Manufacturer Volex makes power and USB cables for Apple. As a part of Apple’s “green push,” the company will move to halogen-free power cables within the year, according to the London Evening Standard. The change will initially cost Volex quite a bit of money, but it’s hoped that long-term environmental benefits will outweigh the initial [...]
Target confirmed it’s opening Apple shops within 25 retail locations sometime this year. According to the Reuters report, the 25 stores will have special displays of Apple merchandise. Currently, Target offers the iPad, iPhone and iPod models. These items are mixed into the store’s standard display and not particularly noticeable. When the iPad 2 launched, [...]
I’ve always been curious about Propellerhead’s Reason software, but since I’m not really an electronic music-making enthusiast, and the fact that up until more recently Reason had no audio recording capabilities, I’ve always turned to other recording platforms for my music-making needs, that is until now! For those of you that don’t know, Reason is [...]
Today, while checking out the variety of iPhone case options available in the iLounge Pavilion at CES, I saw a display that caught my eye: iPhone 4 cases made from recycled bicycle tires. As a Portlander, I am legally obligated* to follow up on any product that is recycled or bike-related, so I went over [...]
The mainland China launch of the iPhone 4S hasn’t gone as planned in Beijing, according to reports from Bloomberg, MIC Gadget and other sources. When massive crowds at Apple’s flagship store in the capital city began to cause crowding problems (and when Apple employees and Chinese security personnel realized that the vast majority of the [...]
Bombarded by CES news- This won’t take long to read. The Smart Cord app is basically just one button, designed to control a simple but clever Bluetooth power cord. If you have an outdoor fountain that you like to turn off at night, or anything that needs a remote-controlled on/off switch, Smart Cord is actually [...]
If you’re in the market for a cheap iPhone 4, you may want to call your local Radio Shack. A leaked document provided to 9to5Mac suggests the electronics retailer still has inventory of both the 8 GB and 16 GB models. The two iPhone 4 models are available for US with a new two-year contract. [...]
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) [...]
The PC market is in a serious decline both in the US and globally. According to Gartner, most manufacturers are struggling, except Apple which is on the rise. Gartner’s latest figures show that worldwide PC shipment estimates for Q4 2011 fell 1.4 percent. The biggest losers in the last three months of 2011 were HP [...]
With just under two weeks to go until Apple announces financial results on January 24, analysts are lining up their refined estimates for just how well the company may have done for the holiday quarter. UBS analyst Maynard Um, in a research note to his clients quoted on GigaOM, believes that supplier data is pointing [...]
With more and more consumers using smartphones to visit retailer websites, it’s important for those retailers to make sure that shoppers have the best possible mobile shopping experience. Research firm ForeSee announced today that Apple’s mobile shopping satisfaction score was at the top of the pack, with 85 percent of 3,000 consumers putting the company [...]
With only hours before sales begin, customers are lining up to buy the iPhone 4S in China. There are five Apple Stores in China, and Tech In Asia reports that each location already has “hundreds” of eager shoppers waiting for doors to open. As we’ve seen elsewhere, Apple employees are using a ticket system to [...]
XtremeMac makes a variety of cables, chargers and other accessories for the Apple’s line of portable devices. The company used CES to introduce three new chargers for the iPhone, iPad and the iPod that’ll join XtremeMac’s lineup in the first quarter of 2012. These new products include: 3 in 1 USB Mobile Cable: a USB [...]
iFrogz was back at CES this year. Last year, most of its new products were iPhone and iPad cases, but this year the company is branching out. In addition to a USB gaming headset called the Caliber (it vibrates when loud sounds are played, “enhancing” the audio), iFrogz also has a product called Boost, which [...]
We stopped by Identity Games’ booth here at CES in Las Vegas to see its GameChanger game board (which you can basically see above, albeit in a very cheery/creepy PR picture setting). Despite the less-than-intriguing marketing, the GameChanger is a really great idea. It’s a 1′x3′ board with an iPad dock in the very middle. [...]
Third Rail Mobility, a case/battery system that our own Mike Rose reviewed (and liked), announced revisions to their iPhone 4/4S case and battery systems at CES 2012. Now they are available in colors aside from black, allowing you to customize your iPhone and keep it charged. Soon their line will include green, red, pink, white, [...]
The AirGo is a sturdy outdoor speaker designed by Russound, a company with years of experience making quality speakers. While there are a lot of great things about the AirGo, being shown off this week at CES 2012, the most interesting thing to me was that instead of using Bluetooth or cables or even embedded [...]
Today, we celebrated the Mac mini’s 7th anniversary. As workhorse machines go, the mini cannot be beat. It provides a great deal of computing power along with a small footprint and plenty of ports for devices. Add any monitor, keyboard, mouse, or trackpad and you’re ready to rock and roll. Here are some of our [...]
Algoriddim is back in a booth at CES 2012 this week in Las Vegas, and TUAW stopped by to chat with the company as well as congratulate them on winning Mac App of the Year for its turntable music app, djay 4. We got to see the app early before it was released, and since [...]
The iPhone’s default Music app already has lyrics support built in, but you have to fetch the lyrics yourself; songs sold on the iTunes Store still don’t include lyrics after all these years. Shazam, makers of the well-known app that will identify songs playing in your vicinity after sampling a few seconds of audio, has [...]
Apple may have enough cash on hand to make Scrooge McDuck’s money vault look like a kiddie pool by comparison, but according to SeekingAlpha, most of that cash is effectively trapped overseas. US billion of Apple’s overall billion in cash is in offshore accounts, and Apple cannot repatriate that money to the States unless it [...]
Just when you thought navigation apps pretty much had all the features you thought you needed, TomTom has thrown some fresh ideas into the mix. The company is at CES demonstrating an updated navigation app that uses social networks as a source for turn-by-turn directions. “According to recent studies, the vast majority of iPhone users [...]
Two months ago, Spanish tablet maker Nuevas Tecnologías y Energías Catalá (or NT-K for short) won a design infringement lawsuit Apple filed against it a year earlier. Now, NT-K is on the offensive and seeking damages from Apple; the company has filed extortion charges against Apple, according to The Mac Observer. NT-K’s tablets were all [...]
“I wish I had a nickel for every time somebody asked me that,” Steve Jobs said as the question “Why doesn’t Apple offer a stripped down Mac that is more affordable” flashed up behind him during Macworld 2005 keynote. Today, that stripped-down computer celebrates its seventh anniversary. The Mac mini has had its demise predicted [...]
On January 11, 2005, Apple introduced the iPod shuffle to the world. Designed as a way to enjoy music while exercising, the shuffle brought random play of music to the iPod. The first edition of this device looked remarkably like a white stick of gum, featuring no display or scroll wheel, and plugging right into [...]
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) [...]
Apple’s upstaged the entire CES 2012 event by announcing their own education event on January 19 at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, so now I’ll continue the trend by demonstrating some real shipping products for Apple equipment. Who wants to hear CES rumors about products that may never ship- I’ll give you the stuff that’s [...]
After getting a good amount of criticism for changing its upgrade policy late last year, Adobe is offering incentives for Photoshop and Creative Suite CS3 and 4 users to get them to jump on the CS6 bandwagon. Starting with Adobe CS6, Adobe is restricting upgrade pricing just to those who are one version behind — [...]
Just because Apple isn’t exhibiting products at CES doesn’t mean it’s not interested in the event. paidContent.org is reporting that the company does have a presence, with one of their bloggers running into Greg Joswiak (head of iOS product marketing at Apple) at the Sony booth. Joz isn’t the only Apple employee at the crowded [...]
It’s January, and that means it’s time to ramp up the iPad rumors to full frenzy mode. Japanese rumor site Macotakara, which has been surprisingly accurate when it comes to speculation about upcoming iPads, says that the next-generation iPad is now in production in anticipation of a release in March, 2012. Macotakara’s sources in China [...]
In a desperate bid to keep itself afloat, Kodak has filed another lawsuit against HTC and Apple. The struggling company is now claiming that Apple and HTC infringe on four patents related to the transfer of digital images. A previous lawsuit against Apple focuses on technology for previewing images. In this latest legal skirmish, Kodak [...]
There’s a surprising dearth of Apple-related news this week, other than pundits talking about how almost every company at CES is copying Apple’s innovations in one way or another. No worries — if you’re depressed hearing about the latest cheesy MacBook Air clone or some other company’s iPad ripoff, I’ll cheer you up this afternoon [...]
I’ll admit it. I do a lot of my shopping on Craigslist. It’s a fantastic website to find phones, car tires, appliances, furniture and more. I’m a patient buyer, though, and wait until I find an excellent deal. Searching for the lowest price is not that hard when you use an app like CraigsPro+. CraigsPro+ [...]
Apple has sent out invitations to various media outlets, including The Loop, to attend an event centering on education at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City on Jan. 19. The event is expected to focus on iTunes U and electronic textbooks and has been in the works since late September. At least two project [...]
While many Windows users are content to live with older versions of their software, Mac users have generally been quite responsive to version upgrades. Sure, you’ll still find the occasional person running OS X 10.4 Tiger (like the client I upgraded last week), but a lot of Macs are now running Lion (OS X 10.7) [...]
Apple has seeded Mac OS X 10.7.3 beta build 11D42 to developers. The build comes in at 989.75 MB for those updating from 10.7.2 and 1.26 GB for those updating from any previous version of Mac OS X Lion. According to MacRumors, Apple has asked developers to focus their attention on Spotlight, Safari, Address Book, [...]
Most of the people savvy enough to be reading an Apple tech blog are probably the ones who get asked a lot of computer-related questions by family and friends. Perhaps you provided tech support over the holidays. But what happens when you have a question- Who can you ask for help- My favorite spot for [...]
T-Mobile CEO Philipp Humm talked to Ina Fried of AllThingsD at CES this week about a variety of topics, including the iPhone. Humm confirmed what we all assumed — T-Mobile didn’t get the iPhone because of its unique 3G technology. “The key reason we didn’t have the iPhone in the past is we are on [...]
Apple spokesperson Steve Dowling spoke to Bloomberg’s Business Week and confirmed the company purchased Anobit, an Israeli-based flash memory firm. Israeli newspaper Cacalist broke the story in December, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu corroborated the news when he tweeted a welcoming message to Apple. Apple’s acquisition of Anobit is the company’s first step into [...]
There’s a number of live TV-streaming apps out there for cable subscribers, and Comcast has added its AnyPlay service to the mix. Part of the Xfinity TV iPad app, AnyPlay allows subscribers with Xfinity HD Triple Play to access live cable programming at home via the iPad. Those who are traveling can’t access their cable [...]
2012 marks the 100th anniversary of Paramount Pictures, the company that brought you The Ten Commandments, Saturday Night Fever, the new Mission Impossible movie and hundreds of other cinematic treats. In recognition of this milestone, Paramount100 has arrived on the App Store. P100 is a free, rather massive (376 MB) app with info on most [...]
I have kids, and I live over three hours away from our nearest family. I know how difficult it is to entertain a car full of kids while driving, which is why the Ubergizmo post about the Philips In-Car screen kit caught my eye. It’s simply a pair of LCDs that strap to the back [...]
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