Big Apple exec changes: iOS VP Forstall is leaving; Jony Ive and others step up

Big changes are afoot in Apple's executive roster: The company announced today that Scott Forstall (above), the vice president in charge of iOS, and head of retail John Browett are leaving the company.

Three DigiPen grads are thinking big by producing small (interview)

A team of DigiPen graduates is redefining indie games by looking to the quality of triple-A.

The Walking Dead crawls back with new episode and Golden Joystick nomination

Telltale Games' The Walking Dead earns a Golden Joystick nomination as another chapter of the story unfolds.

How spoilers, bugs, and online play influence our buying decisions

With everything from cost to content vying for your attention, how do you know the right time to play?

Build your own SimCity on Mac this February

The new SimCity will launch for Mac as well as PC in February 2013.

Command elite soldiers from the future in Meridian4′s upcoming game, Frontline Tactics

Meridian4 and Full Control have announced Frontline Tactics, a futuristic military strategy game with cross-platform support.

Apple eyes security, buys fingerprint sensor company AuthenTec for $356M

Expect integrated security to be a much more prominent feature in future iOS devices, Mac computers, and networking hardware. Apple announced today that it has bought AuthenTec, maker of a wide variety of security solutions, for around $356 million.

AuthenTec …

Unclear Mountain Lion upgrade form explained, Enterprise and Education still broken

This morning Apple released it’s latest update to OS X, 10.8 Mountain Lion, along with a form for new Mac purchasers who were promised the upgraded operating system for free with their purchase. The form, which you can fill out …

Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion is live on the Mac App Store

You can now finally get your hands on Apple’s latest version of OS X, Mountain Lion, on the Mac App Store for $19.99.

Apple announced that it would be releasing the OS today as part of its earnings release yesterday, …

New Mac Trojan ‘OS/X Crisis’ discovered

Mac security firm Intego has discovered a new Mac OS X Trojan, OS/X Crisis. The malware installs itself without user intervention and hides well if installed as root, but it has not yet been discovered on Mac users’ computers.

The …

Google acquires hot iOS & Mac e-mail app Sparrow (updated)

Google has just acquired Sparrow, a company that has gained notoriety for its innovative iOS and Mac e-mail clients.

“We care a lot about how people communicate, and we did our best to provide you with the most intuitive and …

Instapaper founder: Apple’s app corruption issues affected more than a “small number” of users

Apple last night clarified ongoing issues with corrupted apps on the iOS and Mac App Stores, saying that it was related to a problem with its DRM servers and that the issues only affected a “small number of users.”

But …

Apple hardware exec is the first to leave since Cook took the reins

Apple is losing its head of hardware engineering. Bob Mansfield, one of the leads behind the Mac, iPhone, and iPad, is retiring.

Mansfield is the first executive to leave since Apple chief executive Tim Cook took the reins from the …

Users finally triumph as Skype 5.8 for Mac goes on the Ultra Slimfast diet

Yesterday, Skype updated its Mac client, adding group screen sharing, video calls with mobile users, and significantly altering the user interface. That is not the story. Rather, the story is why the company changed, and how the update is largely …

A visual tour of the 2012 Apple Design Awards winners

Love it or hate it, Apple is about design.

The company’s annual design awards were announced this week at the World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Calif., showcasing the best the iOS and Mac development communities have produced.

Since …

Apple’s OS X Mountain Lion has 200 new features, including Power Nap, dictation, notification center, & more

Apple showed off a handful of new features in its forthcoming desktop operating system, OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, at its annual developers conference (WWDC) today.

The latest operating system takes great care to integrate communication into the daily workflow …

WWDC 2012: Apple keynote liveblog

Apple’s annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) kicks off today with a keynote address from CEO Tim Cook and company. This year, Apple is expected to make announcements about  iOS 6, Mountain Lion, iCloud, and fresh Mac and MacBook hardware. …