The death of Steve Jobs last month from pancreatic cancer has left a void in not only Apple, the company he co-founded some 35 years ago, but the technology spectrum in general; a void which will undoubtedly be hard to fill.
I go to Starbucks pretty often, I’m a big fan of their iPhone app that allows me to pay for my coffee by having the barista scan a code on my screen. The process is quick and easy and I have fun earning stars and checking the balance of all my gift cards. By next year, a scan-less method will be more popular and available with more merchants and on more phones.
Oddly, one of the most controversial changes to Apple's music and now iOS app management application, iTunes, to happen over the last couple of years is its new icon. Some don't mind it. Some can tolerate it. Some plain old despise it.
It may seem like a strange way to judge the success of a smartphone, but the charts Flickr releases of the most popular devices used for taking photos for the social imaging site are interesting nevertheless.
Although we were expecting Tim Cook and his collection of finely-trained specialists to fix those lingering battery issues by this week, it seems as though we're going to have to wait just a little longer.
Although we know precious little of what's in store for Apple's next tablet offering, that hasn't stopped various rumors and speculation circulating around the Web.
If you're even slightly interested in the life of Steven P. Jobs then the chances are you're also at least mildly intrigued by the second company he founded, NeXT.
OK, before we go any further we just have to say this: we're officially one or two steps away from living in the Star Trek world, and it is awesome!
Turns out there an iTunes Dock setting for the Mac, hidden deep inside the new Lion OS. Once activated, the Dock will produce a pop-up notification of which iTunes track is currently playing. Although you can program Growl, a useful little utility, to show similar notifications, you may prefer having the native one found in Lion.
When Apple released the super slim line MacBook Air back in 2010, it was initially planned to be a three-pronged attack on the market, with an 11", 13" and 15" model of the company's thinnest notebook to date.
