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System 7.0.1/early Macintosh emulator now available for download

This is about as true a labor of Mac love and geekiness as it gets. The cool cats over at the Internet Archive have worked out an in-browser emulation engine for early models of the Apple Macintosh. While there are certainly predecessors to the computer desktop paradigm, the introduction of the Macintosh brought it to […]

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Fiksu’s Bay Area usage data points to new iPad models currently in testing

The new iPads are en route. Or at least they’re apparently being tested in the Bay Area. Per mobile marketing firm Fiksu, a number of new iPad models are being tested in the region. This jibes with rumors and a leaked investor note from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo that indicated that Apple is expected […]

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How-To: How to check and manage battery usage under iOS 8

Ok, this is nifty. Or at least it’ll make Thanksgiving encounters with your relatives wherein they show you their iPhone, ask why it’s only getting 90 minutes of battery life and you point out the 67 open applications while wondering how you’re related to these people a bit easier. Per AppleInsider, a new new battery […]

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Goodbye Aperture, hello Photos

Last week an Apple spokesperson told TechCrunch that the company would be discontinuing the development of Aperture, Apple’s pro-level photo editing and management application, in favor of the new Photos app that will be released later this year; “With the introduction of the new Photos app and iCloud Photo Library, enabling you to safely store […]

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Google is creeping onto your desktop

This isn’t the first time Google has invaded the desktop space of other operating systems. Who remembers the train-wreck that was Google Desktop? However, this time Google might have it right…or at least close. Some of you may be aware of Chromium, the open-source project behind Google Chrome, which has nightly builds of the app which […]