Air Display Turns iPad Into a HIDPI Retina Display for Mac
April 2, 2012 Updated at 9:12 pm
Your iPad 3 can now act as a stunningly high quality HIDPI display for a Mac or PC with the help of a great iOS app called Air Display. A completely wireless solution, Air Display takes advantage of OS X Lion and Mountain Lion HIDPI display mode to turn the new iPad’s 2048×1536 display into an ultra-crisp 1024×768 retina display.
Could Amazon Be Preparing to Release Three New Kindle Fires?
March 27, 2012 Updated at 5:17 pm
Amazon broke into the Android hardware game with its Kindle Fire tablet, and ever since the popular slate arrived, we’ve wondered what Amazon might be planning for its follow-up effort. There have been plenty of rumors trying to nail-down just what changes to the original seven-inch tablet we might see, as well as suggesting the possibility that Amazon might try its hand at producing a Fire with an even larger display .
LG Confirms Optimus L3 Launch Plans
March 3, 2012 Updated at 12:53 am
We got an early look at LG’s Optimus L3 when the phone found itself up for pre-order with a Swedish retailer well in advance of LG’s official unveiling of the phone in the lead-up to the Mobile World Congress . Since then, we’ve been expecting the Android to finally arrive sometime in March, but lacked official confirmation.
In Praise of the iPhone and iOS
January 31, 2012 Updated at 7:01 pm
How well do you remember the smartphone back in 2006? Chances are most of you didnt really care about them or owned one because they were either too expensive or just too difficult to operate effectively.
Enable Internet Sharing in Mac OS X to Turn Your Mac Into a Wireless Router
January 5, 2012 Updated at 8:33 pm
Did you know you can turn your Mac into a wireless access point by using Internet Sharing? Internet Sharing works for both Mac OS X 10.6 and Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and with internet sharing enabled, your internet connected Mac will broadcast a wifi signal that can be used by another Mac, PC, iPad, iPhone, or whatever else you need to get online from.
Meet Alfred, Andy the Android’s Helpful Brother
December 15, 2011 Updated at 2:52 pm
Some have referred to the new Alfred app as “Pandora for the real world”. With a recommendation like that, we couldn’t help but take a look! Just in case you’ve been living under a rock (or don’t have access to it in your corner of the world), Pandora is a streaming music service that asks you what kind of music you like, then comes up with related songs that you’ll probably like using complex algorithms.
Halo Waypoint Atlas Now Available
December 10, 2011 Updated at 9:58 pm
Add Pull-To-Refresh to Mac OS X in Chrome & Safari
December 6, 2011 Updated at 2:05 am
iOS popularized the pull-to-refresh gesture, where pulling down and releasing on browser and app windows causes them to refresh their contents. With the help of a browser extension, we can bring the same pull to refresh feature to Mac OS X 10.7 in either the Chrome or Safari web browsers: Extension for Safari Extension for Chrome Installation is just a matter of clicking on the appropriate browser extension and opening a new browser window, which it will then be active in.
Sound Enhancer to Blame for HTC Titan Graphics Lag?
December 1, 2011 Updated at 9:14 am