Latest Apple News
- 17 June 2013
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News: Advice from an Apple Tech: Your first time under the hood
You have a Mac. And some half-crazed part of your brain really, really wants to take it apart and tinker with it, upgrade it in every way possible, and put it back together again. You've been warned not to do it, but warnings be damned.
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News: Macs in business
Apple's Mac sales have been growing over recent years. It's tempting for the Windows market to say things like "Sure, home users like them, but they're useless for real work", but that's simply not true. Macs are now common in workplaces across many different market sectors.
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News: CloudOn CEO: Office Mobile for iPhone is 'half-baked'
Microsoft's Office Mobile for iPhone is a "half-baked" effort that breaks basic features like file compatibility, according to the chief executive of rival CloudOn, which provides Office compatibility across the Apple iPhone, iPad, and Android platforms.
- 15 June 2013
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News: The Macalope Weekly: It's the little things
That's pretty much all pundits have left to complain about. But complain about them they will! Our first pundit this week decries Apple's wanton destruction of a vital app category. Then we'll get caught up on this week's ways in which Apple is doomed. Finally, we'll learn how emperor iOS 7 has no clothes!
- 14 June 2013
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News: Office Mobile for iPhone: What you need to know
A week that began with a flurry of Worldwide Developers Conference announcements from Apple is ending with its once-fiercest rival making a little news of its own. Microsoft on Friday announced a mobile version of its Office productivity suite for the iPhone. The software giant's move answers a longstanding demand for a version of the world's most widely used office software for one of the world's most popular mobile platforms--though there are a couple of big caveats that could limit just how widely this iOS-friendly version of Office gets adopted.
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News: Apple to increase Bluetooth integration in iOS 7, OS X Mavericks
Bluetooth enhancements are among the big changes to be found in the next versions of iOS and OS X, according to a Bluetooth trade group. Unveiled at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, iOS 7 and OS X 10.9 Mavericks will, among other things, allow Bluetooth-connected devices to use Notification Center. The changes are part of an "unprecedented" effort to more fully integrate the wireless technology into the Apple ecosystem and accessories such as game controllers, keyboards, and wearable health monitors.
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News: What is the new Mac Pro 2013 made of?
One of the most often asked questions about the Mac Pro is what is the case made from? Find out here.
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News: Office Mobile for iPhone: What's really at stake for Microsoft and Apple?
Few people actually open and edit documents on their smartphones, let alone actually create them there. From a short-term perspective, then, placing a version of Microsoft Office on Apple's iPhone shouldn't dramatically change the world.
- 13 June 2013
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News: Haswell MacBook Air speeds up with faster graphics, flash storage
Apple on Monday updated the MacBook Air with Intel's fouth generation Core processors, code named Haswell. Macworld Lab has the new MacBook Air and the results are interesting, to say the least--the 2012 and 2013 13-inch models received the same overall system performance score in Speedmark 8, but individual tests tell a different story.
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News: First look: Hands-on with iOS 7
iOS 7 won't come out until the fall, but since its unveiling at Monday's WWDC keynote it's been the talk of the Apple world.
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News: Samsung Galaxy S5 to use metal casing
That right, rumours have started emerging surrounding the Samsung Galaxy S5 and kicking things off is that it will supposedly use a metal casing.
- 12 June 2013
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News: FAQ: everything you need to know about iOS 7
In taking the wraps off iOS 7 at this week's Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook called it the most significant overhaul of Apple's mobile operating system since the company got into the smartphone business back in 2007. The Alabama-born Cook isn't just whistling Dixie: iOS 7 is a dramatic re-invention of its mobile software that goes beyond mere additions and enhancements. Apple is changing the very look of iOS itself.
- 11 June 2013
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News: OS X Mavericks release date and features
Apple has announced that OS X (10.9) Mavericks is officially on its way, here’s where we take a look at OS X Mavericks release date and new features.
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News: Bing-powered Siri joins Microsoft's anti-Google allies
Move over, Google: the latest version of Apple's iOS search assistant, Siri, uses Microsoft's Bing for searches.
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News: Yes, there's a trade show for augmented reality, and its demos are enchanting
Across the street from the Great America amusement park, a small gathering of augmented reality enthusiasts were building an amusement park of their own. Armed with iPads, Android phones, and high-tech headsets, the people of the Augmented World Expo set about creating a more exciting reality.
- 10 June 2013
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News: Apple's law-enforcement critics 'appreciative' of new activation lock
Two prominent law enforcers in the U.S. who have been pushing Apple to do more to combat iPhone theft say they appreciate a new feature previewed earlier Monday that could help make stolen iPhones more difficult for thieves to resell.
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News: New MacBook Airs offer all-day battery life, better graphics performance
If Apple has anything to say about it, the future of the notebook will be long and healthy. And it will be exemplified in the new versions of the MacBook Air, announced during Apple's WWDC 2013 keynote, and available immediately.
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News: Apple turns to developers to show off App Store strength
Lots of companies dream of giving their products a high-profile debut. Anki, a robotics company that uses iOS as both the controller and "brains" of a new race-car game, got to share the Worldwide Developers Conference stage with Apple.
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News: iBooks to come to the Mac
Book lovers, teachers, and students rejoice: iBooks has come to the Mac--and it supports iBooks Author books, too. Apple Senior Vice President Craig Federighi previewed the new Mac version of iBooks to a cheering audience at Monday's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, alongside other improvements in the upcoming OS X Mavericks.
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News: OS X catches a wave, as Apple previews OS X Mavericks
When it comes to OS X, the cat is out of the bag.
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