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Here Are the WWDC 2012 Schedule and App—Here’s What to Look For

Apple has posted the schedule for this year’s WWDC. If you’ve got an Apple developer account you can go to the schedule page and login with your username and password or anyone can download the app. What’s coming up? WWDC will take place this year from June 11 to June 15, and the app reveals…

Tech News Mario Aguilar May 29

How Apple Uses Rust to Make MacBooks and iPods Tough and Colorful

You probably own a ton of gadgets made from aluminum and titanium. Lot of ’em by Apple. But did you know that the smooth, brushed finish on the surface of your MacBook or iPod is actually made with a thin level of rust? EngineerGuy Bill Hammack explains that the finish is achieved by oxidizing—or rusting[Ed.…

Tech News Kyle Wagner May 29

Early iPad Prototype With Two Dock Connectors Sells For $10,200

Since its launch in 2010 the iPad has only ever featured a single dock connector, despite being used frequently in landscape orientation. There were, just before launch, rumors that the device might have two connectors—and now a prototype which has just sold on eBay further suggests that such plans were considered. This prototype 16 GB…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 29

Tim Cook Is Getting Cozy With Congress

It’s come to light that Tim Cook has been meeting in private with senior leaders in Congress from both parties. CNN reports that Cook met with members of Congress last Tuesday, in order to start “opening up a line of communication” between them and Apple which has been missing in the past. During the day…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 29

Who Is This Fake iPhone Mini Air Conditioner Going To Fool?

It will certainly help keep you cool at work, but if you were hoping to fool your co-workers into thinking you’ve got the latest and greatest Apple hardware, think again. Not even a toddler would mistake this iPhone ‘shaped’ compact air conditioner for the real deal. The on-screen icons barely match the ones in iOS,…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 28

Buy a Handwritten Note by 19-Year-Old Steve Jobs

Sotheby’s is auctioning off a little piece of Apple history: an engineering memo penned by an unbearable teenage Steve Jobs before Apple even existed—the earliest known document the man produced. The note, stamped with Jobs’ home address and a Buddhist mantra—”gate gate paragate parasangate bodhi svahdl”—dates back to his tenure at Atari, where we know…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 27

You Can Appear in the Crappy Steve Jobs Movie for Minimum Wage

If you’re looking to break into Hollywood, have a style sense trapped in the 70s, and don’t mind being involved in the train wreck Ashton Kutcher Steve Jobs biopic, your chance has arrived. Just reply to this sad Craigslist ad! The casting call looks like it took about as much effort as the movie, asking…

Tech News Sam Biddle May 27

1-in-3 eReading Devices Is Used for What?

We’ve heard of hate-reading—the kind of reading you do out of disgust or loathing or contempt for the author. Now, it seems that a new type of reading style has emerged: call it “shame-reading.” https://jezebel.com/the-art-of-hate-reading-5876891 In a poll cited by The Daily Mail, 34% of a test group of 1,863 British subjects admitted to having…

Tech News Molly Oswaks May 25

Facebook Camera, Clueful, and More

The week’s best iPhone apps are keeping your device safe and helping you connect with other people. There’s a tool for monitoring what your apps are doing behind your back, a video chat client, and a brand new photo app from Facebook that looks awfully familiar. Google Search: Google dropped version 2.0 of its search…

Tech News Leslie Horn May 25

Sketchbook Ink, Rockmate, and More

With this week’s best iPad apps, we’re helping you flex your creative muscle. We’ve got all kinds of tools to help you be a media-making machine. Sketchbook Ink: When Apple announced the new iPad back in March, it hyped some forthcoming apps on it, too. One of those was Sketchbook Ink, which hit the App…

Tech News Leslie Horn May 25

This Terrible Thief Used a Stolen iPhone to Take Pictures That Synced Back to the Owner’s Computer

That’s Nelson above. That’s Nelson partying. That’s Nelson with his girlfriend. All those pictures were taken with an iPhone he stole. Pictures that were sent back to the phone’s original owner, Katy McCaffrey, through Photostream. McCaffrey posted a hilarious Facebook photo album detailing Nelson’s various adventures with her stolen phone. According to McCaffrey, her iPhone…

Tech News Casey Chan May 25

You Can Jailbreak Your Apple TV Now, Too

Along with being able to jailbreak your iPhone or iPad, you can jailbreak the Apple TV now too. It’s the first untethered jailbreak for the new Apple TV software (5.0.1) and it’s all thanks to Seas0nPass. Why would you jailbreak your Apple TV though? For the plugins! https://gizmodo.com/ios-5-1-1-untethered-jailbreak-is-out-now-5913317 According to Seas0nPass, you can add these…

Tech News Casey Chan May 25

Apple Launches Free App of the Week Promotion

Apple has announced that it’s getting involved in the free app game as part of its ongoing “app of the week” campaign. First up is Cut the Rope: Experiments, which is currently available as a feee download—making it the first paid app to be discounted to free by Apple. Elsewhere, Apple has also rolled out…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 25

Apple Arbitrarily Removes Airfoil’s Streaming Audio App From iOS App Store

Apple just removed Airfoil Speakers Touch 3 from the iOS app store, despite claims from developer Rogue Amoeba that the app complies with all of Apple’s rules and developer agreements. What gives, Apple? Airfoil Speakers Touch is rad, which is why this bothers us. Since 2009 the app has allowed you to stream audio from…

Tech News Mario Aguilar May 24

Fortune: Executives ‘Blown Away’ by Apple’s New Products

Fortune has a lengthy profile of Tim Cook on tap in this week’s issue, compiling reports of the CEO’s performance through the first 7 months and how that has affected Apple. Mostly there’s nothing new; Cook is an accessible, efficient CEO who is putting his expertise in factory production to good use. But there are…

Tech News Adrian Covert May 24

Chief of Police Orders Ten Officers to Hunt Down Son’s Stolen iPhone

Blood runs thicker than water and, apparently, familial iPhones are more important than real police work. At least, that’s the case in Berkeley, where Police Chief Michael Meehan ordered ten of his officers to look for his son’s stolen iPhone. When Meehan’s little boy lost his iPhone from his locker at Berkeley High School on…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe May 24

The Compact Bluetooth iOS Remote That Apple Won’t Give Us

Apple’s wireless Bluetooth keyboard plays wonderfully with all of the company’s hardware, from laptops to iOS devices. But for whatever reason, Apple has limited its lovely aluminum remote to IR, so it won’t work with your iPhone or iPad. So Satechi has stepped in to save the lazy day. Its Bluetooth multimedia remote might not…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski May 24

With These Classy Clip-On Lenses, You Can Call Your Nude Pics Art

Amateur iPhone photographers know that Apple’s camera is capable of producing some impressive images, by most standards. With each new model, the camera only gets better. So, at this point, it seems almost appropriate for a line of slick clip-on lenses to come on the market—no matter how impossibly twee they might be. Leave it…

Tech News Molly Oswaks May 24

What do Zooey Deschanel, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Malkovich Have in Common?

Some of us would probably prefer for all of Apple’s Siri ads to feature Zooey Deschanel asking inane questions. But Zooey/Siri jokes are getting a little tired—and the Samuel L. Jackson ones never caught on. Luckily, two new Siri spots aired this evening, both featuring the inimitable John Malkovich. https://gizmodo.com/ten-adorable-fun-super-gifs-of-zooey-deschanel-talking-5905864 The first, “Life,” is fantastic…

Tech News Molly Oswaks May 23

What Jony Ive Wishes He Could Say About Apple’s User Interfaces

Jony Ive has been knighted by the Q of E. There’s an interview in yesterday’s Daily Telegraph in which he talks about the horrible user interface design that has been invading Apple’s apps and operating systems for a while—which goes against everything he stands for. https://gizmodo.com/mountain-lion-review-what-happened-to-apples-innovatio-5888597 Yes, I’m talking about skeuomorphism. Or, as I like…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 23

Here Are the WWDC 2012 Schedule and App—Here’s What to Look For

How Apple Uses Rust to Make MacBooks and iPods Tough and Colorful

Early iPad Prototype With Two Dock Connectors Sells For $10,200

Tim Cook Is Getting Cozy With Congress

Who Is This Fake iPhone Mini Air Conditioner Going To Fool?

Buy a Handwritten Note by 19-Year-Old Steve Jobs

You Can Appear in the Crappy Steve Jobs Movie for Minimum Wage

1-in-3 eReading Devices Is Used for What?

Facebook Camera, Clueful, and More

Sketchbook Ink, Rockmate, and More

This Terrible Thief Used a Stolen iPhone to Take Pictures That Synced Back to the Owner’s Computer

You Can Jailbreak Your Apple TV Now, Too

Apple Launches Free App of the Week Promotion

Apple Arbitrarily Removes Airfoil’s Streaming Audio App From iOS App Store

Fortune: Executives ‘Blown Away’ by Apple’s New Products

Chief of Police Orders Ten Officers to Hunt Down Son’s Stolen iPhone

The Compact Bluetooth iOS Remote That Apple Won’t Give Us

With These Classy Clip-On Lenses, You Can Call Your Nude Pics Art

What do Zooey Deschanel, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Malkovich Have in Common?

What Jony Ive Wishes He Could Say About Apple’s User Interfaces

FCC Exempts Netgear from Foreign-Made Router Ban For Some Reason

Jamie Dornan Is Your New Aragorn in ‘The Hunt for Gollum’

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