Lenovo Takes on MacBook Air with ThinkPad X1 Carbon Touch

Reminiscent of the “Hi, I’m a Mac” “and I’m a PC” days, and more recently, the Samsung and Microsoft ads) Lenovo have come out swinging with Carbon Vs Air.  A comparison between the Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon vs Apple 13″ Macbook Air.

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Noreve Exceptional Selection Indigo iPhone 5 Case

We’ve covered Noreve before at Essential Apple and we liked their range of cases to suite all tastes and sizes without that “made for mass market so it feels cheap” normality. Having covered the Noreve Exceptional case before we present for your indulgance the indigo version.
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10 Of The Best iPhone Apps For Price Comparisons

Everyone is on the lookout for the best price or deal when shopping for something.  These 10 price comparison apps will help you make informed shopping decisions, so that you don’t have to worry about missing out on essential savings.
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Twitch.tv Version 2.3.3. Less Features, More Adverts, Same Blank Video Streams

The online gaming juggernaut Twitch.Tv releases a new version of it’s popular but often broken iOS app. There’s the usual “bug fixes” but in an odd move they’ve removed search and limited the amount of watchable streams to 300.

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Smartphone Assistant Wars: Google Now VS Siri

Look out Siri, there’s a new smartphone assistant in town. Google launched Google Now for iPhone and iPad users on April 30. Available for Android devices for nearly a year, the new iOS version of Google Now is aimed at … Read More

WWDC 2013 iPad and iPhone Wallpapers

WWDC 2013 was announced with a striking logo looking not too dissimilar to when you press and hold on an icon to move / delete said icon. If you fancy some really nice WWDC 2013 iPad and iPhone wallpapers we’ve … Read More

AudioBus Compatability Added to iGrand Piano and iLectric Piano Apps

Especially interesting to BossJock users, you can now use iGrand Piano and iLectric Piano with your favourite sequencing, effects and recording apps. iGrand Piano for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, and iLectric Piano for iPad is now Audiobus compatible, allowing players to use these apps with their other Audiobus-compatible music apps like AmpliTube, GarageBand and BossJock Studio.
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Silverwind iOS 6.1.4 jailbreak Is Fake

Missed the window to upgrade to iOS 6.1.2 which was still jailbreak friendly? A quick google for a jailbreak for iOS 6.1.4 brought up a site called Silverwind or silv3rwind so I decided to research this to see if it’s a legitimate Jailbreak for an iPhone 5
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Sigh Dell Commissioned White Paper Argues Dell Cheaper To Manage Than Apple with Bias

A cracking read here from Julian Lepinski who takes a look at a Dell commissioned whitepaper on the cost of putting iPads in the enterprise environment over that of Dell. Is anyone surprised the report favored Dell with some biased … Read More

Review : Stellar Partition Manager For Mac

7.5

Decent

If you’ve used a computer for any length of time you’ll be familiar with partition sizes, partition types during the setup phase but what about later on down the line? I’ve done it myself being overcautious or forgetting to create a spare one just for data.  And so the search for Mac Partition manager brings us nicely onto this review.

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