Why Apple Must Not Rest on its Laurels

by Oliver Haslam on Jan 31, 2012

It seems right now that Apple just can do no wrong. With record sales of its devices and huge amounts of money sat in the bank, it’s all very rosy over in Cupertino. But other companies have had successful periods before, only for things to go a little awry in future years.

Despite great results from Apple ever since Steve Jobs returned to the company back in 1997, it wasn’t really until the iPhone’s introduction in 2007 that the world really took notice of what was going in at 1 Infinite Loop.

Now it’s a worldwide phenomenon, with people owning iPhones who would never have contemplated picking up a Mac.

Throw in the beginnings of a tablet market that is still being dominated by the iPad, and Apple have every right to feel smug. But it may not last forever… Read More

 

Apple to Launch Major Employee Discount Program

by Cody on Jan 26, 2012

A few days ago we told you that Tim Cook had sent out an email to Apple employees regarding a special Town Hall meeting yesterday. The CEO wanted to congratulate his team on its recent success, and discuss some “exciting new things going on at Apple.”

As it turns out, 9to5Mac — who originally broke the story — has gotten word of at least one of the topics of the meeting. No, it’s not a new iPad or an Apple TV set. Apparently Apple is planning to launch a major employee discount program later this year… Read More

 

Absinthe Updated to v0.3, Includes Linux Version

by Jeff Benjamin on Jan 23, 2012

Version 0.3 of the Absinthe iPhone 4S and iPad 2 untethered jailbreak utility was released a moment ago by the Chronic Dev Team, and with it comes support for Linux.

If you’re already jailbroken with v0.2, there is no need to attempt to reapply the jailbreak with the latest version, because there’s nothing really new besides a few cosmetic changes and a fix for a rare bug that most won’t encounter. Read More

 

Having Problems With Your Jailbreak? Try These Tips

by Jeff Benjamin on Jan 21, 2012

Lots of happy people have successfully jailbroken their iPhone 4S and iPad 2 over the last 24 hours or so, but some are still having problems pulling off a successful jailbreak on both Mac and Windows.

We understand the frustration that some of you have been experiencing, and we really want to help you. True, the Windows Command Line Utility isn’t exactly the easiest tool to jailbreak with, but it can be done, and has been done successfully by many of our viewers and readers.

That being said, there are still quite a few that seem to be having issues, so if that describes you, step inside, and let’s discuss some things that might help… Read More

 

iBooks Author Video Demonstration

by Jeff Benjamin on Jan 19, 2012

Along with our hands-on video of iBooks 2, we’ve also tackled Apple’s latest content creation tool, iBooks Author.

iBooks Author is the free Mac App Store app that allows you to create book content for use in iBooks. What’s great is that it’s not just for so-called textbooks. No, it’s for cookbooks, history books, picture books, and whatever else you mind can come up with. Read More

 

iBooks Author Now Available for Download

by Cody on Jan 19, 2012

Earlier this morning, Apple unveiled a couple of new applications geared towards revolutionizing education. The first was iBooks 2, an update to the company’s digital book store that now includes a host of interactive textbooks.

And the second was iBooks Author, an app that provides all the tools needed to make those textbooks without needing any kind of background in programming or publishing. And it’s now available for download… Read More

 

Easily Pair Your iPhone With Your Mac’s Keyboard

by Oliver Haslam on Jan 13, 2012

If you are the kind of person who likes to use a real keyboard with your iPhone or iPod touch every once in a while, you’ll probably be acutely aware just how much of a pain it can be to have to manually pair your device with the keyboard every time you use it.

Obviously, that situation only crops up if you use your keyboard with a computer as well. But what if you could just plug your iPhone in and have it connect with one keystroke. No pairing, no messing.

A new keyboard from Matias offers just that… Read More

 

RedSn0w iOS 5.0.1 Untether Updated With Fix For MobileSubstrate Error

by Alex Heath on Dec 29, 2011

The Dev Team has released beta 3 of RedSn0w for the Mac and PC to fix an error that caused MobileSubstrate to sometimes crash on jailbroken iOS devices. This specific error only seemed to crash MobileSubstrate when the latest iOS 5.0.1 untether in RedSn0w was run over an existing jailbreak. Read More

 

Use Siri to Dictate Text to your Mac with Air Dictate

by Oliver Haslam on Dec 27, 2011

Everyone loves Siri, or at least everyone that can actually make it work with their less-than-perfect accent does. It may be great to be able to ask your iPhone to do things and dictate messages to it, but you know what would be insanely great?

Yep. Using Siri to dictate content on your Mac.

That’s where Air Dictate comes into play, giving iPhone 4S owners a way to harness the power of Siri’s dictation feature and have it send the resultant text over to a designated Mac. Read More

 

Use Your iOS Device as the Controller for Real Racing on the Mac

by Cody on Dec 24, 2011

If you know anything about iOS games, chances are that you’ve heard of Firemint’s Real Racing. The two-game racing series is one of the most popular franchises on Apple’s mobile platform.

The developers have really pushed the technological envelop with the title, making it one of the first apps to work cohesively with iOS 5′s AirPlay mirroring feature. And now they’re taking the game to a whole new level. Read More

 
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