Archive for July 1st, 2012

Addo Slate Shield Case for iPad review

The Addo Slate Shield Case for iPad is a hard case with a couple of really convenient extras. First, it has a strap on the back that lets you easily carry your iPad around single-handed. Second, it has a kickstand that lets you just as easily prop your iPad up for work or entertainment. The [...]

How to find places and businesses on the map, and get directions using Siri

Siri isn’t only your digital assistant, it can be your digital co-pilot as well, helping you find where to go, how to get there, and what else you can do along the way. Right now, Siri location services are only available in the U.S., but come iOS 6 this fall, Apple will be expanding it [...]

MobileMe now closed, still time to quickly recover your data

It’s been over a year since iCloud was announced and Apple’s previous online service, MobileMe, was scheduled for decommission. Well, today’s that day. Apple has now officially closed its MobileMe service. If you haven’t already retrieved any outstanding information stored on MobileMe, now is the time to get it out of there. Apple has already [...]

Apple’s former head of Mac OS X now working on cloud startup, Upthere

Betrand Serlet, father of Mac OS X and former SVP of Mac Software at Apple, purportedly retired to go back to academia and science, yet now rumor is spreading that he might just have a secret new startup in the works. Business Insider‘s Seth Fiegerman reports: Business Insider has learned that Serlet has spent much [...]

How to jailbreak iOS 6 beta 2 with redsn0w 0.9.13

Apple has released iOS 6 beta 2, and so redsn0w has been updated to version 0.9.13 dev 2, with support for many bugs and crashes. If you’re a jailbreak developer it’s probably a good idea to start updating your apps and tweaks as soon as possible to add iOS 6 compatibility. Follow along for a [...]