THE MACDADDYNEWS ARCHIVE
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Being a computer technician, I see a lot of people bring Macs and PCs in needing files recovered that were accidentally deleted, or even more often, from a failing or corrupted hard drive.…
Pablo Saez Gil of ResearchFarm has some interesting ideas on mobile payments in retail and why he thinks Apple will bypass NFC for another technology, Bluetooth 4.0. Read some of the…
Apple announced that its data center in Maiden, North Carolin will be powered using entirely renewable sources by the end of 2012. They are building onsite facilities that will provide over…
The Wall Street Journal claims Apple has placed orders for screens measuring “at least 4 inches diagonally” for its next-generation iPhone. Every iPhone released so far has had a 3.5 inch…
Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Speaker of the House John Boehner today. We don’t know what the discussion was about, but it looks like Boehner is getting out his wallet in the picture…
Apple is expected to refresh its MacBook Pro line sometime this May or June, and they will most likely feature Intel’s new Ivy Bridge processors and maybe a high resolution Retina displays.…
pod2g updated his blog today with some new information about the untethered jailbreak for devices running iOS 5.1.1. He still has some testing to do on the jailbreak tool, but says to…
iOS hacker pod2g has released a video demoing an untethered jailbreak on the new iPad, which means a public release is probably coming soon. pod2g also confirmed that the jailbreak works on…
UPDATE: Loewe has officially denied rumors of a buyout, with a company spokesperson stating that the report has “absolutely nothing to it.” Apple is in talks to acquire high end German HDTV…
We’ve heard rumors of an iPad mini for a long time, and I don’t usually take them very seriously. One of the biggest reasons I have a hard time believing them is because an iPad mini…
Twitpic, a service for posting photos and videos on Twitter, launched its own iPhone app today. The free photo sharing app includes some simple editing features, filters and a comment…
This is a cool iPad text editing concept by Daniel Hooper. I’m not sure it’s something Apple would actually consider, but definitely shows how much faster and easier selecting text on the…
UPDATE: pod2g has posted a couple more tweets saying that people are telling him not to release the jailbreak because the iOS 5.1 tethered is good enough. But he reminds them that “there…
Logitech announced the Solar Keyboard Folio today, a folding case for the iPad that includes a solar powered Bluetooth keyboard. Similar to Logitech’s solar keyboards for Mac and PC, the…
PoP Video turns your iPhone into a pico projector for only $99. It connects directly to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch without cords and allows you to project your iOS device from the palm…
Kanex ATV Pro allows a VGA projector to use Apple AirPlay mirroring from an iPad or iPhone to Apple TV. This $59 HDMI to VGA adapter includes audio support and will eliminate the need for…
Apple CEO Tim Cook recently responded to an analyst question on wether Apple would one day release a cross between a Mac and an iPad. ”Anything can be forced to converge,” Cook said. “But…
When the best in portable music players of today just isn’t quite good enough, just add in a little bit of rich mahogany, shag carpeting and tacky wallpaper, it doesn’t get much better than…
The Earphone Speaker Keychain looks just like a giant earbud, but isn’t intended to go in your ear. You can easily carry the speaker on your keychain and plug it into your iPhone for an…
There have been rumors that Apple’s 6th-generation iPhone will feature a liquidmetal body, and now French designer Antoine Brieux has created a concept design of what the next iPhone could…
JoeyBra is a genius new bra that hides your iPhone and other valuables. Mariah Gentry and Kyle Bartlow, junior business majors at University of Washington, came up with the idea after…
Yesterday we showed you a video of multiple apps running side-by-side on the iPad, well a new jailbreak tweak was released for iPad today that gives true window based multitasking. Quasar…
This is an interesting concept that lets you run multiple iPad apps and interact with them all simultaneously on the same screen. Developed by Kyle Howells of CardSwitcher fame, this is a…
I don’t know how long this will stay alive, but you can currently watch many TV channels live on your iOS device at iOSLiveTV.com. The streams are in AirPlay compatible MP4 format, so you…
