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Hack: 2013 11-inch MacBook Air owner deciphers means of using adapters to access external graphics card, improve performance sevenfold

It ain’t pretty, but it apparently works really well. Per MacRumors and Mac|Life, TechInferno contributor Larry Gadea was able to hook up a powerful graphics processor to his 11-inch MacBook Air with the help of several adapters. Gadea first used a Thunderbolt to Express Card adapter which was then connected an Express Card to PCI-Express […]

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Apple releases Q3 2013 numbers, cites $35.3 billion in revenue, $6.9 billion profit

There wasn’t massive growth, but the numbers were still good. Per Macworld, Apple reported sales of US$35.3 billion, with net profit at US$6.9 billion for its third fiscal quarter. That translated to earnings of US$7.47 per diluted share. Apple’s revenue marked a record for the June quarter, ticking up 1 percent from the $35 billion […]

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Rumor: Apple testing larger-screen versions of upcoming iPhone, iPad devices

Maybe there’s money to be made in the larger display market. Per the Wall Street Journal and 9to5Mac, Apple and its suppliers are reportedly testing versions of the iPad and iPhone with larger displays. Apple and its Asian component makers are testing larger screens for iPhones and tablets, officials at the company’s suppliers say. Due […]

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Parallels Desktop updated to 8.0.18608

On Friday, Parallels released version 8.0.18608 of its Parallels Desktop virtualization software. The new update, a 336.7 megabyte download, adds the following fixes and changes: – Install Windows 8.1 Preview using Express installation. – Work with Ubuntu 13.04 in Coherence view mode. – Resolves an issue with the Contact Card opening too slowly in Microsoft […]

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Top three Russian wireless providers drop iPhone over subsidies, other costs

If you’re headed to Russia and need to pick up an iPhone, your options may have become a bit more limited, comrade. According to Fortune, three major Russian wireless providers have stopped carrying Apple’s iPhone, with the largest telecom, MTS, dropping the handset due to the high subsidy costs associated with being an Apple partner […]