Download TiVo Content To Your Mac & iDevices with cTiVo

12:53 PM, Apr. 16th, 2013 · Dave Hamilton · Product News

For years the best option for Mac-using TiVo owners to get content off of our TiVos and to our iDevices was iTiVo. But iTiVo, built largely in AppleScript Studio, has always had a buggy user interface, and with Mountain Lion it originally required some Terminal fu to get it to work at all. Building on the work done for iTiVo (and even reading your preferences from iTiVo), cTiVo picks up and takes the whole project into Objective C, making it a faster, cleaner app than its predecessor. And as with iTiVo, cTiVo is 100% freely available and open source.

Xcode Update Improves Debugging Support

8:33 AM, Apr. 16th, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Product News

Apple rolled out a small update for Xcode Monday evening that improved performance when debugging Objective-C code. Xcode is Apple's app system for writing apps for the Mac and iOS.

Mac Geek Gab Podcast App Beefs Up Bookmarks

9:30 AM, Apr. 2nd, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Product News

The Mac Observer's Mac Geek Gab podcast released version 1.3 of its self-named podcast playback and management app  for iOS devices on Tuesday. The new version added an auto-bookmark feature when listening to Mac Geek Gab episodes, and added Auto Sync support, too.

Find My Friends Update Improves Location Accuracy

7:56 PM, Mar. 28th, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Product News

Find My Friends

Apple rolled out an update for its Find My Friends app for the iPhone on Thursday that lets users set exact locations for notifications. Find My Friends is Apple's own location-based app and service for seeing where your friends and family are, and for receiving notifications when they happen to be nearby.

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Find My Friends 1.2 didn't do away with the stitched leather look, so apparently Jonny Ive hasn't put his fingers into this app yet.

GarageBand for iOS Adds Audiobus Support

8:46 AM, Mar. 21st, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Product News

Apple released GarageBand 1.4 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch on Wednesday with support for a Tasty Pixel's Audiobus app. Audiobus is an iOS app that lets users connect different audio apps together, which means GarageBand can now record audio from Audiobus-compatible third party apps.

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Adding Audiobus support to GarageBand iOS makes the app far more useful because it can now record the audio from other apps. That's great, but it's also a big deal because Apple added a third party API to one of its own iOS apps instead of simply rolling its own solution. That's new for Apple.

Apple TV Update Sports Redesigned Hulu Interface

10:10 PM, Mar. 19th, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Product News

Along with iOS 6.1.3 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, Apple released Apple TV version 5.2.1 on Tuesday. The update for the streaming home media device included a redesigned Hulu Plus interface, along with several security-related patches.

Apple Fixes Passcode Bypass in iOS 6.1.3

1:25 PM, Mar. 19th, 2013 · Bryan Chaffin · Product News

iPhone Passcode Screen

Apple released iOS 6.1.3 on Tuesday, an update that fixes a security hole in iOS that would allow someone to bypass your iPhone's passcode lock. The update also improves Apple Maps in Japan.

AT&T Launches Larger Shared Data Plans Starting at 30GB

7:37 PM, Mar. 18th, 2013 · Bryan Chaffin · Product News

AT&T

AT&T announced larger shared data plans aimed at the business market on Monday. Starting March 22nd, the company will offer 30GB, 40GB, and 50GB data plans at US$300, $400, and $500 per month (respectively), plus $30 per smartphone.

Xcode Update Adds OS X 10.8.3 Support

11:41 AM, Mar. 18th, 2013 · Jeff Gamet · Product News

Apple released Xcode 4.6.1 on Saturday, adding support for the recent OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 update. Xcode is Apple's app development environment with tools for creating and debugging code, and building app interfaces.