For people who deal with dyslexia, browsing the web may be a daunting task. Every website has different fonts, different background colors, etc, all of which stray the reader from what’s actually important: the content. However, a new app recently released on the App Store called Dyslite claims to make reading on your iPhone or [...]
Technology journalist Brent Schlender recently uncovered a series of interview tapes done between 1991 and 2004 covering a variety of topics. Most interestingly, Jobs gave his view on the work he did on Pixar and NeXT:
My model of management is the Beatles. The reason I say that is because each of the key people [...]
Spotify is one of the most popular online music streaming services available, and just hit U.S. markets last year. A Spotify subscription-based app is also available for iPhone, but the service is lacking an app for iPad users. However, Denial Ek, founder of the service, has confirmed that an app is “in the works.” That’s all that he cared to mention on the subject. We have no information regarding release dates or specific details on the app.
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Currently in China, a legal battle is going on between Chinese company Proview, Apple, and a group a eight Chinese banks. Proview claimed that it owned the trademark for the iPad name in China, and as a result the new iPad (third generation) is still not available to the public in China. A group of eight Chinese banks are also saying that they own the trademark, not Proview, after a seizure of assets from the company that occurred in 2009.
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For years, Mac users have been using Terminal, along with some apps, to customize the appearance of the Mac operating system. There are programs out there that can tweak the look of your dock, as well as customize dozens of other settings. One of these programs that has really stood out for OS X Lion is an app called “Lion Designer,” which is unique in that it offers a GUI (graphical user interface) to tweak the appearance of some Lion-exclusive features, such as Launchpad and Mission Control.
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Crescent Moon Games is the developer of some of the best games we’ve seen on the App Store, including Aralon, Pocket RPG, and more. Right now, they’re offering Paper Monsters, a neat little platformer that supports both iPhone and iPad, for free, in conjunction with FreeAppADay.com. Check out the release trailer for the game after the break.
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With the release of iOS 5, Apple unveiled Notification Center, a new menu accessible by swiping down from the top of the screen that shows notifications from various apps that you have installed on your device. However, imagine if you could have Notification Center available on a wristwatch, so that all your notifications could be [...]
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For the past five years, billionaire Anto Marden has been working with yacht designer John Shuttleworth to design the yacht that you see above. The project, which cost an estimated $23.9 million, was quite an extensive one. The yacht has a top speed of 22.5 knots and can seat up to 15 people (nine guests [...]
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Marketplace Shanghai Bureau Chief Rob Schmitz is only the second reporter ever to gain access to visit the factory floor at Apple’s Chinese producer Foxconn. Check out the video coverage of Foxconn after the break.
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If you’ve worked in Xcode (Apple’s free software for developing apps) as a newbie developer trying to learn the ropes, it certainly can be confusing at first. In fact, one could confidently say that lack of coding knowledge is really hindering the development of apps that could potentially become great on the App Store. However, [...]
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An article we wrote two days ago depicted a survey showing that about 1 in four tech savvy people in the United States were going to buy the iPad 3 some time within the next three months. Now, a new survey put together by CNET shows that 51% of households in the United States own [...]
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When Apple launched the iPhone 4S last year, one of the biggest improvements that the device brought to users was a new personal assistant called Siri, which has really taken off in popularity and (among other things) sold millions of people to the new device.
However, it may be interesting to note that Apple was [...]
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Here’s a great concept video for a device, dubbed that “MacBook Touch,” that sports a touch screen as well as a physical keyboard and trackpad, and has the ability to rotate 360 degrees on its hinges, so that it can be used as both a laptop computer and a thin touch screen device. Video after the break.
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One of the biggest new features for the iPad 3 was the introduction of the option of 4G, an upgrade from 3G offered on the iPad 1 and iPad 2. The iPad 3 also sports a 42.5 Watthour battery, which is powerful enough to power the iPad 3 as a 4G hotspot. The question is, [...]
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According to a recent Twitter status update from the Angry Birds franchise, Angry Birds: Space, the latest Angry Birds app to hit the App Store, has already been downloaded more than 10 million times in the past three days.
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According to a survey from Fortune magazine’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt, 488 “younger, tech-savvier” online respondents showed that 24% of the surveyed population planned on buying the new iPad 3 within the next three months; about one in four. Additionally, 15% were going to buy the discounted iPad 2.
What I find [...]
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