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iPad By Davis: “Balances for iPhone review: Keep track of all those IOU's you have with your friends” plus 18 more

iPad By Davis: “Balances for iPhone review: Keep track of all those IOU's you have with your friends” plus 18 more

Balances for iPhone review: Keep track of all those IOU's you have with your friends

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 12:42 AM PDT

Balances for iPhone review: Keep track of all those IOU's you have with your friends

Balances is an iPhone app that helps you keep track of the various little debts and credits that you have with your friends. It features a delightfully simply design that makes is super easy and fast to add an entry with a note.

Balances is simply two lists: your current list to debts and credits and a completed list of the debts and credits that have been fulfilled. There are also two giant buttons at the bottom of the screen to add a new entry: the green plus sign is for a credit and the red minus sign is for a debt.

If a debt or credit as been fulfilled, you simply swipe it to the right to check it as completed. Swiping an entry to the left will delete it. But be careful, it's deleted for good, so don't do this by accident!

One thing I would love to see added to Balances is a way to view a total debit or credit with individuals. For example, if Rene borrows $5 from me for lunch, then $3 for coffee, but then buys me a $15 movie ticket, I want to be able to easily see that I ultimately owe Rene $7.

The good

  • Simple, clean design
  • Adding entries is fast and supports notes
  • Swipe entries to right to mark as completed, swipe to the left to delete
  • Swipe screen to the left to see completed credits and debits and easily move entries from completed list back to main list

The bad

  • Can't select currency, nor is there support for multiple currencies
  • Deleted entries are gone forever -- don't accidentally delete one!
  • Would love to see a total tally for each perosn

The bottom line

Balances is a fantastic app for keeping track of IOU's. Never again forget that Bill owes you for picking up his lunch or that you owe Sally for buying you that gourmet coffee drink. Balances will help you keep all the debts and credits in check.

    

Ad hoc 04: Star Trek Into Darkness

Posted: 31 May 2013 05:52 PM PDT

Ad hoc 04: Star Trek Into Darkness

Take a bunch of tech geeks who also happen to enjoy scattering their atoms across the galaxy, put them in front of mics, hit the record button, and what do you get? Another impromptu episode of the Federation's favorite podcast, that's what.

Join Guy English, Georgia, Clayton Morris, Derek Kessler, Bryan Bishop, and Rene to talk Star Trek Into Darkness. From plot holes to set pieces, lens flares to bikini flashes, Kirk to Klingons, we're nerding out over, and nitpicking, JJ Abrams' second take at Trek.

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Will you be switching to Google Music All Access? [Poll]

Posted: 31 May 2013 04:31 PM PDT

Google's SVP of Android and Chrome, Sundar Pichai, left the D11 conference having dropped a huge piece of news for iOS; that their new All Access music service would be coming to iOS in a matter of weeks. While we're not short on music streaming services on iOS, Google going cross-platform is a big deal. They also offer a different experience to some of their competing services, in that each account also has a cloud locker large enough for 20,000 songs. But, is all this enough to encourage you to switch?

The leading contenders in the space, Spotify, Pandora, Rdio, all have broad and loyal user bases. I myself have been a heavy Spotify user for the past couple of years, but Google Music has me interested. The fact that it combines not only streaming, but a cloud locker and a music store is enticing; one place for all my music. It isn't perfect by any means, though. The web interface isn't as pretty as something like Spotify, and without a desktop client you're forced to either download your entire library to your Mac or listen to it online.

It's also not entirely clear at this stage what exactly will be coming to iOS. Since unofficial apps like gMusic can access your cloud library, we'd hope that Google would provide the same in their own application. It's a given that the music store won't be part of it, but that's just something we'll have to accept.

Another point in Google's favor is their current introductory pricing structure. If you sign up before June 30 -- and a free 30 day trial is included for all new subscriptions -- the price is reduced from $9.99 per month to $7.99. What we're interested to know is how many of you guys will be switching to the Google service? Is it a compelling enough product to get you to ditch your existing streaming service of choice? Or perhaps you're holding off to see if Apple does something in this space? As ever, cast your vote in the poll up top and drop us your thoughts in the comments below!

    

Six dirt-cheap Mac strategy games you should play this weekend

Posted: 31 May 2013 03:44 PM PDT

Six dirt-cheap new Mac strategy games you should play this weekend

The weekend is here. If you're looking to spend a fun time with your Mac and strategy games are your bag, we've rounded up a few of them that we think are loads of fun. We understand that gaming budgets are tight these days: there isn't a single game on here that will set you back more than $15. But just because they're dirt-cheap, don't think they're lousy games - there's a lot of fun to be had here for very short money.

Anomaly 2

11 bit studios turned the venerable "tower defense" genre on its head with the original Anomaly Warzone Earth, which puts you in charge of the troops marching through a battlefield of tower-based weapons that want to destroy you. The challenge is in figuring out what route to take to prevent an ambush or a dead end; how to equip your advancing column; and how to use resources to get your troops repaired and through the thick of the battle.

Now they're back with Anomaly 2, which incrementally improves the single-player action, but adds a killer multiplayer mode that pits one player as the troops against another as the towers. Oh, and mechs. The game has mechs. Lots of 'em.

FTL: Faster Than Light

Subset Games was inspired by tabletop games and the ancient computer game Rogue to create FTL, which they got the funding to make through a successful Kickstarter campaign. The game puts you in control of an interstellar spaceship with the goal of reaching your fleet while avoiding being destroyed by rebels.

As captain of this vessel, you're ultimately in charge of every aspect of its performance - piloting, engines, life support, weapons and the crew - and you have to keep everything working (and your crew alive) as you race to deliver your payload and achieve other goals along the way.

(As we're posting this, it's on sale on Steam for half off, a scant $4.99, but that deal will expire on Saturday, June 1st - so make sure to act quick).

Leviathan: Warships

Paradox Interactive teamed up with Pieces Interactive to come up with a ridiculously fun game that puts you in charge of seagoing fleets of armored warships. Build your fleet then engage in turn-based play in offline or online modes. Multiplayer is where it's at with this game, though - not only is cross-platform head-to-head multiplayer supported between Mac and Windows, but there's a co-op mode that lets you team up with up to three other players to complete missions.

Skyward Collapse

Ever since Peter Molyneux sprung Populous upon the world, "god" games have been a staple of the strategy genre. Arcen Games' Skyward Collapse offers an interesting variation on the concept, because in this game your goal is not to directly intervene in the affairs of men, but to maintain a balance.

Don't get us wrong, though - this isn't a peaceful exercise. The warring factions of men stir far below, and it's up to you to help them both. To that end, you can help them develop resources, intervene directly occasionally with mythical creatures, and counter the effects of lesser gods that occasionally meddle in the affairs of men.

Cubemen 2

This 3D strategy game puts you in charge of...well, cube men as you attack enemies and defend. Five different game modes will keep you busy, including capture the flag, skirmish, territory and rescue; there's single-player and multiplayer modes (with support for up to six players). Don't let the Minecraft look fool you - this is no Minecraft clone.

There is, however, a built-in level editor, so you can create your own levels to play, or download tons of user-built ones from the web.

Organ Trail: Director's Cut

This started life as an online game, but now you can download this new and improved version for your Mac. Remember the classic game Oregon Trail, which put you in a covered wagon during America's 19th century westward expansion?

Organ Trail updates Oregon Trail for modern sensibilities by putting you in a station wagon during the zombie apocalypse. You need to manage food, ammo, fuel, medkits and other resources as you make your way to safety.

The developers have kept Organ Trail ruthlessly retro, too - it looks like an Apple II game, and has the 8-bit sound effects and soundtrack to match. And yes, you can still die of dysentery.

    

Final batch of tickets for June 6th NYC Talk Mobile launch event now available!

Posted: 31 May 2013 03:36 PM PDT

The RSVPs have been getting snatched up fast for next Thursday's Talk Mobile launch party in NYC. To give as many people as possible a fair shot at attending, we spread the tickets out over three batch releases.

Just now we put live the third and final batch of tickets. If you're in New York City the evening of June 6th and want to attend, jump over to the event invitation page and claim your ticket!

    

How to instantly share files between Macs with AirDrop

Posted: 31 May 2013 02:46 PM PDT

How to instantly share files between Macs with AirDrop

AirDrop is a convenient way to share files between Macs without the need for email, Dropbox, or any other file sharing service. As long as both parties are using a supported Mac and running OS X Lion or later, using AirDrop to share and transfer files between computers is as simple as dragging and dropping.

Not sure where to find AirDrop or how to use it? Follow along and we'll show you how.

How to share a file from another Mac using AirDrop

  1. Open a finder window on your Mac by holding down on the Finder icon in your dock and selecting New Finder Window.
  2. In the left hand navigation, click on AirDrop.
  3. Any other Mac users that have AirDrop open will automatically populate in the AirDrop window. They'll need to have it open too in order to accept a file.
  4. Now just simply drag the file you'd like to share to the icon for their Mac.
  5. You'll be asked to confirm that you'd like to share the specified file, simply click Send.
  6. You'll see a message saying AirDrop is waiting for the user to accept it. Once they do, you'll see a blue circle go around their icon as the data transfers. Once the circle makes its way all the way around and disappears, the file transfer is complete.

How to accept a shared file from another Mac using AirDrop

  1. Open a finder window on your Mac by holding down on the Finder icon in your dock and selecting New Finder Window.
  2. In the left hand navigation, click on AirDrop.
  3. Any other Mac users that have AirDrop open will automatically populate in the AirDrop window. Both parties must have it open in order to send and receive files.
  4. If you've received a file, a notification will show up by that person's icon. Either click on Save or Save and Open.
  5. If you selected the regular save option, the file will be automatically stored in the Downloads folder of your Mac. You can access it there anytime you'd like.
    

Mac Pro inventory drying up pre-WWDC? What does it mean?

Posted: 31 May 2013 02:15 PM PDT

Mac Pro inventory drying uap pre-WWDC? What does it mean?

Channel inventory of the Mac Pro entry-level model seems to be on the wane at major American retailers, according to a report from J. Glenn Künzler at MacTrast. What does it mean? Maybe something, maybe nothing.

Künzler infers that the shortage of entry-level Mac supply might mean that something new is coming down the pike, since WWDC is the week after next. But it's also worth noting that Apple retail stores, Apple's online store and major online/mail-order retailer MacConnection all have the units in stock and ready to ship.

I'm almost certain we're going to see some refreshes and change to the Mac product line at WWDC, just like my colleague Jim Dalrymple at The Loop. But I'm not convinced the time is right to see a new Mac Pro model take the place of the old one, with Intel planning changes to its Xeon products (the CPUs the Mac Pro has long used) coming in the third calendar quarter of 2013.

Intel recently introduced the Xeon E3 chip family, which is intended for micro servers and cloud server configurations. It's based on the company's Haswell architecture, but it's a fairly low-power chip that lacks the brute force computational power we're used to seeing in the Mac Pro. The Xeon E5 family, built around Ivy Bridge EP, seems like a more suitable Mac Pro candidate, and that one's due later this year.

That's not to say that Apple won't do the same thing as they did last year, and offer a slight refresh to the Mac Pro around WWDC. Though at this stage of the game, that might just be rubbing salt in the wounds of Mac Pro enthusiasts who are waiting for the next big thing.

As in all things, your mileage may vary.

    

Office Attacks to add crafting to tower defense formula

Posted: 31 May 2013 01:14 PM PDT

One of the games I really enjoyed seeing at the Ottawa International Games Conference was Office Attacks by Arctic Empire. At its core, Office Attacks is a pretty standard tower defense game, where players have to plant towers and upgrade them to fend off waves of incoming enemies before they reach the end of a maze. Office Attacks goes off the rails in two ways: for one, the premise is straight-up hilarious. You're battling off annoying co-workers to keep your stress meter low. Two, towers are user-generated by assembling various office supplies which are gathered throughout gameplay. Not only do those parts actively effect the tower's range, rate of fire, and cost, but you can also trade those parts away with friends through Facebook Connect.

For all of its tasty mechanics, the sheer goofiness of a lot of the towers is what got me. Gatling Pencil Sharpner? Yes, please. Follow Arctic Empire to see how the game's coming along.

    

Big Action Mega Fight game brings gesture-based retro action to iOS

Posted: 31 May 2013 12:36 PM PDT

At the Ottawa International Game Conference, I met up with some folks from Montreal called Double Stallion Games. They were showing off a new gesture-based spin on classic beat-em-up titles. Big Action Mega Fight (which not coincidentally spells BAMF as an acronym) is landing late summer as a free to play title. Players swipe away at enemies to execute short attacks, gestures such as circles and pinches to launch into special maneuvers, and tap the screen to move and dodge attacks. Players have limited lives which regenerate over real time, or you can indulge in in-app purchases to get playing again right away.

BAMF is a really straightforward in terms of gameplay, but between the retro feel and the great hand-drawn animations used throughout, I think I'll be able to see myself putting some time into it. Hit up Double Stallion to keep tabs on the Big Action Mega Fight's progress.

    

Repix iPad App Updated: Adds Spotlight Filter & Frames

Posted: 31 May 2013 09:55 AM PDT

Deputy Editor Dawg Spotlighted

The Repix photo editing app for the iPad has been updated this week, to Version 1.3. The big news in this update is the addition of a new spotlight filter and frames. You can see the spotlight filter applied in the image above, of the my incredibly handsome Deputy Editor Dawg.

The new spotlight filter is available via In-App purchase for $1.99. I've been playing with it a little, and it's great fun to use. I think it's already my favorite filter among many good ones in Repix. You can use it with a couple of different effects – Stage is the one I used above, and Disco is another cool option.

Repix Spotlight Filter

The new frames are available within the app after the update, with no need for an In-App purchase.

Repix Frames

Here's the full change list for this latest update to Repix:

* New unique Spotlight Filters. Direct the lights with a finger.
* New handcrafted Frames tool. Pinch to adjust the frame...

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Go All Access with gMusic for Google Play Music, now supporting Google's streaming service

Posted: 31 May 2013 10:28 AM PDT

Google might have just announced they plan to bring Google Play Music All Access to iOS in a matter of weeks, but that doesn't mean you can't try the service out right now. Independent offering, gMusic, was recently updated to support Google's new streaming service, and then updated again to remove some of the bugs. In lieu of having an official app yet, and with an All Access subscription burning a hole in my ears, lets see if gMusic hits the right note.

gMusic is a fully featured music player that connects to your Google cloud account. The music player controls are fully integrated with the on-board lockscreen controls, and has AirPlay support built in. It also supports offline caching of music to listen to instead of streaming, playlist management, creating radio stations, and a whole lot more. Simply put; gMusic is presently the best way of getting your Google Music on iOS.

The All Access part of Google Play Music is accessed by way of the "web search" menu item. It's that easy; search for what you want to find and gMusic will find it, let you play it, add it to your playlists and so on. The added feature fits within the existing app seamlessly, it doesn't feel tacked on which is important.

What gMusic does lack, though not necessarily the fault of the developer, is All Access' recommendations. The most recent update to the app fixed some bugs too, the biggest of which was stuttering playback. Strangely, Google's own web-app on the desktop seems to suffer from this too from time to time, but so far the gMusic update has cured these issues.

gMusic is available to download from the iOS App Store for iPhone and iPad for $1.99. A Google Play Music All Access subscription will cost $9.99 a month, though if you sign up before June 30 that drops down to $7.99. There's also a 30-day free trial available to give the service a thorough run through before parting with your cash. I'm pretty happy with it, how about you guys?

    

Who needs a Mac Pro when they can get an iMac?

Posted: 31 May 2013 10:28 AM PDT

Who needs a Mac Pro when they can get an iMac?

In previous editorials I've shared my opinion on the state of the Mac Pro and what the next Mac Pro could have inside. Now it's time to ask a more fundamental question: Do we need the Mac Pro at all? After all, isn't the iMac the...well...pro desktop Mac?

Blurring the line

Topping out with a a $2000 price tag before you get fancy, it's easy to look at the 27-inch iMac and conclude that it is a suitable replacement for a Mac Pro, at least for most Mac users.

Inside the high-end 27-inch iMac model is a speedy quad-core Intel Core i5 processor clocked at 3.2 GHz, with a blazing fast 3.4 GHz i7 as a configure to order option; RAM configurable to 32 GB, up to 3 terabytes of storage space in a combination SSD/hard disk "Fusion Drive;" a speedy Nvidia GeForce GTX 675MX graphics subsystem with 1TB of video memory. There aren't a lot of compromises inside the iMac.

Two Thunderbolt ports, Gigabit Ethernet, SDXC slot, four USB 3.0 ports, optical digital audio output. You can even hook up a 30-inch display to the big iMac through Thunderbolt and dramatically increase your desktop space further. Yep, all the pieces are there for the iMac to be a real pro machine if you want it to.

Indeed, the iMac has found a home on the desk of many Mac-using pros. Gobs of performance, sufficient expandability to be flexible enough for a wide variety of tasks, and a gorgeous, slim design that looks really good. You can even mount it on a wall or an articulated arm if you want to.

But despite all those attributes, it's clear that the iMac is designed to suit a fundamentally different audience than the Mac Pro. It's certainly a machine suited to a fairly wide swath of professionals, but at its heart, the iMac remains a consumer-focused machine.

Inside that slim case is a system architecture that's designed around parts for laptops. Nvidia intended the GTX 675M graphics chip specifically for laptops, for example. Apple's certainly blurred the line between consumer and professional workstations with the iMac, but it hasn't erased it.

Purpose-built like a tank, but with a Lamborghini engine

Compare that to the Mac Pro. In its current incarnation the Mac Pro tops out as a 12-core machine, with two six-core Xeon processors under the hood. Eight memory slots means the Mac Pro can accommodate twice as much RAM as the iMac in any configuration. The Mac Pro is also the only Mac that uses Error Correcting Code (ECC) memory, vital for the computationally intensive work in science where the Mac Pro still has a foothold.

The video card included with the Mac Pro can handle up to three displays at once - two through mini DisplayPort outputs and another through the dual-link DVI interface. Want to drive more than three displays? No problem - pop another PCIe expansion card and double that to six. The PCIe expansion slots can be used to ingest or output lots of other bandwidth-intensive data, also - uncompressed video, high quality audio, Fibre Channel storage area networking and more.

Then there are the four internal SATA bays - the most internal storage expandability of any Mac model. Up to 8TB of storage possible using Apple-supplied drives, but 4TB 3.5-inch drives are available from third parties, which means you can have up to 16TB of internal storage in the Mac Pro.

And we haven't even gotten to the enormous array of expansion ports built in to the Mac Pro. Five USB 2.0 ports. Four FireWire 800 ports. Front panel minijack, TOSLINK optical audio input and output. And two Gigabit Ethernet ports that can either be paired together for double the bandwidth, or split between two separate networks.

Even though the Mac Pro is showing its age with no Thunderbolt or USB 3.0, the design of the box is clearly aimed at a very different user than the iMac. It's purpose-built for expandability, connectivity and the ability to be driven hard and fast without skipping a beat.

And the winner is...

The iMac is obviously more indicative of Apple's current design aesthetic. It benefits from Apple's migration to the Intel Ivy Bridge architecture, which netted competitive improvements like USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt - things the Mac Pro is still waiting for.

The iMac is no slouch, either - it's more than enough horsepower for a great many consumers and professionals alike. And its expandability, while limited, does offer some flexibility for users who don't need an additional monitor or high-speed external peripheral today, but might need it in the future.

So who wins in a shootout? If raw performance benchmarks are your measure, the Mac Pro is the clear winner. Despite its aging connectivity, the thing still regularly trounces all other comers when crunching numbers matters.

And it's hard to argue that when it comes to raw flexibility, the Mac Pro still edges out every other Mac model. You can connect more stuff to it, put more stuff inside it, and generally get more out of it than the iMac, despite the iMac's use of more modern connectivity.

Apple's selling more iMacs than Mac Pros, and that's one measure of success - hell, Apple can't sell the Mac Pro in the EU at the moment because of recently enacted regulations. But popularity is only one measure of success - if Apple's making money on the Mac Pro, despite it being a niche machine, one can argue that it still deserves a place of respect in the Mac lineup.

    

Airmail for Mac review: Sparrow lamenters rejoice, an even better solution is here!

Posted: 31 May 2013 08:33 AM PDT

Airmail for Mac review: Sparrow lamenters rejoice, an even better solution is here

Airmail for Mac is a new third party mail client that not only supports a plethora of account types, but is also one of the most visually appealing email apps for Mac I've ever used. For users who are still clutching onto Sparrow while waiting for a viable alternative, you may just find your solution in Airmail.

Upon first launching Airmail, you'll be asked to start configuring accounts. It's easy enough and for most accounts, Airmail can automatically import settings. I have several Google apps accounts with custom domains and Airmail had no problem figuring that out on its own without me having to enter Gmail settings manually. From what I remember, Sparrow and Mac Mail wanted me to manually enter some stuff.

The only kind of account I had an issue linking was a few Rackspace hosted emails. It appears that Airmail has an issue with SSL on Rackspace so if you're using one of those accounts, you'll just need to set up IMAP or POP support without authentication for now. All the other kinds of accounts, including iCloud, imported settings automagically without any manual inputs.

After you've got your accounts set up, you'll be taken to the main view of Airmail. Your account navigation will be off to the left with a message column to the right of that and your reading pane to the far right. For users who have used Sparrow over the years, you'll feel right at home. Airmail has a slightly more pleasing interface in my opinion but most of that will be subjective. Airmail offers a good amount of minimal themes to choose between in settings if you don't like the default one.

As far as settings, Airmail supports Gmail shortcuts just like Sparrow does for those who have been accustomed to using those. You can enable them by just checking a box within settings. Everything else you'd expect to find in settings is there from per account signatures, aliases, folder mapping, and more. Dropbox is also supported for uploading email attachments, if you choose to utilize it. Set it up once, and Airmail, just like Sparrow, will auto-upload your attachments.

Odds and ends settings such as custom notification sounds and message sort order are also present. Airmail also lets you choose how much of your Mac's resources you want it to use. This basically means you can choose Airmail to be a bit slower to spare some system resources or you can allot it more in order to speed up the application.

The good

  • Great interface that manages to be rich and colorful but not over the top
  • Custom image support for each account makes it easy to pick out accounts in the side bar and toggle between them quickly
  • Most account types, including Google apps, automatically detect which means no entering manual mail server info
  • Pretty good folder mapping options on a per-account basis

The bad

  • A few crashes here and there but I'd expect those to be fixed in an upcoming release
  • Rackspace emails require a little bit of tweaking to get them to work correctly, the authentication issue needs to be addressed
  • Just like Sparrow, you can't save messages from one mail account to another and it's the one feature I still miss in Mac Mail, but can do without

The bottom line

For Sparrow users who are clinging on to an unsupported client, Airmail is the best alternative out there. I have eight mailboxes and Mac Mail always lagged to the point of being painful. Sparrow did a great job of handling many boxes and Airmail does just as good of a job. Sending mail is quick, even with larger attachments.

If you're looking for a supported alternative to Sparrow or just want to shy away from Mac Mail, Airmail is quite possibly the best choice available. And at only $1.99, you really can't ask for more.

    

Cool Things: KUBI Robotic Stand for iPad & Other Tablets

Posted: 31 May 2013 07:38 AM PDT

KUBI is an impressive looking robotic desktop stand for the iPad and a number of other tablets, that lets you pan around remote environments during video calls. It's touted as 'an affordable and practical telepresence solution' and is compatible with FaceTime, Skype, and most consumer and enterprise video clients.

It can be used with nearly any tablet, from iPad mini to Surface Pro sizes.

You really need to take a look at the video above to see all the capabilities of KUBI.

KUBI is priced at $289. You can see more detail or place an order for KUBI at the Revolver Robotics product page for it. There's also a special deal for it currently at Stack Social where you can get it for $30 less.

Via: TUAW

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Deal of the Day: 33% off the Incipio Feather Hard Shell Case for iPad mini

Posted: 31 May 2013 07:22 AM PDT

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Measuring less than 1mm thin, Incipio's Feather Case is ideal for the iPad mini user seeking inconspicuous, first-class protection. This case is made of an ultra-light, ultra-strong polymer for light as a feather, form-fitting durable protection without the added bulk. Available in a variety of colors to choose from!

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Deal of the Day: 33% off the Incipio Feather Hard Shell Case for iPad mini

Posted: 31 May 2013 07:22 AM PDT

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Measuring less than 1mm thin, Incipio's Feather Case is ideal for the iPad mini user seeking inconspicuous, first-class protection. This case is made of an ultra-light, ultra-strong polymer for light as a feather, form-fitting durable protection without the added bulk. Available in a variety of colors to choose from!

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RAW compatibility update for OS X 10.8 adds support for a host of new cameras

Posted: 31 May 2013 05:42 AM PDT

Apple is currently pushing out a small, but not insignificant, RAW compatibility update for OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion that adds support for a whole host of new digital cameras in Aperture 3 and iPhoto. The update is necessary for both programs to make use of RAW image files from the newly supported digital cameras.

The full list of additions:

  • Canon EOS-1D C
  • Canon EOS Rebel SL1 / 100D / Kiss X7
  • Canon EOS Rebel T5i / 700D / Kiss X7i
  • Hasselblad Lunar
  • Nikon COOLPIX A
  • Nikon D7100
  • Nikon 1 J3
  • Nikon 1 S1
  • Sony Alpha NEX-3N

If you've got any of these cameras, head into the Mac App Store or hit the Software Update menu to download the update.

Source: Apple

    

EE expands 4G LTE again, total now stands at 74 towns across the country

Posted: 31 May 2013 04:57 AM PDT

EE, the UK's only 4G LTE carrier has announced another round of expansions, taking their total coverage up to 74 towns across the country and over 50% population coverage. The latest list sees another 13 towns in various areas of the country supported by 4G LTE.

EE customers in Ashton-under-Lyne, Chatham, Gillingham, High Wycombe, Merthyr Tydfil, Oldham, Oxford, Rochester, Runcorn, Sale, Stafford and Wigan should now be seeing 4G LTE. This follows on from the announcement of their new, 30-day LTE SIM-only contracts that offer the chance to try 4G for themselves without the weight of a long contract.

These regular expansions from EE are good news for their customers, and we still wait on for their rivals to launch their own LTE networks. Recently Vodafone stated they were aiming for a September launch, in part through not wanting to launch 4G without the iPhone. The iPhone 5 will currently only support EE LTE in the UK.

So, anyone seeing LTE for the first time on their EE iPhone 5? What do you think of the speeds you're seeing?

Source: EE

    

O2 UK customers to lose free BT WiFi hotspot access from July 1

Posted: 31 May 2013 04:38 AM PDT

O2 UK's four-year long partnership to allow their customers free BT WiFi hotspot access is to come to an end on July 1. A message on O2's official website says that following this date the carrier will be transitioning across to their own nationwide WiFi offering.

O2 states they have 8,000 hotspots spread across the UK, though this is far from the reach that BT offers through their Openzone hotspot offering. After July 1 O2 customers will be required to pay in order to use BT WiFi hotspots, though customers on rival network EE will still be able to connect for free. Alternatively, if you're a BT Broadband customer, you'll be able to take advantage by using those account credentials instead.

Since O2 was the original launch partner in the UK for the iPhone, there's likely a sizeable number of customers who will be affected by this change. How do you feel about it? Is the BT WiFi something you've been using a lot of over the years?

via Android Central

    
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