A rumored Apple television set has received just as much — if not more — attention than the company’s upcoming iPhone 5 in recent months, but the questions we’ve all been asking about its specifications have been answered… by Best Buy. The retailer has...Best Buy Predicts 42-Inch “Apple HDTV” In Customer Survey
A rumored Apple television set has received just as much — if not more — attention than the company’s upcoming iPhone 5 in recent months, but the questions we’ve all been asking about its specifications have been answered… by Best Buy. The retailer has...FaceTime Over 3G Could Be Set To Make Its Debut In Germany
When FaceTime was first introduced back in June 2010, Steve Jobs noted the video calling feature would be available to users over 3G once the necessary agreements with carriers had been made. Nearly a year on, FaceTime still requires a Wi-Fi connection, but it...I Want This Holographic iPad To Be Real [CES 2012]
LAS VEGAS, CES 2012 – As a kid who grew up in the ’80s, I feel robbed by the tech industry. Robbed, spit upon, and laughed at by a bunch of bald guys in suits who have deprived the ghost of my youth...Hands-On With Swivl, The Automated Cameraman For Your iPhone [CES 2012]
LAS VEGAS, CES 2012 — The Swivl ($159) is like a mini non-union cameraman who just wants to record you all day long — no lunch or bathroom breaks needed. Here’s how it works: drop your iPhone into its grips, grab the remote, and...iPad 3 May Be Getting The iPhone 4S’s Cameras + FaceTime HD, But Won’t Be Total Redesign [Rumor]
What do we know about the iPad 3? It seems almost definite at this point that it will be slightly thicker than its predecessor, feature an A6 chip and a Retina Display when it is released in late March or April, but if iLounge‘s...Quick tip: Use a Bluetooth headset with your iPad for making calls
Previously, we told you how you can use your iPad as a telephone. Using a Bluetooth headset with your iPad makes that idea even more practical. The Jawbone ERA is the one I happen to use, but others should work just as well.
Porn, Lava and the Westboro Baptist Church: Most Bizarre Apple Moments of 2011 [Year in Review]
Westboro Baptist Church vs. Cupertino We could subtitle this the “Steve Jobs” edition, his death in October gave rise to any number of oddball tributes and events. The most disturbing? The hatefulcrazy congregation of Westboro Baptist Church staged a series of protests in an...Sign up online to get a FaceTime call from a dog
I don't use FaceTime all that often, which is why this neat little Arduino-based hack is so cool: It basically guarantees someone will call me using Apple's video chat service. Plus, that someone will also be a dog called Chewie.
Sources: Apple scrapped troubled 15-inch MacBook Air for 2010, rebuilding for 2012
The 13-inch MacBook Air of today Had Apple’s “next-generation of notebooks” announcement in October 2010 played out as planned, the MacBook family of today would look very different. In October 2010, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs took the stage at the Apple Cupertino campus to unveil a preview of OS X Lion, FaceTime for Mac, iLife...
Add Custom Shortcuts to Your iPhone’s Home Screen Without Jailbreaking
One of the advantages to jailbreaking the iPhone — at least for me — is the ability to add shortcuts to your home screen that will quickly adjust your device’s settings. There are a number of tweaks that allow you to change your brightness;...
Quick tip: Create FaceTime URL shortcuts
On both iOS and OS X, there exists an URL scheme that Safari supports that will launch FaceTime directly. It's a great way to let you provide others with a quick and easy way to get in touch via video chat, or to manage FaceTime contacts.
Is this the geekiest-freakiest Halloween costume yet?
I don’t know about you, but this is one freakily awesome Halloween costume. If you have a pair of iPad 2s lying around, you could put them to work and create an illusion of a huge hole in your torso. How? Dead simple, says one Mark Rober, a NASA employee. Just strap one iPad to...
