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Apple Hired the CEO of Yves Saint Laurent to Work On Special Projects

For some reason, Apple has hired the CEO of fashion house Yves Saint Laurent Paul Deneve to work on ‘special projects’. He’ll report directly to Tim Cook and presumably help out on future wearable technology that Apple has in store or outfit Jony Ive with tighter fitting t-shirts or something we have no idea what.…

Resume Designer: Make Professional-Looking Resumes Fast and On the Go

There’s virtually nothing pleasant about the job hunting process—an unfortunate fact of life. Between interviews, worrying, scourings listings, and worrying some more, anything you can do make the process easier the better. Resume Designer for iOS at least helps you take the thought and stress out of putting your entire life down on paper. The…

Apple’s Back to School Offer Nets You up to $100 of App Store Credit

Apple’s just launched its Back to School promotion, which will get people in education a $100 App Store gift card when they purchase a Mac or $50 with an iPad or iPhone. That’s a similar deal to last year, though the inclusion of the iPhone offer is new—and welome. The App Store gift card can…

Despite Design Focus, Apple iOS 7 Doesn’t Fix Its Ugly Off-Center 1

I had high hopes for iOS 7. It’s designed by Jony Ive, the God of Minimalism, Attention to Detail and Tight T-Shirts. I love his work almost as much as I love Phil Schiller (so huggable!) But Jony… you broke my heart, Jony. WHY DIDN’T YOU OPTICALLY CENTER THE 1 IN THE CALENDAR APP ICON?…

Kanye Got Mice Autographed by Steve Jobs and Woz for Father’s Day

Kanye West: in the last month he’s compared himself to Steve Jobs and God and he became a dad for the first time. So it’s fitting that on Father’s Day this year, he was the proud recipient of a pair of Apple mice signed by none other than Jobs and Woz, according to a picture…

Apple has filed an application for an ‘iWatch’ trademark in Japan—which adds a little more weight to the rumors of Cupertino’s forthcoming wrist wear. https://gizmodo.com/an-iwatch-concept-has-never-looked-this-good-493109921

Apple Is Finally Going to Ditch Samsung’s Chips

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has finally signed a deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co to make its guts for future iPhones and iPads. Specifically, TSMC will start mass-producing 20 nanometer chips for Apple in 2014, paving way for longer battery life in Samsung-less iPhones and iPads. The Apple pact with TSMC…

iPhone Apps of the Week: Visual 2.0, Foresee, and More

Welcome to the weekend, friends. Need to give your bike a tuneup? Start preparing yourself for your upcoming bereavement of Google Reader? What about getting some outdoor activity? Or maybe you’re just looking to cower under your tinfoil hat and mull over the PRISM scandal for a while? Well lucky you, we have just the…

iPad Apps of the Week: NoteSuite, Morning, and More

For whatever reason, this week saw more awesome iPad apps coming to our attention than we’ve seen in a while. And what’s more, a lot of them are only for iPad—iPhone needs be damned. So if you’re someone who’s Pad is king, you’re going to like what we’ve got in store this week. Foresee: If…

“Game Consoles” Are the Final Key to Digital Domination

Google might be building a game console, rumors say. Apple too. Actually, everyone’s building game consoles. It’s just, they aren’t game consoles, exactly. They’re puzzle pieces. https://gizmodo.com/wsj-google-is-making-an-android-video-game-console-and-603197957 Game consoles have historically been their own little colony off to the side of technology. For a while that’s because they were seen mainly as an expensive kids’…

NoteSuite for iPad: Meet Evernote’s New, Subscription-Free Competition

After finding success with note-taking/to-do app Projectbook last year, Theory.io has decided to overhaul their signature productivity app and take it a step further. Now, hoping to go head-to-head with big dogs like Evernote, the developers are officially re-releasing the app as NoteSuite—the potential answer to all your disorganized digital life woes. What does it…

This Is How Your iPad Will Feel Like This Fall

Whether you already have one or you’re buying a new model, this fall your iPad will look and feel completely different thanks to iOS 7. Gizmodo’s Kyle Wagner got an early version of Apple’s new operating system in his tablet. These are his first impressions.

iOS 7 for iPad First Impressions: Messing With the Best

Since its inception, the iPad has been the gold standard for tablets. Nothing else has come close, really. A lot of credit goes to iOS, which has ceded plenty of ground to Android on phones but remains easily the friendliest tablet software. So changing up iOS 7 means changing up the very best tablet OS…

What iOS 7 Bugs Have You Noticed?

This past week, Apple released beta 2 of iOS 7. Now, it’s never fair to nitpick anything that’s still in beta, so we’re not going to do that. But we are going to have a lively discussion of any and every bug we’ve collectively found in iOS 7 thus far. I’ll start with one that…

Apple isn’t allowed to add the Galaxy S4 to its ongoing Samsung patent lawsuit… because, apparently, there’s just not enough time. There’s a lesson to learnt there, we suspect.

Apple Patents Slimline Combined SD and USB Slot

Apple’s been imagining the things of the future again, with a newly-discovered patent showing it has plans to combine USB and SD card slots to save yet more space on the Macs of tomorrow. In fact, although the patent shows Apple combining USB and SD card connectivity in one and the same hole, the explanatory…

Digg has updated its iOS app to incorporate its experimental new Reader—and it’ll directly import your feeds from Google Reader, too. Go get it.

WSJ: Apple’s Radio Terms Are (Slightly) More Generous Than Pandora’s

Apple’s new Radio service is now official and Pandora is coming under fire for being tight-fisted. Interesting, then, to hear of figures dug out by the Wall Street Journal which suggest that Apple is being every-so-slightly more generous with its deal. https://gizmodo.com/itunes-radio-apples-pandora-service-is-finally-here-512264218 According to the Journal, Apple will pay 0.13 cents and 15 percent of…

You Can Control Your iPhone with Your Head in iOS 7

Hidden inside the Accessibility settings of iOS 7 is a sneaky new way to control your iPhone (or iPad): with your head. Yep, with simple left or right head movements you can navigate your iPhone. You’ll look a little bit crazy but ooh wow look at you control your iPhone invisibly. The left or right…

Morning for iPad: A Simple Dashboard to Start Your Day Off Right

Mornings are rough. And depending how many special adult beverages you imbibed the night before, mornings can be very, very rough. Which is exactly why we love Morning for iPad. It gives you a bright, friendly look at all the info you need to start your day, so you can be prepared even when you…