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In the wake of Adobe’s decision to provide new versions of Photoshop only to Creative Cloud subscribers, we wonder if Pixelmator could be an acceptable Photoshop substitute. Spoiler: the answer is, “It depends on who you are.” Read the full article at…

Keeping up with Apple is hard enough, but when Google announces a boatload of products, updates, and services during a 3-hour keynote at the Google I/O developer conference, we’re happy to let others — The Next Web in this case — compile the list. Many…

After reading a couple of breathless announcements of the App Store’s 50 billionth download and Pixelmator 2.2’s 500,000 downloads, Adam Engst attempts to bring some context to these big numbers. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously…

Creative Cloud may be the way Adobe sees the future, but lots of people don’t like it. Josh Centers outlines some of the problems with Creative Cloud, with suggestions on both how Adobe could solve them and how you can register your opinions.  Read the full…

Dots is a simple, yet addicting casual connect-the-dots game for the iPhone.  Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS…

Maintenance release fixes Zoom to Width on smaller screens. ($59.95/$99.95 new, free update, 50/50.7 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our…

The release also tweaks the rendering of multi-disc albums for an improved display in Albums view, plus adds display of album artwork to the Songs view. (Free, 188 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication…

Our latest title, Michael E. Cohen’s “Take Control of PDFpen 6,” explains precisely what you can do with PDFpen 6 and its big brother, PDFpenPro 6, and with the mobile versions, PDFpen for iPad and PDFpen for iPhone. Read the full article at TidBITS,…

Macworld is on a winning streak of constructive suggestions for how Apple could improve the products we all rely on every day. Josh Centers takes a look at some of their best ideas. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published…

Fixes issues recognizing connected video cameras and improves compatibility with iMovie for iOS ($14.99 new, free update, 1.08 GB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text…

In an interview with 60 Minutes, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates reflected on competing with Steve Jobs and visiting the Apple founder near the end of his life. Gates was uncharacteristically emotional, saying, “He and I, in a sense, grew up together.” Gates…

Beleaguered smartphone maker BlackBerry has announced that its Messenger service will come to iOS and Android this summer. The chat service, one of BlackBerry’s most loved features, is still used by 60 million people a month, generating 10 billion messages…

Adds two new designs geared toward image galleries, plus adds support for optimizing Web site images for Retina displays. ($79.99 new, free update, 37.8 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the…

Adds support for OAuth 2.0 authorization and Google’s new CalDAV API for Google Calendar. ($29.99 new, free update, 9.4 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS…

In a discussion of where Apple needs to take iOS 7, WWDC, and the App Store, TidBITS Contributing Editor and iOS programming book author Matt Neuburg contributed his exhausting mix of detailed analysis and irrepressible ranting to Chuck Joiner’s MacVoices…

How can you type on an iPad while on the go? You could muddle along on the virtual keyboard, of course, or you could carry a physical Bluetooth keyboard around with you. The TouchFire takes a middle course. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest…

Notable software releases this week include Thunderbolt Firmware Update v1.2, Alfred 2.0.3, Microsoft Office 2011 14.3.4, and Fission 2.1.3. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a…

With Managing Editor Josh Centers on the job, we have a nice set of ExtraBITS for you to read this week, including articles about how the iPad could interfere with pacemakers, how iOS encryption is slowing down law enforcement, concerns about Apple’s weak…

If you’re looking for more of a challenge from casual iOS games, then our own Matt Neuburg’s apps will hit the spot. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed,…

If you want to stay heart healthy, you should exercise, eat right, not smoke, and… stay away from iPads? As Bloomberg reports, 14-year-old Gianna Chien has discovered that the 30 magnets in the iPad 2, which are used to hold the Smart Cover in place, could…

Despite recent complaints about iOS security, it’s effective against at least one group: law enforcement. According to Declan McCullagh at CNET, police departments around the country are sufficiently stymied by iOS device encryption that they’re turning to…

Marvin, an ebook reader for iPad, offers advanced reading tools over other ebook readers, but its Achilles heel is faithful rendering of more complex book layouts. Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on…

Addresses stability issues with Target Disk Mode (Free, 1.22 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our work and become a TidBITS member!…

After a recent major update to the keyboard-driven launcher, version 2.0.3 squashes a heaping helping of bugs. (Free, £15 for Powerpack, 2.8 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To…

Maintenance release with a few targeted fixes for Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word. (Free update, 113 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help support our…

Updates Batch Converter to handle all Windows Media files and ALAC-encoded CAF files. ($32 new, free update, 11.5 MB) Read the full article at TidBITS, the oldest continuously published technology publication on the Internet. To get a full-text RSS feed, help…

The App.net messaging infrastructure service has released Passport, an iOS utility app that also enables signing up for a free-tier account without an invitation, but doesn’t allow posting or messaging. This is all part of App.net’s support for…

Cloud Mate’s developers have been so hard at work since our review a month ago that it deserves another visit. Along with an improved Mac app, there’s now an iOS version of Cloud Mate that magically shows you all your iCloud documents, even though that…

Developer and entrepreneur Peter Nixey has posted an open letter to Apple emoting about problems with and proposing solutions to managing photos on Apple devices. Nixey’s main complaints revolve around the lack of useful iOS tools for photo management,…

Apple’s tumultuous stock price has pushed it into and out of the top spot among U.S. companies by market capitalization, but that doesn’t help with the Fortune 500 list, which ranks companies by gross revenue. Not that Apple’s doing badly there either…