Guide to Mac, iPod, iPad and iPhone news and reviews
9to5Mac shares some details on Apple’s apparent plans for updated iPods reportedly set to be introduced alongside the iPhone 5 at next Wednesday’s media event. Based on the information that appears to come from part numbers in inventory systems, Apple…
While all the recent talk has been about smaller and lighter iPads, Documont’s Kowala, an iPad lapboard for artists and workers alike, takes the opposite approach: It makes your iPad bigger and heavier for easier sketching and drawing–and it’s su…
Back in early July, Digitimes reported that Apple was looking at launching a tweaked third-generation iPad later this year, adopting new indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) display technology and making other changes that would enable the company to offer…
Welcome to this week’s gaming edition of iOS Gems! Today we’re taking a look at three new games: one is heavily based on the Infinity Blade series but features Marvel’s Hulk as the main character, the second is an attempt to bring aspects of Pok…
We’ve been following the story of Sony’s work to bring its Sound Forge audio recording and editing software to OS X for some time now, beginning with the initial teaser site that our investigation suggested was indeed a Sony project and continuing thro…
This week’s roundup of iOS apps offers ways to Hulk out, enjoy the start of football season, and carefully plan your divorce.
Originally announced in January for a release in April, iRig Stomp ($60) has just been shipped as a guitar and bass stompbox interface for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch—with a more affordable price. Roughly the size of a standard compact pedal an…
A Virgin Australia passenger running a beta version of iOS 6 claims he received a prompt to save a digital boarding pass to Passbook when he opened it in Safari on his iPhone, indicating that the airline already has support set up for Apple’s forthcoming app being released with iOS 6. The digital boarding pass […]
In mid-July, Japanese blog Macotakara claimed that Apple has been undertaking a significant redesign of the iPod nano, moving to an oblong form factor with a larger, rectangular screen and a home button. As shown in a rough rendering accompanying the …
Dear Esther is a collaborative work of art; a blueprint for future creators of interactive fiction.
Wait a second—a new peripheral for the Mac Pro? It’s been ages since we’ve seen virtually anything designed for Apple’s workhouse tower, but NVIDIA apparently hasn’t given up on the big old Mac yet. Announced today and coming later this year…
Chinese newspaper Shanghai Daily reports that thousands of Chinese students have been pushed to work at a Foxconn plant instead of attending school. According to the paper, which cited online posts from students from Huai’an in Jiangsu Province, cla…
9to5Mac reports that it has received information indicating that Apple will be launching six models of the iPhone 5, code named “N42”, at next week’s media event. The information indicates that Apple will be releasing black and white versions at the s…
These iOS games — like life — throw up a lot of obstacles in your path. But getting around those obstacles is a lot more fun on your iPhone or iPad.
The iTunes Guy answers questions about importing and converting audio.
The end of the world is rarely a beautiful thing. Bastion bucks the trend with a story-rich, action role-playing adventure set in a colorful fantasy landscape that easily makes for one of the most visually striking post-apocalyptic tales I’ve ever enco…