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Apple CEO Tim Cook was on stage with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg yesterday at AllThingsD's D11 conference, and he talked about a great many things involving Apple. The full transcript can be read over at The Verge, but did you know Apple has acquired 9 companies since October last ...

Hands-on with iRigHD
By Keith White



Having been delighted with the original iRig guitar interface I was eagerly awaiting a test drive of the iRigHD which was launched at NAMM 2103. So what is it? It’s still a guitar/bass/instrument interface but with a huge lift in audio quality. This comes from a 24-bit A/D converter which cleans up the signal to crystal clarity. It has a ...

Just when you think the jokes about iPads and women's hygiene products had died down, along comes a rumour about the iPad Maxi, a 12.9-inch version of Apple's iPad. The rumour claims the larger iPad will launch in 2014 to target the ultrabook market, as well as increasing the utility of the iPad for ...

Every now and then, an app in the iTunes App Store makes you stop dead in your tracks because it’s just so amazingly quirky and completely absurd that you just have to take notice. Sometimes it’s the graphics, the concept or even something as simple as the name will make you do a double take. Very rarely is it the developer. Enter: Run That Town, by none other than the Australian Bureau of Statistics.



I’m sure you’ve all used the ABS at some point, whether it was in high school for some assignment or just to a prove a point to a mate. Point is, the ABS is pretty standard fare. Their website looks like it’s still stuck in the 90s. Not so their beautifully crafted, ingeniously thought out and super cute game.

Right off the bat, the game will ensnare you with its charm (not a word I use often - read ever - when describing anything ABS related), both visual and typed. The animated opening is fun and the graphics are clean cut and simple. ...

LIVING IN A BUBBLE
By Anonymous.



I was fortunate enough to visit the Hong Kong Electronics Fair in April. The exhibition is held in a massive expo space in an area called Wan Chai on Hong Kong Island. The fair is billed as ‘Asia’s Largest Spring Electronics Fair’. I’ve been to my share of expos in the past and this one was the biggest I’ve ever seen.

Product categories on show included audio/visual, accessories, gaming, ...

It's rumoured Foxconn will begin to diversify their business to reduce their reliance upon Apple for most of their business, and they're going to be doing just that by branching out into software and licensed Apple accessories. Licensed Apple accessories I can understand —*think docks, cables, adapters, ...

Eleven months ago I was lucky enough to be offered a chance to run this little website, a place I've been a member of for seven years, a place that introduced me to people who became my best friends. It's been a wonderful experience.

During that time, the team at MacTalk ...

The latest in the Jony Ive iOS 7 redesign space is that iOS 7 will debut with a look that's black, white, and flat all over. Sources have told 9to5Mac that the new look for iOS drops heavy textures and adds new black and white user interface elements. There's a few other details about specific parts ...

Apple has confirmed to AllThingsD that its WWDC keynote will be happening on Monday June 10, at 10am. That's 3am our time on Tueseday, June 11th, and while there aren't any details for an Apple live stream of the event it still might be a little early for that kind of thing. Here's hoping, though. ...