Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
Apple has added the new VIP Mailbox feature to it’s iCloud’s beta site. That means users will now be able to mark the email addresses of important people to make their emails stand out in their iCloud inbox. The new VIP Mailbox feature of iOS 6 allows users to add their favorite senders to a […]
Apple has finished decorating the front of the Yerba Buena center for the company’s September 12 media event. Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 5 at the event, along with a release date for iOS 6. A MacRumors forum visitor believes the facade shows stretched iOS icons, including Game Center, iTunes and Music. They […]
Once again, we come to that time of the week where wee discuss the news of the week that was, and (in this case) anxiously anticipate the week to come. We know there’s an event happening Wednesday, so we have all of that speculation to cover, as well as whatever burning topics the chat room has a hankerin for.
Tonight we’ll be joined by the Managing Editor of The Mac Observer, Jeff Gamet, and iMore chief Rene Ritchie. You never know who else will show up though, so you ought to come by just in case.
If you want to influence the conversation, or find out what all this “aftershow” business is all about, you really ought to just drop by. Don’t worry, the door to my House (of Crackpot Theories) is only closed because I have the air conditioner on.
Believe me, it’s a much better show when I’m not talking to myself! To participate, you can use the browser-only Talkshoe client, the embedded Facebook app, or download the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; however, for +5 Interactivity, you should call in. For the web UI, just click the Talkshoe Web button on our profile page at 4 HI/7 PDT/10 pm EDT Sunday. To call in on regular phone or VoIP lines (Viva free weekend minutes!): dial (724) 444-7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 — during the call, you can request to talk by keying in *8.
If you’ve got a headset or microphone handy on your Mac, you can connect via the free X-Lite or other SIP clients (aside from Skype or Google Voice), basic instructions are here. Talk to you tonight!
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This was another fun contest, with lots of good entries. Thanks to all of you who took part. And of course huge thanks to Steve and the team at East Coast Pixels for serving up the codes to giveaway. Here are our lucky winners: Jere, Alex, Yamil, and lulian Winners – congratulations, and please keep […]
The iMore show’s Sunday edition returns tonight with yours truly and special guest, Clayton Morris, co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend, and technology expert on Fox News Channel. We’ll be talking a little about last week’s Nokia and Amazon announcem…
What if, when you pinched-to-zoom in iOS, it wasn’t just your pictures or website that got bigger, but your entire device? Start with an iPhone 5. Pinch. iPad mini. Pinch. iPad. That, and fingerprint scanning, Siri mission-control, and more are shown …
I posted a few weeks back about this great looking iPad stand called the Human Toolz Mobile Stand for the iPad 3. At the time it was a Kickstarter project that looked hugely promising to me. Today I got the official email announcing that the project was successfully funded – which is great news, not […]
Apple is finishing getting all the banners in place at Yerba Buena for the September 12 event where we’ll likely see the iPhone 5 and new iPods. At first the Yerba Buena banners just looked like streams of color but an eagle eyed MacRumors reader noti…
This weekend’s iPad wallpapers are three stunning cityscape sort of images from the excellent Backdrops Retina Wallpaper app. First up is the image above, titled London Calling and done by JoJoJohnDoe. London is one of the world’s truly great cities, and I was lucky enough to live there for more than 10 years. I just […]
There are a variety of different ways to transfer or share files between Macs, and we’ll cover the three easiest methods that are applicable for just about movement of files. AirDrop is unique to newer versions of OS X but is by far the simplest, iMessages lets you send files to another Mac over the […]
[This is an advertorial. Maclife gets a portion of each unit sold.]Update: This deal ends today. Make sure to take advantage of this deal while you can.We know there’s all sorts of you artsy types out there. We also know, being the quirky cr…
Quick Look is one of the most handy features in Mac OS X to quickly get a preview of files, but you can also use it as an application launcher of sorts to quickly send a file to a compatible app. Similar to the “Open With” menu that can be summoned by right-clicking on a […]
Slingshot Racing is a thrilling, action-packed racing game that takes place in a great steampunk environment. The backgrounds and the cars both look impressive on the Retina screen of the third generation iPad. The game starts with an in-depth tutorial that will introduce you to all of the gameplay elements. Essentially, in this game, your […]
Amazon has backtracked on its decision to include non-removable ads and special offerson the lock screen and home screen of its new Kindle Fire HD tablets. Following a negative reaction to its decision to include the ads without an opt-out option, the …
Speck is now taking orders for its new SmartShell for Appleís MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The company seems to have acknowledged a frequent complaint with previous versions of its snap-on hard protective covers, which while effective, are slightl…
Photo by Luis Gutierrez, Developer of Super Apps
Apple has finished decorating the front facade of the Yerba Buena center in preparation for their September 12th media event. Apple is expected to announce the iPhone 5 at that event. At initial g…