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Change the Start Time of All-Day Reminders on iPhone
By Devala Rees
By default, when you set a Reminder for an all-day event, you receive a notification at 9 am that morning. But this is useless if your event starts two hours earlier! To solve this problem, we'll show you how to adjust the start time of all-day Reminders on your iPhone. This way, you'll receive notifications when they're most useful.
Four new computers have joined the Mac lineup, Apple announced in its first release of 2023 on January 17. The new computers feature M2 chips, the second generation of Apple’s own silicon processors, previously available only in the MacBook Air and entry-level MacBook Pro. Here’s everything you need to know about Apple’s latest Mac computers.
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CBS Launches Free Streaming App for iPhone and iPad
By Jim Karpen
CBS launched a new app Thursday, simply titled CBS (Free), which allows U.S. viewers to stream full HD episodes of many of its popular TV shows from daytime, primetime, and late night. The videos are free, but are offered on a delayed basis. Daytime and late-night shows will be available 24 hours after their original broadcast.
6 Fun Saint Patrick's Day Apps For iPhone
By Becca Ludlum
Saint Patrick's Day is around the corner, and even if you're not Irish, there is fun to be had! Here is a quick round up of 6 fun apps for your iPhone to help you to celebrate in style.
New apps offering a different approach to email is an exciting trend in iOS. And the apps are free! I've recently reviewed the revolutionary Mailbox (for iPhone) and Cloze (iPhone and iPad app), and now comes Incredimail, an email app for the iPad that takes a stunning new approach to visual presentation.
5 Top Travel Apps for New York Urban Adventure
By Daniel Rasmus
A visit to Manhattan isn’t something you should take lightly. Some people may want to just thrust themselves into the city lights and let the push and bustle of the crowd take them where it may. My adventure was a more planned affair, with lists of sights to see, places to eat, and department stores to shop.
Power2U Wall Outlet Adds USB Ports for Easy iDevice Charging
By Todd Bernhard
I've long been a fan and paying customer of Other World Computing and its online store many years. In my experience, it has the best collection of accessories and peripherals for Apple users. I've upgraded my Macs' RAM and solid state disk storage numerous times using its products.
The new Otterbox Armor ($99.95) iPhone cases are arriving in stores Friday and with them a level of protection unprecedented in the world of rugged cases.
The Otterbox Armor series consists of possibly the toughest heavy-duty cases on the market. And of all the companies introducing waterproof cases this year, Otterbox is the only one I know of with offerings for the iPhone 4/4s series, capitalizing on the huge demand for the older iPhones.
Teaching Art by Turning the iPad into a Virtual Studio
By Daniel Rasmus
From the ease of collecting often-broken colored pencils, to cleaning up after a room of young artists who seemingly bathed in tempera, art, unlike literature or history, creates rather messy educational challenges. It is, however, extremely important for learners to engage in visceral exercises that bring the texture of media to hands, and its odor to nostrils.
The annual Macworld/iWorld trade show is underway in San Francisco, and Macworld magazine already has named its Best of Show winners. They include some gotta-see gadgets for the iPad and iPhone, such as an iPad robot, an iPad case that doubles as a speaker, and a 1TB external hard drive for the iPhone and iPad.
Folks, your task is clear: make the most epic Apple parody in the universe, and get featured in iPhone Life magazine! We’re calling on you, the bursting creative genius, to create a fake video announcement from Apple, post it on YouTube, and send it to us. We’ll ask our readers to vote on the best ones, and we’ll feature the top 3 in the next issue of iPhone Life magazine.
TUTORIAL: automatically adding video metadata to your videos using the excellent, free(!) Subler
By Werner Ruotsalainen
In my Video Metadata bible & Roundup, I've already mentioned Subler is capable of manually editing / adding video metadata. After having been asked (thread with numerous, advice-packed posts from me) about doing the same with Subler, I've decided to publish a writeup on doing the same automatically. After all, online video metadata libraries like themoviedb.org have excellent metadata for a lot of flicks.
Learning About Strategy by Watching the iPhone Case Market
By Daniel Rasmus
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Ubipix-compliant location/direction logger released (full source code + ARC migration case study)- UPDATE: saving online videos
By Werner Ruotsalainen
In the update section of my previous article on advanced location and camera direction tagging of videos, I've already mentioned the built-in video recorder of Ubipix, currently, the only iOS application to record truly dynamic, almost (metadata is sampled every second) frame-level location and direction info, doesn't really have a decent video recorder.
7 must-have free apps for your new iPhone or iPad
By Jim Karpen
I've seen a number of lists of apps recommended for those lucky individuals who got a new iPhone or iPad from Santa, but CNET's listing strikes me as being the most useful. They include a number of free apps that are my favorites and that I use every day. Let's take a look at some of their recommended apps.
Flipboard — This is likely the most popular aggregator of news and content ever developed for iOS devices. Its interface is gorgeous and intuitive, and very easy to customize to your interests. Many people find it to be their favorite window onto Facebook or news or entertainment or sports, or whatever your interest is.
Google Maps — When Apple dumped Google Maps in favor of its own maps solution, many were disappointed that Apple's effort was missing some of their favorite features, such as transit directions and Google Street View. Fortunately, Google eventually came out with a full-featured version of their app for iOS devices that has almost all the functionality of their highly popular maps app for Android devices.
Hop on the BulletTrain for a streamlined keyboard and trackpad combo
By Todd Bernhard
Many iOS users are also Mac users, like myself, so if you have a Mac, and an Apple wireless keyboard, and an Apple Magic Trackpad, pay attention! I have all of the above, but I found that I didn't use the trackpad that much. Rather than slide my hand off to the right, past my Magic Mouse, to the trackpad, and lose time, and risking Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, I prefer the design of Apple's laptops, with the trackpad just below the spacebar.
Tutorial & Roundup: This is how you can stretch your video so that it entirely fills your iPad's (iPhone's) screen
By Werner Ruotsalainen
Over at MacRumors (thread), I've been asked to compile a list of players that can vertically stretch a video so that it entirely fills the iPad's screen. During this, it does sacrifice the right aspect ratio and does distort the image. However, at least it doesn't cut off the sides.
Here's a 16:9 movie (my well-known resolution chart video available for download HERE) not filling in the (much taller) screen vertically in the built-in stock Videos app:
Today Apple posted their Best of 2012 lists, including Best Apps of 2012. This is an excellent guide to apps that you should consider for your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.