Category: Product Updates

Since I’m a bit of a “Tweetaholic,” I initially found myself engulfed in the myriad of available Twitter clients, both paid and free, available in the App Store. Atebits’ Tweetie quickly became my favorite, and one of my most used-apps. With its slick design and bevy of useful Twitter-related options, I’ve often felt as if…

Today, Apple updated the white unibody MacBook so quickly and quietly, it didn’t even look as though the Apple Store was down for any period of time! Here are the new specs: * 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (up from 2.26GHz) * 2GB DDR3 memory * 250GB hard drive * 8x double-layer SuperDrive * NVIDIA…

Apple recently announced a program to replace headphones with non-responsive or intermittently functioning controls that unexpectedly increase or decrease playback volume, or bring on unexpected voice feedback (on devices with VoiceOver capability). Apple In-ear Headphones with Remote and Microphone, and normal Apple Headphones with Remote and Mic are covered as well. These came with iPod…

All of us have Adobe’s Flash software installed, as it is part of the default MacOS X installation. Flash is the software your computer uses to view videos on YouTube and is what’s used to power many web applications. Adobe Air is a platform for developing rich internet applications. Adobe recently posted a security bulletin…

The white MacBook has been a staple of the Apple notebook line for about four years now. Today, Apple gave it a facelift—it now boasts a curved, polycarbonate unibody enclosure. Fortunately, the updated white MacBook has new features under the hood as well. Along with the new enclosure and non-slip rubberized bottom (much like the…

Apple’s new aluminum remote matches their aluminum iMac line, naturally. Still $19.99, the remote features the same four directional buttons along with the menu and play/pause buttons. Apple has shifted the placement of these buttons slightly, but other than that, it’s the same simple sleek remote you know and love—oh, and of course, in a…

Apple unveiled the successor to their Apple Mouse (née Mighty Mouse) today: the Magic Mouse. In keeping with Apple’s Multi-Touch technology on their notebook trackpads and iPhone/iPod touch screens, the new mouse does more than your average mouse. In addition to the standard right/left click, you can use one finger to scroll across the surface,…

Apple sent out a note to iWork.com beta users today about some new features and improvements they’ve made to the iWork.com service. From Apple: Automatic email notification. Now the iWork.com beta lets you stay up to date whenever viewers add new comments or notes to your posted documents. You can choose to be notified immediately,…

Earlier this week, Apple discontinued the 40GB Apple TV and slashed the price of the 160GB Apple TV from $329 to $229. While this was seen as a positive move, it also caused people to wonder anew about Apple’s long terms plans for the device. Right now, Apple TV is designed to deliver the iTunes…

If you’ve upgraded to Snow Leopard, please note this important message from Adobe: The initial release of Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) includes an earlier version of Adobe Flash Player than what is available from Adobe.com. We recommend all users update to the latest, most secure version of Flash Player (10.0.32.18) — which supports…