Beepocalypse: How Apple could improve multi-device reminders
May 17, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comment

Today, beloved leader Victor pointed me to this write-up over at Tidbits . Although Joe Kissel’s experience with quite so many devices (nine, I believe) falls a bit into the extremes of iOS/OS X use, the problem of dealing with distributed alarms …

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Apple seeds OS X Lion 10.7.4 Build 11E52 to developers
April 24, 2012 – 1:00 pm | No Comment
Apple seeds OS X Lion 10.7.4 Build 11E52 to developers

Apple has seeded the fourth build of OS X Lion 10.7.4 to developers. Build 11E52 lists no known issues and asks developers to focus on graphics, iCal, Mail, Printing, and Time Machine. The fourth build of 10.7.4 weighs in at 1.43 GB for the combo update and 716 MB…

iPhones smuggled into China in beer bottles
April 23, 2012 – 3:00 pm | No Comment
iPhones smuggled into China in beer bottles

It’s pretty easy to understand most of this story. Someone in Hong Kong wanted to get a bunch of iPhones into Shenzen, China, so they decided to smuggle them across the border. That’s illegal, but it makes…

Video from South Korean launch of new iPad
April 20, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comment
Video from South Korean launch of new iPad

Today Apple launched the new iPad in an additional 12 countries around the world. While eleven of the countries — Brunei, Croatia, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Panama, St Maarten, Uruguay and Venezuela — are relatively small markets, …

Study: many new US iPads activated in coastal states
April 18, 2012 – 5:30 pm | No Comment
Study: many new US iPads activated in coastal states

Here’s an unsurprising piece of news — people in states with higher median income levels tend to purchase iPads more than those who are in less affluent states . This nugget of important information comes from online ad …

Garfield’s Web Prancer
April 18, 2012 – 6:42 am | No Comment
Garfield’s Web Prancer

Garfield’s Diner Web Prancer Genre: Games Release Date: April 07, 2012 It's summertime and Irma's off to Hawaii for a well-deserved vacation. But who will run the diner while she's gone? Irma convinces Jon to take over for the summer, but it’s Garfield who’s really …

Bluetooth OnOff. – JUNG DISK
April 17, 2012 – 10:24 pm | No Comment
Bluetooth OnOff. – JUNG DISK

Bluetooth OnOff. JUNG DISK Genre: Utilities Price: $0.99 Release Date: April 16, 2012 Did it take too many steps just to turn on/off bluetooth? You can now turn on/off just by launching this app. Just in a second, you can activate or deactivate bluetooth. In …

Buoy Tags: A simple and effective way to organize cables
April 17, 2012 – 4:45 pm | No Comment
Buoy Tags: A simple and effective way to organize cables

As part of research for a book I’m working on, I’m trying to find ways of organizing my life both logically and physically. When it comes to physical objects, I find that I’m overwhelmed with cables. Not only do I have a pile …

iPhone case doubles as a Magna Doodle
April 16, 2012 – 7:00 pm | No Comment
iPhone case doubles as a Magna Doodle

I think this is great, and I assume that other “children of the ’80s” will agree. The iFoolish is a silly name for an iPhone case that’s actually got…

OS X animations used to make abstract art
April 16, 2012 – 5:00 pm | No Comment
OS X animations used to make abstract art

Emilio Gomariz is an artist who’s used the window animations in OS X to create some pretty amazing abstract art . You can look at the YouTube videos to see just what he’s done, but my favorite is the one above, …

Apple, Chinese environmental group will audit factory for pollution concerns
April 16, 2012 – 3:00 pm | No Comment
Apple, Chinese environmental group will audit factory for pollution concerns

ComputerWorld notes that Apple and a Chinese environmental group plan to jointly audit one of its factories in China. The audit, which is just a pilot project for the time being, will be completed by…