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Fri 31

Apps Of The Week: Moom, City Guides, Poker Night 2, Ace Attorney, KotOR

Posted by Michael McConnell on Friday 31 May 2013. No responses

We all might be a bit on the twitchy side waiting for WWDC, but here at Macgasm we’re still collecting great apps for you to try. On the Mac we have a window manager to ease the pain of organizing your workspace. For the iPhone we have an app that can help guide your Summer trip. On the iPad we have a game that allows you to play poker with a psychotic AI for a dealer. Finally, we have a pair of classic games that have made their way to the iPad. Moom Say what you will about Windows, but in ... more

Fri 31

Apple Adds RAW File Support For 13 New Cameras

Posted by Kaylie Moise on Friday 31 May 2013. No responses

In a new software update, Apple has added support for RAW file support for thirteen more cameras. According to Apple's support page, "Digital camera RAW formats retain more image information than JPEGs and can produce better results when used with imaging applications such as Aperture and iPhoto." The update is available for Macs running OS X Mountain Lion. With the new update, the following cameras are now supported with RAW image compatibility for Aperture 3 and iPhoto '11: Canon EOS-1D C Canon EOS Rebel SL1 / 100D / Kiss X7 Canon EOS Rebel T5i / 700D / Kiss X7i Hasselblad Lunar Nikon COOLPIX A Nikon ... more

Thu 30

Apple Cuts 13" Macbook Pro To $999 With Education Discount

Posted by Toby Wellington on Thursday 30 May 2013. No responses

If the biggest thing deterring you from getting a Macbook is its price, you might now be interested in getting a Macbook Pro. Apple has dropped the price of the low-end 13" pro to $999 for customers using the educational discount, making it the only Macbook Pro to be cheaper than a grand. The model does not include retina display, but has a 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 Processor, 4GB of RAM and and a 500GB hard drive. The high-end non-retina 13" model was also dropped in price, bringing it down to $1,299 with the educational pricing. The reason for the ... more

Thu 30

Evernote Launches Two-Step Verification Option, More Security Features

Posted by Kaylie Moise on Thursday 30 May 2013. No responses

Evernote, the popular note-saving app, announced the launch of its new security and privacy features, including two-step verification, access history, and authorized applications. Evernote announced the features this morning on their company blog. Two-Step Verification Designed to protect your account even if someone learns your password, the two-step verification feature will require a verification code anytime you're asked for your username and password, which is usually when you log into Evernote Web or install it on a new device. Two-step verification involves both your password and your phone. Two-step verification involves a six-digit verification code which is delivered your your ... more

Thu 30

ReadKit Update Brings Built-In RSS, Smart Folders, Notifications Center Integration, More

Posted by Kaylie Moise on Thursday 30 May 2013. No responses

If you've never used it before, ReadKit is an Instapaper, Pocket, and Readability client for the Mac. It also has support for bookmarking sites like Delicious and Pinboard. Today ReadKit has been updated to version 2.0, bringing a number of new features, including support for Fever and NewsBlur, new smart folders and other improvements and enhancements. ReadKit 2.0 adds support for RSS services like Fever, NewsBlur and built-in RSS capabilities. The app's new smart folders come with live updates, and bring articles up based on a set of criteria. For example, you can search with key words of something ... more

Wed 29

Rdio App For Mac Gets New Update

Posted by Kaylie Moise on Wednesday 29 May 2013. No responses

Rdio, the subscription-based music streaming service, has rolled out a new update for its Mac app version. If you also use Rdio on your iPhone or iPad, then you already know the kinds of changes you'll see when you get the updated version of Rdio on your computer, which features big album art and an "upcoming view." If you haven't used it before, Rdio is similar to Spotify but lets you save music tracks in your own collection to stream. The new Rdio app for your Mac looks a lot different than the previous version. There's a lot more for you to ... more

Tue 28

Instacast Now Available For Your Mac

Posted by Joshua Schnell on Tuesday 28 May 2013. No responses

You've probably used the iPad and iPhone applications to listen, or in my case watch, your favorite podcasts. Vemedio, the company behind Instacast, has just pushed its Mac application live on its website. The $14.99 (soon to be $19.99) application will be looking to clean up in the OS X podcast app category. It'll be a large mountain to climb considering iTunes has a large podcast repository and has media playback capabilities. Oh, and it's free. That said, the Mac version of Instacast has some new features:

Moreover, Instacast for Mac also has a number of unique enhancements not yet found ... more

Fri 24

Macbooks Could Get 50% Better Battery With Intel's Upcoming Haswell Chips

Posted by Toby Wellington on Friday 24 May 2013. No responses

It's almost that time again when Intel will release its new lineup of processors, which seems to happen on a two-year cycle. Apple is always one of the first, if not the first, company to have the new processors inside its computers, so with Haswell processor expected to debut in a few weeks, it makes sense that we'll also be seeing some new Macbooks with Haswell announced soon. And this is definitely a good thing. Intel is stating that the new chip will have great effects on battery life, as reducing power consumption is Haswell's main goal. Intel says that ... more

Fri 24

Apps of the Week: Limelight, Frozen Synapse, Multimon, Dots, Gini

Posted by Michael McConnell on Friday 24 May 2013. No responses

We’re switching things up in the weekly app department at Macgasm. (A department of one, but the placard was already at the printer’s office.) The format has been to pick five apps by platform. Problem is, not every platform has a stellar app week, while there have been a lot of iPhone and iPad apps that we weren’t able to show you. Since we want to make sure that you get the coolest apps, this column will now just be the top 5 regardless of platform. So this week we have for you an app to organize and share your movie ... more

Thu 23

Evernote Reminders Launches For Mac, iOS, And Web

Posted by Kaylie Moise on Thursday 23 May 2013. No responses

Evernote has just been updated to include a new feature for the Mac, iOS, and web versions of the service. The new update introduces Reminders, which includes the three most requested features that will keep users on task and remind you to update and add new notes. Evernote Reminders includes three features: In-app and email Alarms Quick note based to-do lists Pinning notes to the top of your note list Here's how it works: You can easily add a Reminder to any note by tapping on the new alarm clock icon that you'll find at the top of the note on your Mac and web ... more

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