So lets face it. Sometimes we all just need to kill a little time. It’s relaxing. Whether you’re on your lunch break at work (or not) or if you are just bored one night and can’t sleep…this list should help you cure your boredom. I’ve compiled 12 apps … Read More »
Bio:Josh Pigford, founder and editor of TheAppleBlog, is a writer and interactive designer based out of beautiful Denver, Colorado. In addition to immersing himself in all things Apple, he also designs and develops interactive products for companies both large and small around the globe.
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TAB will no longer support full-text feeds in certain feed readers
By Josh Pigford
Aug. 1, 2007, 12:00pm PT
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When The Apple Blog first launched 3 years ago we did not offer full-text RSS feeds. That decision wasn’t really based so much on wanting people to visit the site more, but rather we just didn’t realize people wanted full-text so badly. Within the first year … Read More »
Just a quick reminder that our first monthly Game Showdown: Tetris is ending tonight around midnight! You’ve still got time to win the $25 Amazon.com gift certificate! Full details… Read More »
I’ve decided to start doing a monthly “Game Showdown” in our lovely community. Each month I’ll pick a specific game and then everybody will have 7 days to play the game. Whoever has the highest score at the end of the 7 days will get a … Read More »
Don’t think that just because you’ve got a new phone that cost as much as some PC’s that you are somehow above customizing the look of your phone. You know good and well you want to be in the crowd of 13-year-old teenage girls who customize … Read More »
For the past month or so I’ve been using Crayon Room’s Moody app almost religiously. It’s just so good. Moody lets you tag your iTunes music based on color with “upper red” being for sad-intense music and “lower green” being for happy-calm music. There’s no … Read More »
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Apple’s much anticipated Bluetooth headset is now available to order in the Apple store. It will run you around $130 and is scheduled to ship in 2-4 weeks. The headset also includes the iPhone Dual Dock and iPhone Bluetooth Travel Cable. Thankfully there are no blinking … Read More »
I currently run a small urban vinyl toy shop where we run all of the shipment processing from mac-based software. At the moment we exclusively use USPS for all shipping (both domestic and international), and lucky for us there is some software that helps streamline … Read More »
Here are a couple of photos with Apple related content from Flickr. I have plans of doing this type of post regularly…we’ll see how that turns out.
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This is a killer angle that shows a near perfect reflection of his computer screen in his coffee.
Hack The iPhone has posted an in-depth walkthrough on how to get custom ringtones working on your iPhone. It requires quite a bit of hackery and, if you’re not careful, could very well kill off your iPhone altogether. I honestly don’t think I’d want to risk … Read More »
Today Apple’s iCal application turns the rip old age of five. In case you hadn’t noticed, the iCal application ican stays a constant “July 17″ which, not surprisingly, also happens to be the day it was released to the masses (ie. its birth). iCal is currently … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Jul. 17, 2007, 4:06pm PT
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Here are some active topics in the community that might be of interest to you. External hard drive suggestions… Next Big Apple Device MacBook Battery Life (After 1-Year) (Poll) How do you organize your documents? Apple Mail Importing Workaround Read More »
Design/interactive shop Blue Flavor, has released a suite of small iPhone apps called Leaflets. Straight from the horses mouth: Leaflets are fun, useful applications designed to run fast on your iPhone—even over AT&T’s EDGE network. Apple’s iPhone allows developers to harness the power of web-based development to … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Jun. 26, 2007, 7:57pm PT
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We’re looking for another round of new writers for TAB. If you’ve got a love for all things Apple and an ever great love for writing about Apple, we’d like to chat with you. A few things before you take the time to contact us: You MUST have … Read More »
The guys at Bandwagon are hooking TAB readers up with a sweet deal! The first 25 people who send an email to tab@ridethebandwagon.com will get the Bandwagon iTunes backup service free for an entire year (a savings of $24). Bandwagon automatically keeps your entire iTunes collection … Read More »
Well we launched the brand-spankin’ new TAB this evening. The transition was relatively flawless…which is always a plus. I’ll have a full writeup in the morning about new features and what not, so look for that. In the meantime, if you notice any bugs/browser quirks/etc, please either post … Read More »
Just some quick TAB news here. Tonight we’ll be pushing the new version of TAB live. We have a new design, new logo, and a few new features all ready to go. The site will be down for a few hours while we push everything live and make … Read More »
&D.K. just sent me an email with a video he posted showing a design proposal for an eBook reader. The idea is that the hardware (which would look/feel like a book) makes use of the iPod and iTunes store for getting content. Read More »
So I’m a fairly hardcore Backpack (aff) user. I use it heavily for both business and personal things and I’d bit a disorganized mess without it. Unfortunately, as with most web applications, when you’re disconnected from the internet (whether traveling or just having trouble finding … Read More »
The Apple Blog is at WWDC 2007 right now and will be doing our best to bring you live coverage here in this blog post. Stay tuned…. (Eddie Hargreaves is onsite, and Nick Santilli is transcribing comments) 2 minute warning: Standard pre-keynote music is playing: Gnarls Barkeley, Beck, Gorillaz, U2, … Read More »
I’m a couple of weeks away from launching the brand new TAB and would love to have some fresh eyes check it out and offer some suggestions/bug reports. If you’re interested, just post here and I’ll PM you the details. I’m really only looking for people who … Read More »
Well our little giveaway has now come to an end. It has been a ton of fun and it has been great getting too meet some of the “new folks” to the community! Below you will find the list of winners…without a listing of prizes. “What?!?!,” … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
May. 15, 2007, 7:10am PT
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Our huge TAB Giveaway will be ending in less than 24 hours! It’s been a massive success with hundreds of new community members and thousands of new posts! I wanted to post about how we’ll be choosing the winners this time around. This time will be quite different … Read More »
Yesterday Best Buy put a snazzy little gift set on its shelves that could make the perfect Mother’s Day gift…if you really really like your Mom (and I do…Hi mom). The gift set included a 4GB iPod nano and a heap of chocolate all wrapped … Read More »
Just a quick update on our killer giveaway we’re doing here. Things are going strong and there have been thousands of posts in the community and hundreds of new people getting involved. There is just over 1 week left in the contest but it’s not to … Read More »
A couple of months ago I made the transition from a PowerMac G5 to a 17″ MacBook Pro. Up until then I had never used a laptop in a stationary work environment and was a bit green to what sort of things would really make … Read More »
Spire has always been a favorite of ours. They make solid bags that are lightweight yet still extremely functional. I’ve been using the Endo XL for a few weeks now and it really has just about everything I could need. What makes it so … Read More »
Our last giveaway was a huge success and a lot of fun…and it’s time to go at it again! This time the prizes are bigger and better and sure to make quite a few folks happy. The Prizes 1 – Apple TV from Apple 1 – Volt XL … Read More »
This afternoon Apple announced that the release of Leopard would be delayed until October. The originally schedule date of release was in June and less than a month ago Apple denied rumors that the release date had been pushed back to October. The reason for … Read More »
Jason emailed me this morning with the great idea to start a TAB Folding@Home team. I’ve participated in the Folding@Home project in years past but it had fallen off of my radar recently. If you aren’t familiar with F@H, it’s a distributed computing project that … Read More »
There has been recent discussion around here about how folks keep track of the plethora of serial numbers and licenses for all their dandy applications. Everything from homegrown PHP/MySQL solutions to old fashioned email to actual applications was mentioned. Needless to say there are some … Read More »
The Filter, an ‘instant playlist generator plugin for iTunes’, just launched today. This little plugin, backed by Peter Gabriel, is a great way to build playlists of music on the fly. You can create playlists in a number of ways, but what seems the most … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Mar. 20, 2007, 11:35am PT
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We’re working on the next version of TAB and would love to have your feedback! We’ve set up a tiny form here that asks 2 questions and would really take all of about 9 seconds to do it. No personal info is collected, so don’t worry about … Read More »
Jamie Huskisson has written a nice article on how to lock and password protect you mac using a combination of screensavers, hot corners, and FileVault. The benefit of his method is that your computer won’t go to sleep…meaning if you’re in the middle of running some … Read More »
Comparatively speaking, OS X users don’t cutomize the interface of OS X as much as their Windows counterparts. I personally love the OS X interface and have no desire to significantly change it, but there are certainly quite a large number of people who do. Below a … Read More »
So a bit of shameless self promo here. I just snagged myself a brand new MacBook Pro and thus no longer have a need for my beast of a G5. Sooo, I’ve got it up on eBay for sale. Basic details are: Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5 5GB of … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Feb. 5, 2007, 11:45am PT
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By Josh Pigford
Feb. 5, 2007, 11:40am PT
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This morning Apple announced the release of 4 new iPod shuffles (each of differing color). 3 of the colors are identical to colors available in the iPod nano line. They have also added a new orange color for the shuffles. Apple has also changed it’s shuffle tag line … Read More »
We’ve been wanting to offer something like this for quite a while and are happy to finally be able to do so. I present to you The Apple Blog Job Board. A huge portion of you (our readers) are in the technology field in some way or … Read More »
The browser is arguably the most used application on anyone’s computer and with the onslaught of hundreds (if not thousands) of new web applications, the time spent in said browsers will only increase. Back in college in my various graphic design classes, one thing that I really … Read More »
Whether you’re writing a simple article for a blog, piecing together the next blockbuster hit, or penning a 500 page romance novel, there are quite a few options for helping you get all of that information organized and drafted. There really are enough to chose from … Read More »
Apple has quietly rolled out a bit of a facelift to the OS X Downloads area. It’s a much lighter tone with a lot of additional whitespace over the previous design. Could this be any hint of where a possible Apple.com redesign might go? Tip: Piotr … Read More »
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Apple announces new keyboard…and officially makes the wireless version lame
Today Apple announced a brand new shiny keyboard. It’s sculpted out of beautiful aluminum is freakishly thing. But with all the hype they managed to leave out some major differences in the wired vs. wireless versions. The top keyboard in that image is the wired and the … Read More »