You can almost see the “missed connection” personal ads these pundits would write: “You: gullible reader, looking for more information about the technology industry. Me: technology pundit willfully ignoring implicit costs, pushing really bad ideas, and misrepresenting survey results to generate page views.” Will they get together?! Read on! No such thing as a free [...]
Category Archives: Macworld
The Week in iPad Cases: Just keep swimming
Posted by Gary on May 18, 2013
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Summer is practically here, so it’s only fitting that one of the cases we cover in this week’s roundup of iPad cases is good enough, and protective enough, to take swimming. If taking a dive is not in your immediate future, though, we have plenty of other protective accessories that are great when you’re dry. [...]
Remains of the Day: Shape up, ship out
Posted by Gary on May 18, 2013
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iOS devices are in the army now, Intel’s former CEO recounts his Apple misstep, and Apple’s got its work cut out for its WWDC keynote. The remainders for Friday, May 17, 2013 lead the way. Apple Mobile Devices Approved for Use on U.S. Military Networks (Bloomberg) The Pentagon has given thumbs up to iOS 6 [...]
Review: HardShell Case coats Retina MacBook Pro in a candy-colored shell
Posted by Gary on May 18, 2013
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As sturdy as Apple’s MacBooks are, it’s a little depressing to pull your laptop out of your bag and discover a ding or scratch on the aluminum case. If you want some extra protection for your laptop, Handy Candy Cases’ $60 HardShell Case might be the answer. Hard Candy makes the HardShell Case for the [...]
Developer-signed Mac spyware found on Angolan activist’s computer
Posted by Gary on May 17, 2013
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Previously unknown Mac OS X spyware, signed with a valid Apple Developer ID, has turned up on the laptop of an activist from Angola at a human rights conference in Norway. Security researcher and privacy activist Jacob Appelbaum found the spyware on the activist’s Mac at the Oslo Freedom Forum earlier this week. The activist’s [...]
Remains of the Day: Where in the world?
Posted by Gary on May 17, 2013
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Mr. Cook goes to Washington, an Apple Store grows in San Francisco, and Mac spyware turns up in Norway. The remainders for Thursday, May 16, 2013, are going global. Apple on offense over $100B offshore stash (Politco) Yes, that’s right: Politco. Tim Cook’s giving interviews to political sites in advance of his testimony in front [...]
App Store surpasses 50 billion downloads
Posted by Gary on May 16, 2013
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Brandon Ashmore, who calls Mentor, Ohio, home, is having a very good day. Apple on Thursday announced that Ashmore download the 50 billionth app from the App Store. As part of Apple’s promotion for the historic download, this makes Ashmore the lucky winner of an iTunes gift card worth a cool $10,000. The app Ashmore [...]