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Jordan is a long-time Apple journalist and former MacRumors editor who still occasionally helps out with coverage of live events. He also writes about automotive, so sign up for his cars and transportation technology newsletter at prndlcars.com!

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LifeProof Announces Delays in Delivering its iPhone 5 Case

Tuesday October 9, 2012 6:25 pm PDT by
LifeProof has sent a note to customers notifying them that the company's iPhone 5 waterproof case is taking a little longer to finish than had been planned. LifeProof CEO Gary Rayner said in an email that the company has an "army of engineers working 24/7 on three continents" to get the case into customers hands.You may be asking, "Why is LifeProof not yet on the market when other protective...
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iPad to Be Updated with UK 4G LTE Support, iPad Mini to Be Wi-Fi Only?

Tuesday October 9, 2012 2:37 pm PDT by
According to a report in the Guardian, Apple is planning to revise the full-size iPad with LTE support for the United Kingdom, something that was missing when the device was released earlier this year. Additionally, the paper says the iPad mini will only support Wi-Fi. However, that claim seems slightly more suspect. This part leak of what is purported to be the rear shell of the iPad Mini...
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Wirecutter's Pick for Best iPhone 5 Case: The Switcheasy Tones

Tuesday October 9, 2012 12:56 pm PDT by
According to gadget review site The Wirecutter, the best iPhone 5 case at the moment is the Switcheasy Tones.After he left Gizmodo, longtime tech blogger Brian Lam decided to make a website to help people buy gadgets. It wouldn't focus on reviewing every possible product in a category, but would instead answer the question "Which one of these should I buy?". Now, The Wirecutter has named its...
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LaCie Launches Thunderbolt SATA III SSD 'Little Big Disk' with Up to 635MB/s Read

Tuesday October 9, 2012 11:59 am PDT by
LaCie has announced a new addition to its Little Big Disk line with a pair of RAID'd SATA III solid state drives in either 512GB or 1TB total capacity. The company positions the drives towards "the creative pro on the go", supporting either RAID 1 for security, or RAID 0 for extra speed.Today, LaCie announced that the Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series, design by Neil Poulton, now features SATA...
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EA Hosts Webcast Featuring Live Gameplay From New SimCity

Tuesday October 9, 2012 10:39 am PDT by
Last week, EA released the first gameplay video of the new SimCity. Today, the Maxis team is running a live webcast showing new gameplay and the first live demo of SimCity.The video will be available at origin.com/maxis-live after the event is completed as well.This virtual event will be packed full of announcements and will feature live software demos including the first live-streamed...
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Crazy Taxi Coming to iPhone and iPad This Month [Updated With Hands-On Video]

Monday October 8, 2012 12:32 pm PDT by
SEGA announced today that classic video game Crazy Taxi is coming to the iPhone and iPad and posted a very short teaser trailer to promote it. The game is expected to be released sometime in October.Our sister-site Touch Arcade wonders about how the controls will work on iOS:It'll be interesting to see how Sega is going to tackle the controls for this version. Crazy Taxi is a game about...
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Angry Birds Star Wars Comes Out November 8th

Monday October 8, 2012 11:15 am PDT by
In what is perhaps the inevitable next step for the marketing juggernaut that is Angry Birds, Rovio has teamed up with George Lucas for the next installment in the Birds-Kill-Pigs franchise.Angry Birds Star Wars, the company announced today, will be released on November 8th for iOS and Mac, as well as a host of other platforms. Rovio is going all out with the marketing tie-in, launching a...
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Apple Gives Additional Year of Increased iCloud Storage to Former MobileMe Members

Friday October 5, 2012 4:29 pm PDT by
Last year, when MobileMe transitioned from a pay-service to the the free iCloud, Apple gave an additional 20 GB of storage to former MobileMe subscribers as a thank you. The bonus storage beyond the standard 5 GB included free of charge with iCloud was supposed to be downgraded at the end of September, but in an email today, Apple said it extended the complimentary storage for an additional year, ...
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First Look at the New SimCity, Coming February 2013

Thursday October 4, 2012 9:37 am PDT by
EA plans to release the next version of SimCity -- the classic city-building game -- on the Mac simultaneously with the PC release this February. Mac users will be able to connect to the new multiplayer component in SimCity and appears to be feature-complete with the PC-version. Development of the game has moved along far enough that EA feels comfortable showing off some gameplay videos, includ...
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Starbucks Adds Passbook Support to Its iPhone App

Wednesday October 3, 2012 6:39 pm PDT by
Starbucks has added Passbook support to its iPhone app [App Store], as perhaps the highest profile app to embrace the feature. Starbucks customers can use its app to store gift cards and use QR codes on the phone to quickly pay for food and drinks without needing cash or credit cards. Additionally, the company keeps track of purchases for its rewards program.It's a near perfect use of...
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Fortune 500 Company Urging Employees Not to Upgrade to iOS 6 Over Exchange Bug

Wednesday October 3, 2012 10:27 am PDT by
MacRumors has learned that at least one Fortune 500 company is requesting that its employees not upgrade to iOS 6 over a bug with Microsoft Exchange meeting invitations. The issue has also been reported on Apple's support discussion boards.The issue appears when users decline a meeting invitation from an iOS 6 device. Instead of simply sending a notification to the meeting organizer that the...
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Steve Jobs Envisioned the iPad in 1983

Tuesday October 2, 2012 4:24 pm PDT by
Visionary is one of the most frequently used words to describe Steve Jobs. Nearly a year after he passed away, historians are still digging up treasures from his life that confirm that assessment.The Next Web writes of a speech Jobs gave in 1983 at the Center for Design innovation. After that speech, he had a question-and-answer session that covered a wide range of topics, one of which was an...
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Official Lightning Connector Support Lacking, Inspires Workarounds and DIY Mods

Tuesday October 2, 2012 12:48 pm PDT by
Though Apple allowed some select hardware partners to work on Lightning connector-compatible hardware accessories, most of those are not yet for sale. However, that's not to stop some enterprising users from making do with what they have. The Next Web has instructions on how to modify the Elevation Dock -- a popular Kickstarter project -- to fit the iPhone 5. The site says the modification,...
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Lockitron Announces New Keyless Deadbolt Entry and Remote Locking for iPhone

Tuesday October 2, 2012 11:23 am PDT by
Lockitron has announced a new hardware product that attaches to most deadbolt locks and allows the door to be locked and unlocked via an app. It also takes advantage of Bluetooth 4.0 to unlock the door when a registered iPhone 4S or 5 approaches the door.Lockitron previously had a lock that was a full replacement for the entire lock and handle making it nearly impossible to use for customers...
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Photography Pros Review the iPhone 5's Camera

Tuesday October 2, 2012 10:45 am PDT by
Photography site dpreview.com has published a lengthy review of the iPhone 5's camera. Last year, famed photographer Annie Leibovitz called the iPhone "the snapshot camera of today", and the iPhone has been the most popular camera on Flickr for years.The full review is worth a read, but this excerpt looks at interesting questions about the future of casual photography and how the simple...
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Batman: Arkham City Comes to the Mac in November

Tuesday October 2, 2012 9:16 am PDT by
Feral Interactive plans to release Batman: Arkham City on the Mac in November. The open-world action-adventure game was first released in October 2011 on consoles, and a month later on Windows.Feral is bringing the "Game of the Year" edition to the Mac, bundling all released downloadable content for the game into the release.Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation...
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Apple to Announce 4Q 2012 Earnings on October 25

Monday October 1, 2012 3:54 pm PDT by
Apple today updated its investor relations page to note that it will announce its earnings for the fourth fiscal quarter (third calendar quarter) of 2012, as well as results for the full fiscal year, on Thursday, October 25. The earnings release typically occurs just after 4:30 PM Eastern Time following the close of regular stock trading, and the conference call is scheduled to follow at 5:00 PM...
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Apple Releases iPhoto 9.4.1 Update

Monday October 1, 2012 1:14 pm PDT by
Apple has released an update to iPhoto that fixes a number of issues. The update weighs in at more than 757MB and is available for download through Apple's online support website. It should be available through the Mac App store soon.What's New in Version 9.4.1- Improves the reliability of syncing to iOS devices via iTunes - Fixes an issue that could cause iPhoto to quit unexpectedly when...
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Apple's iPad Mini Media Event Invitations Going Out October 10?

Monday October 1, 2012 9:46 am PDT by
According to a very sketchy report from Philip Elmer-DeWitt at Apple 2.0, Apple could be sending out invitations to the launch event for the iPad mini on October 10. DeWitt notes that it's a "rumor we have no reason to believe" except that it came from a major Apple investor. According to our source, who asked not be named, there appears to be some truth to the widespread rumors that Apple is...
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Widespread iTunes and App Store Terms and Conditions Bug Preventing New Purchases and Downloads [Update: Resolved]

Sunday September 30, 2012 8:58 pm PDT by
Users are reporting that a widespread issue with Apple's App Store is preventing new purchases from being made. When users attempt to make a purchase or redownload a previous purchase, they are asked to agree to updated Terms & Conditions.When they accept, they are then asked to agree to them again and again. As a result, new purchases and downloads from iTunes in the Cloud cannot be made. The...