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Two salient practice of law enforcers in the U.S. who have been pushing Apple to do more to combat iPhone theft say they apprise a raw characteristic previewed earlier Monday that could help make slip iPhones more difficult for thieves to resell . The “ activating lock ” feature , which was demonstrate at the company ’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco on Monday , requires the use of the owner ’s Apple ID and watchword to reset or reactivate a phone that has been lock , disabled or wiped ....

If Apple has anything to say about it , the future of the notebook will be long and healthy . And it will be exemplified in the new version of the MacBook Air , announced during Apple ’s WWDC 2013 tonic , and available immediately . Based on a new quaternary - generation Core central processor calledHaswellULT — the replacement for Intel ’s Ivy Bridge central processor — the Modern lightweight notebooks boast importantly longer stamp battery living , faster graphics performance , ameliorate wireless networking , and greater energy efficiency ....

“ Ca n’t introduce any more , my ass . ” Apple senior vice President of the United States Phil Schiller ’s in - your - face instruction fundamentally tote up up what Apple thinks of the newMac Pro , bring out during a “ sneak peek ” at the Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday . Apple ’s new desktop workstation is n’t just a herculean machine for the most demanding users , it shows that the fellowship still remove the Mac and its merchandise design gravely ....

Apple product releases may have been few and far between so far in 2013 . But ifApple ’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynoteon Monday is anything to go by , the troupe has put the time since its last major press event in October 2012 to good utilization . Tim Cook prepares to unleash a slew of annunciation during Monday ’s WWDC keynote . The company let loose a torrent of announcements Monday , starting with a preview of the a la mode version of OS X and wrapping up some two hours later on with a look at a substantial overhaul of iOS ....

The fifth incarnation ofAdobe Photoshop Lightroomarrives as both a trailer and an adjunct to the company ’s newCreative Cloudcross - platform rooms of apps targeted to photographers , lifelike designers , WWW developers , and cinematographers . While Lightroom 5 , expel Monday at midnight Eastern clock time , is nominally part of Adobe ’s young subscription - based Creative Cloud successor to Creative Suite , it differs in that it is not subscription - base , but rather available as a traditional computer software license in a boxful ....

The only thing we know for certain that we can expect from Apple ’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote next week is a prevue of the next versions of iOS and OS X — and that ’s only because Apple execPhil Schiller say soin a press release . But the rumor mill ( coupled with our own boundless optimism ) paint a picture that Apple may use WWDC to bring a refresh or two to the Mac line of work as well ....

This week ’s roundup of iOS accessories include a telephoto lens that ’s fully grown than your actual iPhone , as well as several raw detail for the Io audiophile . The $ 100iRig HDis a 24 - bit analogue - to - digital ( A / D ) convertor contrive to create a crystal - clean connection between your guitar and your iOS equipment , letting you unite the two for a recording session ....

macintosh users who want to ( or have to ) useIntuit ’s QuickBookshave plenty of choices — we can launch the Mac , Windows , or WWW app version . One of those options belike pops out as an obvious choice , but as I recently key out , the least - obvious root is sometimes the best one . My married woman and I are both professional writer . A few month ago , on the advice of our comptroller , we reorganized our small business as a corporation ....

Our Verdict If I could rate a game base solely on how adorable it is , High Voltage Software ’s $ 1Le Vampfor iOS would easily get five mouse . Unfortunately , “ adorableness ” is n’t really part of the criteria we habituate for rating biz . But Le Vamp ’s prettiness is just frost on the cake : this dateless side - scroll runner is a large biz , with a couple of twists to keep you play for 60 minutes ....

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict The SoundFly BT is a decent - sound , well portable verbaliser , since the whole thing plugs right into your wall outlet . Do n’t expect much bass comportment , but you ’ll get enough volume to fill a room . JBL have two nigh identical speakers , with names that play up their key divergence : the $ 200SoundFly Airlets you stream audio to the speaker system using Apple ’s AirPlay engineering , while the $ 180SoundFly BTuses Bluetooth , instead ....

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict If you ’re bet for a book - style iPad typeface , this one is pretty darn good . If you ’re await to mask your iPad mini as a book ( and really , who is n’t ? The grocery is flooded with Quran - style page number instance ) Pad & Quill ’s $ 55Graduate Edition Case for iPad minishould do the trick . This inflexible paging case features a wooden midland frame of reference and is covered in textile that ’s designed to wear and develop an “ old book patina , ” according to the company ....

AirPlay(formerly calledAirTunes ) is Apple ’s technology for streaming media over a local ( usually in - home ) web . It let you stream sound from any Mac or iOS twist to any AirPlay - enable audio frequency arrangement , or video from a Mac ( of recent vintage ) or an iOS gadget to an Apple TV ( also of late vintage ) . AirPlay works over any modern ethernet or Wi - Fi connection ( for telecasting over Wi - Fi , that ideally means a fast connection using 802....

Popular as Apple ’s iOS mobile political platform is , it does n’t exist in a vacuum . There ’s also Google ’s Android — a widely used peregrine OS in its own right wing . Last hebdomad , Google held its I / O developers group discussion in San Francisco . And more than a few announcements coming out of that event should be of interest to iOS gadget owners — for how it may or may not tempt what Apple does with its own mobile platform , if nothing else ....