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Tue, 21 May 2013

Clearing up Mac App Store confusion

Christopher Breen

Reader Jack Sanford is being lied to by the Mac App Store and would like to do something about it. He writes:

Tue, 21 May 2013

How to sync an Android phone to your Mac

Sarah Jacobsson Purewal

Thanks to iCloud, syncing an iPhone with a Mac is a piece of cake. But Mac users who don't buy into the whole "one vendor to rule them all" thing will find that syncing an Android phone with OS X isn't quite as easy. That said, it isn't terribly difficult, either, thanks to Google's own cloud services.

Tue, 21 May 2013

What we do (and don't) know about the new Xbox

Jason Cross

On May 21st at 10am Pacific time, Microsoft will unveil its next-generation Xbox console. And if this article were titled "What we know for sure about the next Xbox," we could end it here. Microsoft has been very tight-lipped about the successor to the Xbox 360, but that's about to change.

Tue, 21 May 2013

How to Import Your Tumblr Blog into WordPress

Kristin Burnham

While Yahoo's acquisition of blogging site Tumblr will make a handful of people very happy, others are not convinced. Here's how to import your posts from Tumblr to WordPress.

Tue, 21 May 2013

Yahoo revamps Flickr and offers a terabyte of free storage

Zach Miners

Yahoo has made some radical changes to its Flickr photo sharing service, which now has a more photo-filled interface and comes with a free terabyte of storage so that users can upload images at their original resolution.

Tue, 21 May 2013

Samsung readies world's most pixel-packed laptop display

Jared Newman

Retina who? Not to be outdone on the display front, Samsung is showing off a 13.3-inch LCD notebook panel with a whopping 3200-by-1800 resolution screen.

Tue, 21 May 2013

Teen invents tech that fully charges phone batteries in less than 30 seconds

Evan Dashevsky

It's become part of the daily ritual: Get home, plug in your phone, wake-up to a full battery, repeat. Our poly-gadget lives depend on our batteries having enough juice for the day, and depending on how we use them, they're usually good for just about one workday of use. However, a new nanochemical innovation from an 18-year-old California teen may throw this whole ritual on its head.

Tue, 21 May 2013

Welcome to the new Tumblr: cat GIFs and more ads

Caitlin McGarry

Yahoo won't ruin Tumblr, CEO Marissa Mayer says, but Tumblr users are understandably skeptical of that promise. Yahoo has a history of buying popular properties (Flickr, Delicious) and letting them wither away. But Tumblr will change. It has to. Yahoo must monetize the popular platform to justify its $1.1 billion price tag. And you know what that means: More ads.

Tue, 21 May 2013

Google Checkout to shut down in November

Jeremy Kirk

Google will retire its Checkout payment processing tool on Nov. 20, and warned retailers they will need to move to a different payment processing platform.

Tue, 21 May 2013

Sony vs. Microsoft game console wars reignite

Jared Newman

Sony is trying to steal some of Microsoft's thunder by offering a few fleeting glimpses of the Playstation 4 hardware on the eve of a Microsoft Xbox event.

Mon, 20 May 2013

How to capture a sense of speed with panning

Dave Johnson

Cameras are very good at freezing moments in time. Browse through your photo collection, and no doubt you'll have lots of examples in which a fast shutter speed captured an instant and preserved it, seemingly in amber. What's missing from photos like those, though, are any sense of drama. If you're shooting moving subjects - at a car race, a sporting event, or an airshow, for example - then you might want to preserve some of that action. You should learn to pan your camera.

Mon, 20 May 2013

What to expect from Apple at WWDC 2013: iOS 7, OS X 10.9, new Macs, iPhone 6, iPad 5?

Ashleigh Allsopp

In a press release, Apple revealed that developers in attendance will be treated to an "in-depth look" at the future of iOS and OS X, which we expect means previews of iOS 7 and OS X 10.9, Apple's next mobile and Mac operating systems, at WWDC 2013. Here, we've rounded up all new Apple products that are rumoured to be in the pipeline, and shared our thoughts about how likely we are to see those products unveiled at WWDC this year.

Mon, 20 May 2013

The 4 Best Things About the Google+ Redesign

Kristin Burnham

Google announced a complete overhaul of its social network, Google+, at this week's I/O conference in San Francisco. Here's an in-depth look at all the changes and why they make Google+ better.

Mon, 20 May 2013

Early Google Glass users finding 'sense of freedom'

Sharon Gaudin

A software engineer for Comcast got his early version of Google Glass last weekend, grabbed his bike and shot video of his ride across the Golden Gate Bridge.

Mon, 20 May 2013

Foxconn reports three possible suicides at factories in China

Michael Kan

Three workers at Foxconn factories in China have fallen to their deaths in recent weeks and police are investigating, according to the company.

Mon, 20 May 2013

Yahoo on Tumblr: We won't 'screw it up'

Chris Kanaracus

Yahoo has confirmed widespread reports that it will acquire the popular blogging service Tumblr, and also promised not to "screw it up." The deal is worth about US$1.1 billion, nearly all in cash.

Mon, 20 May 2013

Watch: Video shows what Apple's 'iTV' television set could look like

Ashleigh Allsopp

A new Apple HDTV concept video has surfaced online, imagining what Apple's long-rumoured television, dubbed iTV, could look like, and the features it could bring to your living room.

Mon, 20 May 2013

Apple's iRadio delayed by song skipping negotiation with Sony Music, report says

Ashleigh Allsopp

Speculation surrounding Apple's rumoured iRadio music streaming service has been circulating for some time now, but the company has yet to announce the new service. New reports suggest that delays to iRadio's unveiling are due to disagreements with Sony Music over skipping songs.

Mon, 20 May 2013

iTunes 11.0.3 enhances MiniPlayer, tweaks album options

Dan Moren

If you were hoping that the next update to iTunes might reverse some of the drastic changes Apple made in last year's version 11, don't hold your breath. A minor update released on Thursday, iTunes 11.0.3, makes some tweaks to the program's interface, as well as applying fixes for some security issues.

Mon, 20 May 2013

How Google's I/O moves measure up to what Apple offers

Lex Friedman

Google had a lot to say during Wednesday's Google I/O keynote - so would you, if you had three-and-a-half hours to fill. And while new features in voice-powered search functionality, Google Maps, and other pronouncements from the search giant were certainly eye-catching, just how much of what was said at this week's developer conference should make iOS device owners sit up and take notice?

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