Category: Apple Computing

Interplay has long been the one focus of many a user in the gaming world.  Their games, including the classics Battlechess, Fallout, and Conquest of the New World led the way in the Apple gaming world of the 1980’s.   Now, Good Old Games is offering a “Pay What You Want” type bundle where you can pay as much as you want and based on that payment collect an appropriate number of games.   The initial level is set at 8 games…

The group behind the MacHeist Charity sale have added a total of 6 more apps to the heist over  the past ten days and now have extended the heist another three days.  While the apps list has grown, the price of the bundle remains a paltry $29.00 for the entire bundle of Mac applications. The current rendition of MacHeist, the fourth major one in the groups history, has reached 33,000 bundles sold and has raised nearly 240,000 USD for charity. …

Evernote Corporation has released a new Video and specs page on their website outlining the new features in their upcoming release of Evernote 5 for the Mac.  The new version of the software has over 100 new features implemented including: Better Notes List Snippets View Cards View Note Editor Change a Notes Location More Keyboard Shortcuts The site includes many more features that will be in the new version, however, no official release date has been announced for the full…

The event video from the 23 October launch of the iPad mini is now available on the Apple event website.  Initially, the video was only viewable in safari but it is now available for all browsers. The october 23rd event saw the introduction of a slew of new products including: new iMac new Mac Mini with 16gb Ram new Mac book pro 13 inch with retina display iPad 4 iPad mini Also introduced in the event was iBooks 3 with…

Xperimentalz Games has announce that the popular runner game, Don’t Run With A Plasma Sword for iOS devices is now a free download.  The game, which features five level of story and boss levels as well as five levels of endless play, allows the user to gain points through the play and upgrade the runner’s abilities, outward appearance and revivability.  This game has been featured on Call-A.P.P.L.E. a number of times and is one of our favorite games for the…

The folks behind one of the most successful charitable application bundles, MacHeist, have announced a new grouping of 15 applications.  MacHeist 4 includes 15 applications for the Mac, priced at $29.00 USD for the entire bundle.   MacHeist donates 25 percent of all sales to charities specified by the purchaser. Past MacHeist events have raised over two million dollars for a variety of charities. The last three apps of the bundle will be unlocked for all users as a specified number…

Apple, Inc. sent out invitations to an October 23rd announcement event.  The event, scheduled to be held at the 1122 seat California Theatre in San Jose, has long been expected to be the introduction of the rumored iPad Mini.  Another rumor floating around is that Apple will introduce a smaller MacBook Pro at the event as well.

As long as mobile devices such as my 3rd generation iPod touch still require me to squint at everything, and require me to jab at a glass screen to “type,” the desktop computer is still worlds easier to use for so many tasks. Sarah Purewal at PCWorld thinks so, too. It’s an intriguing proposition, but don’t count on mobile devices killing off your desktop PC any time soon. While mobile gear is certainly convenient when you’re trying to conduct business on…

The new location-aware app from Foursquare Labs is now available from the iTunes Store. Its exciting new feature is personalized searches for your friends. According to a Mashable article by Stan Schroeder, “Users can now see where their friends check in, explore places they haven’t yet visited and monitor popular destinations. They can also toggle the map so it only displays previously visited places, as well as “Saved” locations — that is, place you’ve added to your to-see list.” The App…

Just a few months ago, in June, Apple announced the latest major version of its operating system for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. It finally became available this week, though not all of the new and improved features are being welcomed by all of the new users. One point causing the most uproar in the online discussions is the completely redesigned Maps application. Since the beginning, the Maps app used Google’s satellite and map data. Now, Apple is using…

Apple’s Store is now back online and taking orders for the new iPhone 5.   Apple’s Partners including AT&T, Verizon and Sprint are also taking pre-orders on their respective websites.  The iPhone 5 starts at $199.00 USD for the 16gb model and is scheduled to be available in 21 countries on the 21st of September. You can order the iPhone 5 directly from the Apple Store online at: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone

Tim Cook, in an invitation only event in Sanfrancisco, introduced the iPhone 5 this morning.  The event which was held at the Beuna Yerba Center had a bevy of new announcements in regard to the iPhone / iPod series including the iPod Touch, iPod Nano and the iPhone 5.   Apple has posted the event in its entirety on its website  here: http://www.apple.com/apple-events/september-2012/

Apple has finally put an end to months of speculation concerning the iPhone 5.   With many different rumors and fake images swirling, Apple has announced that they will hold an event on the 12th of September. The event will take place at 10am PST at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.  This has been the location of all of the recent Apple events outside of the Education event held in New York. While apple generally does…

This month on Open Apple, Mike and Ken chat with David Schmidt, the programmer responsible for ADTPro. Beyond his own program, David has also contributed to the development of Davex, GSport, AppleCommander, CiderPress, OpenEmulator, DiscFerret, CFFA3000 — and much, much more. Collectively, the show’s hosts marvel at the deluge of Apple II games that are being ported to iOS, Apple’s mobile operating system … though we question the direction Jordan Mechner is taking the classic Karateka. Apple-1 computers continue to fetch…

It is possible that an iPhone 5 prototype has made its way out of the unknown labs at Apple. According to a Gizmodo article, it appears that a Chinese manufacturer of iPhone cases is showing an iPhone 5 in one of their cases, complete with the miniaturized dock connector. The question now: is it really a prototype, or is it just a simple mockup? If we look to history, we know that prototypes from Apple have made it out into the wild,…

Frank Black has released his latest rendition of Eamon Deluxe interactive fiction system.  Version 5.0 which runs on all flavors of Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, allows the users to experience the joys of playing the original Eamon adventures all in one place.  While the Eamon adventures were primarily developed for the Apple II series computers, this marks the first time that the system is available on all of the major current platforms. You can download the Eamon Deluxe…

Angry Birds Seasons HD for the iPad by Rovio Entertainment Ltd., is currently free in the iTunes App Store. The App was recently updated to version 2.4.1 and now has more than 290 levels within the game. This is not the shareware version of the program but instead is the full app.  You can download the app from the Apple iTunes store at: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/angry-birds-seasons-hd/id398329664?mt=8

Skype version 5.8 has been updated to 5.8.0.945.  The latest updates includes a host of general updates and stability bug fixes.   You can download the latest version of the Skype software from their website at: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-macosx

Gerard Puter has released a major update to the Virtual ][ Emulator. The latest update brings the emulator in line with the latest version of Mac OS X (Mountain Lion) and includes a number of video related improvements as well.  Improvements included in Version 7.0 of Virtual ][ are as follows: Virtual ][ is a Macintosh based Apple ][ emulator, which includes many advanced emulation features rarely found in other emulation packages.  Some of these advanced features include Epson compatible…

Google, Inc announced today that it has developed an iPhone and iPad compatible version of its popular Chrome web browser. The browser, which is available now in the App Store, offers many of the same features from the desktop version of Chrome, including synchronization across devices of bookmarks and tabs, as well as private “incognito” browsing. Google Chrome currently has over 310 million active users. The announcement was made on the second day of the Google I/O conference in San…