Matrox has announced the world’s first family of Thunderbolt docking stations for Apple’s MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. The Matrix DS1 series promises to deliver “all the productivity benefits of a desktop computer,” using just a single Thunderbolt port.
Apple has today launched its annual “Best Of” promotion highlighting the company’s top picks of 2012 from the iTunes Store, iOS App Store, Mac App Store, and iBookstore. This year’s winners in the UK include the iPhone app Airbnb, the iPad game Paper by FiftyThree, and the film Avengers Assemble.
In case you hadn’t already heard, Google finally brought an official Google Maps app to the iPhone on Wednesday night — much to the delight of those who haven’t been getting on with Apple’s new Maps service. It boasts some terrific features, including some that make their debut on iOS, and it’s well worth a download. Here’s why we recommend it.
The older Apple’s iPhone gets, the stronger the competition against it becomes. We’ve seen some terrific smartphones this year — the Samsung Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II, the HTC One X, and the Nokia Lumia 920 to name a few — all of which have attempted to knock Apple’s popular smartphone off its perch. But it’s the iPhone 5 that’s been named TIME Magazine’s gadget of the year.
If you have been experiencing random video flickering issues with your 2012 Mac mini and a HDMI connected monitor, you will be pleased to hear that Apple has now released a firmware update to address the problem.
Respected Apple news podcaster Mac OS Ken has shared an interesting discovery made by one his contributors – promotions for apps on the Apple TV. They can be found by navigating to Movies > Genres > Classics > Holiday Music, Movies, and More on the device, though they only seem to be present in the US iTunes Store – I was only able to find them after switching from the UK iTunes Store.
If you was hoping to get your hands on one of the shiny new 27-inch iMacs before the end of the year, and haven’t already placed your order with Apple, we have some bad new for you. Shipping estimates for the all-in-one machine now appear to have been pushed back to January in all countries.
Tim Cook’s first official TV interview as Apple CEO, which was provided to NBC’s Rock Center, aired in the United States last night. In the interview, Cook spoke candidly about taking over from Steve Jobs, bringing Mac production to the US, legal fights with Samsung, product development, and his interest in the television market.
Apple has updated its annual 12 Days of Christmas app for customers here in the UK, other European countries, and Canada. The app, which is available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, allows users to download free songs, music videos, apps, books and TV episodes each day between the 26th of December and the 6th of January.