Ever wished you could access your iOS device's settings without opening System Preferences? HomeScreen Settings, a tweak available on Cydia, will allow users to pin any individual settings section from System Preferences onto the device's Home Screen.
Apple has just released a new TV advertisement for the iPad 2. The new ad, which is titled “Now” showcases how the iPad is changing the way people interact with different forms of media.
With steadily increasing sales, Apple now has enough cash to buy the entire mobile phone industry, except for Samsung, at least if this estimate is to be trusted.
ThinkGeek, maker of several other geek toys of varied usefulness, has released a new attachable joystick for the iPad or Android tablets. By attaching to the glass, it will work with any game with any graphical control pad (such as many of the iOS versions of Pac-Man that are out there).
Few would argue that one of the Mac OS X's major user-facing elements is the Dock. Providing both a home for your most used applications as well as doubling as a way of seeing just which apps are running, the Dock is a bit like Windows' Start Menu on steroids.
If a new report from AppleInsider is to be believed, Apple is done planning the next-generation MacBook Air and is sitting on it until Lion, the next version of Mac OS X, is released. If you're planning to get this laptop, you should put it off for one more month.
Apple patents are known to reveal technologies and features the company might be working on, or has at least looked into. This new patent, submitted in December 2009, depicts a location-based social network that allows users to locate people nearby that share the same interests. Vaporware or new friendships ready to be made?
WWDC is barely over and the rumors of next year's event are already beginning to swirl around the internet blogosphere, with potential attendees desperate to gain an inkling of the show's dates in order to both plan for an expensive trip as well as to prepare for the guaranteed stamped for tickets - WWDC tends to sell out in a matter of hours.
The iPad is certainly one of the most well-known devices in the world. A possible prototype has been spotted at Display Taiwan that seems to be of a 3D-capable iPad.
Nokia, which had disputes with Apple over patents for years, agreed to drop the charges in exchange for a one-time licensing fee, along with a royalty fee for every iPhone sold. Yes, Apple will now be paying Nokia money for every iPhone it sells.
