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Apple TV News Software

Apple TV update adds support for Vevo, Disney, Weather Channel and Smithsonian Channel

The Apple TV console received several new channels via an update today. Per AppleInsider, an update released for the set top box added Vevo, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Weather Channel, and content from the Smithsonian Channel. The launch of new content options on Apple TV comes just days after it was revealed that Apple had […]

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News Patents Software

Apple patent looks towards “gifting” iTunes media via NFC

With any luck, you’ll be able to give iTunes media as gifts. Or, even more conveniently than you do now. Per AppleInsider and the United States Patent and Trademark Office, an Apple patent application was published on Thursday for a system that allows users to “gift” media content from iTunes and their own library to […]

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News Software

CrossOver updated to 12.5

You can’t knock an appreciable update. CrossOver, the popular virtualization program from CodeWeavers, has been updated to version 12.5. The new version, an 84.9 megabyte download, is available as a demo, offers the following fix: WHAT’S NEW: – Drag and Drop. – System Tray Icons in the Mac Menu Bar. – Shaped windows and transparency. […]

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iPhone Rumor

Rumor: Next-gen low cost iPhone may not include Siri, could replace iPhone 4 as base model

The plastic low-cost iPhone may become Apple’s new overall base model. Per AppleInsider, in a research note issued to investors on Monday, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster predicts Apple may scale back iOS 7 on a rumored low-cost iPhone, possibly hobbling the handset by deactivating features like Siri. Recognizing recent rumors of a Sept. 10 […]

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Hardware iPad iPad mini Rumor

Rumor: Apple to debut thinner next-gen iPad, iPad mini with Retina display in 2013

The upcoming iPad could be thinner for the full iPad and feature a Retina display for the mini version. Per Bloomberg, Apple will launch a Retina iPad mini and a slimmed down full-size iPad by the end of 2013. The publication cites sources familiar with Apple’s plans as saying the company will not only debut […]