FontAgent 7 and FontAgent Sync review: All-new interface and font syncing across users and Macs

For a number of years, the options for professional font management utilities have been three: Extensis’ Suitcase Fusion, Monotype’s FontExplorer X Pro, and Insider Software’s FontAgent Pro (now simply FontAgent). Each caters to a different type…

Google Pixel XL Top 5 features

The Pixel XL is the first Android phone to deliver an emphatic, cohesive, surprise-and-delight experience. Let's investigate exactly how.

Spain's iPhone killer actually a rebranded Xiaomi – new claim

Zetta handsets might have been marked-up Chinese phones An Android phone maker in Spain is facing allegations that its flagship product is just a rebranded Chinese model.…

Apple Posts New Beats Ad Featuring Nicki Minaj, DJ Khaled, Karlie Kloss, Others [Video]

Apple has posted a new Beats ad featuring a whopping 19 celebrities including Nicki Minaj, DJ Khaled, Karlie Kloss, and more.The ad is entitled, 'Beats By Dre Presents : "Got No Strings"'.This is a celebration of life without strings. With Beats Wir…

Dumbing down: Innovation isn’t what it used to be

The Macalope admits he’s not really sure what the innovator’s dilemma is. Is it when you get all your innovation ideas from someone else? It’s probably that. Writing for USAToday, Jon Swartz says “Google is beginning to look and feel a lot like …

The cautionary tale of WhatsApp slipping on strong default user security

WhatsApp received a lot of praise in April for making a complete switch for its messaging system to the Signal Protocol from Open Whisper Systems, which features a number of cryptographic elements to ensure the privacy of any communication. It…

How to reach an Apple base station from outside your local network

Reader Philipp Englin has an Apple Time Capsule, and he’d like to be able to access its internal hard drive when he’s away from his network. He know there’s an option to share the internal disk—and with a Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme, any ext…

How to reach an Apple base station from outside your local network

Reader Philipp Englin has an Apple Time Capsule, and he’d like to be able to access its internal hard drive when he’s away from his network. He know there’s an option to share the internal disk—and with a Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme, any ext…

What's 5G? Who knows, but Qualcomm's designed a modem for it

Snapdragon X50 will push 5G bps through 800 MHz of mm-wave spectrum Qualcomm's stuck its flag into the desert island labelled “5G”, hoping to turn it into a lush paradise.…

Hero Uncle Terrorizes Public With Drone-Mounted Angel of Death

“And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him.” - Revelation 6:8Read more...

Report: new MacBook Pros, USB-C MacBook Airs coming this month

Apple may ditch traditional USB ports on the MacBook Pro

Apple reportedly plans to eliminate the UBC 3.0 and Magsafe ports on its next-gen MacBook, and kill the 11-inch MacBook Air altogether. That's according to Macotakara, the Japanese rumor site that was among the first to predict the company …

15 tips every Mac user should know

There are so many different ways to get things done using a Mac and I hope this selection of useful tips will offer most Mac users at least one or two features you may not have encountered before:Command-Space The keyboard shortcut that gets you …

Samsung Will Pay Galaxy Note 7 Suppliers For Unused Parts

The next chapter in the unending Galaxy Note 7 exploding phone saga— According to a new report from Reuters, Samsung will pay suppliers who already made components of the Galaxy Note 7 for unused parts. The company will also “ consider giving them o…

AT&T Insurance to Offer iPhone Screen Replacements for $89

AT&T has announced that it will offer iPhone screen replacements for an $89 deductible to customers who have purchased smartphone insurance from the company.On November 15, 2016, we are launching a cracked screen repair option for the Mobile Insuran…

New MacBook Pro to Be Unveiled in October Itself; 13-inch MacBook Air Also Getting Refreshed

Japanese website Mac Otakara claims that Apple still plans to launch its new updated MacBook Pro models “in the month”, with the laptops shipping by the end of this month. The website obtained this information from a “reliable Chinese supplier” wh…

Audi's all-electric vehicle line will be called the 'E-Tron'

You won't have a tough time remembering the name of Audi's first electric vehicle, not when the automaker says the SUV will simply be called the E-Tron. That's it -- no model designation, no numbers, nothing else. The automaker told Autocar…

The Most Devastating Chat Replies, Ranked

Here’s a grim reality of being alive in 2016—we spend an inordinate amount of time instant messaging. In the work place, in our group chats, texting with our hubbies, whatever.Read more...

LogMeIn collapses its 'Cubby' Dropbox clone into LogMeIn Pro

Sync 'n' share survives if you cough up. The rest of you, download before November 16 LogMeIn is mostly-closing “Cubby”, it's little-known Dropbox clone.…

Fourth iOS 10.1 beta released

Apple has released a fourth iOS 10.1 beta to registered developers, as well as the general public. The developer beta is available at the Apple Developer Center. Those already beta testing iOS 10.1 can download the new beta as an over-the-air update…

Report: New MacBook Pros still coming this month w/ USB-C & no MagSafe, 11-inch Air to be discontinued

Just as doubt was beginning to surround whether or not Apple was still on track to release new MacBook Pros this month, a new report from Macotakara this evening brings some reassurance. The report claims that Apple will still announce and release …