New iPads, iPhoto for iOS, and Apple TV

The iPad has some new capabilities — if not a new name — and that ’s just one of the Apple products unveil Wednesday . On this episode of the Macworld Podcast , we dive into each and every announcement coming out of Wednesday ’s mechanical press event — from the iPad to iOS app update to Apple television — with three Macworld editors who were on deal at the Yerba Buena Theater in San Francisco ....

March 6, 2012 · 2 min · 338 words · Victoria Guzman

Remains of the Day: Think for yourself

Foxconn is expect through you ( or your next iPad ) , AT&T urge on client to prevail for their lives ( from antiquated wireless meshing ) , and Walter Isaacson says “ you wo n’t see me ” ( revealing details of the next Apple TV ) . The difference for Tuesday , March 6 , 2012 just want to experience what goes on in your marrow . Apple ’s First Marketing Guru On Why ‘ 1984 ’ Is Overrated(Advertising Age )...

March 6, 2012 · 4 min · 744 words · Bryan Vasquez

Adobe ships Photoshop Lightroom 4 and cuts price in half

Adobe has released rendering 4 of PhotoshopLightroom , its professional pic direction software , following a beta period of about two calendar month . But perhaps the big newsworthiness is that Adobe has for good write out the price of Lightroom in half . variant 4 is price at $ 149 , as contradict to the $ 299 shipping price of version 3 . The ascent price is now $ 79 , as opposed to the previous acclivity price of $ 99 ....

March 5, 2012 · 5 min · 940 words · Juan Bowman

Apple’s next iPad won’t be pressure-sensitive, but your next stylus might be

As our resident stylus reader and off - hours cartoonist , I doodle on my iPad a lot . More than I really ever expected to , really : Having used a Wacom since high school , I hated the theme of pull digitally without pressure sensitiveness . While the past few years ’ crop of iPad styluses have done much to palliate my irks with straight sketching , I still yearn for pressure sensitivity on my tab ....

March 5, 2012 · 5 min · 1057 words · Jeremiah Smith

Square Register turns an iPad into a cash register

For more than a year , Squarehas been on the leading boundary of a revolution in Commerce Department with its app that rent merchant use iOS devices as credit entry card readers . On Monday , it expanded its elbow grease witha new appthat turns an iPad into a fully - functioning cash register . Like its precursor , the new Square Register app allow merchant take and process credit entry and debit entry card payments without having to pony up for a traditional — and expensive — card - interpret system ....

March 5, 2012 · 3 min · 461 words · Clayton Stevenson

Apple touts its American hiring record

continue to push back on negative promotional material about its work practices , Appleunveiled a new webpageFriday to showcase statistic suggesting the company supports more American worker than has been cover . The fellowship claim it is responsible for for a total of 514,000 jobs across all 50 states . Only 47,000 of those workers are employed directly by Apple . Another 257,000 body of work at company that provide manufacturing , sales , delivery , and other financial support to the company ....

March 2, 2012 · 4 min · 745 words · Cynthia George

Politics on Apple’s side in Chinese trademark dispute

Politics could tip the scales in Apple ’s favor for a in high spirits - interest effectual fight that will decide possession of the iPad stylemark in mainland China . But some sound experts stay on shared out on whether it will be enough to help the U.S. technical school giant avoid a ban of its iconic tablet in the country . “ This is a really illustrious case , and Apple is not only a multinational caller , but employs a lot of masses , ” said Stan Abrams , an intellectual property lawyer and professor at Beijing ’s Central University of Finance and Economics ....

March 2, 2012 · 4 min · 666 words · John Cook

Remains of the Day: Threat assessment

One secret plan maker make an extemporaneous retreat from the field of fight , while Apple get all its firepower to bear on mental object talks and the iPad is strategically deployed in bureaucratic trouble spot . The remainders for Friday , March 2 , 2012 are oscar mike . EA permanently suspending development on Battlefield 3 : Aftershock(Vox Games ) Electronic Arts says it will not be reinstating the iOS variation of Battlefield 3 , which it pulled from the App Store in February after customers complain of wide - range problems ....

March 2, 2012 · 4 min · 752 words · David Young

The Macalope Weekly: Punchlines

Hey , did you see the one about the 5498 Android phones that walk into a conference in Spain ? Turns out the punchline is “ BlackBerry . ” How about the one about the iPad mini rumors ? The prank there is on you , because you ’re reading an iPad mini rumour . Finally , an InformationWeek columnist try out to tell a prank but fail to deliver a punchline ....

March 2, 2012 · 9 min · 1721 words · Mrs. Caroline Lee

AT&T publishes data throttling policy

When is an limitless design not an unlimited plan ? That ’s the motion that consumer have been asking AT&T since last summer , when the companyannounced its design to start throttling the data throughput of its heaviest drug user . Now the immune carrier has publisheda World Wide Web page laying out precisely who will be affected by the policy , and what customers ’ option are . According to AT&T ’s new page , unlimited information client on the 3 1000 connection will be warned via text message when their usage approaches 3 GB within a single billing cycle ....

March 1, 2012 · 4 min · 843 words · Brian Johnson

Creative Suite 6 or Creative Cloud: Which one is best for you?

Adobe has its drumhead in the cloud and it wants you to , as well . That ’s because Adobe sees the cloud as the future — its chief delivery system for software , divine service , social networking , community , and ultimately , increased value to its customer . The bombination around Creative Cloud , which began last tumble , has gained momentum as its designated launch fourth dimension approach — within the first half , and before the summer of 2012 , at a date yet to be declare ....

March 1, 2012 · 8 min · 1652 words · Ricky Miller

Get Siri-like functionality on your Mac with Speakable Items

I fuck Siri on my iPhone 4S , and I ’m hop full - fledged Siri bread and butter will arrive on the Mac with Mountain Lion . Until then , however , I can still speak to my Mac to get it to take actions , and you may too — thanks to Speakable Items and the Speech pane in System Preferences . This quick screencast will help you get started with barking order that your Mac will in reality listen to ....

March 1, 2012 · 4 min · 781 words · Beth Thomas

How new Mac security measures will impact AppleScript

To the median user , the two unexampled protection applied science coming to OS X this class — sandboxing and Gatekeeper — should be about invisible . But they could be all too visible to more advanced users , particularly those who use AppleScript and Automator . As we ’ve reported antecedently , Apple will soon expect that all Mac App Store apps enforce sandboxing , which forces developer to request specific permit ( or , in developer - speak , “ entitlement ” ) from Apple to give their apps access to certain part of a user ’s system ....

March 1, 2012 · 4 min · 754 words · Amanda Bell