Software

Apple Returns to EPEAT; Steam Summer Sale; Uber On-Demand Ice Cream – PC Magazine

Apple on Friday reversed course and said it will return eligible … One game that made its debut this week, however, was Rovio’s Amazing Alex, available now on Android and iOS. For more, see PCMag’s review of Amazing Alex for … Continue reading

Microsoft Vs. Apple – Yahoo Finance

And if turns out that Microsoft’s mobile OS is just as good, or better, than Apple’s, are we going to see a repeat of the PC market evolution? The Bottom Line For better or worse, competition in a free market … Continue reading

Apple Scrambles to Patch App Store Hack – PC World

A hack that lets iOS users trick the App Store into giving them in-app purchases for free has gone public, potentially costing app makers revenue and causing Apple a major headache. The exploit was first posted Wednesday, but came into … Continue reading

Apple investigating App Store fraudulent activity – Orlando Sentinel

an Apple spokeswoman. “We take reports of fraudulent activity very seriously, and we are investigating.” Alexey Borodin discovered a method to steal content from iOS apps by making in-app purchases without actually paying any money. In-app …

iOS hacker posts method to get in-app purchases for free – Gigaom.com

In the demonstration he’s using iOS 6 (the beta version) and an iPhone 4S … Obviously it should be concerning to Apple as well, which is only a week removed from dealing with an App Store issue of its own … Continue reading

Make your iOS and OS X devices work better together – Techradar.com

One of Apple’s many strengths is the way its devices integrate so … set it up in iTunes on your Mac via the Advanced menu (select Turn On Home Sharing), then tap Settings on your iOS device and select Music … Continue reading

Tips from the pros: Lightroom 4 Artistry ebook released – The Imaging Resource!

The advent of programs like Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom and Apple’s Aperture has been a great boon to photographers. It’s greatly simplified the digital darkroom, by combining asset management and image processing (or developing, if you prefer …

Cheddar for iOS: to-do lists and markdown wherever you go – Ars Technica

Ubiquity seems to be Cheddar’s aim, at least for the Apple-friendly—while there are currently no … Additionally, I found the Markdown entry to be a chore on iOS. Entering tasks quickly, a tenet of almost every task manager, was slowed … Continue reading

The other hidden cost of running Windows on a Mac: battery life – ZDNet

Apple’s hardware designs are so handsome … battery-life tests on the brand-new 2012 MacBook Air and its 2011 counterpart were done with OS X and with Windows 7. (Engadget’s 2012 MacBook Air review confirms that the Windows tests were …

Inside OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion GM: AirPlay Mirroring – Apple Insider

AirPlay, Apple’s wireless audio and video distribution system, gets an update in OS X Mountain Lion, offering modern Macs with compatible hardware the ability to wirelessly mirror the screen to an Apple TV-attached HDTV display. AirPlay, originally named …