The Mac Observer will once again host its annual Editors' Choice Awards at Macworld / iWorld Expo in January. Our editors will choose what they deem to be the best-of-the-best new Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod-related products released between Macworld Expo last year and the start of the show this year.

Macworld | iWorld 2013 is only weeks away and we're already making our plans for the event. Are you planning on going? Head on over to the TMO forums and let us know in today's poll.

The TruGlide Stylus with a microfiber tip, 4.6 inches long, is just about the perfect size and weight for use with an iPad mini. And it looks great -- if a stylus is That Thing You Do.
 

Macworld / iWorld Expo opened its virtual ticket booth for its January 2013 conference on Thursday. The annual conference and expo includes sessions for new and experienced Mac users, along with sessions for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users, too.

Griffin Technology has released the rugged and colorful Survivor case for iPhone 5, complete with belt clip which doubles as another layer of security. There are currently 11 color options and another eight will be available shortly. One problem noted was the difficulty in removing the iPhone from the case.

Mac Computer Expo teamed up with WellRedApps to release a special app on Tuesday for this weekend's Apple-related conference. The MCE 2012 app lists conference sessions, speakers, along with expo vendors and sponsors, and supports the iPhone 5's taller Retina Display.

Session videos from Apple’s 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference made it to the company’s website on Wednesday, giving attendees for last week’s event a chance to re-watch the sessions they attended, and giving developers that couldn’t attend the opportunity to learn more about coding for the Mac, iPhone and iPad.

A decade ago, Max Seeleman was a youngster in school when he launched the Ulysses writer’s tool and The Soulmen. In this WWDC interview, he tells TMO’s Dave Hamilton how the OS X app has evolved.  And how smart, technical changes led to the Daedalus editing app for the iPad and the new, rewritten Ulysses 3, coming soon.

At WWDC, TMO’s Dave Hamilton met with Mike Bombich, author of Carbon Copy Cloner for OS X. Mr. Bombich left Apple two years ago to pursue his passion for being a creator of something great. A short respite breathed new life into his work with his quintessential OS X copy and backup tool, CCC. This interview includes some intriguing, little known facts about CCC.

Just in case you hadn’t heard, Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference was this week, and the company dropped a new retina display MacBook Pro in our laps. The company also previewed OS X Mountain Lion and iOS 6, and kicked Google Maps to the curb. Since you couldn’t be there, how about if Mac OS Ken’s Ken Ray takes you by the hand and fills you in.