#NewMacStories Launch Giveaway: $450 Worth of Mac Apps Up for Grabs

It’s live, it’s real, it looks great. We’ve finally launched a major new version of MacStories (the one we’ve been calling MacStories 3.0 all along) and what better way to celebrate this launch than giving away some great software?

With the collaboration of a few selected developers, we’re giving away licenses of four masterpieces for the Mac - great apps for a great launch. We think we have a pretty huge giveaway here.

So wait no more, hit the break and go find out what you can win and how. Welcome to the new MacStories. Read more

Welcome to MacStories 3.0

MacStories has really grown up the past few months, and thanks to accomplished pixel pushers such as Emanuel Sá and Silvia Gatta, masterful web developers like Alessandro Vendruscolo, and Federico’s passion for fueling consistent ballpark successes, we’re really proud to unveil a website that represents the culmination of lots of hard work. We not only managed to re-launch what we know to be best Mac and iOS blog out there, but we did it with the support of all of our wonderful readers who continue to be a driving source of motivation. It was in our interest to not only deliver a brand new experience, but to deliver one that feels like the mothership has finally landed. The new design is more than fantastic, and it only gets better from here on out.

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Apple Posts “iPod + iTunes Timeline” Page

Not so many people noticed this on September 1st (Alex Brooks did), but Apple posted a cool webpage called “iPod + iTunes Timeline” right after the music event. You can check out the page here. As the name suggests, it’s a timeline of iTunes and iPod history starting from January 2001 all the way down to September 2010 and it comes with useful info about product release dates and announcements.

You can also download “image packs” (upon confirming an agreement) which contain .tif files of Apple products. At the bottom of the page, some pictures of celebrities enjoying their iPods.

Nostalgia. Read more

Attach an iPad To Your Walls With a PadTab

We covered iPad wall mounts in the past: the Wallee gave your tablet some interesting floating powers, while the Pad Bracket wasn’t exactly elegant or minimal. The PadTab is simple and requires minimal setup: take a look at the promotional video after the break to believe. I like it. Available right now at $29.99 from the official website, I’m looking forward to reading Instapaper with my face against the wall. Or maybe not. Read more

Motorized iPad Lego Stand: Now With More Awesomeness

We have a thing for Lego. I grew up with those tiny colored bricks, and I bet many of you did, too. So when my friend @toxinide told me about his Lego stand for iPad, I immediately posted it on MS. But we did give some more love in the past, because I love when modders put together great creations such as a working Lego Printer for Mac. Today we have another motorized iPad Lego stand to mention: created by the guys over at legostand.com, this one is completely stepless adjustable and perfect for any geek desk. Read more

An Impressive DIY iPhone Microscope, For Just $10

This time I’m not going to say that the iPhone 4 is great and the Retina Display is magical, so let’s just go straight to the point: you can build your own iPhone microscope for just 10 dollars. It’s an impressive 45x microscope which is sold on Amazon at $7 on average  that, combined with a cheap hard plastic case, will allow you to snap pictures of your skin and flowers just like scientists do.

Check out the photo set over at Crabfu ArtWorks, and the embedded video below. Oh by the way, I somehow managed to say that the Retina Display is magical. Please add this iPhone microscope to the list of awesome things I must not mention every single day. Read more

iPhone 3G Users, Upgrade to iOS 4.1 [Video]

As soon as iOS 4.1 comes out this week (as announced by Steve Jobs at last week’s Apple music event) iPhone 3G users should feel safe to upgrade. In case you don’t know, iOS 4 for iPhone 3G wasn’t exactly “perfect”: to cut short, it was slow. I tried an iPhone 3G running the magical iOS 4: it was barely usable. Even a stupid task like unlocking the phone took a few seconds more than usual, not to mention springboard navigation and Safari. Everything was slow and slow-motion - at a point you couldn’t believe Apple shipped such a thing. Read more