App makers and not Apple itself must ensure that their software gets parental permission before sharing private information of minors, the Federal Trade Commission has decided. The final wording of the FTC’s Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act says that Apple won’t have to actively police the App Store for apps that violate these rules, but [...]
As 2012 draws to an end, it’s time once again for various analytics firms to reveal what the statistics they’ve been feverishly compiling. Forrester Research is one such organization, and as TechCrunch reports, the company’s annual “State of Consumers and Technology” report has just been published. Among the tastier tidbits of data on the report [...]
Time’s annual Person of the Year was announced today, and it was President Barack Obama. Yesterday, we reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook had made the short list of those being considered for the honor and today we know how he fared. Cook came in third, according to Time’s editors. The first runner-up for Person [...]
While you’re busy making your list of New Year’s resolutions, eBay has gone ahead and made one of its own. The online auction site has decided to stop displaying advertisements within its mobile apps sometime in 2013, citing its own unhappiness with the experience users are having with them as rationale. In an interview with [...]
We’ve followed Apparent’s Doxie scanners since their infancy, and the company has done a fantastic job of working to bring the reality of the paperless office to millions of Mac owners. The Doxie One ($149) is a portable scanner that works with Macs and iPads, and you’ll have a chance to win one with a [...]
Apple’s stock price has had quite an interesting year. After hitting a record high of over $700 per share in September, the price has been hovering around the $500 mark for several weeks. But as Businessweek reports, that figure just isn’t low enough for analyst Edward Zabitsky, who is banking on shares to dive as [...]
You knew this was coming. We’ve seen big App Store sales all week, and of course EA had to get in on the deals at some time. The company that essentially started the trend of big holiday sales is back, featuring tons of high profile apps for just a buck. Basically, if there’s anything EA [...]
We’ve known Apple was planning on expanding its presence in Austin, Texas, for a while now, and Wired reports the company has now broken ground on its new facility. The new center will measure a whopping 1 million square feet and is expected to be a major player in the company’s operations. The company’s current [...]
The Journey Down is a fascinating little adventure game. It was created by a Swedish company named SkyGoblin, and uses a unique African look and feel to tell its story. The Journey Down is a traditional point-and-click adventure game. As you play, you explore your environment and use found objects and devices (sometimes a little [...]
It’s the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You’ll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what’s happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today’s Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires Flash) [...]
Movie rental vendor Redbox recently announced that it would be taking on Netflix with its own streaming service, powered in part by Verizon. The service is still in closed beta, but Redbox has wasted no time getting up and running on iOS, as there’s now an official “Redbox Instant by Verizon” app on the App [...]
Mac Kung Fu by Keir Thomas, a collection of OS X tips and tricks, has entered its second edition. From Pragmatic Programmers, the new edition contains over a hundred more tips than the original version. Packed with fun customization tips, Mac Kung Fu shows you how to tweak your system to get the most out [...]
Now that the new 27″ iMac is set up and ready to beam video around the world, I decided it’s time to get some of my fellow TUAWites onto the show to talk about … stuff. Today’s guest will be one of our crack team of bloggers, Randy Nelson. It’s been a quiet week in [...]
The busy elves at Evernote have a new gift just in time for holiday noshing. It’s a major upgrade to Evernote Food, which the company is describing as “Your entire food world in a single app.” Evernote Food 2.0 should be hitting the App Store right about now, and it’s been impressively bulked up in [...]
Struggling imaging company Kodak announced today that it sold its digital imaging patents to pay off its debts as it moves through bankruptcy. The US$525 million portfolio was purchased by patent licensing companies Intellectual Ventures and RPX Corporation. Intellectual Ventures will pay a portion of this $525 M figure, while the rest will come from [...]
While Apple is certainly selling the most tablets thanks to the wild popularity of the iPad and iPad mini, it did not receive the highest scores in a tablet satisfaction survey run by TechHive. Surprisingly, Asus scored at or near the top of all satisfaction measurements for the Google Nexus 7 (image above) that it [...]
It’s time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring a handy list from Dealnews and our own hand-picked selections that include some sweet deals on iOS and OS X software (all prices are USD). Deals from Dealnews StackSocial: [Mac Software] The Mac Productivity Bundle 3.0 for Mac downloads for $50 [...]
If the Mayans were right, this may be the last episode of TUAW TV Live — ever. That’s a good enough reason to watch the show today, right- Well, that and the fact that I’ll have a special guest with me today. Fellow TUAW blogger Randy Nelson will be in the virtual seat next to [...]
Apple’s launch of iOS was marred by the controversy surrounding its Maps application. The situation was so bad that many people held off on updating to iOS 6 until Google Maps was restored to iOS, says a report by mobile ad exchange company MoPub. MoPub tracks 12,000 mobile apps and noticed a big uptick in [...]
Business officials in Oregon and upstate New York are vying to bring “Project Azalea” to their own workers. Oregon Live suggests that Project Azalea is the code name for a factory that would fabricate semiconductors for Apple’s iPhone and iPad. The Business Review of Albany, New York recently obtained documents which describe a 3.2-million-square-foot semiconductor [...]
Color blindness is a common vision problem that affects up to 8 percent of men and 0.5 percent of women in the population. People are usually diagnosed when they visit their optometrist for a routine vision check, but you can screen yourself at home using the new Color Blindness Test from EnChroma. The Color Blindness [...]
Young children may still sing the traditional alphabet song, but many now learn their ABCs using alternative methods. One of the more creative ways for kids to learn their ABCs is the new narrative learning app My Beastly ABCs from Duncan Studio. My Beastly ABCs is an interactive and educational story about a young boy’s [...]
It’s been a number of weeks since the iPhone 5 hit pockets, desks, and nightstands around the world, but Google’s Blogger app for iOS has been content to live in the past. Until today, that is. As Engadget reports, Blogger for iPhone and iPad has just received its first update for the post-iPhone 5 world, [...]
Legendary Wars is a favorite around here. It’s an app put together by developer Orian Livnat and his team, and while he’s gone on to work on some other projects, Legendary Wars is still a great example of some talented developers just polishing a great, original idea until it shines. And now the app shines [...]
More Mac 101, our ongoing series of tips and tricks for novice Mac users. Adding Facebook integration to the OS X Contacts application was not without controversy; many of us feared an onslaught of @facebook.com email addresses polluting our pristine data. Assuming you can get past that hurdle, however, you may be faced with another [...]
Time Magazine has posted its shortlist for the annual Person of the Year awards, and there’s at least one familiar face on there for Apple fans: Apple CEO Tim Cook has made the cut. Along with Barack Obama, Bill and Hilary Clinton, and Yahoo CEO (and former Google exec) Marissa Mayer, Cook is under final [...]
We’re rolling right up to Christmas next week, which means ’tis the season for big discounts and freebies on App Store titles, as publishers try to climb up in the charts going into the big gift-giving event. Kingdom Rush (which some say is the best tower defense game on the App Store) is now free, [...]
Back in June, TUAW reported on the new Wireless Emergency Alerts system from the US National Weather Service. At that time, the system — which alerts smartphone owners in areas under a severe weather warning — didn’t support iPhones and the system was available on Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile networks plus a handful of AT&T [...]
AppShopper’s iOS app — a popular app-finding tool and pint-sized version of the full AppShopper website — has been pulled from the App Store today after Apple ruled that it doesn’t comply with a new guideline put forth by the company. TNW reports that the rule in question states “Apps that display Apps other than [...]
Nexon has released a version of its extremely popular (in Asia, at least) Dungeon Fighter Online game on the iPhone, called Dungeon Fighter Gunner. You can download the title right now — it’s pretty standard fare, featuring lots of onscreen touch controls, and the same 2D beat-em-up style gameplay that makes the online title so [...]
DabKick is a free app that allows you to create and share a slide show from your iPhone in realtime with someone else, no matter where they are as long as they have Internet access. First, gather some pictures from your camera roll on the app, then text or email a friend or family member. [...]
In the latest update to the company’s Supplier Responsibility page, Apple has changed the estimated number of workers in its supply chain from 900,000 to 1 million, MacRumors reports. Along with the new, higher figure, the monthly-tracked Work-Hour Compliance chart has also been updated, showing a bit of a dip from the previous month from [...]
The next time you’re in Rio, be on the lookout for the iphone. Now, before you start saying “hey TUAW, you forgot to capitalize the P!” you should know that this isn’t the Apple smartphone we’re talking about. Nope, this is the “iphone Neo One” from Brazilian outfit Gradiente. Or, as we like to call [...]
It’s the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You’ll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what’s happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today’s Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires Flash) [...]
If it seems like we’ve been posting a lot about Logitech products lately, it’s because the company has been embracing Apple products like never before. That means that we’re seeing a lot of new Apple-only products, and the company is being great about sending us review equipment to test out. The latest item from the [...]
After Skitch was acquired by Evernote, the 2.0 update of the screenshot app received flak for removing a lot of useful features. Version 1.0 holdouts eventually found that the button to copy the URL of an uploaded image was broken, along with other issues in the older version. Thanks in part to the backlash, Evernote [...]
One complaint often voiced by users of Apple’s iOS Maps app is that it doesn’t have a very good POI (point of interest) database. That issue may become a thing of the past, as Apple is apparently in early discussions with Foursquare Labs to provide local data about businesses and restaurants. According to the Wall [...]
Engadget reports that Apple has released iOS 6.0.2, which promises an unspecified fix to Wi-Fi usage. If you’ve been having issues with Wi-Fi, you’ll want to see about updating right away. Most of us on the TUAW staff have been getting error messages when checking for the update using over-the-air updates. If you run into [...]
Grokr is an ambitious project. It’s a personalized search and discovery platform that brings relevant information to your iOS device with minimal effort on your part. It’s predictive like Google Now, but without the voice-driven features of the search assistant. Grokr builds a profile based on your interests, the places you go, the things you [...]
It’s time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring a handy list from Dealnews and our own hand-picked selections that include some sweet deals on iOS and OS X software (all prices are USD). Deals from Dealnews MacUpdate Promo: [Mac Software] MacUpdate December 2012 Bundle: 12 Mac apps for $50 [...]
6Wunderkinder’s Wunderlist 2 is now available on desktops (as a native app and a web app) and iOS devices to make personal productivity more connected, more social and more informative than ever before. To-do lists are probably the most commonly downloaded and then least-used apps across the App Stores. We all want to be productive [...]
mTrip has just told us that the company will make seventeen of its most popular iPhone travel guide apps free this Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Five travel guides will be available for free today (normally US$5.99), and six others over the next two days. Here’s what cities you can grab on what day: Tuesday, December [...]
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