The Week in iPhone Cases: Return of the Woogie

A threefold Lucy in the sky with diamonds of iPhone - case goodness expect you this week . We gave youthe first yesterday , and here ’s our second roundup of the latest offering . Aeronautic Pictures : Built with picture enthusiasts in thinker , theIndie i5(iPhone 5 ; $ 180 ) is a special mount plan to provide first-class stableness and frame in capabilities when you shoot movies with your handset ....

October 6, 2012 · 4 min · 851 words · Kelly Figueroa

Weekly Wrap: iPhone 5 tips, iPad mini theories, and remembering Steve

You did n’t hear it from me , but the calendar claims that it ’s already October . That intend that it ’s just a few weeks to Halloween , and then a few more to Thanksgiving , and then it ’s prison term to commence feel holly and jolly , and then it ’s 2013 , and holy moly can we just take a break for a moment ?...

October 6, 2012 · 4 min · 663 words · Amber Watkins

A year after Steve Jobs’s death: As we should have expected, it’s the same Apple

Much has been made of how Apple would hold up in a post - Steve Jobs world . And in the year since theformer chief operating officer passed away at eld 56after a long illness , novel Apple political boss Tim Cook has been repeatedly subjected to comparisons to his predecessor . The comparisons are not usually flattering : “ Steve Jobs would never have allowed that ” has become such a unremitting cry in some corners of the tech press , it ’s turn into something of a cliche ....

October 5, 2012 · 10 min · 1945 words · Steven Soto

After Steve: Apple’s ten big post-Jobs moments

It ’s been a busy , jumpy class for Apple since Steve Jobs passed away last October 5 . On the up side , the ship’s company won a massive jury award against Samsung for patent misdemeanor , and in April it became arguably the most worthful company in history when its market capitalizationpassed $ 600 billionfor the first time . At the same time , Apple made some rare U - turn of events in response to pother over the EPEAT environmental standard and the mapping software on its newest iPhone ....

October 5, 2012 · 4 min · 672 words · Amy Martinez

Apple Maps works better offline than Google Maps

More reports are come out claiming that Apple ’s Maps has features that make it superscript to Google ’s Maps on iOS 6 . Yesterday we looked into whether it is true thatApple ’s Maps are less of a data hog than Google ’s Maps . Today we are quiz the call that Apple Maps stores more data for purpose when you are offline , a ready to hand feature if you are traveling abroad and do n’t want to use up your data allowance ....

October 5, 2012 · 2 min · 344 words · Brianna Walker

Mac Gems: Skip Tunes and iTunification enhance iTunes

I usually cover one Gem per column , but today I ’ve got two elementary apps that complement iTunes . One is an update to a previous jewel , and the other is new for Mountain Lion ( OS X 10.8 ) . Skip Tunes 2.0.1 Back in February , Ireviewed Skip Tunes 1.0 , an cheap ( $ 1 at the time ) fare - taproom control and information presentation that works with the iTunes , Spotify , and Rdio apps ....

October 5, 2012 · 5 min · 925 words · Lauren Anderson

One year on we remember Apple’s Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs , Apple ’s co - founding father and its CEO through a period of record ontogeny and initiation for the ship’s company , cash in one’s chips exactly one twelvemonth ago today , on 5 October 2011 . He was 56 . job ’s end was confirm by a statement from Apple ’s table of directors , in which they key out “ Steve ’s magnificence , Passion of Christ and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives ....

October 5, 2012 · 6 min · 1079 words · Carolyn Tucker

Review: SeaSucker iPad Mounting System secures your iPad to any surface

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict There ’s nothing remotely stylish or cool - looking about SeaSucker ’s $ 90iPad Mounting System(also call the Naked Flex Mount on the company ’s website ) , but there ’s also nothing I ’ve visualise that grips an iPad quite as tightly . The Flex Mount lie in of a couplet of monumental , white - gum elastic - with - orange - speech pattern vacuity cups , geminate with a flexible bow ( called a Flex Arm ) that extend between them ....

October 5, 2012 · 4 min · 849 words · James Sanchez

The five key decisions Apple must make

Having a new CEO take the rein from an iconic co - founderhas not seemed to make much turbulency for Apple . In fact , the company is stronger than at any gunpoint in its history . In its most recent financial quarter , the company sold more iPads than in any three - calendar month full stop in its history ; it also tallied June - twenty-five percent records for Mac and iPad sales and saw quarterly revenue rise 22 percent from the previous twelvemonth to $ 35 billion ....

October 5, 2012 · 8 min · 1577 words · John Camacho

The Macalope Daily: Dear Apple, I have too much time on my hands

Prep your fainting couch because Apple has once again atrociously — outrageously ! — violated the sacred corporate trust between giant data processor caller and its shrillest and most sore customer ! VentureBeat ’s John Koetsier keys“Dear Apple : Deleting your users ’ apps without notification is bounderish and arrogant”(tip type O ’ the antlers tomy glass eye ) . “ But , Macalope , ” you say . “ A VentureBeat author who comes off like an over - inside , powdered - wig - wearing 18th - one C Danaus plexippus ?...

October 5, 2012 · 5 min · 952 words · Crystal Yates

The Week in iOS Apps: Batter up!

This week ’s roundup of iOS apps is rocking it one-time - schooling . quondam baseball , old medicine , quondam president , and more . Already this week , we ’ve brought you news of howStarbucks now allows iPhone usersto fund natural endowment posting in their Passbook ; we ’ve told you how Google Maps Street Viewis now available in iOS Safari web web browser ; we ’ve shown you Camera Awesome ’s , well , awing , newfangled iPad interface ; and we ’ve brought you roundup of the bestApp....

October 5, 2012 · 5 min · 1008 words · Mary Brewer

The Week in iPhone Cases: Paper, rock, scissors

The iPhone 5 ’s launching has come and gone , but the excitement in the case grocery store is just getting started , with dozens of announcements appearing in ourMacworldinboxes on a daily basis . From the courtly to the sporty , and from the quirky to the … homemade , we ’ve sire some great new cause for you in this week ’s roundup . Camalen : TheWallet Snap(iPhone 5 ; $ 89 ) combines a snap - on scale with a wallet using a special magnetised - attachment system that keeps things secure while reserve you to separate the constituent as needed ....

October 5, 2012 · 5 min · 882 words · Erin Lucas

Apple Store staff to help Apple Maps team, originally set up by Jobs

Apple is asking its 40,000 strong team of Apple Store employee to help it get Apple Maps in iOS 6 . consort to Macrumorssources , Apple has set up a strategy in its stores and gestate team there to dedicate 40 minute of staff time per week to manually analyze Apple ’s single-valued function data in their areas and submit corrections and improvements . According to one source , a squad of ten employees will participate in the program at a store , and that squad will be oversee by a doom “ subject area matter expert ” ....

October 4, 2012 · 3 min · 433 words · Allen Watson