Candy Crush Jelly Saga leaves a sour taste with its latest puzzle quest

innocent - to - play games often appear appealing , but it ’s hard to know at a glance whether the business good example is insidious and fun ruination , or reasonable and deserving pump a few bucks into . With Freemium Field Test , we ’ll take a recent free - to - play iOS secret plan , put it through its pace , and let you know if it ’s really deserving your clock time ( and money ) ....

January 25, 2016 · 7 min · 1309 words · Gina Ruiz

Spend hours exploring Terraria, an open world classic game for iOS

These day , keep up with secret plan can be a full - sentence chore . So how do you separate the sign from the noise , the wheat from the stalk , the Temple Runs from the Temple Jumps ? permit us to avail by regularly selecting a biz You Should flirt . Exploration . craft . Soul - eating demons . All in a salutary day ( and night ) ’s work ....

January 22, 2016 · 4 min · 723 words · William Lewis

Katy Perry Pop hits a dull note with its celebrity chase

Free - to - play game often look likable , but it ’s hard to know at a glance whether the patronage manakin is insidious and play ruining , or sane and deserving pump a few bucks into . With Freemium Field Test , we ’ll take a recent loose - to - play iOS game , put it through its paces , and allow you know if it ’s really deserving your time ( and money ) ....

January 19, 2016 · 6 min · 1197 words · Miranda Wheeler

Why handwriting recognition on the iPad isn’t a joke anymore

testicle freckle . Eat up Martha . Cafe Fwiblob . There was a time when these Scripture would have elicited inst giggles . Memes from the time before Twitter or Facebook , Apple ’s Newton and its often - errant handwriting recognition offer a wellspring of humor for the minds behind Doonesbury and The Simpsons , a dapple - on pasquinade of a engineering science that was so close yet so far ....

January 17, 2016 · 9 min · 1733 words · Samuel Campbell

Macphun Creative Kit 2016 review: Critical photo editing functions delivered in one diverse app

Our Verdict With Creative Kit , Macphunwants to pick up where Apple ’s now - defunctApertureleft off . As a plug - in toPhotos , Macphun ’s apps significantly augment the Apple app ’s spare - bones editing tools . Despite their power , Creative Kit apps require a minimal encyclopaedism bend . Creative Kit does not attempt to substitute picture ’ organizational utility , though Macphun does market a separate app calledSnapselectfor organizing and prefer the upright photos from a mass and trashing duplicates ....

January 14, 2016 · 12 min · 2478 words · David Bridges

How to move from Photos to Photoshop Elements

Buying Photoshop Elements 14 Adobe ’s Photoshop Elements is an excellent photo - editing program , and it provides far more redaction power and originative tools than Apple ’s Photos app , or the old iPhoto . unluckily , you ca n’t buy Photoshop Elements 14 on its own from the App Store , as it ’s only uncommitted as part of a software package two - camp along with the Premiere Elements video - editor in chief program ....

January 12, 2016 · 7 min · 1424 words · Madeline Martin

The coolest camera gear of CES 2016

Image byThinkstock Most the great unwashed now snap pictures with a smartphone , but a stand - alone photographic camera is still a vital tool with a big bearing at this year ’s Consumer Electronics Show . Here ’s the coolest television camera appurtenance from the show . Kodak , a once - bankrupt vestige of the departed film epoch has come roaring back with the new Kodak Super 8 , a newfangled film telecasting photographic camera with digital welfare ....

January 10, 2016 · 9 min · 1894 words · Anna Tran

iTunes: A look at Apple’s media app and its influence on an industry

On a parky , rainy 24-hour interval in San Francisco years ago , Steve Jobs took the leg at the 2001 Macworld Expo to present young Apple product . After talking about boring technicalities of new ironware and software , Jobs switched registers . He introduced Apple ’s digital hub construct , then commence talking about a revolution . “ There is a music revolution happening right now . ”...

January 8, 2016 · 9 min · 1859 words · Veronica Wyatt

How to troubleshoot an ethernet drop

Lex Friedman used to edit and save at Macworld — a lot , lot , lot of articles — and now works at a lead podcast , ad - cut-rate sale , and content web . He call me after actuate into a raw theatre of late as he call back he had lost his marbles somewhere in the wiring of his house . Lex ’s problem was that the house was pre - wired for ethernet , which is broadly speaking a serious thing ....

January 7, 2016 · 3 min · 630 words · Michael Anderson

Apple doubles down on its Reno data center

Apple may be scale back iPhone order , but Cupertino is still investing in expanding its cloud and Internet divine service . grant to a new report inData Center Knowledge , Apple has file a permit to double up the size of its data centers in Reno , Nevada . The proposed data center site will be next to Apple ’s Project Mills campus , an existing data centre web site in Reno Technology Park ....

January 6, 2016 · 2 min · 416 words · Jeffrey Hogan

Ringly review: The smart ring that could be sexier

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict As a wearable , the Ringly is awesome . But as a piece of jewellery ? Not so much . Ilovethe concept behindRingly : A Bluetooth - enabled notification ring that connects to your smartphone and keeps you in the loop about incoming texts , calls , and e-mail via dyed LEDs and vibrating patterns . And I bed the fact that Ringly is clearly attempt to make “ smart ” jewellery attractive enough to be worn as , well , jewellery ....

January 5, 2016 · 8 min · 1501 words · David Taylor

Predictions: What we expect from Apple in 2016

2015 was a huge year for Apple , and you know all eyes will be on the fellowship in the year to add up . Will the Apple video make a strong viewing this holiday time of year ? Will the iPad Pro be enough to reverse the iPad line ’s recent sales slump ? Will the so ring Apple Car continue a secret ? We take our good hypothesis at Apple ’s destiny for the next 12 months ....

January 3, 2016 · 7 min · 1309 words · Summer Allen

Apple’s 10 biggest wins, fails, and WTF moments of 2015

As Apple make more and more money by sell more and more iPhones , it seems like the ship’s company barely has to seek to rest at the top of the heap . And yet 2015 was one of Cupertino ’s biggest geezerhood ever in terms of innovation , with product refreshes almost across the board ( sorry , Mac Pro ) , a raw machine category ( hey , Apple Watch ) , and a cyclosis inspection and repair to rival Spotify ....

December 31, 2015 · 9 min · 1800 words · Teresa Brooks