Steve Jobs retires as CEO
I sure hope Tim Cook has been practicing his terse, one-line emails, because it looks like Steve won’t be on the receiving end of our FCP Pro X complaints anymore. “Letter from Steve Jobs CUPERTINO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community: I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties... Read More
How To: Get your MacBook Pro to sleep in OS X Lion
Pre-OS X Lion, all I needed to do to put my 2008 MacBook Pro to sleep was close the lid. However, since upgrading Lion, I’ve noticed that it never really seemed to go to sleep anymore, especially when plugged in to a power source. I would be watching TV and hear the sound of my MBP’s fans whirring from across the room, and even though the lid was closed and I assumed... Read More
The most involved iPhone app trailer we’ve seen (plus boobies)
In the Adobe After Effects world, Andrew Kramer is a bit of a legend. Many is the time I have perused his tutorial site Video Copilot and completely ripped him off found inspiration for my own projects. Well, in addition to cranking out awesome tutorials and plug-ins for After Effects, Andrew has now made the leap into the iPhone app arena with his “face changing” app... Read More
I’m not sure there’s a jail big enough to accommodate these guys’ balls
Usually when we hear of crimes involving iPhones and iPads, we envision thugs ramming their cars through the lovely glass doors of one of Apple’s iconic stores or muggers ripping iOS devices from unsuspecting commuters. But a couple of inventive Chinese decided to kick it “old school” with their latest Apple-themed crime. How old school? How about the 16th century.... Read More
Ukrainian Defense Secretary steals Steve Jobs’ Stanford speech
Well over 4 million people have watched the below YouTube video of Steve Jobs’ uplifting Stanford commencement speech, including, apparently, Ukrainian Secretary of National Security and Defense Raisa Bogatyreva. Business Insider is reporting that Bogatyreva lifted quite a few lines from Jobs’ speech, word for word in a recent address she gave. Now, assuming she... Read More
If you have Spotify, you need Airfoil
Like many of you, I eagerly awaited the arrival of Spotify to the US. However once I got it, I suddenly found myself wondering what I was going to do with it. For those unfamiliar with the service, basically Spotify gives you free, ad-supported access to just about any song you can think of. Free, that is, on your computer. There’s an iPhone app which, for a monthly fee of... Read More
Apple rumor mill in a tizzy as Apple pushes back the imaginary iPhone release date they made up
Artist's conception of what is going on at Foxcon's Chengdu plant right now If there’s one thing you have to admire about the Apple rumor mill, it’s the way they can always make a big story out of the imaginary release date they’ve set for Apple’s latest unannounced gadget getting “pushed back”. Despite there never actually BEING a... Read More
You know it’s hot when…
You know it’s hot when using an LED flash generates enough heat to push your iPhone over the edge. iPhone hates Flash Read More
Darth Vader, Goats, and Pizza – What CAN’T you do in the Apple Store?
Everyone knows the Apple store is fairly liberal with indulging the more eccentric (ie. annoying) customers who insist on bringing in their dogs into the store or trying to become famous by doing one of those “douche chill”-inspiring Apple Store dance videos, but comedian Mark Malkoff decided to test just how far you can go in an Apple store before being escorted out. It... Read More
Why has Apple’s Training and Certification” page been down for nearly a week?
Hey, have you checked out Apple’s Training and Certification page lately? Us neither. But apparently it has been down for awhile. Hmmm... define "soon" Faithful Macenstein reader Andrew asks: “Apple’s training & certification website is down, and it appears that it may have been down at least since July 20 according to Google’s cache of the... Read More
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