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DropKey app encrypts Mac files, free through Sunday

Steven Sande — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:00:00 +0000

WellRed Apps launched its DropKey file encryption app for Mac last month, but realized that there's one issue with gaining widespread acceptance -- it takes two to tango, and it takes two copies of DropKey (one each for sender and recipient) to se...

Tiny Steve Jobs Found Selling iPhones In NYC

Buster Heine — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:45:27 +0000

If you thought a little hurdle like mortality would stop His Steveness from selling you a new iPhone you are wrong my friend. Scott Beale was wondering around Mid-Town yesterday and came across a tiny version of Steve in the Cellular Express store ready to sell him some insanely great products. Source: Laughing Squid Image: [...]

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Waterproof Your iPhone With This Amazing Japanese ‘Condom’

Charlie Sorrel — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:14 +0000

Forget nano-coatings that render the individual components oin your iPhone waterproof. And forget bulky underwater cases that make your svelte phone look like something Nokia put out ten years ago. What you need for total iPhone protection is this amazing Japanese condom. It’s called the Case Marine, and is a skintight drysuit for the iPhone [...]

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Apple sued for ‘deceptive’ practices regarding iCloud

dsellers — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:51:22 +0000

Another day, another lawsuit. A complaint was filed this week in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California by plaintiff Danyelle Comer accusing Apple of participating in "unfai...

Mac IT Apprenticeship Provides Real World Skills And Certifications

Ryan Faas — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:50:09 +0000

Say the word apprentice to most people and you’ll conjure up the image of Donald Trump. You probably won’t conjure up the image of Apple products, data centers, or IT consultants. Apprenticeships were once the most common form of training for a career, but in today’s world college and universities are far more likely to [...]

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Brand New Mac Pro Servers At OWC.

OWC NewsFeed — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:46:50 +0000

Every once in a while a deal comes along that’s too good not to call out here on the OWC Blog. We just acquired several 2010 Mac Pro Server Dual 2.4GHz (8-core) machines, factory sealed, new in box. These are the latest Mac Pros out there and shi...

iTunes Festival 2012 to run 30 days in September

MacNN | The Macintosh News Network — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:44:00 +0000

Apple has announced details of the 2012 iTunes Festival, to be held at the Roundhouse in London, England. The event will consist of 30 nights of free concerts by over 60 artists, including the likes of Jack White, Norah Jones, and Usher; only a handful...

Class-action suit targets Apple for iCloud downtime

AppleInsider — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:19:00 +0000

A new lawsuit accuses Apple of participating in "unfair, unlawful, deceptive, and misleading practices" in promoting the simplicity and reliability of its iCloud service.

CloudPic Beams DSLR Photos To Your iPhone Via Bluetooth 4

Charlie Sorrel — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:00:10 +0000

CloudPic is a great new Kickstarter project which connects your DSLR to your iPhone using Bluetooth 4. By plugging a dongle into the side of the camera, a fast connection is formed and you can beam photos to the iPhone, and from there have them upload automatically to the cloud service of your choice.Brad Hudes’ [...]

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Upcoming iOS 5.1.1 Jailbreak Will Support iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3rd-Gen

Killian Bell — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:42:27 +0000

Earlier this month, iOS hacker Pod2g released an FAQ for his upcoming iOS 5.1.1 untethered jailbreak, which stated that the iPhone 3GS and the third-generation iPod touch would not be compatible. He did say, however, that this situation “may change,” and it has. In a recent tweet, Pod2g confirmed that he has now discovered “a [...]

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RIM, Motorola submit compromise nano-SIM design

MacNN | The Macintosh News Network — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:38:00 +0000

RIM and Motorola have submitted a new, compromise nano-SIM design based on a concept from Apple, reports say. The new design has the same outline and contacts as Apple's proposal, but with a notch on one side making space for what RIM calls a "push-pus...

Sparrow 1.6 for Mac available with POP support, more

Kelly Hodgkins — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:30:00 +0000

After releasing its mail app for the iPhone, Sparrow is back again with another update of its Mac email client. Version 1.6 adds the highly-anticipated support for Pop accounts, giving you a true unified inbox. There's also a handful of minor twea...

Four Years of App Store: Developers Weigh In On Search, Discovery, and Curation

Federico Viticci — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:12:57 +0000

“The App Store is a grand slam, with a staggering 10 million applications downloaded in just three days”. That’s how Apple co-founder and late CEO Steve Jobs saluted the launch of the company’s new storefront for iOS (née iPhone OS) applications on July 14, 2008. Almost four years and over 25 billion downloads later, the [...]

DealNN roundup: 2.4GHz Mac Pro, reduced to $3219

MacNN | The Macintosh News Network — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:05:00 +0000

Today's deals from DealNN include price breaks on Mac Pros, speaker systems, and more. Macmall.com is now offering discounts on multiple Mac Pros, one of which is the 2.4GHz Mac Pro with a quad-core Intel Xeon Westmere processor, 6GB of RAM, 18x SuperD...

Adobe Photoshop/Premiere Elements 10 $47/ea or $70 for both

9to5 Staff — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:00:29 +0000

From 9to5toys.com: . Today only, Amazon’s Goldbox deal is Adobe Photoshop Elements or Premiere for $47/each or $69.99 for the combo. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen for these photo and video editing applications from Adobe which are available in both boxed and downloadable formats for Mac and PC. By comparison, both are available at [...]