Say goodbye to the old, clunky white MacBook, which used to be the cheapest Apple laptop you could get. As of today, Apple’s lowest-end, $999 MacBook also happens to be its sexiest: the svelte, 2.38-pound Air. On sale now, the revamped 11-inch, 0.68-inch-thick...
Apple’s new software update for the Mac operating system—dubbed “Lion”—just roared its way into the Mac App Store. Tech-minded Mac devotees, of course, can be expected to grab and install the upcoming Mac OS update the moment it arrives. But even if...
Even the most reliable desktops and laptops (Macs included) depend on hard drives for storing all your precious photos, music, email, and other personal files—and most hard drives still consist of moving parts that will, eventually, begin to wear out or even seize up...
Worried about losing your precious iPhone? Well, after the story I posted Monday about my wife’s lost—and then found—iPhone, I don’t blame you. Luckily, Apple’s free Find My iPhone service will track down, lock, or even wipe the data off a missing...
Chatter of a new iPad this year just won’t go away, and now they’re saying it’ll be called the iPad “HD”—or the iPad 2 “Plus,” take your pick. So, is the latest iPad buzz to be believed? Background: As I wrote in June after...
With Verizon Wireless pulling the plug on its unlimited smartphone data plan as of today, it may only be a matter of time before the iPhone finally arrives on Sprint (the last major U.S. carrier with a truly unlimited data plan) and T-Mobile (which offers relatively...
The back-and-forth predictions about the next iPhone showed no signs of stopping Wednesday, with no less than the Wall Street Journal claiming that the iPhone 5 (or whatever it ends up being called) will arrive this fall with a slimmer, trimmer, and ligher profile...
AT&T just announced that it’ll offer lower iPhone insurance rates starting later this month. Good news, right? Maybe so, but consumer advocates have long argued that cell phone insurance typically isn’t much of a bargain at all. MacRumors reported over...
