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 [...]
Category Archives: Macworld
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 [...]
Remains of the Day: Anybody want a peanut?
Posted by Gary on May 16, 2013
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The DOJ wants to put Apple on ice for collusion on ebooks’ price. Elsewhere, if an iPhone button wiggles, is it more than just a niggle? And to get some relief, Siri asks you to please keep it brief. The remainders for Wednesday, May 15, 2013 like to rhyme all of the time. U.S. Now [...]
How to install Linux on a vintage 68K Mac
Posted by Gary on May 16, 2013
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If you’re like me and happen to have a bunch of vintage Macs powered by Motorola 680×0 CPUs lying around, then you probably like to tinker with them. And what better way to tinker with obsolete hardware than by installing an obsolete version of Linux on it? It’s a difficult and time-consuming procedure with no [...]
Review: STM’s Skinny for iPad mini is slim, but not sleek
Posted by Gary on May 15, 2013
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Folio-style iPad mini cases are great for protection, since they cover both the back and front (and usually the sides) of the iPad. But they’re not terribly slim—in fact, a lot of folio cases are modeled after hardback books, and add quite a bit of extra bulk. STM’s $35 Skinny for iPad mini gives you [...]
Adaptive learning application lets parents track what kids have learned
Posted by Gary on May 15, 2013
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A new feature released Tuesday from children’s app maker Kidaptive lets parents track the progress of what their children are learning inside the company’s first story and game application. Leo’s Pad has been out for a year, releasing short story and game content it calls “appisodes.” The new parental layer shows a control panel broken [...]
Review: For charting data, Chartsmith is capable but outdated
Posted by Gary on May 15, 2013
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Chartsmith is a Mac app designed to do one thing, and only one thing: make charts. If your charting needs are casual and infrequent, this is not the app for you; you’ll be more than happy using Numbers, Excel, or any other spreadsheet to create the occasional chart. Conversely, you’d assume that if your chart [...]