Juli Clover
Juli is the Managing Editor at MacRumors, and has been covering Apple news and rumors since 2010. She oversees MacRumors' guides, roundups, how tos, reviews, and giveaways in addition to covering daily news. Her work is regularly highlighted on Techmeme and cited by tech publications and news sites.
She is a voracious reader, cinephile, gardener, and gamer, and she resides in California with her carnivorous plants. Juli can be reached at juli@macrumors.com or on Twitter.
She is a voracious reader, cinephile, gardener, and gamer, and she resides in California with her carnivorous plants. Juli can be reached at juli@macrumors.com or on Twitter.
Juli Clover's Articles
Marvel Once Again Offers Up 700 Free First Issue Comics
Back in March, Marvel announced that it would give away 700 of its No. 1 digital comics as part of a South by Southwest promotion. Unfortunately, the promotion caused more demand than expected and Marvel shut it down early after the ComiXology servers were overwhelmed with requests.
Marvel today resurrected the promotion, once again offering consumers the chance to download 700 first issue...
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Apple Close to Striking Deal with Record Labels for iRadio
Apple is close to signing a deal with both Warner Music and Universal Music Group for its rumored streaming music service, reports CNET.
Content negotiations between Apple and record companies were said to have stagnated because the Cupertino-based company was offering low royalty rates, but CNET's sources say that Apple's music service will bring alternate revenue streams in addition to...
Apple Continues to Gain Smartphone Market Share in U.S.
comScore today released the results of its monthly rolling survey of U.S. mobile phone users for the December-February period, revealing that Apple's smartphone market share rose 3.9 points from November to February going from 35% of total U.S. smartphone platform and hardware sales to 38.9%. Last month's report demonstrated similar growth for Apple.
Samsung was the hardware manufacturer...
Microsoft to End Support for Office 2008 for Mac on April 9
Microsoft today announced that it will end support for Office 2008 for Mac next Tuesday, on April 9.Support for Office for Mac 2008 will end April 9th, 2013. View the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy for further details, such as the support dates for this product.Microsoft recommends that affected users purchase an Office 365 subscription, which includes Office for Mac 2011 and future updates...
Rdio Launches Video Streaming Service and App Vdio
Music subscription service Rdio has expanded to video, today launching a movie and television streaming service called Vdio. Vdio functions like iTunes rather than like Netflix, allowing users to purchase and rent video content.
Though it does not offer a subscription service, Vdio does incorporate social content discovery, allowing users to see what their friends are viewing. Vdio users are...
Twitter for iOS Updated to Allow App Installs and Launches from Within Tweets
Twitter has updated its iOS app to version 5.5, adding the ability to launch and install apps from within a tweet on the iPhone. The new functionality is part of Twitter's updated Cards feature, which was introduced yesterday at a developer meetup.
Apps that support the new Card functions can be installed directly from a link within Twitter. Currently, that includes apps like Vine, Etsy,...
Safari Dominates as Top Mobile Browser with 62% of Internet Traffic
According to the latest report from Net Applications (via All Things D), Apple's Safari continues to be the top mobile browser.
Safari for iOS was responsible for 61.79% of total mobile internet traffic during the month of March, an increase from 55.41% in February. Safari's closest competitor for mobile browser dominance was Google's Android browser, which had a 21.86% share of Web traffic in ...
Classic Platformer 'Duke Nukem 2' Hits the App Store
Classic shareware game Duke Nukem 2 was released for the iPhone and the iPad today, allowing the 1993 hit to be revisited by fans of the series. Duke Nukem 2 is a sidescrolling platformer, where the goal is to proceed through the level grabbing weapons and annihilating enemies.
The iOS version of the game features the 32 levels of the original, along with quick saves and online leaderboards.-Sm...
Rovio to Bring Facebook Game 'Angry Birds Friends' to iOS
Rovio today announced plans to bring social Facebook game Angry Birds Friends to the iPad and the iPhone. Angry Birds Friends merges classic Angry Birds gameplay with Facebook-integrated social features like weekly tournaments and score sharing.
Pop some piggies with your friends wherever you are! Angry Birds Friends spruces up the classic Angry Birds experience with fun new social features...
Facebook's iPhone Competitor Rumored to Be HTC First, Here's What It Looks Like
Facebook is hosting an event on Thursday said to be centered around the debut of its long rumored Facebook phone. A photo of the device that might be the star of the show was today leaked by @evleaks, a frequent provider of accurate pre-release Android info.
The HTC First is rumored to feature Facebook Home, a custom launcher and home screen that focuses on deep Facebook integration.
There...
Wacom Releases New 1.85-Inch Bamboo Stylus Mini
Wacom today released a smaller version of its popular Bamboo Stylus, the Bamboo Stylus mini, which offers up a thicker barrel with a much shorter 1.85-inch size.
The portable stylus comes equipped with a handy plastic mini-jack plug that allows it to attach to the headphone port of the iPhone or the iPad, preventing it from being misplaced.
Available in six bright colors, Wacom's Bamboo...
Are iTunes Links Being Downranked by Google?
Searching for direct links is a popular way to locate apps, but it appears that Apple's App Store links are being downranked by Google. As TechCrunch points out, a search for "Whatsapp iTunes" or "Whatsapp iPhone" would normally rank the target URL high on the search results page, but that doesn't seem to be the case any longer.
Searching for Whatsapp's iTunes link with those aforementioned...
500px Updated with Performance Enhancements and Flow for iPad
500px has updated its universal 500px iOS app, adding functionality that allows users to see who they follow and who follows them, along with stability and speed improvements.
The iPad version of the app also comes equipped with Flow, a popular feature that was previously limited to the iPhone. Flow offers up a stream of photos that friends in the app have liked, favorited, or commented on.
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Firefox 20 for Mac Adds Download Manager and New Private Browsing Features
Mozilla has today launched Firefox 20, adding a number of significant improvements to the browser. Users are now able to initiate private browsing without the need to open a new window or close a current browsing session.
There is a new function in place that allows users to close a hanging plugin without the need to shut down the entire browser, and the update also includes a new download...
Feedly Updated with Improved Search and New 'Must Read' Section
With Google shutting down its RSS aggregation platform Google Reader in July, several companies have pledged to build a better reader, with existing news aggregator Feedly among them.
Soon after the shutdown announcement, Feedly revealed that it had developed a clone of the Google Reader API called Normandy, which got it instant attention from former Google Reader users. Less than a month...
Piracy-Crippled Game From Hunted Cow Returns to App Store as 'Battle Dungeon: Risen'
Last December, asynchronous multiplayer strategy game Battle Dungeon hit the App Store. Less than a week after the game was released, an .ipa file surfaced on the internet and illicitly obtained copies of Battle Dungeon caused a huge amount of stress on the game's servers.
The team behind Battle Dungeon, Hunted Cow, was forced to shut it down after the server load caused technical difficulties ...
Vine Updated with Web Embeds, Third Party Sharing on Facebook and Twitter
Twitter has updated Vine for iOS, adding a feature that allows Vine users to embed their videos on web pages. The embed option, which is located in the app, can be used for self-created videos and for videos created by others. Embeds can also be done via the Vine.co webpage assigned to Vines on the internet.
Video sharing offers two stylistic choices, including "Simple," which is a borderless...
TweetDeck for Mac Updated with Improved Filters, Keyboard Commands, and Advanced Search Tools
Twitter has released a significant update to its TweetDeck Mac App, adding features like improved filters, new font sizes, and the advanced search tools that were originally added to the Chrome application in December.
Column filters, which have long been a part of the TweetDeck Web app, are a new addition to the Mac version, along with tools for filtering columns by content and users.
With ...
Arrowhead's 'Magicka' Makes its Way to the iPad
Arrowhead Game Studios, in partnership with Paradox Interactive and Ludosity, tonight released Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet for the iPad, which is based on its popular action adventure Magicka PC game.
As in the computer version of the game, players of Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet take on the role of a wizard, combining elemental powers to conjure and cast unique magical...
NimbleBit's Latest Freemium Game 'Nimble Quest' Launches on iOS
NimbleBit, the developer behind popular games like Pocket Frogs, Tiny Tower, and Pocket Planes, tonight launched its newest freemium app, the highly anticipated Nimble Quest.
In Nimble Quest, players control an ever-increasing line of adventurers, battling against enemies with both ranged and melee attacks. Our sister site, TouchArcade, describes the game as a cross between Snake and a...
