Category Archives: Apple

iPhone universal remote: There’s an app for that

Here’s yet another thing the iPhone can do: it’s a universal remote. This ThinkFlood RedEye system includes a dock that communicates with your iPhone via WiFi, creating those infrared (IR) signals that your AV components obey.
Like our favorite Logitech Harmony 900 remote, the RedEye’s macro operation is sophisticated, letting you create “actions” that [...]

Troll Touch brings touchscreens to your 21.5 or 27 inch iMacs

Now that Windows 7 has been released, multitouch is now substantially supported in one of the big two operating systems around, and countless new all-in-one desktops are being released with built-in touchscreen functionality.
Fans of the other big operating system — OS X — have got to feel a bit left out in the cold, [...]

Apple Tablet To Redefine Newspapers, Textbooks and Magazines

Steve Jobs said people don’t read any more. But Apple is in talks with several media companies rooted in print, negotiating content for a “new device.” And they’re not just going for e-books and mags. They’re aiming to redefine print.
Several years ago, a modified version of OS X was presented to Steve Jobs, running [...]

Snow Leopard vs. Win 7: Battle Begins August 28

Apple’s latest operating system update, Mac OSX Snow Leopard, should be ready to roll on August 28, and while Apple says the new OS is “refined, not reinvented,” it’ll become the de facto competitor to Microsoft Windows 7 come October. We love a good argument, so here’s your fodder: five innovations for each OS [...]

multi-touch to fight iPhone and Android?

HTC Touch HD
HTC Touch HD: multi-touched by the hand of Ballmer?
Pictures and video of a mysterious leaked handset running HTC’s TouchFlo 3D OS suggests Windows Mobile 6.5 will embrace multi-touch.
If Windows Mobile 6.5 does support multi-touch, it’ll put it back in the game against the iPhone and finger-friendly Android phones like the HTC [...]

Hands on: Apple MacBook (13-inch, white)

The last MacBook standing.

Apple’s lowest-end laptop occupies a special place in the Mac spectrum. As of WWDC 2009, it’s the last MacBook standing in the lineup–all the other Apple notebooks are now MacBook Pros. The MacBook (we can call it “the” MacBook, now) also is the last to retain the polycarbonate white plastic glossy [...]

Apple’s latest Mac OS X Snow Leopard build adds Chinese handwriting for Multi-Touch™ capable Macs

Saturday, May 09, 2009 – 11:43 AM EDT

“Apple has seeded developers with a new version of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard),” Arnold Kim reports for MacRumors.
“The build (10A354) adds one particularly interesting new feature to Apple’s Mac operating system: Chinese handwriting recognition specifically for multi-touch capable machines,” Kim reports.
“This could open the door [...]

Multi-Touch pptPlex Available for Windows 7

Even though Microsoft is no longer actively developing pptPlex, a new release of the pug-in is now available for download. The multi-touch-enabled version of pptPlex is designed to integrate seamlessly with Windows 7, the Redmond company informs, and to take advantage of the multi-touch capabilities of the operating system. This of course, provided [...]

Apple’s iPhone Can Dethrone Nintendo DS

The iPhone and iPod Touch can become the dominant gaming platform because of constant connectivity and the App Store model, NGmoco founder Neil Young says.
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Is Apple Working on a Touchscreen Netbook?

It’s Internets rumor time! Today’s edition: Apple is potentially working on a new multi-touch netbook. Rumors suggest that it would not include any keyboard and it would bridge the gap between the iPhone and a laptop. Om Malik believes that this one is true and cites some evidence that this could be Apple’s next [...]