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Here’s Your Obligatory iPad Mini Drop Test

With every new Apple gadget, you’ve got to have a drop test to see how it fares in clumsy hands. This test from SquareTrade pits the new iPad mini against its big brother the iPad 3, and chief rival the Nexus 7. All and all, it holds up pretty well, but nothing is invincible. It’s…

Tech News Eric Limer

Apple’s Arial Apology Hits the UK Newspapers

Apple’s apology to Samsung has hit the printed newspapers today. It’s shorter than the one it was ordered to rewrite, but does it sound like Apple means it this time? As with the apology that appeared on Apple’s web site, this “apology” isn’t called an apology and doesn’t contain the word “sorry” or anything vaguely…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

New iPad Teardown: Just How Different Is It?

The new iPad came out the blue, its launch feeling a bit awkward, booting out as it did a perfectly good iPad 3 in the process. Still, reviews have been positive – but just how different is it on the inside? Short answer: not very. To the untrained eye, in fact, it’s tough to tell…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe

You Can Jailbreak iOS 6.01 Already

iOS 6.01 just came out today and Redsn0w can already jailbreak it. The jailbreak doesn’t work on newer hardware, only on iPhones and iPads that have an A4 chip and lower. Meaning: iPhone 5 or new iPad owners, hold tight. The rest of you, you have a jailbreak option. The Redsn0w jailbreak of iOS 6.01…

Tech News Casey Chan

Wine Simplified Is an iOS App That’ll Teach You Everything You Need to Know About Wine

As you grow a little bit older and stop taking as many tequila shots on a random Tuesday night, you’ll inevitably venture into the pinky raised world of drinking wine. It’s scary! It’s intimidating! It’s snooty! But it doesn’t have to be, you can learn everything you need to know about wine with an iOS…

Tech News Casey Chan

iOS Update 6.0.1 Is Out, and It’s Mostly Bug Fixes

Apple just pushed out an update for iOS. Great! It’s almost all bug fixes. Uh… still great, sort of. Here’s the list: Fixes a bug that prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates wirelessly over the air. Fixes a bug where horizontal lines may be displayed across the keyboard. Fixes an issue that could cause…

Tech News Kyle Wagner

Scott Forstall’s Most Heinous Crimes Against Humanity

Scott “Wild West” Forstall is dunzo at Apple-and for good reason. Everyone except Steve Jobs hated him, and his design ideas were appalling. However, as an Apple alum he’ll still spend the rest of his life unimaginably rich. There will never be justice for what he did to us. Below, the worst of his terrible…

Tech News Sam Biddle

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Bob Mansfield’s Back at Apple Because Everyone Hated Scott Forstall Apple’s former senior vice president of Hardware Engineering Bob Mansfield has pulled a Michael Jordan and come out of retirement, just after Scott Forstall was pushed out. Coincidental timing? Not a chance, says AllThingsD. Mansfield retired in August, but came back to Apple in June…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Apple Wins Google-Worrying Patent for Touch Screen Mobile Maps Interface

A patent originally filed by Apple back in 2008 has just been granted by the US Patent Office, with the tech giant somehow managing to convince the authorities it should own a patent for a method of displaying maps on a touchscreen device. It’s not the hugely apocalyptic attack on Google Maps you might expect,…

Tech News Gary Cutlack

iPad 4 Review Roundup: The Real New iPad

So the iPad 4 is the new iPad, or rather the new new iPad because the new iPad was first the iPad 3, which has now become the old and discontinued new iPad half a year later. Yeah, it’s awkward. But anyway. This new iPad is just the same as the old iPad except it’s…

Reviews Casey Chan

iPad Mini Review Roundup: Smaller Is Better?

The first reviews of the iPad Mini are out and they’re just like we expected. Smaller is nice! It’s so light! But having such a hefty price tag without a Retina Display is sorta disappointing. Is the iPad Mini worth the cost? CNET: The iPad Mini is a shockingly easy-to-hold tablet that, despite its wider…

Reviews Casey Chan

Google Voice Search Vs. Siri: Who’s the Best iPhone Assistant?

With Google’s release of its brand new search app for iOS, we decided to put Siri in the ring with Voice Search-now available on your iPhone-to see if she could defend her own turf. Overall performance on both sides was generally sound. There were some odd answers, like when I asked for information about the…

Tech News Michael Hession

Burglar Records His Entire Heist With His iPhone

Emmanual Jerome, 23, was just sentenced to nearly a year in prison in England for burglary. In trying to use his iPhone as a flashlight during a heist, Jerome accidentally recorded video of his crime. The Daily Mail reports that Jerome along with a gang stole thousands of pounds of loot from a home while…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Conan Reveals the Other Additions To the iPad Lineup

If you thought the new iPad Mini was Apple’s last word on its iPad lineup, think again. Conan O’Brien’s amazing team of researchers have once again managed to unearth a secret Apple commercial that reveals several other iterations of the iPad. If the iPad Mini doesn’t excite you, maybe the iPad Mini Mega Micro Max…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Beamr: Share Full-Res Pics on Facebook

When you’re uploading your Halloween weekend pics to Facebook from your iPhone, it reduces image quality from 8 megapixels to a measly 0.7. But Beamr will let you share your photos without sacrificing quality. What does it do? Lets you share sets of full-res photos on Facebook in beautiful magazine-like formats. Why do we like…

Tech News Leslie Horn

Apple iOS Chief Leaves, Jon Ive Takes Control

At an as-yet-unknown date sometime in 2013, Apple’s Senior Vice President, iOS Software Scott Forstall will be leaving Apple. Forstall’s role is being reduced immediately, and Jony Ive will be taking over leadership and direction for Human Interface. The other aspects of Forstall’s position will be doled out to various other members of Apple’s existing…

Tech News Eric Limer

13 People Cursing Hurricane Sandy—For Delaying Their iPhone Deliveries

There’s been a lot of news coverage about how Sandy could endanger peoples lives, cause all kinds of horrible property damage, and leave many homeless. But we’ve been overlooking the biggest problem; Sandy’s delaying iPhone 5 shipments. Here are 13 folks who think that’s the end of the world. And that swearing at the weather…

Tech News Eric Limer

Nexus 10 Tablet: Everything You Need to Know

It’s been a long time, but it’s finally here. Google’s big answer to the iPad—the tablet that created an entire market—has officially arrived. And it’s bringing a better-than-retina screen, curves and serious speed. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-is-the-future-5506692 Its name is Nexus 10, and it’s $100 cheaper than the iPad. Learn all about it here. Looking at the specs,…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Philips Hue First Impressions: Wi-Fi Lighting Plus Fun

So, remember when we said bulbs with wireless radios are the future of lighting? We weren’t lying. Philips just upped the ante by making bulbs that can not only cast four gorgeous shades of white, but any color you can imagine. https://gizmodo.com/wi-fi-lightbulbs-are-real-and-theyre-awesome-first-imp-5953671 Hue works similarly to the Greenwave system we wrote about last week. Screw…

Tech News Brent Rose

This Is Steve Jobs’ Yacht

Venus, the incredible luxury yacht Steve Jobs had been designing up until his death a little over a year ago, seems to have made its first apperance as a finished product in the city of Aalsmeer in the Netherlands. Unsurprisingly, its design is breathtaking. Reportedly designed in a joint effort between Jobs himself and Philippe…

Tech News Eric Limer

Here’s Your Obligatory iPad Mini Drop Test

Apple’s Arial Apology Hits the UK Newspapers

New iPad Teardown: Just How Different Is It?

You Can Jailbreak iOS 6.01 Already

Wine Simplified Is an iOS App That’ll Teach You Everything You Need to Know About Wine

iOS Update 6.0.1 Is Out, and It’s Mostly Bug Fixes

Scott Forstall’s Most Heinous Crimes Against Humanity

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Apple Wins Google-Worrying Patent for Touch Screen Mobile Maps Interface

iPad 4 Review Roundup: The Real New iPad

iPad Mini Review Roundup: Smaller Is Better?

Google Voice Search Vs. Siri: Who’s the Best iPhone Assistant?

Burglar Records His Entire Heist With His iPhone

Conan Reveals the Other Additions To the iPad Lineup

Beamr: Share Full-Res Pics on Facebook

Apple iOS Chief Leaves, Jon Ive Takes Control

13 People Cursing Hurricane Sandy—For Delaying Their iPhone Deliveries

Nexus 10 Tablet: Everything You Need to Know

Philips Hue First Impressions: Wi-Fi Lighting Plus Fun

This Is Steve Jobs’ Yacht

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