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At Apple, Steve Jobs’ Legacy Lives On

At WWDC last week, Apple announced a cloud-based version of iWork. As Apple demoed this, the whole Flash versus HTML5 brouhaha came back to my mind. Let’s back up a bit....
Apple Mac Pro: Does Expandability Really Matter?

Apple has announced its new Mac Pro professional desktop workstation, and it is 1/8th the volume of the old one. To get it so small, Apple had to remove one of...
iOS 7: What Was Jony Ive Thinking?

A lot of people are calling iOS 7 “beyond flat.” Wouldn’t that mean indented or something? I’ve been looking at the new mobile operating system, which to me seems to be...
Apple MacBook Air 13-inch (Mid 2013) Review

Equipped with a fourth-generation Intel Core i5 processor, the latest MacBook Air 13-inch shows decent performance gains. But it’s the ultraportable’s over 15 hours of battery life that blows away the...
5.7-Inch iPhone? Here’s What Apple Has to Say

A report from Reuters this morning says Apple is “exploring” 4.7-inch and 5.7-inch iPhones, as well as a $99 plastic iPhone model coming in up to six colors. Before you take...
Apples to Apples: New MacBook Air vs. Retina MacBook Pro

As part of Apple’s keynote at WWDC this week, Apple unveiled the latest update to the MacBook Air family, with 11- and 13-inch MacBook Air models getting a boost in performance...
New MacBook Airs Dinged for Repairability in iFixit Teardown

The teardown specialists at iFixit wasted no time ripping apart Apple’s new MacBook Air 13-inch to see what makes it tick. Unfortunately for Apple, a pattern of poor repairability scores for...
Apple OS X Mavericks: 10 Things You Need to Know

Apple officially unveiled Mac OS X Mavericks, the next operating system for Mac users, at its WWDC developers conference. If you’ve been wondering what the new OS has in store for...
Apple MacBook Air (2013) Review

It’s been just under a year since Apple last updated its MacBook Air lineup, but Intel’s launch of its latest generation Haswell Core processors has resulted in this, the 2013 MacBook...
Apple iPhone 5 (T-Mobile) Review

T-Mobile’s iPhone 5 may be late to the game, but it offers fast LTE speeds, HD Voice calling and value-priced, contract-free plans. (4 out of 5) It’s finally here. To the...
iOS 7 Puts Apple in Your Car

Apple announced plenty of new features for iOS 7 in its WWDC keynote yesterday, but one of those new features takes the company somewhere it’s never been before—your car. Sure, you’ve probably...
VIDEO: First Look at Apple’s New Mac Pro

Though iOS 7 was the big news from Monday’s Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco, Apple also had a few hardware announcements, including a preview of its upcoming Mac Pro. After...
VIDEO: Hands On With Apple’s New MacBook Air

This year’s WWDC keynote was a fun affair, with a highly charged crowd of developers and Mac fans who bought up all of the conference’s seats in 71 seconds, according to...
Apple Recognizes Yahoo Weather, Evernote as Design Award Winners

What do the Yahoo Weather app, Evernote, and the game Letterpress have in common? They were all called out this week by Apple as some of the best looking and most...
Apple Unveils Post-Steve Jobs Mission Statement Video

When Steve Jobs passed away on Oct. 5, 2011, the world mourned the man who guided Apple from a California garage startup to the most valuable company in the world. However,...
Apple Reveals iOS 7, iTunes Radio; Xbox One Gets $499 Price Tag

Topping tech headlines on Monday was the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote — two hours of iOS 7, Mac OS X, MacBook Air and Mac Pro, and iTunes Radio. The...
Apple OS X Mavericks Software Update for Macs

Apple today released a developer preview of their 10th OS X operating system release, offering more than 200 new features for Macs. The new software will be called OS X Mavericks,...
Apple Previews New Mac Pro Desktop

Apple today unveiled their next generation Mac Pro desktop computer that is crafted in a unique cylindrical design, just 9.9-inches tall and 6.6-inches in diameter. It is packed with an evolutionary unified...
Apple Introduces iTunes Radio

Radio Stations Tailored to You Based on the Music You Listen to on iTunes Apple today announced iTunes Radio, a free Internet radio service featuring over 200 stations and an incredible...
Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, 2013) Review

The MacBook Air 13-inch is the longest-lasting ultraportable notebook — without a bulky extra battery — at a more affordable price, making the best 13-inch laptop even better. (4 out of...