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SpotON Radio app for iPhone out now

by Mike Schramm (Jan 9th, 2012)

Spotify is the über-popular music service that lets you stream a huge library of music to your computer. You can also use the service on your iPhone with a premium subscription, letting you either sync and listen to your own music, or stream Spotify's tracks straight to your mobile device ...

Disable that Mac OS X Internet download warning

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 27th, 2011)

Mac OS X 10.5 introduced a new feature that warned users when they first opened a file downloaded from the Internet. It's a protection mechanism to prevent users from opening potentially harmful files. It's also extremely annoying for users who download many files from known trustworthy. Thanks ...

iPads affect the future of hotel Wi-Fi

by Kelly Hodgkins (Oct 26th, 2011)

Hotels are at a crossroads because of the iPad, says a report from the New York Times. Travelers armed with iPads are taxing WiFi internet connections and causing problems for hotels that want to provide reliable internet service for their visitors. This bandwidth crunch is the result of ...

iCloud homepage is now live (updated)

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Oct 12th, 2011)

Apple has unveiled the new iCloud homepage as of early this morning. Some users have reported that they were not able to access the iCloud service as of yet, but I was able to log in and navigate among the different apps. This could very well be a fluke, but the homepage does give iCloud ...

Skype Wi-Fi iOS app lets you access the Internet on a per-minute basis

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 17th, 2011)

Skype has just released Skype Wi-Fi, a free iOS app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that allows users to access more than one million paid Wi-Fi hotspots around the world, and pay for them via Skype Access. Here's how it works: Let's say you're in Budapest, Hungary and you've got your ...

Adobe's Muse a middle ground between iWeb and Dreamweaver

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 16th, 2011)

Adobe sent out an email yesterday inviting users to test its Muse beta. The software brings the ease of InDesign to creating HTML and CSS websites without code and could be a boon to those looking for an iWeb replacement. While much of iWeb's strength was in its templates, Adobe is ...

Pew: Half of US customers use phones to get info in realtime

by Mike Schramm (Aug 15th, 2011)

Have you ever been out and about with your cell phone, needed some information, and looked it up right there on the spot? You're not alone: The Pew Internet Research Project has released a report that says more than half of US cell phone owners have used their devices to get information they ...

iPhone dominating GoGo's in-flight Web traffic

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Aug 2nd, 2011)

Apple is king of the skies, Gogo tells AllThingsD, with iPhones dominating mobile devices using the company's Inflight Internet service. iPhones and iPod touches make up the bulk of mobile devices accessing the Internet from 10,000 feet, while Android trails at 12 percent and Blackberry is even ...

Scientific study shows internet use changes human memory

by Chris Rawson (Jul 18th, 2011)

The internet has fundamentally affected the way people access and store information, and many people (myself included) have wondered if it's also changing the way our minds work. According to the New York Times, a recently published scientific paper shows that we are indeed changing the way we ...

Firefox 5 for Mac is available, brings updated UI and new privacy feature

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 21st, 2011)

Firefox 5 has landed and is now available to the public. The latest version of the popular web browser includes over 1,000 improvements, the most notable of which is a new Do Not Track privacy feature. This feature is found in the preferences and lets you easily opt-out of online tracking found ...

Apple updates support page with more "tap-friendly" layout

by Dave Caolo (Jun 15th, 2011)

Apple's support web page has been re-designed with several large, easily-clicked and tapped areas, less text and a more product-centered focus. Here's a brief look at what's new. The most obvious change is the page's layout. The text-heavy sidebars are gone from the main page, as is the "All ...

Considering iCloud's potential against existing cloud services

by Erica Sadun (Jun 3rd, 2011)

There have been any number of rumors floating around in the last day or so about Apple's Time Capsule integrating with the new iCloud service. Ars Technica reports that the updated Capsules might mirror Apple TV's CPU strength with capable A4 or A5 processors that do more than just perform ...

Local TV station visits Apple's data center

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 24th, 2011)

A Fox affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina took a closer look at Apple's new data center in the town of Maiden. The news story and accompanying video is rife with speculation about the intended usage of this 500,000 square-foot building. Once you get past the references for Apple's supposed ...

Who's behind those spammy video converter apps

by Chris Ward (Mar 16th, 2011)

There's an interesting article from last year over on Macworld about how spammers try to use comment systems on discussion forums to promote their wares. Christopher Breen, one of their moderators, dug into the world of Chinese companies promoting dodgy (as in "don't work very well") video ...

Apple's North Carolina data center to go live this spring

by Erica Sadun (Feb 23rd, 2011)

The cloud is the future, and the future appears to be arriving this spring, as Apple's North Carolina data center is finally due to go live, according to reports from today's Apple annual shareholder meeting. The phrase "in the cloud" refers to data hosted at off-site internet-accessible ...