Archives for July 2011
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Browse By Day in July 2011
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Charlie Miller Finds Way to Hack MacBook Battery
Security researcher Charlie Miller says he has found a way to hack the chips that control the batteries in Apple’s…
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Line 6 Releases MIDI Interface for iPhone, iPad
Line 6 has introduced MIDI Mobilizer II, a MIDI interface for iPhone 3Gs and 4, iPad and iPad 2, and 3rd…
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Apple Releases “Supplemental Update” for Snow Leopard 10.6.8
Apple released a “Supplemental Update” for Snow Leopard 10.6.8 Monday. This patch is a maintenance release that squashes a couple…
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MGG 343: Lion Tips Galore!
Dave’s back from vacation and he and John dive in and share all the cool OS X Lion tips that…
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OS X Lion: New Quick Look Features
In Lion, Quick Look’s been redesigned a little bit, and I love the changes. You can now choose a program…
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Mac Pro 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon: $2,119
The Deal Brothers noted that Apple is offering the refurbished Mac Pro 2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon for $2,119. It ships…
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See Full Cookie Details in Safari 5.1
Safari 5.1, which is available for both Snow Leopard and Lion, changes the amount of cookie detail we can see…
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Angry Birds Updated with 15 New Levels, More Jewels
Rovio announced Monday the release of Angry Birds 1.6.2 for iPhone, an update that adds 15 new levels to the…
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Apple Releases iOS 4.3.5 with Security Patch
Apple released iOS 4.3.5, a security patch for the company’s iOS devices. According to the patch notes, the updates fixes…
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The Sleve2 Combination Computer & iPad Case Is Cool
Anyone with a 13-in MacBook or 13-in MacBook Pro who also owns an iPad should take a good look at…
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Reclaiming the Finder in Lion
Yes, OS X Lion still has the Finder. Although the latest update to the Mac operating system contains numerous iOS-like…
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Kindle, Kobo iPhone Apps Drop Store Buttons
The Kobo and Kindle ebook reader apps for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch lost their in-app purchase option over…
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AT&T Gearing Up for September iPhone 5 Launch
AT&T is apparently ramping up for a September launch of Apple’s next generation iPhone. Apple skipped its usual late June…
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OS X Lion: Resetting Your Account Password with Your Apple ID
One of my favorite new features in Lion is the ability to reset a forgotten account password using your Apple…
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Reader Predictions: Apple’s Q4 iPad Sales Estimates
Apple sold 9.25 million iPads during its third fiscal quater for 2011, and sales of the multimedia tablet are still…
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China Shuts Down Fake Apple Stores
China’s government shut down two knock-off Apple stores in Kunming over the weekend. The stores were being passed off as…
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Apple Lands Grand Central Terminal Store Location
Apple has apparently struck a deal to build a retail store in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal. The 10-year…
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Apple Airs New “We’ll Always” iPad 2 Commercial
Apple unveiled its latest iPad 2 commercial on Sunday. The new ad, called “We’ll Always,” sticks with the company’s previous…
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3 Freebies For the Audiobook & Podcast Lover
Love audiobooks and podcasts? This week’s Free on iTunes is right up your alley. Vern Seward takes a look at…
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Verizon Was Expecting a Summer iPhone Refresh, Too
Incoming Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam appeared on CNBC Friday to talk about his company’s June quarter results, and during the…
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T-Mobile Offers $9.99 Micro SIM for iPhone
T-Mobile announced Friday that it was offering a Micro SIM card that AT&T iPhone 4 users (or unlocked iPhones) can…
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Particle Debris (wk. ending 7/22) Big Dreams and Dashed Dreams
This has been a week of big dreams. Apple might, sooner than we think, take the lead in the consumer…
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Freeverse Cancels 17 Mac Games
Freeverse has doscontinued 17 of its Mac gaming titles, including Burning Monkey titles, Enigma, Airburst, and others. The company assured…
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Apple 64GB 1st Gen. WiFi iPad: $469.99
The Deal Brothers found a deal on the refurbished Apple 64GB 1st Gen. WiFi iPad for $469.99, after $30.00 in instant…
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Lodsys Sues Angry Birds Maker for Patent Infringement
Lodsys, well known for hitting third-party iPhone developers with patent infringement lawsuits over in-app purchase features, has ruffled a few…
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Reader Discussion: Apple’s Big Cash Pile
Apple currently has US$76 billion burning a hole in its pocket, and isn’t hinting how it plans to spend its…
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Apple Said to be Looking at Hulu Purchase
Apple is apparently interested in making a bid for the online video subscription service Hulu. Word of Apple’s interest comes…
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Mac OS X: Automatically Resizing Columns
Within the Finder’s list, column, and Cover Flow views, there’s an easy way to automatically resize your columns to fit…
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Verizon Activates 3.6M iPhones in Q2
Verizon Wireless, the second company to offer Apple’s iPhone 4 in the U.S., activated 3.6 million of the combination iPod…
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Lion Sales Top One Million on First Day
Apple announced Thursday that sales of OS X 10.7 Lion topped the one million mark on Wednesday, the first day…
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iPad Unit Sales Equal 9.9% of PC Sales
When Apple sold 9.25 million iPads in June, the company effectively took 9.9% of the entire PC market at the…
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The Fabulous Transformation of Apple’s MacBook Air
There was a time when the MacBook Air was considered a high-end, overly expensive, limited capability toy for wealthy business…
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Jeff Gamet Looks at OS X Lion on MacJury
The Mac Observer’s Jeff Gamet joined MacJury host Chuck Joiner to talk about the just released OS X Lion for…
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Apple TV: $85
The Deal Brothers noted that Apple is once again offering the refurbished Apple TV for $85.00. This system was originally released…
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OS X Lion Keeps its Yummy UNIX Flavor
There’s been some healthy discussion, to put it mildly, about how Apple is using some ideas from iOS to make…
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Thunderbolt MacBook Air Shipments Hit 500,000
Apple introduced its new Thunderbolt-equipped MacBook Air on Wednesday after releasing OS X Lion, and only a day later shipments…
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Lion: Reversing Trackpad Scrolling
Like Snow Leopard, Apple’s OS X Lion includes a two-finger trackpad gesture for scrolling through windows and documents. The scrolling…
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Ted Landau: Lion’s Best Features & More
Apple touts that Mac OS X Lion has over 250 new features. However, only a very few of these features…
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Reader Discussion: Lion First Impressions
Apple released OS X Lion Wednesday morning as a downloadable upgrade through the Mac App Store. Today TMO readers are…
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Apple Tops Nokia as World’s Biggest Smartphone Maker
Apple has jumped above Nokia to become the top selling smartphone maker with 20.34 million iPhones sold in its last…
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John Martellaro’s Favorite (Stealthy) Lion Features
Apple’s new OS X, Lion, has lots of new, glitzy, high-profile features, but there are some lesser features, not so…
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Apple Leases More Cupertino Office Space
Apple has apparently run out of office space yet again, so it has signed a lease for an office campus…
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Apple’s Cash Hoard Exceeds GDP of 128 Countries
Apple has more than US$76.2 billion in cash as of the June quarter, and The Wall Street Journal reported on…
