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Rumor: Apple to release updated Apple TV with A8 processor, Siri interface at WWDC

Apple may be updating the ol’ hockey puck come WWDC… Citing sources familiar with Apple’s plans, John Paczkowski of Buzzfeed News reported on Friday that Apple will introduce a next-generation Apple TV in a matter of months. It will also apparently provide developers with a new software development kit to write applications for the new […]

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4K Apple Hardware Mac mini Television UHD Yosmite

The Mac mini’s Intel GPU won’t cut it as a 4K media center

I purchased a Samsung 4K television (a UN65F9000) for our family room and was super-excited to buy a late-2014 Mac mini (Macmini7,1, model A1347) to complete our entertainment center. The problem is that the Mac mini’s anemic GPU can’t drive a 4K display at a fast enough refresh rate to play smooth video, which is a bummer. I’ve used a Mac mini connected to a […]

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Hardware News

Feature list surfaces for USB Type 3 protocol, cables to carry audio, video, power

There’s a lot to be said for a reversible cable. And if it carries different kinds of data, that’s even better. Per Macworld, industry groups VESA and the USB 3.0 Promoter Group outlined some of the specs of the upcoming, reversible Type-C USB cable. The cable, which is said to offer USB 3.1’s 10Gbps of […]

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App Store News Software

Vizzywig 4K video capture application hits App Store, retails for $999

If you’re looking to spend US$999 on an iOS app, i4software’s Vizzywig 4K is just what you’re looking for. Per Boy Genius Report, Vizzywig4K, which retails for US$999, “captures full 4K resolution photos at the rate of 24 photos per second along with synched audio” rather than capturing video.

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MacBook Air MacBook Pro News Software

OS X 10.9.3 update boosts maximum amount of VRAM recognized by recent Apple notebooks

If you’re hesitant about updating to the recently-released OS X 10.9.3, there may be good news if you’re a recent Apple notebook owner. Per French news site Mac4Ever and MacRumors, updating to 10.9.3 increases available VRAM from 1024MB to 1536MB, boosting the size of the shared memory, possibly to further improve 4K performance on the […]