4 Ways Steve Jobs & Apple Changed the Music Industry

Max Blau is Paste Magazine‘s multimedia editor, where he oversees all audio, video and photo content on the website. He is also a freelance writer, photographer and videographer. Follow him at @MaxBlau or check out his blog.

During this decade of uncertainty and instability for the music industry, Apple has remained… read more

The 20 Most-Shared iPhone Ads [VIDEOS]

Face Time is not only a cool feature, but it was a gift to Apple‘s ad agency as well.

TBWAMedia Arts Lab, which handles Apple’s advertising, took the idea of displaying a touching moment via Face Time and ran with it. Apple’s ads have used a variation on that theme about… read more

Personal Computers: A History of the Hardware That Changed the World

On this day in 1981, IBM launched the “Personal Computer.” Revealed at a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, the 21-pound PC cost $1,565, boasted 16K of memory, and had the ability to connect to a TV set, play games and word process.

While IBM wasn’t the… read more

Djay: A Powerful Music Mixing App for the Mac

Perhaps it’s just me and my complete lack of musical ability, but any time I open up a bit of DJing software, I get completely lost – There are far more knobs, levers, sliders, options and timelines than any man could ever want. I do, however, quite enjoy doing a… read more

50 Awesome Yet Trickily Captured Transparent Screen Optical Illusion Photos

In this roundup, we have covered transparent screen trick photography which results in visually alluring photographs. In this particular type of photography, a beautiful optical illusion is being created which looks stunning and very attention-grabbing.

You can set such photographs as your desktop background because these optical illusions are produced by… read more

40 Amazing Papercraft Templates for the Geek Inside You

When considering papercraft, your first thought will most likely be of all that boring stuff you made in school, like paper flowers, printable seasonal cards or even scrap-booking. It doesn’t exactly sound like a hobby that stimulates much excitement, for the most of us anyway. How wrong you are.

In actual… read more

Awesome Supergirl Collection

We had some awesome superhero round-ups here at Abduzeedo, and today I was really in the mood for some Supergirl love. She’s a super-cute character and really deserves her own post, right?

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So I’ve searched for awesome Supergirl illustrations and found lots of great pieces, so I had to select only… read more

5 Vintage Apple Products That Time Forgot [PICS]

Apple is known for its forward-thinking devices. We can all name the iPod, the iMac and maybe even the Newton, but Apple has produced a fair number of products in its 30-plus years in business, and, despite the blazing successes, it’s inevitable that some fell by the wayside.

We’ve taken a… read more

5 Indie Films that Couldn’t Be Made Without Social Media

Michael Bennett Cohn has a master’s degree in Cinema-Television from the University of Southern California. He also ran the online advertising campaign that launched the first-generation Amazon Kindle.

The ability of memes to travel quickly through social media has created unprecedented possibilities for independent film. Even directors without access to major… read more

Mactracker: Find Out Everything About Any Mac

Have you ever tried to hunt down technical information about your Mac? This can be quite the daunting task to someone who isn’t particularly familiar with Macs. But fear not, whether you own a brand new MacPro or a 1997 Apple Quicktake 200, today’s app will tell you everything you… read more

100 Incredibly Useful & Free Mac Apps

Everyone loves free applications. One of the greatest things about Macs is the wealth of extremely talented developers that are willing to share their amazing creations without asking for a single cent.

We’ve compiled an enormous list of 100 amazing free Mac applications that you can download and start using today…. read more

Which is Better: Buying Apple Products, or Buying Apple Stock?

Hindsight bias probably works best when it comes to money. The events that occurred in the past seem to have been more predictable than they really were, and I bet many of you felt it when reading texts explaining how to get rich easily. Well, here comes another such… read more

60 Fascinating AppStorm Reader Setups

After featuring our huge roundup of stylish Mac setups last week, we then asked you to submit your own setup for inclusion in another post. We’ve gathered 60 of your setups over the past week, and found out about some great new gadgets and software in the process.

Without further ado,… read more

Ask TUAW: Clocks, screen guards, MacBook hard drive replacement, NFS automount, and more

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you’re using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we’ll assume you’re running Snow… read more

Ask TUAW: File ownership and permissions, converting FLV and OGG, extra displays, and more

As always, your suggestions and questions are welcome. Leave your questions for next week in the comments section at the end of this post. When asking a question, please include which machine you’re using and what version of Mac OS X is installed on it (we’ll assume you’re running Snow… read more

Some things we may not see again from Apple

Conan O’Brien once had a recurring segment on Late Night called “Guests We Won’t Have Back,” during which he would look back at guests (who were fake) that he regretted having on the show. There was bug expert Sara Wiggins, who ate a live beetle in front of the camera…. read more

My on-again, off-again Apple relationship

The Apple IIe was the only computer I used in school through 1990. I spent most of seventh grade cooking up little text-based adventure games in BASIC, and I even learned some rudimentary drawing and audio programming, all of which I forgot long ago. In mid-1990, the school revamped our… read more

Found Footage: The Powerbook snowboard

Ok, we’ll admit it — the recent snowpocalypse may have driven some people nuts. But probably not this nuts — these two German guys wanted to go snowboarding, but didn’t actually have a snowboard around, so they did what most of us would naturally do in this situation: take two… read more

College offers freshmen a choice: iPad or MacBook

Smith is aware that the iPad has potential issues associated with it, and he wonders if the iPad will be able to fully meet students’ educational needs. According to Smith, “These are the kinds of questions we really won’t know the answer to until we get started.” The university… read more

5 tips for switchers

<pvery now and then I'll have an "I never knew about that" moment as I come across a setting or nuance in Mac OS X that I never realized existed. Take, for instance, character viewer, which allows you to display a variety of characters in your document. Whether you're a… read more

Flickr Find: MacBook Generations

<pman. I'm tempted to just sit back and let you marvel at the beauty, history, innovation, and intelligence that is on display in the picture above, taken and posted by Robert Donovan on Flickr (and be sure to check out the alternate view, too — I actually like the alt… read more

Stolen laptop returned courtesy Back to My Mac information and police work

The local police spent some time on the investigation, and finally recovered the laptop. Just a few days ago Jim picked it up. Many of his files were gone, but the Mac itself was in pretty good shape.

The investigators said the laptop had changed hands at least… read more