Popular photo-editing app Pixelmator published a blog post today announcing its plans to join Apple. The post was spotted by 9to5Mac. The acquisition is still pending approval, and the Pixelmator team has confirmed that it won’t be making any changes to its apps “at this time.”
The company offers two apps — a professional image editing tool called Pixelmator Pro and a free photo-editing app called Photomator. Pixelmator Pro is available for a one-time fee of $50, making it much more affordable and easier to buy than competitors like Photoshop.
It includes a range of features, from color adjustment and AI background removal to illustration tools. The Photomator app, on the other hand, has been one of the best Mac apps for years and is available on iPhone, iPad, and even the Apple Vision Pro.
Although Pixelmator has mentioned there won’t be any changes to its apps right now, there’s no saying what will happen if the acquisition goes through. There are historical cases of Apple both shutting down apps it acquires (like Dark Sky in 2020) and keeping them as is (like Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro) — so it could go either way.
Considering the limited built-in editing features on Apple’s Photos app, integrating the tech from Photomator to expand what we can do with photos directly on our iPhones sounds like a pretty good idea.
As for the pending approval — while it could pass without any problems, you never really know when it comes to big companies. Regulatory authorities definitely have their eyes on brands like Apple but it’s usually the joining of two big names like Nvidia and Arm that gets stopped in its tracks. However, if Apple swallows up enough smaller companies, that could definitely become problematic as well.
The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.
I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.
However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.