John Paczkowski of AllThingsD has an interesting story this morning, noting that PC shipment data released by NPD DisplaySearch indicates that tablets like the iPad will outship notebooks this year. That statistic once again points out how prescient late Apple CEO Steve Jobs was about the future of tablets as computing devices. At the D8 [...]
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There are photo services out there that provide off-site hosting. There are others that add in crazy filters and captioning. Everpix is the only service I’ve encountered dedicated to automatically taming the way real people take real pictures in today’s age of ubiquitous cameras. It was built to transform overwhelming collections into a merely whelming [...]
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Today we’ve got a bit of a surprise in store for you — TUAW editor-in-chief Victor Agreda, Jr. is in Las Vegas this week covering CES, and he’ll be joining us for part of the show to talk about what’s new, exciting, and different for Apple fans. I’ll also have a free Macworld/iWorld iFan pass [...]
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Apple may not have a presence at CES, but that’s not stopping the company from introducing a new goodie in its online store. 9to5Mac reports that the Apple Thunderbolt Cable, which was previously only available in a length of 2 meters, is now available in a new 0.5-meter variation. The new cable is priced at [...]
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When it comes to chemically-hardened glass, we smartphone types are definitely fans. When it comes to making our glass-fronted smartphones more durable, Corning has always been at the forefront, and their latest revelation in the form of Gorilla Glass 3 will prove to be even more of a protective force between our LCDs and the [...]
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After a night of good times, good friends and a few (maybe more) good drinks, today was the BIG day… CES baby! Our crew was raring to get down to the Las Vegas Convention Center, and even though a few had later starts than others… all made it down to the LVCC to check out [...]
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A Russian university has installed a memorial to Steve Jobs. Standing in the courtyard of the St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, the monument takes the shape of a large-scale iPhone. A large screen in front displays a photo and video presentation of Jobs’ life and career. The back of [...]
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Twitter has released Tweetdeck for Mac 2.3.1 which brings “90+ fixes and updates” to the popular Mac Twitter client. Some of these changes include a performance upgrade for displaying multiple high-velocity columns, the ability to embed a tweet from the tweet itself (great for bloggers), a new search box with Typeahead and People Search, and [...]
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Bored with your apps, looking for something new- Check out these 35 iPhone and iPad apps that were just released. This new apps alert includes Blink Walk, ShaqDown, Lost Cubes, Blink TV, Alan’s Detective Agency, Sundance Film Festival 2013, Remindfulness App, Text Photo, CamAround 360° and many others. For real-time app info, check out our [...]
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Need more apps for your favorite device- iOSnoops can help! Here are 48 iPhone and iPad apps that have just gone free. This apps gone free alert includes NBA: King of the Court 2, Cubie Village, Paper Racer, Versailles 2, Crazy Kangaroo, Bloxy, LifeGuard, Instabubbles, Momentsia, Huge Photos, Photo Splash FX, Song Express, Ulmon Travel [...]
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Great apps are even better when they’re on sale! We’ve selected 44 iPhone and iPad apps that are over 30% off. This app deal alert includes Mahjong Towers Touch, Mechanic Panic, Got Cow-, NBA 2K12, FIFA Soccer 13, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Foldify, Memory Hive, Night Modes, Clear, Timeline 3D, Trakr, City Maps 2Go, [...]
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Strategy games certainly aren’t for everybody. They can be challenging to learn, difficult to play well, and lengthy to complete. Battle of the Bulge, for iPad, is all of these and more. This is not a game for the casual player or those only slightly interested in strategy games. This is a serious game for [...]
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Just when you thought it was safe to play games using your iPhone’s touchscreen, iFrogz has announced a new physical controller for the iPhone 5 called the Caliber Advantage. The company has also announced a partnership with Epic Games and Chair Entertainment, and promises more companies will make their games compatible with the device by [...]
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The iPhone is so popular and widespread that even the name “iPhone” is practically a generic term for a smartphone. But while Apple is still the go-to brand for most folks’ smartphone needs, there’s been a noticeable market shift in recent months: iPhones are costly, and that’s one major reason why Android phones are rapidly [...]
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Last July we got the exciting news that a sequel was in the works for Super Stickman Golf [$2.99], a side-view physics game that operates under the guise of a golfing game and totally works because of it. By October we had learned that Super Stickman Golf 2 was still chugging away in development, but [...]
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The iPhone 5 and the 5th generation iPod touch, with their lovely 4-inch widescreen Retina Displays, have been out for a while now, and we’ve kind of wound down on covering every single game that gets updated for the larger screen. I mean, the vast majority of new releases are supporting widescreen from the gate, [...]
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Let’s clear the air: clean lines and futuristic stylings aside, Pixelbite Games’ Repulze [$0.99] shares little in common with Wipeout. One is an iOS racer that costs less than a dollar, the other is one of Sony’s most popular and enduring racing franchises. That’s not to discount Repulze, though — it’s from the same team that developed the [...]
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This afternoon Apple updated their rules for how screenshots work on the App Store. As of today, screenshots for apps will be locked when the app or game is actually approved, and can’t be changed aside from actually submitting an update for said game or app which must go through the whole approval process again. [...]
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Kno turns old fashioned educational textbooks into interactive learning experiences. Adding links, multimedia and features like flashcards and quizzes, Kno already offers a powerful experience for students. Of course there are tools for adding notes, comments, and such, but each student also has their own account, so those annotations and highlights are available across devices [...]
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The Nectar mobile power system had its debut earlier this week at CES’ Unveiled pre-show, and if nothing else, it’s an impressive boast: The system claims to provide up to two weeks of power for your devices (including the iPhone) from a pack that fits very easily in a pocket. It’s a pretty wild idea [...]
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Walmart and Straight Talk Wireless will soon be carrying the iPhone 5 starting January 11. It will only be offered at its full, contract-free price, however, Straight Talk is offering an unlimited talk, text, and data plan for $45 per month, significantly cheaper than the plans available from the major US carriers. In addition to [...]
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Ion Audio has a booth set up as usual on the floor of this year’s International CES, where it is showing off a number of new and fairly new products for anyone coming to see them. This company is one of our favorites — they make some really excellent iOS accessories and fun devices (including [...]
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iBook Lessons is a continuing series about ebook writing and publishing. I was rather surprised this morning when, upon visiting Amazon, I found myself unable to purchase Brandon Sanderson’s Memory of Light from the Kindle store. A major Tor release, Memory of Light wraps up the Wheel of Time series originally penned by the late [...]
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It has been busy recently in the App Store with a bunch of app updates landing on iOS and OS X. Grab a cup of joe and check out our list of notable updates from the past week or so! Favs [iOS Universal, Category: Social Networking, $2.99] The app for your likes, stars, social bookmarks [...]
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Fitbit is one of the oldest names in fitness tracking these days, though given how new the industry actually is, the company’s not really that old at all. But they have been around for a few years now, and this year at CES, the company introduced one more addition to its line of motion-based trackers. [...]
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Cycloramic is a really fun video recording app that will automatically spin your iPhone 5 around and record a video. As long as your iPhone 5 is placed on a smooth, flat surface, Cycloramic will use the vibrator in the iPhone 5 to make it spin 360 degrees. Not only is this impressive and just [...]
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Giga-retailer Walmart made waves this holiday season by offering the iPhone 5 for well below its suggested retail price. Now it’s going to start offering Apple’s top of the line smartphone unlocked and on prepaid Straight Talk plans beginning January 11. The iPhone 5 will cost US$649 in a 16 GB configuration — or the [...]
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Masimo makes medical grade pulse oximeters, which measure the amount of oxygen in your blood. Now available (for $249) is the iSpO2, a more consumer-grade model for athletes and aviators who need to track their O2 levels but aren’t using it for a medical need. Like the Tinke, which we covered last year, the iSpO2 [...]
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Mozilla today released version 18 of Firefox, adding Retina support for Apple’s line of Retina MacBook Pros. Safari, Opera, and Google Chrome implemented Retina months ago, leaving Firefox as the last of the major browsers to receive a Retina update. Without Retina support, both website text and images on Firefox appeared fuzzy and hard to [...]
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T-Mobile’s still racking up the iPhone activations, despite not, you know, selling the iPhone. Elsewhere, a low-cost iPhone might be in the offing, and the patent suits just keep coming. There will be a quiz on the remainders for Tuesday, January 8, 2013. T-Mobile CEO John Legere Says 100,000 New iPhone Activations Every Month (TmoNews) [...]
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If you’re into do-it-yourself toys — and really, who isn’t- — you’re probably very happy that the recent Kickstarter for ATOMS was a resounding success. The tiny building tools can turn practically anything into a working gadget or toy, complete with iOS compatibility via Bluetooth. There are 13 different ATOMS modules that perform functions like [...]
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The deadline for the 9th annual International Mobile Game Awards is fast approaching, so developers, get your entries in while you still can. This year, Slide To Play will once again be on the jury, and we’ve already nominated a few of our favorites. In previous years, the winners of the IMGAs have been selected [...]
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I’ve seen a fair collection of collage apps for iOS and CollegeIt is a nice free app that does something few of the other apps bother with: letting you edit photos within the app itself. Most require you to finish the photos in another app and then create the collage. This little app gives you [...]
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Last year, we looked back at those “near-miss” reviews that caused a bit of consternation amongst our readers. These are games that we ranked as a 3 or below, only to find that they had vocal and ardent defenders in the comments section. Now that it’s 2013, we want to take a look back at [...]
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It looks as if rumors are surfacing, once again, that Apple could be working on a cheaper iPhone that could hit the market as early as the end of this year. According to sources familiar with the matter, Apple has toyed with the idea in the past but ideas of producing an iPhone with a [...]
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Walmart and Straight Talk Wireless are now carrying the iPhone 5, offering a $45 unlimited talk, text and data plan with no contract. It was previously reported by That’s It Guys. Straight Talk is a subsidiary of TracFone, and its iPhone customers will use AT&T’s network. There is no indication of whether the phones will [...]
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We’re big fans of the Nest custom controlled thermostat here at TUAW — it’s a great product that got better last year with an update to version 2. Along with a thinner, updated design and brand new firmware, the version 2 update also jumped up to be compatible with 95% of home HVAC systems, up [...]
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Radar detector manufacturer Cobra is back here at CES again this year, and the company is showing off two new additions to its smartphone-powered lineup. The iRadar S-Series is the new high-end model — it’s available right now in Europe, but won’t be here in the States until around August. Unlike most of Cobra’s other [...]
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Everything you need to know to DIY (do-it-yourself) repair a stuck or unresponsive Home button on your iPhone. If you’ve owned iPhones over the years, you’re probably familiar with Home button quirks. Since the Home button is the most used button on the device, and the only one you use for actual operation, it’s typically [...]
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Apple today seeded build 12D50 of OS X 10.8.3 Mountain Lion to developers, the fifth beta release reports 9to5Mac. The first 10.8.3 beta was seeded back in November, and the third and fourth releases were released in December. Though the update comes with no known issues or new features, as before Apple has asked developers [...]
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In the battle of the navigation apps, there’s a silent warrior that’s left out of the skirmishes between Apple, Google, and the rest. That app is TeleNav’s Scout (free, Scout Plus service available via in-app purchase), and it just received an update to make it even more useful. First, the app has been optimized for [...]
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Proving yet again that there’s pretty much nothing that can’t be made to work with an iOS device, a product called SwingTIP, on display at CES 2013, creates a link between your golf club and your iPhone or iPad. The lightweight sensor (US$129.99) connects to your device via Bluetooth and sends detailed data on every [...]
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