easy to determine things like what temperature the processor reaches under heavy load, if fans are […]

The Nest learning thermostat has taken a page from the Apple playbook, with a new hardware and software release roughly a year after the original device’s debut. And that’s no surprise, given that Nest was created by Tony Fadell, who oversaw the de…

With elections right around the corner, we thought it would be fun to pit republicans against democrats in a less traditional way. Instead of arguing about world events and taxes in a debate, we’re jumping right in with this list of games we think republicans love. Monopoly Hotels (Free) Republicans love to buy up property. […]

Emailing photos from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is easier than ever from iOS 6 onward, because you can now attach pictures right from the mail composition screen, here’s how: Tap and hold in the body of a mail message Tap the right arrow button, then tap “Insert Photo or Video” Find the picture […]

The rumor mill has started churning out more reports about the iPad mini. Yesterday, we heard information from nameless industry analyst through Fortune that Apple is planning an even for Oct. 17. Now, Japanese blog Macotakara is reporting that a factory in Brazil has begun production of the smaller sized iPad. The information coming down […]

The New York Times has released an experimental HTML5 web app designed for the iPad. The app is available to those with access to either the tablet-only or all digital offerings from the Times. The New York Times web app provides the same news content…

Ukrainianiphone.com reports to have obtained parts for the upcoming iPad mini. The parts, labeled in the gallery above, according to the Russian-language website, were from a source who visited the factory in Asia. Notables include the plastic spacer bars, which Apple has traditionally used for 3G and 4G radio equipment, and an Audio jack at the […]