Tweetbot arrives in Mac App Store, with higher price than its developers prefer

Tapbotson Thursday releasedTweetbot for Macin the Mac App Store , though at a price higher than the company had ab initio intended to charge . The companionship say the app ’s $ 20 fee comes due to Twitter ’s increase limitations on third - party apps . Twitter ’s new restrictionshave leave behind third - party app developersscrambling to visualize out how to sustain their business sector . Among the limitations is a hard ceiling on how many users third - political party apps can support ; the base limitation is 100,000 users , but that phone number give-up the ghost higher for apps that had already outdo 100,000 user by the prison term Twitter implemented the cap ....

October 18, 2012 · 3 min · 503 words · Amy Wright

Apple financial data may be unsealed in Samsung case

selective information about sale , profits and allowance for specific Apple production should be made public , the jurist hearing the party ’s suit against Samsung Electronics ruled on Wednesday , though a high royal court ’s decision could keep the data from ever being disclose . Apple used the fiscal information in a motion to strike Samsung with more scathe above and beyond the$1.05 billion awardthat a jury decided on in August ....

October 17, 2012 · 3 min · 495 words · Jackie Kerr

iCloud: Sharing done wrong

Despite the large addition of share features in iOS 6 and Mountain Lion , the society ’s concept of “ sharing ” is actually a narrow-minded one . And in an increasingly interconnected era — when the great unwashed are spending more and more time sharing words , images , files , and more with other people and among a variety of equipment — that ’s a problem . Looking at iCloud in special , it seems that Apple ’s plan of attack to communion is almost antithetical to the conception itself ....

October 17, 2012 · 8 min · 1659 words · Donald Meadows

Mac 101: All about windows

If you ’ve just amount to the Mac from a microcomputer you may have wonder where Microsoft grow the name “ Windows ” for its operating system . Without delving into thepolitics of the thing(because some citizenry are still sore about it ) , let ’s just say that Microsoft wasinspiredby one of the Mac OS ’s most prominent feature : virtual windows that give substance abuser a ocular metaphor for the way their filing cabinet were organized on their computers ....

October 17, 2012 · 19 min · 3847 words · Donald Norris

The Macalope Daily: Grand theft stupid

Someone alert eWeek ’s Don Reisinger ! Business Insider is completely slip his schtik ! Reisinger , as the Macalope ’s advanced and virile lector be intimate , is the big businessman of slideshow list data formatting . It ’s a small and insipid kingdom , but what do you prevail , huh ? Now Business Insider ’s Dylan Love brings us “ 9 Android Features That Blow iPhone Out Of The piddle ” ( no connection , naturally ) ....

October 17, 2012 · 4 min · 705 words · Kristin Mahoney

The Week in iOS Accessories: See farther

As you ’d look , accessories for the iPhone 5 are trickling out , and this week there are mates of fresh products that will help your new iPhone ’s camera see farther and serious . But there ’s also flock of other gear for making art or listening to music on your iOS gimmick . AQ Audio : This UK - based troupe has bring its $ 179SmartSpeakersto the United States ....

October 17, 2012 · 4 min · 783 words · Laura Hardy

Using CDs and DVDs with a MacBook Air

Reader Steven Lange loves his fresh MacBook Air except for one lilliputian thing . He publish : I just purchased a MacBook Air and really like it , but I still need to occasionally use videodisk for installing software and watching flick . What options do I have ? The easiest option is to merely purchase an external USB DVD driving force . Apple makes such a affair in the form of its $ 79USB SuperDrive ....

October 17, 2012 · 4 min · 822 words · Matthew Weaver

Eight ways to connect to a server

When you have to copy files from one Mac to another , make large file usable to others , or get files from your company ’s shared bulk , you need to connect to a waiter . It may be a file waiter , a NAS ( net - attach storage gimmick ) , or just another Mac on your internet . You probably already be intimate a basic way to perform this everyday task , but is that method acting the speedy and most commodious ?...

October 16, 2012 · 7 min · 1449 words · Marco Davis

Hands on with Apple’s Lightning to 30-pin Adapters

The changes to Maps in iOS 6 may have gotten the lion ’s share ofnegative coveragesince the iPhone 5 debuted . But back on September 12 , when the company announced the latest iPhone and iPod models , the harsh criticism was reserved for theLightning connector , Apple ’s substitute for the venerable 30 - pin docking facility connexion . The newfangled plug has some clear benefits . Its size allow Apple to make thin and smaller devices ; its design imply you ca n’t tuck the Lightning connector the wrong way ; and Apple says it ’s much more long-wearing than the older 30 - pin connector ....

October 16, 2012 · 15 min · 3100 words · Penny Sparks

Remains of the Day: Rumor has it

Rumors abound of Apple update every single ware line at next week ’s media event , even as the company apparently twine down its relationship with Samsung . Elsewhere , the iPod nano is dissected … for scientific discipline ! The residue for Tuesday , October 16 , 2012 are a fib told by retard , full of strait and fury , mean nothing . 13 - inch MacBook Pro with Retina display confirmed for Apple event(9to5Mac )...

October 16, 2012 · 2 min · 343 words · Bethany Martin

Review: Use WriteUp to create Markdown text on your iPad or iPhone

Our Verdict WriteUp , a $ 4 text editor for iPhone and iPad , is packed with a mess of proficient ideas . The app is used to pen schoolbook in Markdown ( which allows that text to be slang with links , boldface , and other choice ) and post or share compositions across different platforms . unluckily , not all of these ideas are put to death successfully ....

October 16, 2012 · 4 min · 683 words · Robert Black

The Macalope Daily: Inexplicable Apple rage syndrome

The Macalope is not a licensed clinical psychologist , but he does know a case of inexplicable Apple furore syndrome when he escort it . And , boy , does he see it in Willie Osterweil’s“When Apple deal over”(tip o ’ the antlers toRajesh ) . Salon has kindly republish this clause from an “ nervy ” social commentary web site . The Macalope has nothing against “ edgy ” commentary ( obviously ) , but he does believe that , in order for it to be enjoyable , the bound should be piercing and not just a dull repackaging of an ridiculous fulmination you could find in the on-line Page ofForbes , for God ’s saki ....

October 16, 2012 · 6 min · 1255 words · Michael Sherman

Apple to open new Beijing store on Saturday

Apple design to open a new company depot in Beijing this coming Saturday , ahead of a likely launch of the iPhone 5 in this big market for the ship’s company . The company already has five stores in mainland China , but in the past these have n’t rise to be enough during high-pitched - profile merchandise launch . Apple posted information on the new store on itswebsite . Once it afford , Apple will have three stores in Beijing , with the other three located in Shanghai ....

October 15, 2012 · 2 min · 344 words · Carla Hamilton