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Report: Apple’s Got a 12-inch MacBook, 4K Desktop in Works

In the midst of updating its operating system to Yosemite, Apple seems to also have some hardware refreshes in mind. According to Mark Gurman at 9to5Mac, sources say that Apple is planning a smaller Macbook (12-inch diagonally) with a high resolution display as well as a pixel-drunk 4K iMac or standalone monitor. 9to5Mac goes on…

​OS X Yosemite Preview: All the New Features for Your Mac

The brand new OS X Yosemite is perhaps the most dramatic redesign of Apple’s operating system to date. Tomorrow, Apple’s launching a public beta (Sign up now!) of its forthcoming desktop OS. Here’s what you can expect to see. At this stage in the game, it’s not fair or appropriate to give the new (very…

Master Mobile Gaming With This Upgraded Bluetooth NES Controller

Touchscreens are fine for solving puzzles and flinging birds, but for action-based mobile games nothing will ever beat a physical controller in hand. The makers of the FC30, a Bluetooth controller that paid homage to the original Nintendo Famicom, are back with a new and improved wireless gamepad that now hearkens back to the NES.…

WSJ: Apple is Ordering a Huge 80 Million iPhone 6 Handsets for Launch

It seems Apple has particularly high hopes for this year’s iPhone line-up. According to the Wall Street Journal, it’s ordering its largest ever order for new iPhones off the production line, numbering somewhere between 70 to 80 million units. How that figure will be divided between the rumoured 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch models remains to be…

Everything That’s Changed in the New iTunes 12.0

Apple just released the latest build of OS X Yosemite, including a brand new iTunes. It’s only a little bit anti-climactic. Version 12.0 does indeed look a lot like Version 11.3, the version that’s probably on your computer. But it’s got some neat little treats nevertheless. The first thing you’ll notice, of course, is the…

iOS 8 Comes With a New App That Teaches You How to Use Your iPhone

The newest build of iOS 8 just hit developers, and it includes, TADA, a new Apple app called Tips, which will help new users navigate the basics of Apple’s mobile OS. The screen shot above comes to us from 9To5Mac, which reports the details of Apple’s newest app. As the name implies, Tips will be…

Beware of This iMessage Spam Campaign Peddling Fake Oakleys

The security research firm Cloudmark issued a sweeping warning about iMessage spam this week. Apparently, the cost of straight up sending regular text messages is encouraging spammers to use Apple’s free service. And they’re going after affluent people in major U.S. cities hard right now. Cloudmark found a massive coordinated campaign is targeting iPhone users…

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

It’s the weekend, and you know what that means: Time to download some sweet new apps! Here’s the best of what came out this week for your Android, iPhone, or Windows Phone. Multi-Platform Updates Wiper Worried about privacy? You probably should be. Wiper is an end-to-end encrypted app that lets you text or call in…

A Google For iOS Easter Egg Lets You Jumble Up the Logo

Search Engine Land’s Barry Schwartz just discovered a cheeky little Easter egg in the Google for iOS app: Drag the letters out of the Google banner and you can pinball them around your screen. Is it functional? No, but it’s fun! If you’ve got the Google for iOS search app, you may not see this…

A MagSafe Charger for the iPhone Would Be Awesome

MagSafe is really wonderful tech, the MacBook’s most underrated feature. Wouldn’t it be great on the iPhone too? That’s what the Kickstarter for a charger and battery pack called “Cabin” is shooting for. And even if it never actually happens, it’s a nice fantasy. Cabin won’t upgrade your iPhone to change its charging port or…

Our Favorite Android, iOS, and Windows Phone Apps of the Week

Well hey there, weekend. You sure are lookin’ good. I brought you a gift. I brought you the best apps of the week. I hope you like them. Multi-Platform Updates Tunnel X Want to really make sure your private text messages stay private? Tunnel X links its users in a direct, 100-percent private, encrypted conversation.…

The Best Free and Cheap Apps in the App Store Sixth Anniversary Sale

Apple has gotten in thewonderful little habitof discounting some of its most beloved App Store fare for its birthday, and this year is no different. In honor of the sixth anniversary of the App Store, Apple developers have kindly discounted a whole slew of gems for you. We’ve picked out the best of the bunch.…

China Says the iPhone Is a Security Threat

China’s (massively influential) state broadcaster has decided that the iPhone is a “national security concern” because of its location-tracking functionality. TheWall Street Journal reports that, in a broadcast aired at noon on Friday 11th July, China Central Television said that the “frequent locations” function in iOS could be a security threat to the country. It…

High Quality Images of the iPhone 6’s Supposed Rear Shell

We’ve started seeing some leaks of iPhone 6 components recently, and now there are high quality images and videoof what purports to be the rear casing of a forthcoming 4.7-inch iPhone 6. The images—supplied by a Moscow-based company selling modified luxury versions of the iPhone called Feld & Volk to MacRumors—certainly look good. Feld &…

Why You’ve Never Heard of This Typeface That Defined the 1980s

Apple, Trapper Keeper, and Reebok: Three of the most well-known brands of the 1980s, and three companies that used the same futuristic-looking typeface to do it. So why isn’t the typeface a classic like other period pieces *cough*Helvetica*cough*? Fate is a funny thing. Today Fonts In Use and BrandNew point out the odd case of…

Apple’s Secret Ebay Store Is Back With Cheap Refurbished iPhones

Just like the odd eBay storefront that popped up last year, a new site called Factory Outlet eBay Store is selling refurbished Apple products and, despite the lack of any official Apple branding, is almost definitely the result of a partnership between Apple and eBay. Andit’s selling Apple Certified Refurbished iPhones forcheap. First discovered by…

iPhone Lost by Oklahoma Farmer Resurfaces Nine Months Later in Japan

Kevin Whitney loved his iPhone. Or at least he loved the countless, priceless family photos stored on it. So when the phone slipped out of his pocket and into 140 tons of grain on his farm in Oklahoma, he was understandably distraught. Luckily, people are nice in Japan. Nine months after Whitney’s accident, he received…

Mynd Calendar Premium: This App Knows Your Schedule Better Than You Do

Mynd’s smart calendar app for iOS just got a hefty new update today. The free version adds some smart features like integration with your Contact list and LinkedIn, but it’s the paid Premium upgrade that gets a major boost: it acts like a digital assistant, learning how you spend your day to predict what your…

Apple Patent Describes How to Create Seamless All-Glass Devices

Imagine a phone or tablet encased in one solid, seamless, curved slab of glass: hell to repair, but heaven, surely, in the hand. Well, a new patentobtained by Apple describes how it might manufacture such a thing, if it were ever to choose to. The patent No. 8,773,848—or “Fused glass device housings” to its buddies—was…

Apple has added on-device step counting to its iOS 8 beta’s Health app—though it almost certainly uses the M7 motion tracking hardware of the iPhone 5S to work.