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Hardware Rumor

Possible Broadcom 802.11ac Wi-Fi card spotted, currently supported in OS X 10.8.4 betas

Your Wi-Fi is about to get faster. Which is never a bad thing. Per 9to5Mac, additional evidence has surfaced indicating that Apple’s incoming next round of MacBook Air/Pros would contain 802.11AC Gigabit wifi chips, not the least of which was code we found referencing ’802.11AC‘ in 10.8.4 Betas. Reader TonyMacx86, found some interesting parts on […]

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iPhone News

AT&T to offer FaceTime connections over cellular for all LTE-compatible iPhones by end of 2013

This could prove useful. Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog and The Verge, wireless carrier AT&T has indicated that all iPhone subscribers will be able to use FaceTime via a cellular connection by the end of 2013, as stated below: “For video chat apps that come pre-loaded on devices, we currently give all OS and device […]

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News Software

HandBrake updated to 0.9.9

Handbrake, Eric Petit’s incredibly useful open-source DVD ripping/conversion utility, has been updated to version 0.9.9. The new version, a 9.1 megabyte download, offers the following fixes and changes: General: – Improved HandBrake pineapple icon by Matt Johnson. – Improved Retina-resolution icons within the application, by Nik Pawlak (http://nikpawlak.com). Core: – Blu-ray (PGS) subtitle support. – […]

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Hardware Rumor

Rumor: Apple, suppliers testing 1.5-inch displays for upcoming “iWatch”

It’s in the rumor mill, so part of it must be true. Per

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MacBook Air News retail

13-inch MacBook Air inventory beginning to come up short, new models expected around WWDC

When the inventory numbers trend downwards, the cool new stuff tends to be around the corner. Per AppleInsider, availability of Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Air had apparently begun to dry up at major authorized resellers. The popular 13-inch MacBook Air with a 1.8-gigahertz processor and 256-gigabyte solid-state drive is currently out of stock at resellers Amazon, […]