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Scanner Pro From Readdle Now Detects Page Borders Automatically
Posted by Killian Bell at 9:15 am on 05-21-2013
Scanner Pro from Readdle is a super useful app that allows you to scan documents, receipts, and more and then store them digitally on your iOS devices. With its latest update, Scanner Pro got even easier with real-time border detection technology, which automatically finds page borders for you. Prior to this update, you had to [...]Related StoriesGorgeous Wren AirPlay Speaker Might MAke You Ditch Your...
Dogfight From Your Mac To iPhone With Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy [OS X Tips]
Posted by Rob LeFebvre at 9:00 am on 05-21-2013
What’s more satisfying than screaming through the air, blasting enemies coming at you in a full 360 degree radius around you, firing all your weapons and avoiding enemy flack and planes? Doing that with your buddies, of course! Namco’s Sky Gamblers: Air Supremacy is a gorgeous, fast-paced dogfighting air combat game for your Mac for [...]Related StoriesFive More Ways To Master Siri On Your...
Chrome App Launcher coming to OSX – beta version now available
Posted by Ben Lovejoy at 8:51 am on 05-21-2013
The Chrome App Launcher is coming to OSX, providing a simple way to launch Chrome ‘packaged apps’ – web apps that are written in a combination of HTML5, Javascript and CSS but which look and behave like conventional PC or Mac apps …
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Google Chrome team member François Beaufort, who has the whacky job title of Happiness Evangelist (some Google employees...
Ireland says it’s not responsible for Apple’s low international tax rate
Posted by AppleInsider - Frontpage News at 8:32 am on 05-21-2013
With Apple under fire for its low international tax rate thanks to corporate subsidiaries housed in Ireland, the Irish government has spoken out on the matter, saying its laws are not to blame.
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Apple still ‘the most valuable brand in the world’ – Marketing Week
Posted by Ben Lovejoy at 8:25 am on 05-21-2013
Apple remains the most valuable brand in the world, in an annual ranking by market intelligence company Millward Brown, reported in Marketing Week.
The Millward Brown Brandz rankings take into account both financial strength and brand equity, a measure of the value consumers place in a brand. Despite Apple’s share-price woes, the brand is regarded by consumers as the ‘gold standard’,...
Google Chrome app launcher making its way to the Mac
Posted by Richard Devine at 8:16 am on 05-21-2013
Anyone who has ever played around with Google Chrome OS will be familiar with the app launcher. Chrome runs nothing but web apps, but the app launcher provides the impression of a more regular OS, as you don't have to open a browser window to launch anything. Work has already begun on porting the app launcher to the Chrome browser for Windows, and now it seems, the Mac as well. Francois Beaufort of...
Gut Your Old Power Mac G5 And Set It Alight For The Ultimate BBQ Grill
Posted by Killian Bell at 8:11 am on 05-21-2013
Developers have been slowly ditching support for PowerPC processors since Apple made the switch to Intel, so if you still have an old PowerPC Mac lying around, it probably doesn’t get a lot of use. But if it’s a Power Mac G5, then there us one way you could put it to work. Pull out [...]Related StoriesCryptozoic’s HEX: Shards Of Fate Is Now Almost A Million Dollars Funded On KickstarterGorgeous...
The ultimate luxury hotel room now comes with 24-carat gold iPads
Posted by Richard Devine at 7:16 am on 05-21-2013
The Burj Al Arab in Dubai is one of the most luxurious hotels in the world. Staying there requires a healthy bank balance, but the luxury speaks for itself. Recently, the hotel installed Macs in each room at the all-suite hotel, in an effort to offer a "thoroughly modern guest experience." Their latest trick; 24-carat gold iPads in every room. The iPads come emblazoned with the hotel logo on the rear,...
Square Cash: Send Cash From Your iPhone Via Email
Posted by Charlie Sorrel at 6:32 am on 05-21-2013
I’m strictly a cash-only kind of guy. I like my purchases to be anonymous, I like to deprive the credit-card companies their slice of the transaction, and above all I like the feel of the greasy, germ-laden slips of paper in my fingers. 1 However, I recognize that sometimes you just don’t have any cash. [...]Related StoriesYahoo Unveils Complete Redesign Of Flickr, Now Offering 1TB Of Free...
Flickr gets overhauled with a new UI and 1TB free storage. For everyone!
Posted by Richard Devine at 6:30 am on 05-21-2013
Yahoo! sure has been busy, as the very same day as they announced their acquisition of Tumblr, Flickr got a major overhaul at a press event in New York City. The headlines; a brand new and much better looking UI and 1TB of storage. For free. For everyone. That's right, 1TB. Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer writes: "Photos tell the stories — stories we’re inspired to relive, share with our friends, or...
Wingo Easy-Hold Kindle Case Would Be Perfect For The iPad Mini
Posted by Charlie Sorrel at 5:29 am on 05-21-2013
Before you say anything: Yes, I know this is a case for the Kindle and not for an iPad or other Apple device. But I don’t care because a) it’s super cool and should be made for the iPad mini and b) you probably own a Kindle anyway. It’s called the Wingo, and it adds [...]Related StoriesApple To Be Grilled By U.S. Senate On “Extensive Tax-Avoidance Strategies” At Hearing TomorrowYahoo...
TextExpander Touch 2.0 Adds A Ton Of Features From OS X
Posted by Charlie Sorrel at 5:06 am on 05-21-2013
Good news, iOS power-nerds! TextExpander Touch 2.0 has just been released into the wilds of the App Store and is available for your keystroke-saving delectation. The big news? Fill-In snippets finally come to iOS. But that’s not all… Save time and customize repetitive responses with fill-ins for single lines of text, multiple lines of text, [...]Related StoriesApple Has The Most Devoted...
