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MacBook Air 2013 Teardown: So Much Battery

12 hours of battery life on the 2013 MacBook Air is simply ridiculous (though it’s also sort of ridiculous that it’s ridiculous). iFixit’s task force took apart this year’s MBA, which is pretty identical to last year’s MBA, to see what’s new and how it can squeeze so much juice. iFixit found that the 2013…

Filedrop: Your Semi-Universal Airdrop Alternative

We finally have AirDrop for iOS—which is great news! But that still doesn’t change the fact that you can only share between Apple devices, leaving your Windows brethren high and dry. Fortunately, a similar service called Filedrop just hit iOS, meaning you’re free to share and share alike. What does it do? Lets you share…

Apple’s Favorite New Startup Wants to Be the Pixar of Robotics

Apple CEO Tim Cook surprised everyone at this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) when he invited a tiny robotics startup onto the stage. Out came Boris Sofman, the chief executive of the fast-growing artificially intelligent robotics company Anki. What followed was a glitchy demo of Anki Drive, a seemingly mundane toy car game and the…

iOS 7: The Complete Video Walkthrough and Hands On

It’s hard not to get excited about iOS 7. As Tim Cook said on stage during the keynote at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on Monday, the update reimagines virtually the entire iPhone experience. And when it’s released to the public this fall iOS 7 will wow your pants off. In the meantime, here’s a…

A Notebook Perfectly Sized to Hug Your iPhone 5

You can have every last note-taking, scrapbooking, idea-saving app installed on your iPhone 5, but it still won’t replace the usefulness of always having a pen and paper handy. And ensuring that at least half of that duo is readily available, the Idealnotes are soft-covered Moleskine knock-offs designed to live with your iPhone 5 in…

What About Apple TV?

Yesterday, Apple put on one heck of a show. We got a snazzy new version of iOS 7, one big wave of an OS X update, and even a preview of the next Mac Pros. But where was all the news about Apple TV? Apple is seemingly ignoring the enormous potential of its set-top-box. https://gizmodo.com/wwdc-2013-roundup-all-the-new-toys-apple-announced-tod-512401795…

The Brilliant Insanity Behind the New Mac Pro’s Design

The last we heard of the Power Mac G4 Cube—a computer everyone loved, but no one could quite figure out—was in a press release from 2001. Twelve years later, we’ve finally met its beautiful, brilliant, and not altogether sane successor. Back in July of 2001, the future of the Cube wasn’t entirely clear. In a…

Native Instruments Makes a Portable Controller for Its Hot iOS DJ Apps

We’re quite fond of both the iPhone and iPad versions of Traktor DJ. Rather than mimic the turntable rigs of yore, they’re DJ apps admirably designed with interfaces tailored to touchscreen interfaces. Today, the app’s developer, Native Instruments, announced small piece of hardware designed to control the apps. Traktor Kontrol Z1 is a lightweight two-channel…

If you’re eager for a taste of OS X Mavericks, how about using its rather nice wallpaper? Apple has made it available online—go get it.

Here’s the List of Macs Compatible With OS X Mavericks

Yesterday’s announcement of OS X Mavericks unveiled some pretty cool new features coming to your Mac—but Cook and co forgot to explain just which computers would support the new OS. Fortunately, Apple Insider has chatted with people familiar with the Mavericks Developer Preview to draw up a list of the Macs which are compatible with…

The New Maps Icon Shows Off Apple’s Spaceship Campus

The devil’s in the detail, and when it comes to iOS that even includes the tiny elements that make up its icons. Like the new Maps one, which is focussed around Apple’s upcoming Spaceship Campus. Unlike the last icon, which suggested you drive off a bridge, the new one is centered on the plot of…

These New iOS 7 Icons Sure Look Familiar

Apple’s new app icons sure are something, aren’t they? Each one is so delightful and cheery and vibrant. Who knew shading would look so much better than drop shadows! But wait! I think I’ve seen some of these before. That Game Center icon looks a lot like Living Social’s color blob. At least we now…

Slooh: Snap Your Very Own High-Res Space Photos From Your iPad

Way back in 2009, Slooh opened up its space telescope service to the everyman, meaning common folk could explore space and take live, high-res photos at their leisure—for a small fee, of course. In the same vein, their new iPad app lets you take space shots on the go, all for $2 a pop. What…

WWDC 2013 Roundup: All the New Toys Apple Announced Today

Today’s keynote marked day one of Apple’s giant developer love fest, and while we pretty much knew what was coming, Tim Cook and co. still managed to toss a few surprises at their legion of loyal followers. So in case you didn’t happen to spend the afternoon glued to your screen, these are the best…

This Is the Most Awesomerest Feature in Apple iOS 7

Redesign, schmedesign. Apple’s designmeister Jony Ive can harp all he wants about harmonious grids, elegant typography and the holy essence of genius contained in Dieter Ram’s underpants. But the fact is that the most oooh!-aaah! feature in his new iOS 7 is the parallax effect you can see in this animated GIF. It’s like magic…

All the New iOS Features Your Old iPhone Won’t Get

As expected and widely reported ahead of today’s keynote, Apple introduced a completely revamped iOS at WWDC. Not only did they ditch the skeuomorphic design scheme in favor of something a little more colorful and fun, the company added a handful of neat new features—some old, some new. But as with any major update to…

iOS 7: Instead of Flatness, We Got Depth

Today, after plenty of self-deprecating jokes about virtual cows, Apple unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the mobile software by Jony Ive. After months of speculation and weeks of rumor-mongering, we finally have our answer: the future of iOS is, actually, is rife with dimensionality and texture. Which is a good thing. The predicted rebirth of…

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“WWDC explained in one photo”

The standard stereotype usually sees the women’s restroom with the longest lineup, but not at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference. As CNet’s Dan Ackerman points out in this photo he tweeted, this time it’s the men who have to wait. Either the male-to-female ratio is impossibly high at WWDC, or the women in attendance were…

What Do You Think of the New Mac Pro Design?

Apple exploded rumors that it would murder the Mac Pro today. How? Well, by previewing a new badass version of the high power monster that’s coming “later this year”. The guts of the new Mac Pro are undeniably impressive, but what about the new black, cylindrical look? We’ve heard everything from “OOOOO shiny”, to, “It…