Change The Notification Center Menu Bar Icon In Mountain Lion [OS X Tips]

ReplaceNotificationCenterIconWith the profusion of menu bar icons in the upper right of our Mountain Lion screens, it might be time for a change. If you’re bored with the same old Notification Center icon that everyone else who’s upgraded to Apple’s latest Mac operating system has, this tip’s for you. First of all, head to your […]

Apples and Orange: the Kindle Fire HD

A year ago, I compared the new Kindle Fire with the Apple iPad. Fast-forward to last week, when Amazon introduced its new larger HD model. With low-cost, built-in LTE, and a $50/year data plan that gives users 250 MB of data per month, it provides…

How Apple Sabotaged Copycat Google And Made Them “Late” To Tablets

There's a good reason why Android tablets were so far behind the iPad.When Apple announced the original iPhone back in 2007, Google’s first Android handset wasn’t too far behind. The search giant got a compelling iOS alternative out of the gate before anyone else, and it’s been a head-to-head battle between the two platforms ever since. But how was Android able to follow the iPhone so quickly? […]

HP releases KIRF iMac complete with Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad

It feels like consumer PC hardware can now be defined thusly: “Make something as close as possible to an Apple product without getting sued.” HP’s Spectre One comes with accessories that look and act almost identical to Apple counterparts including the wireless keyboard, trackpad and mouse. The screen looks like a Cinema Display with HP […]

Kindle For Mac Update Brings Support For Lion Gestures, Kindle Format 8 Books & More

Amazon shows its Mac app some love.After unveiling its latest Kindle lineup last week, Amazon has updated its Kindle app for Mac OS X to introduce support for new books that employ the Kindle 8 format. It also adds OS X Lion gestures and a number of improvements. Users can now (finally!) user their trackpad to swipe through the pages of […]

Analyst: Tim Cook Is So Boring That Apple Will Have A Celebrity Intro The iPhone 5 Instead

0da8e1290279cf13f60e6a70670033e2_2According to Enderle Group analyst Rob Enderle, Apple might walk out a celebrity during the iPhone 5 event on Wednesday, September 12. Why? First of all, because Enderle believes that so many details about the iPhone 5 have already leaked out that no one’s going to bother watching the event. That is patently absurd. Apple […]