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This Is How Easy Text Editing On The iPad Should Be [Video]

Screen Shot 2012-05-03 at 3.34.15 PMText editing on iOS isn’t bad, but it’s definitely fiddly. Make an error or want to delete some words and unless you’re using a Bluetooth keyboard, you have to take your hands off the keyboard, tap the words you...

Awesome Tip: Open A Beer With Your iPhone, iPad Or MacBook’s Power Brick

OMG. How am I just finding out about this?As a bunch of professional underpants bloggers, the editorial bullpen at Cult of Mac drinks a lot of beer. Seriously. When you’re taking your first sip of coffee in the morning and pouring your cornflakes, we’re...

Foxconn CEO: There’s Nothing Wrong With Sweatshops [Lost In Translation]

We all work in a sweatshop and we love it!Whether or not Foxconn’s running sweatshops is some matter of debate. The China Labor Watch says Foxconn’s iPhone assembly lines are sweatshops, while the Fair Labor Association says that factory worker conditions are much, much...

Mac OS X Sings Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust” [Video]

This is just awesome. Queen’s “Another One Bites The Dust” as performed entirely by OS X system sounds. The only slight quibble we have is that it really should be using Siri to sing the lyrics… or, since Siri’s nowhere to be found on the...

Introducing The Liquid Metal iPhone 5 [Concept Gallery]

iPhone5-1This is a rather beautiful concept for what the next-gen iPhone could look like, courtesy of French designer Antoine Brieux. . It’s fanciful stuff, of course, featuring a Liquid Metal casing, but what I find most interesting is this idea that the home button...

This Is What True Multitasking In iOS 6 Should Look Like [Video]

When Windows 8 debuts as a tablet OS later this year, it will have one major advantage over the iPad for people who want to use a Windows 8 slate as a laptop replacement: you can run apps side-by-side, consulting a document in one pane...

John Cusack Was Asked By Steve Jobs To Star In The First iPod Commercial

imagesHigh Fidelity, Say Anything and Brat Pack star John Cusack not only met with Steve Jobs to discuss starring in the very first iPod commercial, he got to play around with an early iPod prototype and got an early look at the iPod and...

Sherlock Holmes Uses His iPhone To Beam Up To The U.S.S. Enterprise

Sherlock Holmes uses an iPhone.Benedit Cumberbatch may look like a Reptilian straight out of David Icke’s worst nightmares, but he’s an incredible actor who not only plays the world’s greatest detective in the BBC’s surprisingly watchable series Sherlock, but will also play the dragon...

This Awesome Game Lets You Get In Real-Life Shape By Outjogging iPhone Zombies

Jogging's never boring when the flesh-eating undead are right behind you.I hate jogging, but if popular culture has taught me anything, it’s that come the inevitable zombie apocalypse, a trim physique, muscular calves and a five minute mile might be the only thing between...

What’s In Our Gadget Bags: John Brownlee, Deputy Editor

bagslarge5We’re nosey as anyone here at Cult of Mac. We are also complete nerds, which means that we’re always peeking into people’s bags at conferences, or checking out what gear people use. And we figured that you all might be just as bad, so...

Apple Store’s Kids’ Tables Trade iMacs For iPads

applestoreipadsHead on by the kiddy table at your local Apple Store and you used to see four iMacs, loaded up with educational software and games. Go on by with your kid today and you’ll see four iPads running educational iOS apps instead. Hope they...

Introducing The iMac Touch [Video]

Apple has a patent for a touchscreen iMac with an arm that swivels the display down to allow you to manipulate the display more like an iPad, without getting “gorilla arm.” It’s a cool patent, but what would that iMac look like in real...