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As promised yesterday, Apple's all-new Mac Pro desktop computer is now available for order via the company's website. Ready-made models are shipping right now by December 30 and upgraded versions are showing 'available to ship' dates in January.
The new Mac Pro comes in two flavors: a $2999 model equipped with a 3.7 GHz quad-core Intel Xeon E5 processor, 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of flash storage, and a $3999 model with a 3.5 GHz 6-core E5 chip, 16 GB of RAM, and a better graphics card...
Hackers have long had the ability to infiltrate a person's personal computer, and enable their webcam without their knowledge. We've been hearing horror stories about this for years, where users were covertly spied on through their PC's camera.
But Mac owners have always been led to believe that this can't happen with the iSight camera, because it's designed to always illuminate the adjacent green light every time it's active. Researchers have found a way, though, to get around this behavior...
The Walking Dead: The Game – Season 2, the official sequel to 2012′s Game of the Year, has arrived and is now available your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices, as well as game consoles and old-school desktops running Microsoft Windows or OS X operating systems.
Based on Robert Kirkman's award-winning comic books, the game puts you in the shoes of Clementine, a young girl orphaned by the undead apocalypse.
It includes a host of new survivors and locations, with the decisions you made in Season One and in 400 Days affecting your story in Season Two...
Apple has announced this morning that its radical new pro desktop, the beautifully cylindrically shaped Mac Pro, will be available starting tomorrow, Thursday, December 19.
The dream desktop for creative pros packs in enough oomph to drive up to three external displays, each at whopping 4K resolution, courtesy of dual AMD FirePro graphics chips with up to 6GB of VRAM.
It also includes the latest Intel Xeon E5 processors, up to 64GB of RAM and up to 1TB of PCI Express solid state storage...
Following a lengthy sale on its 1Password app for iOS, AgileBits has begun offering a discount on the Mac version of its password manager. For a limited time, you can get the Mac application for 30% off its regular $50 price.
The deal comes just a week before Christmas, but the developers say that the reason for the promotion is in celebration of the fact that Apple has just named 1Password for Mac as one of the best Mac App Store apps of 2o13...
If digital books are on your Christmas shopping list, then you'll be happy to hear that you can now do at least part of your shopping in Apple's iBookstore. The company has enabled gifting for iBooks just in time for the holidays.
Gifting in the iBookstore works exactly like it does in Apple’s iTunes and App Stores. Once you've chosen the book you’d like to gift, then simply tap on the drop-down arrow next to the price on your Mac, or the Share button in iOS...
If you open the Mac App Store, you'll notice a shiny new update awaiting you: OS X 10.9.1. It's an bug fix update that brings performance and stability improvements to Apple's desktop offering. Apple recommends that all current users of Mavericks update to OS X 10.9.1.
This update comes a tad short of two weeks since Apple released its last 10.9.1 beta, and contains no new surprises for those of you following the beta trail. Have a look inside for the full change log.
Whether you're a Mac and iPhone user yourself, or happen to be shopping for one this holiday season, you're going to want to check out this awesome Just Mobile accessory bundle from Stack Social.
For a limited time, the deal site is offering the solid aluminum Mtable stand for your iMac or Mac laptop, and the Xtand Go, which lets you mount your iPhone 5/5s glue-free, for 38% off retail pricing...
The micro-blogging platform Twitter on Tuesday refreshed its free iPhone and iPad client with the simplified menu bar, improved search, tweaked design and the ability to send images in Direct Messages, the latter currently off limits to third-party clients such as Tweetbot or the completely redesigned Osfoora 2.
Today, Twitter's Mac counterpart has undergone a similarly substantial revision which includes a significant facelift and a few great new features, like image previews in timelines, detailed tweet view, revamped profiles and more.
Jump past the fold for the full reveal...
Chrome Apps may have debuted as simple website shortcuts, but Google has quickly expanded on the initial capabilities so these things now feel and behave much like rich, native apps, as opposed to your typical clunky and somewhat slow web app. Today's Chrome Apps are packaged as native code, can work offline, access your computer's local storage and more.
There are some really fine Chrome Apps out there that will make you question your preconceived notions of what a web app can do and now Google has created a home for them, right in your Mac's Dock.
Introducing Chrome App Launcher which puts Chrome Apps for your desktop right in your Dock. Just click its icon and up pops a grid of all Chrome Apps that you've installed on your system. Read on for full details...
Whether you're planning on getting a new Mac for the holidays, or you're just looking for some new apps to increase productivity on your current one, you'll want to check out this big Mac software bundle from Stack Social.
The deal site is currently offering a suite of 10 Apple computer applications, which includes AfterShot Pro, Vitamin-R, skEdit and Compartments, at a steep discount. More details and a full rundown of the apps after the fold...
Lots of people have asked me how I go about recording footage directly from the iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. The process is one that is simple and straightforward with the help of a couple of hardware and software tools.
From time to time I will record footage directly from an iOS device, while at other times, I like to record the screen using an external camera so that you can see my hands as I work with the device. Depending on the circumstances, I've been known to switch up my methods for doing so.
The bottom line is that there are times in which you should definitely go the direct feed route as opposed to recording the screen externally. As the saying goes, there are many ways to skin a cat, but the method that I've been using has been working quite well for me. Have a look inside as I spill the details on what makes a successful iOS device recording setup.