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My Favorite Little Features in Mac and iOS Apps
Andrew, the developer behind the fantastic Alfred productivity app on the Mac, posted a small peek at a new feature coming in v1.2.1: tapping shift to preview an item. The idea there is that it’s easy to navigate Alfred with the up and down arrow keys by using the index …
Report Claims Microsoft Office for iOS, Android, to Arrive in November
BGR is reporting that Microsoft plans to launch a version of their venerable Office productivity suite on iOS (and Android)this November. Their source claims that the software is running on an iPad, and has a splash screen referring to the software as “Office for iOS.” The source also claims that …
Introducing ‘Sir’ Jonathan Ive
BBC is reporting that Apple’s chief of design Jonathan Ive, was Knighted today at Buckingham Palace, with Princess Anne performing the ceremony. Ive was slated for knighthood back in December, but the ceremony wasn’t held until today. As usual, Ive was very humble throughout the whole thing, continuing his tradition …
Apple Reportedly Testing iPhone with 1136×640 Display, Parts Begin to Surface
9to5Mac is reporting that Apple is testing two separate prototypes of the next-generation iPhone. These devices maintain the 640-pixel width that we’re all accustomed to. However, the screens on these prototypes are substantially taller with 1136 pixels, which is up from the current 960 pixels. In inches, this would move …
Apple Seeds: Apple Still Most Valuable Brand, The Importance of iPad, More
Apple Seeds is iSource’s daily roundup of Apple-related stories for the most diehard of fans, or for the news junkie that has to have all of the day’s news: Apple Once Again Ranked as World’s Most Valuable Brand Although the definition of “brand value” is squishy at best, with many …
Launchwrite for Mac: Text Gets The Launchpad Treatment
I reviewed an obscure Mac app called Grandview (by Dark Heartfelt Software) a little while ago. Grandview specialized in blotting out your screen and forcing you to write one word or one sentence at a time. The concept sounded a little gimmicky when I described it to others, but Grandview …
Here’s A Tasty New Infinity Blade: Dungeons Trailer
Infinity Blade: Dungeons is going to be a big iOS hit. It’s as simple as that. The Unreal Engine-powered title is simply too pretty and visceral to be anything but a smashing success on the App Store. But that’s not to say that the developers at Epic Games aren’t taking …
More Claims of a 4-Inch iPhone Display
There are mounting claims that the next-generation iPhone will have a 4-inch display, as compared to the 3.5-inch display we’ve all come to know and love. In fact, big names in news are now weighing in on the matter, starting with The Wall Street Journal, who claims that Apple is …
Apple Seeds: Sprint’s $100 Trade-in Offer on iPhones, The Price-Fixing Dispute, More...
Apple Seeds is iSource’s daily roundup of Apple-related stories for the most diehard of fans, or for the news junkie that has to have all of the day’s news: Sprint Offering $100 Trade-In on Older iPhones It seems that Sprint desperately wants your iPhone business. So badly, in fact, that …
Review: Adonit Writer Plus for iPad
There’s a lovely red folio with a perforated cover, sitting closed on my desk. A quick tug on the plastic tab up front opens it up, simultaneously waking the iPad 2 and the chiclet-style Bluetooth keyboard beneath. Pulling the keyboard forward adjusts the angle of the iPad, and magnets embedded …
Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 Coming Very Soon, Maybe this Week
Very good news today for those waiting on an untethered jailbreak for iOS devices running the latest iOS 5.1.1 software. It looks like updated versions of the popular Absinthe and RedSn0w jailbreaks may be released as soon as this week and offer an untethered jailbreak for nearly all iOS …
