While there will always be arguments from devotees of both sides as to whether the Windows or Mac platform reigns supreme, one thing that cannot be denied is that in terms of syncing and device harmony, Apple's product range and ecosystem trumps all competition, and is one of the most appealing aspects of purchasing devices from Tim Cook's company.
A new photograph of what appears to be the unannounced Samsung Galaxy S III has shown up, giving all of us impatiently waiting for Samsung's July announcement in London, something to keep us going for a while.
Just days after the final version of Firefox 12 was released to the public, developer Mozilla as already taken the wraps off Firefox 13 Beta, which, as we've come to expect from these short interval releases, doesn't bring much of significance to the table.
Forgive us for going on something of a meme frenzy just lately, but with so many good apps entering the App Store of late, it would be rude not to share each and every one of them with you guys. Meme Cam, the latest in a growing list of meme/ rage face focused apps, automatically adds a meme to one's face using the face detection technology of the iPhone's camera.
The insane popularity of the Instagram app for iOS and Android cannot be denied, and the network of users that religiously post their photographs to it on a daily basis. Since launch, the app has taken off in a tremendous way, resulting in Facebook stepping in and snapping the company up in a $1 billion cash-plus-stock deal. However, if you require a little more creativity when posting your images for public viewing, then read on as the Gifture app might just be right up your street.
For many of us, the launch of Apple's new iPad device seems like an age away. The early adopters have spent the last six weeks enjoying the Retina display, quad-core GPU, LTE connectivity and the iSight camera which collectively equate to a pretty substantial upgrade.
Two of the best things in life, in my opinion, have to be technology and sports. Both have immense power in this world, with technology making the world a much smaller place by making it easy to stay connected with people from all over the globe and sports having such a powerful ability to unite nations and bring people together through their love of the game.
While I often ignore the senseless rumors that come from the tomfoolery of tech "analysts", this latest one claiming that Apple plans to discontinue the 17" MacBook Pro comes from Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst with KGI Securities who has gotten some things right about Apple products in the past. Kuo believes that this discontinuation will come as a result of Apple's convergence of the Apple's Air and Pro notebook lineups. In Q1 of 2012, Apple sold roughly 3.1 million notebooks. Out of that figure, nearly half of those were of the 13-inch MacBook Pro. Kuo has a bleak estimation of the 17-inch Pro sales figure, however, stating that only 50,000 were sold in that quarter.
A new iPhone bumper takes our love of all things 8-bit and shoehorns it into an iPhone bumper that is sure to appeal to anyone who was around in the eighties and nineties.
Didn't manage to snag tickets to WWDC 2012? Fear not, for one group of plucky people is putting on a WWDC clone. Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference is the biggest thing on a developer's calendar. Offering workshops on all things Mac and iOS, the get-together is more than just an excuse to meet up with all your developer friends and have a few drinks, although that is one of the added bonuses.
