The latest episodic adventure from Telltale Games, The Wolf Among Us, has been getting favorable reviews around the web, but Mac gamers haven't yet been able to sample the new title. According to a post on Telltale's community site, the Mac version has run into "an unforeseen issue," and will be delayed a "few days."

The Wolf Among Us features an alternative take on classic fairy tales and children's stories including Snow White, The Three Little Pigs and Little Red Riding Hood. The game has been split up into five episodes which will be released individually over the course of several weeks. When the first episode is ready to roll on Mac, it will be available via Steam and the Telltale website.

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Snapchat originally rose to popularity thanks to the false sense of security its timed photos provided. It wasn't long before intrepid code monkeys discovered that the app was actually storing photos it claimed to have deleted. That rather blatant oversight has since been corrected, but today the company has revealed that while viewed photos (or "Snaps," as they prefer to call them) are indeed lost forever, previously unseen Snaps can be viewed by certain Snapchat staff -- oh, and they've shared "about a dozen" with law enforcement agencies.

In a lengthy blog post, Snapchat Trust & Safety director Micah Schaffer detailed just who can access your photos and when.

"Since May 2013, about a dozen of the search warrants we've received have resulted in us producing unopened Snaps to law enforcement. That's out of...

ABC's entrepreneur investor reality show Shark Tank is currently the number one TV show in its Friday time slot, drawing 6.4 million viewers total and 1.7 million in the ever-important 18-49 demographic. A panel of millionaires and billionaires listen to pitches from entrepreneurs looking for investors in their companies. Some people walk away with millions of dollars in investments, others with nothing. But how does an appearance on the show impact your company when you don't win over the investors? For one app developer, the answer is swimmingly.

Garret Gee's startup Scan appeared this past Friday, October 12, on the show seeking US$1 million for his QR-code scanning mobile app. While his pitch was denied by the investors, viewers were sold, and his app has jumped wildly in the charts since the show aired.

On Thursday, Scan, which...

Until October 25th, 2013, enter to win a set of SuperTooth Disco Twin Bluetooth speakers from Electronista.
    

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As Samsung's home country of South Korea approaches connected device saturation, Apple's share of the market is dwarfed by Samsung's share, according to a new report from mobile analytics firm Flurry.

Of a total of 33,527,534 active smartphones and tablets in South Korea, Apple iPads and iPhones make up 14 percent. Samsung devices, including larger phone/tablet hybrids, make up 60 percent of all connected devices. LG and Pantech are also popular in the country, with 10 and 15 percent share, respectively.

Based on rapid device adoption in 2011 and 2012 and slowing adoption numbers in 2013, Flurry suggests South Korea is the first market to approach connected device saturation, serving as an early indicator of what smartphone adoption might look like in other worldwide markets as mobile market growth begins to slow.As shown in the graph,...

One of the great, and yet little known, features in mobile Safari is that it allows you to search a webpage for a specific word. This feature is a lifesaver if you happen to come across a lengthy article, for example, and want to quickly skip ahead to a particular segment of the document.

Here's how it all works.

Let's say I hop on over to ESPN.com to check out the latest sports news. Here I see ESPN's splash page talking about the Red Sox playoff win.

But let's say I need my football fix and want to quickly jump to any articles discussing Peyton Manning without having to scroll through the site's entire front page.

So, to find any references to "Manning," I simply double tap the URL bar in mobile Safari, which brings me to this page.

Next, I start typing my search query, in this case "Manning," into the Safari search bar. All I see next are listings of Google Search suggestions.

But wait! There's more here than meets the eye.

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Earlier this year, SuperTooth -- a company located in France that specializes in making Bluetooth car kits and speakers -- released the Disco Twin Bluetooth speaker system. While many companies offer single Bluetooth speakers these days, it is a only in a pair of Bluetooth speakers that users get true stereo sound in a portable package. Electronista has a set of these awesome speakers to give away to our readers....
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Together the iPhone and the iPad currently represent about 14 percent of South Korean mobile devices, according to new tracking data from Flurry. In all, there are about 33 million smartphones and tablets in use in the country. Most of these are made by local firms; Samsung has a 60 percent share, while LG is in second at 15 percent. Pantech -- a marginal device maker in the US -- controls a 10 percent share in its home country. The remaining 1 percent in Korea is split between all other Android device makers....
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It's always busy in the App Store with a never-ending flood of new apps landing on iOS and OS X. Take a few minutes and check out our list of stand-out titles from the past few weeks! If that's not enough, you can also follow our ongoing coverage of new apps as they are released.

New iOS Apps

• Pickle - Smart Clipper (WEB IMAGE, GIF & SCREENSHOT) for iPad [iPad; Category: Productivity; $0.99] Pickle is the easiest way to clip Images & GIFs from websites.

• Cavorite 3 [iOS Universal; Category: Games; $1.99] Cavorite 3 continues the original and genre-crossing adventure game series, appealing to fans of puzzlers and platformers alike.

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Rockpack is a social video-curation app that allows you to create and share a bucket list of your favorite online videos. The lists are called "packs" and are shared with your friends and the larger Rockpack community. It's a visually striking app that makes excellent use of video thumbnails and profile images.

The app encourages you to create your own curated "packs" of videos and add them to categories so the world can see them. You can view and follow lists created by other people, which is a great way to find quality online content without spending hours watching terrible, time-wasting clips. A pack friending feature makes it easy to find other people who share your taste in videos whether it be adventure sporting, DIY, cooking or more.

The biggest drawback to Rockpack is the registration requirement, which is a turnoff to people who just want to try out the app. I understand that you need an account to save and share videos,...

It ended up taking almost no time at all for a prepaid wireless carrier to announce that it will begin selling the iPhone 5s and 5c, with Virgin Mobile jumping on the new phones at the beginning of October. Now competitor Cricket Wireless has announced that both of the newest iPhones will be available on the prepaid network starting October 25.

Cricket hasn't announced what pricing will be like for the phones. At the present time, they sell the 16 GB iPhone 5 for US$600, the 16 GB iPhone 4S for $500, and the 8 GB iPhone 4 for $400. The company uses an installment plan to sell the phones, with an iPhone 5 going for $25 down and 23 payments of $25 -- similar plans with smaller down and monthly payments are available for the other phones.

The Cricket network currently serves 6.2 million customers in the US, offering 4G LTE connectivity in some metropolitan...

For the second time, Apple has been hit with a class action lawsuit from a former employee who claims that he was not fairly compensated for "off the clock" activities that should have been subject to overtime pay. Recall that a similar suit was filed against Apple back in July of this year.

The latest lawsuit was filed by Taylor Kalin, who worked for more than two years at an Apple retail store in Spokane, Wash. Kalin alleges that as an employee, he was required to stand in line in order to check devices in and out. What's more, he was also required to stand in line for security checks before leaving on his lunch break for the day. These lines, the suit alleges, were often so long that employees would routinely have to wait upwards of 30 minutes before being able to leave, even though they were already off the clock.

Kalin's attorney, Peter R. Dion-Kindem,...

Fission can crop and trim audio, paste in or join files, or just rapidly split one long file into many. It's streamlined for fast editing. Plus, it works without the quality loss caused by other editors, so you can get perfect quality audio even when editing MP3 and AAC files.

If you need to convert formats, Fission can do that too! You can rapidly export or batch convert files to the MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, FLAC, AIFF, and WAV formats.

Key Features:

• Edit MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless, and AIFF files with no quality loss
• Quickly split a long audio file into smaller files
• Remove unwanted content, such as commercials, from your audio file
• Re-arrange audio in a single file, copy audio from one file to another, or merge with a quick drag and drop
• Create great-sounding MP3 or AAC ringtones for your cell phone.

Version 2.1.4:

• Fission now offers full support...

Samsung has a decided home-field advantage in South Korea, but a new study looking at market share in that country shows that Apple's iOS accounts for roughly one out of every seven mobile devices even in its rival's backyard.
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It’s hard to keep track of new releases from all your favorite artists. Especially if you are a music geek like us.

Hence, we three guys bootstrapped Roadee Music, the iOS Release Notifier. It’s dead simple: Follow an artist, see their discography and get push-notified as soon as they release new music. That’s it. No login, no bullshit, just $1.99. You will never miss a release from an artist you love again.

A number of Hong Kong case manufacturers recently showed cases for the second-generation iPad mini that could allude to a size slightly larger than the first iPad mini. The cases seem to fit a device with a thickness of 7.5 mm, as compared to the current iPad mini’s 7.2 mm,…

Here is the only rumor that came out this week that has even the remotest chance of coming true:

Apple Will Hold Fall iPad Event on October 22 (AllThingsD)

Continuing its proud tradition of not being full of crap (an increasingly rare thing amongst tech publications when it comes to Apple), AllThingsD has once again correctly pegged the date of an upcoming Apple event well in advance of an official announcement. I feel comfortable saying they got it right because Jim Dalrymple of The Loop gave this rumor a "yep," and unlike the armies of so-called "reliable" analysts out there, Jim is a source you absolutely can trust in these matters.

So what can we expect to see at this event? A fifth-generation full-size iPad that looks similar to the current iPad mini. The iPad mini itself will probably have a Retina display (unless it doesn't)....

Some Chinese case-makers expect the new iPad mini to be roughly 0.3mm thicker than the current model, going from 7.2mm to 7.5mm, according to a report from Mac Otakara. The cases also indicate the device will be 0.2mm wider, growing from 134.7mm to some 134.9mm.

A number of iPad mini backplates, supposedly from the new device, have leaked over the past few months, with no hint that the size of the new mini will be different from the old one. However, given the small size changes in the new report -- only 0.3mm difference in thickness -- it would likely take a micrometer to notice any change.

The third-...

Apple has officially launched its iPhone trade-in program in the UK. Officially called the Reuse and Recycling Program, the initiative allows users to receive in-store credit for their current mobile phone to use towards the purchase of a new iPhone. The iPhone trade-in program has been live in the US for some time, but its UK launch marks new territory.

To be sure, you're still better of selling your old iPhone yourself -- via services like eBay or Gumtree -- as Apple doesn't give you as much money for your device as you could otherwise get. For example, an unlocked black, 32 GB iPhone 5 in perfect condition only nets you £230 from Apple, while you could easily get over £400 for such a device on Gumtree.

Still, the program will benefit those who want a simple and fast way to get credit for their old phones when buying a new iPhone.

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Apple’s latest iPhones are headed to Cricket. The prepaid carrier, which is about to be purchased by AT&T as part of its acquisition of Leap Wireless, will begin offering the iPhone 5s and 5c to its customers on Oct. 25. No word yet on Cricket’s pricing for the devices, though prepaid customers typically pay full fare.

Over the past few days I've had the pleasure to play with and listen to the latest offering from Sonos, the PLAY:1, and I'm amazed. They've either discovered magic or decided to lower their margins because, at US$199, the PLAY:1 now opens the door for many more prospective Sonos customers than before without sacrificing any quality at all. Yes, compared to the now middle(-sized) Sonos child (the PLAY:3) the PLAY:1 sounds different, but to my ears neither better nor worse. The new PLAY:1 has a bit more midrange than the PLAY:3 but that's just fine. The size and the price of this make it either a perfect entry point for someone into the Sonos world, or a perfect add-on for the kitchen or bedroom where you're wishing you had a Sonos unit. Buy two and you're in stereo mode. Or add 'em to your Playbar for true rear-channel surround sound. We went into a longer discussion about it during today's Mac Geek Gab #470 if you want to hear more (along with the story of how I set them up)....

The next-generation iPad mini will be a fraction of a millimeter thicker and feature a larger battery to offset the power requirements of its rumored Retina display, according to accessory manufacturers at a major Hong Kong electronics trade show.
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Space Gray iPad mini 2 casing (via Sonny Dickson)

One of the most exciting new features of the upcoming iPad mini successor is perhaps the long-rumored Retina display. Apple has been developing a Retina-version (Apple’s term for the crisper display found on iPhones, the larger iPads, and some MacBook Pros), but the company has been reluctant to ship it due to cost, hardware size, and battery-life concerns. Though for October 22nd, it sounds like Apple has an iPad mini with Retina display ready to go.

But, it could potentially have a very minor trade-off: some extra thickness and width that will likely not be noticeable to the...

Margolin Development, a developer of technology products for Hollywood’s photographic and motion picture applications, has released the SteadySnake Neck-Pod, which is designed to carry and provide virtually hands-free operation of an iPad, iPhone or most any camcorder or digital camera that weighs three pounds or less.  

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IK Multimedia's iRig Pro -- the newest entry into the increasingly crowded audio input field -- seeks to set itself apart from the pack with its versatility and ease of use. Contributing Editor Chuck La Tournous leaves no cliché unturned as he cuts to the chase to see if this acorn fell far from the iRig tree or if it's a jack of all trades and master of none.

AT&T has announced on its blog that it will eliminate its standard monthly voice and data plans for new customers, and instead offer Mobile Share plans. As AT&T explains:

Beginning Oct. 25, we're streamlining the plans we offer new customers. Our customers have expressed an overwhelming preference for simplified options that allow them to share data across multiple devices. New customers will have the choice of any of our Mobile Share plans, which start as low as $50 a month for a basic phone or $70 a month for a smartphone - both of which include unlimited talk and text and 300MB of data that can be shared. In 95 percent of the new customer scenarios, Mobile Share offers the same or better price with additional value.

It's important to note that if you are an existing AT&T customer, your plans...

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In ExtraBITS this week: T-Mobile cuts international roaming charges, lost Doctor Who episodes come to iTunes, and CloudPaint resurrects MacPaint for the Web.

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iBooks Author Widget Tester 1.0.2 may not open on a device after the device has been updated to iOS 7.

Apple’s Reuse and Recycling Programme is now available in-store across the UK, reports "The Next Web" (http://tinyurl.com/l65f8wd). It allows customers to trade in their existing iPhone and receive a discount on a new one.

The trade-in price varies for older handset ands depends on the condition of the display and physical buttons, as well as any engravings or liquid damage affecting the device. Credit is offered as a gift card, which the buyer has to spend at that moment against a new iPhone.

Apple's upcoming iPad hardware refresh is widely believed to bring a thinner overall form factor with narrower bezels and an iPad mini-like cross-section for the fifth-generation tablet, leading Cupertino to introduce a new version of the popular iPad Smart Cover, according to one analyst.
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Some people love Apple's playful new iPhone case, while others experience Trypophobia at the sight of it. Meanwhile, a pair of developers decided to look at it from a whole new angle: backwards.

The devs at Bytesize noticed that if you put the new iPhone case on the wrong way -- that is, covering the screen with the small holes -- it resembles the old game Connect Four. So they decided to quickly code Flipcase, a free app which allows you to turn your iPhone and its case into a digital version of the classic tabletop game.

Flipcase is simple.Just tap one of the empty holes to fill it with a color. Your friend taps another hole to fill it with a different color...

Apple has sent out emails offering iTunes credit to certain customers who bought iPhoto, iMovie, or the iWork apps — Keynote, Pages, and Numbers — on Sept. 1 or later, before the company’s recent iPhone announcement. Those customers must have also purchased a new iOS device after Sept. 1. During…

Sandvox is for Mac users who want to create a professional looking website quickly and easily. With Sandvox, you don't need to be a Web genius to build a stylish, feature-rich, standards-compliant website that's functional and user friendly. Sandvox's drag and drop interface lets you watch your website take shape and come to life as you build it. And, once finished, you can upload your site to your favorite host.

Whether you're a new website creator or a seasoned professional, you can make use of Sandvox to build the website of your dreams. New users can build a professional looking website in minutes and professional users can build an advanced, multimedia-rich site in no time at all.

Version 2.8.6:

• Improves compatibility with OS X 10.9
• Addresses an issue where images could be slightly cropped when published
• Addresses a problem where Sandvox was unable to copy some media files with custom access permissions
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According to a new Consumer Intelligence Research (CIRP) report, the iPhone 5S has outsold the iPhone 5C more than 2 to 1. Yet it's far too early to know which iPhone model will be the holiday season winner as there are still too many factors holding back iPhone 5C sales at this moment.

The parallax effect is the new "motion" wallpaper laying behind the app icons on iOS 7. The subtle effect is meant to give some depth to the flat design of iOS 7, though some have said it gives them motion sickness. However, if you like parallax and want to make your own wallpapers that work well with the effect, you may want to check out a great article by CNET's Jason Cipriani that describes the process.

Cipriani notes that photos depth and texture work best. If you pick a photo which has virtually no texture and is only a single color, don't expect to get much motion from your background.

Also, make photos at least 400 pixels wider and taller than your iOS device's screen resolution. This is because the wallpaper needs to shift in the background to give the appearance of motion. If your wallpaper is just limited to the iOS device's screen resolution it...

Following the recent release of 1Password 4 for Mac, AgileBits has updated the iOS version of 1Password to support the resurrected Wi-Fi Sync feature.

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If you bought Apple’s iWork apps recently, you may have a refund en route.

Per The Unofficial Apple Weblog and 9to5Mac, Apple will be offering credits to customers who purchased these apps after September 12th of this year. When Apple first introduced the iPhone 5s and 5c on September 12, they concurrently announced that new iOS device owners would be able to download Apple’s suite of mobile iWork apps along with most iLife apps for free. Taken together, the free apps would otherwise cost US$40.

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It’s the rumor mill that keeps things interesting, especially when it comes down to new hardware.

Per AppleInsider, Apple has an all-new-design 12-inch MacBook with a high-resolution display, and a new 9.7-inch sixth-generation iPad with an even higher pixel count than the current Retina display, both in the works for 2014, according to well-connected insider Ming-Chi Kuo.

Kuo, an analyst with KGI Securities, revealed on Saturday that Apple has a number of major new products in the works for next year. Most notably, the new 12-inch MacBook will feature what he said is an “ultra-slim clamshell form factor.”

He expects this new model to offer a marriage between the portability of the 11-inch MacBook Air and the greater productivity offered by...

Adium, the open source instant message chat client with support for multiple programs (including AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Bonjour, etc.) has been updated to version 1.5.8.

The new version, a 24.5 megabyte download adds the following fixes and changes:
- Changed the default tab switching shortcuts for new users to Control-Tab/Control-Shift-Tab, to match Safari. This was meant to be done for 1.5.4 but it did not work that time.

- XMPP: refer to XMPP as “XMPP (Jabber)”. Unfortunately, just “XMPP” still has some potential for confusion.

- Fixed SIP account names to be case-sensitive.

- Enabled a large number of TLS cipher suites, including ECC suites and suites new in TLS 1.2.

- Fixed a...

Asa Mathat / AllThingsD.com

If you want to be a big Web/mobile company that makes money selling advertising, then eventually you need to give small advertisers the ability to buy ads from you without talking to another human.

Facebook built this kind of self-serve ad business a few years ago, and Twitter is building one, too. Google makes a ton of money from self-serve. And now Foursquare has one, too.

If you’re a Foursquare user, you probably won’t notice any change to the service, but if you look very carefully, you may see more local shops and restaurants pitching you in places where Denny’s used to buy ads.

The change is on the flip side, where Foursquare has built a platform that lets a...

Exchange databases need maintenance. This maintenance defragments the databases, reindexes the databases and performs other tasks necessary for long-term sustainability of the databases.

To configure maintenance, open the Exchange Management Console and then under Organization Configuration select Mailbox.

At the Database Management tab, double-click on the database to schedule maintenance for and click on the Maintenance tab. Here, check the box for Enable background maintenance and then select one of the schedules for which Exchange maintenance occurs. This schedules a nightly database maintenance window where Exchange Server can perform the necessary operations on a given database.

Alternatively, if you have a lot of databases or need to batch change these things, or just want to do so through PowerShell ’cause you’re that...

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Law360 (via BI)  reports that Apple is facing a second class action lawsuit filed on behalf of hourly-paid Apple Store employees who have to spend 10-15 minutes daily in unpaid time waiting in line to clock-in and for security checks when leaving the store.

Plaintiff and other Hourly Employees were and are required to wait in line for security checks for at least 10-15 minutes each day before leaving for their meal breaks and at the end of their shift after they had already clocked out. This daily 10-15 minute uncompensated waiting time during security checks was done in order to...

The newly released iPhone 5s is outselling its 2013 counterpart, the iPhone 5c, by a factor of more than two to one, though the iPhone 5c has carved out a respectable share of overall sales, according to new data.
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One of the amazing things about our new connected world of software development and easy access to consumers is how old-school games can find new life with entirely new audiences through iOS and OS X. Case in point? The Dragon's Lair 30th Anniversary app for iOS. Dragon's Lair is a really old arcade game. Seriously old, as in it was a laserdisc video game. I barely remember laserdiscs, and until recently, I had no idea the game spans three decades. I just vaguely remembered it from my youth -- more warm and fuzzy feelings than memory, really.

Tenba has expanded its Messenger collection with the Messenger DNA bags, which are available in two sizes. They're made of weatherproof materials and durable hardware, and lightweight yet protective padding.

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Developer Mark S. Morris has introduced new 64-bit versions of his export plugin PhotoUpLink for iPhoto and Aperture. These FTP-only alpha builds begin a new upgrade path towards PhotoUpLink 2, which will be available in 2014.

For a limited time, PhotoUpLink for iPhone enables free multi-photo email, FTP and peer to peer photo sharing over WiFi networks. PhotoUpLink in trial mode allows up to five items to be exported, with a discounted price of US$4.99 for unlimited FTP exports.

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Martin Novak has released Exif Editor 1.1.0 for Mac OS X. It's an update to his application for editing EXIF and IPTC metadata in photos.

With the Exif Editor, anyone can add, change or remove various information about the photos -- for example basic camera settings, GPS information or the authorship of the photo. Version 1.1.0 introduces a map view of the GPS location, GPS coordinates can be displayed and edited in various formats and more.

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Adium is a fast and free instant messaging client which supports AIM, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk, Yahoo! Japan, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Novell Groupwise, SIP/SIMPLE (Text), and Lotus Sametime. Adium supports beautiful WebKit message display, tabbed messaging, encrypted chat, file transfer, and more. Give it a try; you won't look back.

Adium is currently translated into:

• Brazilian Portuguese
• Canadian English
• Australian English
• Catalan
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• French
• Canadian French
• German
• Icelandic
• Italian
• Japanese
• Norwegian
• Polish
• Russian
• Simplified Chinese
• Spanish
• Swedish
• Traditional Chinese
• Turkish

Version 1.5.8:

• Changed the default tab switching shortcuts for new users to Control-Tab/...

An anonymous reader writes "Nokia's former head designer has called on Apple to work with the broader technology industry and end its policy of having proprietary connectors for its device chargers and accessories. Other experts say Apple cannot continue to go it alone with Lightning Connectors and ignore Micro USB."

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Rather than make you sift through all of these projects, we’re rounding up the best or most notable projects from around the crowdfunding web and delivering them to you in a simple roundup. If there’s a project that you’ve backed – or even a project that you founded – be sure to leave a link below so it can be considered for the next roundup. Check out our complete list of roundups here.

• Multipath Router (Indiegogo project)
  Now that Siri on iOS 7 takes advantage of multipath, a smarter internet technology that can take advantage of all web connections at the same time, the technology has gotten a boost in exposure and consumer interest. Multipath Networks has come out with a new router that can take advantage of your regular DSL/cable connection and boost it using your...

Sony could be releasing a new full frame mirrorless camera in its Alpha range later this week, according to a rumor. The A7, partly shown in a low-resolution image, appears to have a similar basic body as the NEX-7, though it appears to have a raised section for a more central and higher viewfinder, along with a raised hot shoe....
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NYTimes.com:

Judge Allan H. Davis of Hancock County Probate Court, had declared Mr. Miller dead in 1994, several years after he mysteriously disappeared.

In fact, Mr. Miller, 61, had simply drifted away to work in Georgia and Florida, he told the judge on Monday in Findlay, Ohio. Now, he said, he wanted to apply for a driver’s license and needed to reactivate his Social Security number.

“I don’t know where that leaves you, but you’re still deceased as far as the law is concerned,” Judge Davis told Mr. Miller.

Funny story but you’ve got to feel a little sorry for the guy.

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StatsBar gives you a comprehensive and detailed analysis of the following areas of your Mac:

1. CPU usage
2. Memory usage
3. Disk usage
4. Network and bandwidth usage
5. Battery power and health (MacBooks only)

Monitoring these stats allows you to easily keep a check on your Mac's health and performance.

Additional features:

• Memory Clean feature to free up used RAM
• Run the app either in menubar mode or dock mode
• Customizable hotkey support to quickly launch the app
• Program app to launch at login
• Opacity control (can toggle the transparency of the app)
• Anchor button to keep the app locked on screen and above all other programs
• Gorgeous Retina graphics

Please email us with your suggestions and feedback!

Version 1.7...

A UserPrincipalName (or UPN) is an attribute that contains an Internet-style login name for a user based on the Internet standard RFC 822. The UPN is used for a lot of different tasks, notably for Kerberos/Single Sign-On. As such, there are a lot of scripts that can now key off of a UPN.

You can use the Get-ADUser cmdlet to query accounts for the UserPrincipalName attribute. To do so, we’re going to -Filter our results to display everyone (although we could include a username to only get one user) and then define the Search Base (using -SearchBase) to refine where in the query that the search will begin. Use the –Properties parameter followed by the userPrincipalName attribute (or whatever attribute you might be curious to query from). I specify the SearchBase of the organizational unit (OU), and I use the * filter. This is shown here:

Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase 'ou=Users,dc=krypted,dc=com' -Properties userPrincipalName

Overall, we’re specifically looking...

Dear Mr. Watterson is a documentary about one of my favorite comic strips of all time, Calvin & Hobbes. In theaters and available On Demand on November 15, 2013. Can’t wait.

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Countering earlier reports about the possibility of Apple launching a larger, 12.9-inch iPad next year, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo states in a new research note that the company will instead release a new sixth-generation 9.7-inch iPad with 30-40% higher pixel density than seen in both the current and upcoming full-sized iPad.Contrary to speculation that next year’s iPad next year may come in a 12” form, or larger, we think it will not change from the current 9.7” format as we think a 12” iPad would not provide a good mobility experience given today’s technology limitations.

In light [of] advancing Oxide and a-Si technologies, the PPI of iPad 6, which we expect to come out at end-2014, will exceed that of 2013’s iPad 5 by 30...

VueScan is a scanning program that works with most high-quality flatbed and film scanners to produce scans that have excellent color fidelity and color balance. VueScan is easy to use, and has advanced features for restoring faded colors, batch scanning and other features used by professional photographers.

Why should you use VueScan?

• Easy to use - just run VueScan, press Preview, adjust the cropping, then press Scan.
• Accurate colors - uses ICC profiles and IT8 calibration.
• Powerful - dozens of advanced options.
• Faster workflow - can edit one image while the next image is being scanned (most scanner software won't let you work with one image while another is being scanned).
• Simple to install - installing VueScan changes nothing on your system, installs nothing in your operating system and all other scanner software will continue to function.
• Award winning - 2002 "Best Utility", Mac Addict Magazine....

Apple has an all-new-design 12-inch MacBook with a high-resolution display, and a new 9.7-inch sixth-generation iPad with an even higher pixel count than the current Retina display, both in the works for next year, according to well-connected insider Ming-Chi Kuo.
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TouchFire, makers of the TouchFire screen-top keyboard for the full-size iPad, are now back with a similar offering for the iPad mini. The company has reached its funding goal in a Kickstarter campaign for the iPad mini add-on, and the device will likely begin shipping to early supporters soon. In addition to a removable keyboard attachment for the iPad mini, TouchFire has branched off into a line of cases for full-size iPads and the iPad mini....
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theodp writes "The Mercury News has an exclusive sneak peek of Apple's planned headquarters in Cupertino, which Steve Jobs personally sought approval for in 2011. 'We found that rectangles or squares or long buildings or buildings with more than four stories would inhibit collaboration,' Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said, explaining the motivation behind the so-called Apple Ring. Nice, but if you wanted to hurt the feelings of the Design Gods at Apple, you could point out that, for all its $5 billion glory, what Apple calls 'the best office building ever' doesn't look all that different from an old-school $3.95 6250 BPI magnetic tape reel (still available on eBay, kids!)."

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Comet ISON has a split personality. Originally it was predicted by some astronomers that it might get bright enough to see during the day, but other astronomers have been saying it might not be spectacular and just run of the mill. Latest observations of the comet are encouraging for a good sky show. ISON is expected to be visible toward the end of November and into next year, and our friends behind the great astronomy app Distant Suns have come up with a free app to help you find ISON in your own local skies.

Comet Watch uses augmented reality and the compass and gyro of your iDevice to help you orient yourself to where the comet is, and make it easy to find it using your naked eye or...

This past June, Instagram rolled out a huge update to the popular photo sharing app. One of the big new features was support for video, a move which was likely in response to the popularity of Vine. One notable difference, though, is that videos on Instagram can be as long as 15 seconds, easily eclipsing the six second limit imposed on Vine.

In any event, an Instagram update yesterday removed the ability for users to disable auto-play on videos. Instead, videos will auto-play albeit on mute. Interestingly enough, Engadget points out that the update comes a few months before ads will begin appearing in users' photo streams.

Indeed, Instagram just a week ago noted that including both photo and video ads in user streams is part of their monetization strategy.

We have big ideas for the...

How may We Hate You?:

A guest calls from their room.

GUEST: Can you send someone to come get my bags?

CONCIERGE: I can’t do that, but I can connect you to the bellman.

GUEST: No, no. I need you to call them. I’ve been mean to them all week so they’re not going to help me.

This is a hilarious follow up to the “Thomas Cook dissatisfied vacationer complaints” we posted yesterday.

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Preview is a built-in Mac application that has many features that doesn’t get a lot of press. One of them is the ability to place a caption inside the body of the image. Another is to mark up images to remove confidential information. If you double click on an image outside of a photo editor like iPhoto or Aperture, it opens in Preview and can be edited.

To start this process, get an image onto your desktop. If necessary, drag it out of iPhoto to the desktop, for example. Then, double click on the image, it will open in Preview. Click the Annotate button, a pen icon at the...

Is there a difference between iOS device data syncing via iCloud and iCloud backups? Or, are they the same? How does one manage all aspects of iOS backups to iCloud? Sandro Cuccia has the answers.

I’ve published a guide to managing Xsan at http://krypted.com/guides/xsan. This guide is a collection of older articles and a couple that I haven’t yet published (for obvious reasons). I hope you find it helpful, once complete (it’s almost there, just waiting for a little while).

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Yesterday, we saw Apple’s models for the new Campus 2 project. Today, Cupertino released this video of the council meeting where Apple presented. The Campus 2 video Apple produced looks like an Apple product video. I really like it, especially the Steve Jobs bits.

Apple also released an updated project plan including more solar roofing (below). 

PROPOSED PROJECT The proposed project is the redevelopment of the approximately 176-acre project site into a new campus for Apple, Inc. (Apple). Apple is a corporation, established in Cupertino in 1976, that designs and markets consumer...

When you have a MacBook Pro, a MacBook Air and an iPad, you have to make sure that they're constantly in use to maximize your investment. For TUAW reader Belle, that was a simple thing to accomplish as she has a couple of gorgeous feline friends who seem to enjoy the company of their human and the Apple products.

We'd love to see photos of your favorite feline soaking up the warmth of an Apple product, chasing a Magic Mouse, or just being a general nuisance while you're attempting to work on your Mac, iPad, or iPhone. Please let us know via our feedback page and please remember that your cat photo has to have some sort of connection to Apple or its products. For security reasons we can't accept inbound attachments, so you should host the photo (Dropbox, Flickr, iPhoto Journals, etc.) and send us the link.

Many thanks to Belle for sharing this photo with us.

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Apple's Chief Financial Office Peter Oppenheimer may have at first seemed to be an unusual choice for hosting a sneak-peek at a very large 3D architectural model of Apple's forthcoming Campus 2, known already as "the Spaceship" three years before it is even planned to open -- but like his colleagues, Oppenheimer has a gift for selling dreams. Along with Senior Director of Real Estate and Facilities Dan Whisenhunt, the CFO gave reporters a tour of the model ahead of a Cupertino City Council vote....
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Apple has begun offering iTunes credit to customers who purchased both a new iOS device and iPhoto, iMovie, or the iWork suite of apps after September 1.
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You may be in the mood to sell your used iPhone to buy a new iPhone 5s or 5c, or perhaps you're thinking about getting some money for that old iPad so you can be one of the first to get a new one. Either way, NextWorth has a heck of a deal for TUAW readers.

Between now and November 11, use the special offer code TUAW when you're doing a trade-in with NextWorth, and you'll receive an extra 10% on the trade-in value.

As a reminder, we'll be listing this special code on our daily deals page.

Selling your iPhone or iPad? NextWorth has a special deal for TUAW readers originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 11 Oct 2013 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

A number of iPhone 5s owners have taken to Apple's support pages to report that their devices are occasionally plagued by a Windows-like "Blue Screen of Death" that resets the device when they are using Apple's iWork suite of apps.
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Photos of the model.

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A cool new Kickstarter campaign was launched today. Its goal? To reunite the original members of the Homebrew Computer Club. In case you're unfamiliar, the Homebrew Computer Club was a hobbyist group formed in the mid 70's for computer enthusiasts in Silicon Valley. Some famed alumni of the group include Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and famed programmer John Draper, aka Captain Crunch.

The Kickstarter page for the project reads in part:

Please join us on November 11th, 2013 for a historic event--the Homebrew Computer Club Reunion. The legendary Homebrew Computer Club was a grassroots group of hardware hackers who kickstarted the personal computer revolution, and forever changed the course of consumer technology--and in the process--the world.

For one night in November, dozens of original surviving Homebrew Computer Club members will reunite to celebrate their legacy and to impart...

This is why I don't like paying for services through advertising: Google has announced a change in its terms of service that allow the company to use our names, personal information, and likenesses (photographs) in ads for third party companies. Bryan Chaffin explains how to opt-out.

I had the opportunity to speak with Ryan Traeger, CEO of Achvr, last night at the Boston gdgt live event. First, the event is a mini-show that showcases a wide variety of products available or coming soon in the gadget accessory market. Events are held in a variety of cities throughout the year. Last night's event showcased Sonos, SkyDrive, Western Digital, Cobra Electronics, Escort, Flytenow, FormLabs, iRobot, Phiatron, Roku, SKIT!, Tagboard and Withings. Second, while not all the products are Macintosh- or iOS-relevant, there were quite a few that intersect with those markets.

Boston-based Achvr, founded last year, is an iOS app and website in beta that is a new social media platform that focuses on things you want to accomplish, such as visit a different country, skydive, see a particular movie or...

Learning a new language is a tough and generally expensive process. Common methods include signing up for courses through a local school, or purchasing software such as Rosetta Stone. However, one company is aiming to change this by offering a completely free service that 'gameifies' the experience to help motivate students. Duolingo currently includes programs for learning French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Portuguese, while additional languages are currently being worked on through crowd support. In order to access the full suite of tools a student needs to log into the website, however,...
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Karyn has brain cancer and is wondering what to leave behind to let her children know how much she loves them. If you have any experience with, visit her site and leave a comment.

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Eager Apple fans waiting for their iPhone 5s deliveries can now look forward to a relatively specific window, as Apple's online store now shows shipping times of two to three weeks.
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Photo credit: Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group

The San Jose Mercury News today posted exclusive photos of a detailed model of Apple's new corporate headquarters campus. The model was unveiled by Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer and Director of Real Estate and Facilities Dan Whisenhunt, and provides an amazing look at what the campus will look like when completed in 2015.

The model shows how the company plans to take a former Hewlett-Packard campus that is about 80 percent asphalt parking, and turn it into one that is about 80 percent open space and parkland. The 175-acre site features the iconic ring-shaped headquarters building, an above-ground parking structure covered by photovoltaic solar panels, a round on-site theater for presentations, a fitness center for employees and more parking underground.

Not surprisingly for a company that prides itself on...

Broadcasters in the United States have made good on their threat against Aereo, which rebroadcasts television content to iPad and iPhone owners, by petitioning for their case to be settled by the nation's highest court.
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AT&T announced it will only be offering Mobile Share plans to new customers starting Oct. 25. The carrier will be eliminating its older per-device plans. Existing AT&T customers will have the option to stick with their current plans. AT&T’s Mobile Share offers data plans ranging from 300MB to…

Shipping times for the iPhone 5s have changed at Apple's online store, checks show. As recently as yesterday, the device was only listed as shipping in "October" for US buyers. Now orders are set to arrive in two to three weeks; the same forecast has been applied to the Canadian, Chinese, and Australian storefronts, and possibly others....
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Target has joined the parade of retailers who are discounting Apple's colorful iPhone 5c. Earlier this week TUAW reported that Walmart and RadioShack were selling the 5c for just US$45 with a two-year contract; now Target has announced that they will sell the 16 GB version of the phones for $49.99 or less.

That "or less" has a caveat attached to it, of course. An extra 5 percent discount is available for those who happen to have a Target REDcard, bringing the price tag down to $47.50. The prices are for a phone equipped with a new two-year contract with the carrier of your choice, and appear to be available only in stores and not online.

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Apple's iWork apps are triggering a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) for iPhone 5s users. Many iPhone 5s owners have reported the trouble, which centers around Apple's Pages, Keynote, and Numbers apps and causes the device to crash to a blue screen and then reboot when working with those apps.

A number of reports have popped up relating to a “blue screen of death” error when multitasking on the iPhone 5s. The topic has been discussed in Apple user forums, as the issue seems to stem from using iWork on the 5s. Forbes has a video of the…

Cyrus Lee at ZDNet reports that iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s units bought in Hong Kong will not be supported by the Apple warranty for China. It seems that the iPhone 5s model numbers for devices sold in Hong Kong are different than the model numbers sold in the rest of China, as are the iPhone 5c model numbers.

The prices in Hong Kong are lower than the prices in China, so Lee expects this potential service and warranty problem will not affect where Chinese consumers purchase their new iPhones.

This information came through an employee at a Shanghai Apple store and the original source is a NetEase report written in Chinese, a beat covered by Cyrus Lee. He also writes that the gold iPhone 5s is popular with Chinese consumers, but availability is limited.

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It was mentioned in the Vanity Fair article we linked to the other day, but here are some pictures of the Ive-designed desk.

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Apple has clarified the shipping times for its iPhone 5s, with new shipping estimates ranging from two to three weeks for all carriers, colors, and capacities in the United States, Canada, and Asia Pacific. Apple Stores in Europe continue to list Apple's previous "October" shipping timeline.

Taking into account delivery times, iPhones ordered today will arrive to customers in late October or early November.

The updated shipping time comes as Apple prepares to launch the iPhone 5s and the iPhone 5c to 35 new countries on October 25 and an additional 16 countries on November 1.

Though Apple's shipping times seem to have improved somewhat, a new study conducted by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster reveals that in-store iPhone 5s availability...

9to5Mac is teaming up with dbrand inc, makers of quality custom vinyl skins for all of your devices, to giveaway an unlocked gold 64GB iPhone 5s to one lucky reader. We’ll also be including brand new gold skins just launched by dbrand that will let you give your iPad or other favorite device the gold look too.

Gold has definitely been one of the most popular of all the new iPhone colors with stock almost nonexistent in retail stores since the launch of the device late last month. Since gold is best, dbrand has created custom gold skins not just for iPhone, but for iPad and a number of other popular devices too:

The winner will have their pick of a gold skin for their iPad or another device...

The time for holding back is over. Apple has a boatload of products ready for primetime, customers are hungry and the competition is fierce. Now is the time to unleash it all. Here are John Martellaro's predictions for the October 22 event.

Rogue Amoeba’s Intermission is like an audio TiVo for your Mac, recording live audio and letting you go back in time to play anything from the last three hours. Read on to find out why it’s a great business tool and iTunes Radio accessory.

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