The battle for digital music — and cloud-based music solutions — continues. Amazon has announced Amazon AutoRip, a service that gives anyone who has purchased elligible CDs from them since 1998 a free digital copy of that CD. From Amazon’s press release announcing the new service: AutoRip features include: Free digital copies: Amazon customers who [...]
In a Bloomberg Businessweek article this week, writers Ashlee Vance and Aaron Ricadela reveal a conversation between former HP CEO Mark Hurd and Steve Jobs that had not been previously disclosed. That article asks whether or not current HP CEO Meg Whitman can save the company that once ruled Silicon Valley but is now seemingly [...]
In many ways, the design of Apple Stores reflects greatly on the attention to detail and design savvy of late Apple CEO Steve Jobs. He was a stickler for detail, often obsessing over the placement of individual pixels on a screen or the exact shade of a particular case color. ifoAppleStore has a story today [...]
Tim Cook is visiting China this week, and confirmed that the cellular version of Apple’s iPad mini will become available in January while talking with Chinese reporters. Cook also noted that the country’s approval process prolongs release schedules, and that’s something Apple is working to improve. Cook also said that he has plans for 25 [...]
Apple has settled a lawsuit with Swiss photographer Sabine Liewald over the illegal use of his piece titled “Eye Closeup,” according to CNET. The company and Liewald originally had an agreement in place to use the image, but Liewald maintained in a court filing that the only permission he gave Apple regarding the photograph was [...]
A giant iPhone installation was revealed in St. Petersburg, Russia today in honor of the late Steve Jobs. Designed by St. Petersburg native Gleb Tarasov, the larger-than-life iPhone is an imitation of a black, “late model” version of Apple’s iconic device, according to RIA Novosti. There’s no giant touch screen, but the iPhone does feature [...]
Phone Joy is one of many companies putting together controllers for iOS devices, but unlike, say, the Gameloft-only Duo Gamer controller, Phone Joy is aiming to make their button pad as accessible and open as possible. The company successfully raised funds through Kickstarter last year, and here on the floor of CES, they were showing [...]
BodyMedia has become a regular stop on our annual CES tour — the company introduced its first Bluetooth-enabled, smartphone-connected fitness tracker a few years ago, and since then, they told us this year here in Las Vegas, the smartphone versions of the tracker are outselling more traditional versions “by far.” As a result, the company’s [...]
What’s going to be the next pull to refresh or swipe to delete- The Industry has peered into its crystal ball and come up with what it thinks (or hopes) are the 13 most prominent trends we’re going to be seeing in app design for 2013 — whether we want them or not. Flat design [...]
Sometimes you just need to talk on your iPhone right NOW, and even the tedious task of fetching the device from your pocket or purse is just too big of a delay to handle. If this sounds like you, then you’re going to want to pay very close attention to the following video, as it [...]
After having been yanked from the App Store by Apple in July, an app called Clueful has sound a second chance at life on the web. Created by Bitdefender, the app was designed to present a searchable database of other iOS apps and information on what ways they share your personal data. Neither Apple nor [...]
Shazam’s Executive Vice President of Marketing, David Jones, kindly found some time to meet up with me during CES 2013 today, and we chatted about what the company has been up to lately. You probably remember Shazam from their very early days on the iPhone as a music-finding app (you can use the app to [...]
What’s this- A non-iPad tablet on TUAW- The Boogie Board Sync isn’t really a tablet, it’s a writing surface which happens to sync with your Mac or iOS device. The purpose of the Boogie Board line, which has been around for a while, is to provide an eWriter tablet which feels a lot like actually [...]
We posted about the Duo Gamer iPhone controller back when it first released in October of this year, but I hadn’t gotten a chance to try it out yet. Fortunately, Duo is here on the floor of CES this week, and they of course had the controller on display and available for a demo. It’s [...]
When I think of search I pretty much think of Google. I have tried Bing, and while it is pretty, a lot of my searches just don’t turn out as well as they do on Google. If you’d like to try something completely different, let me suggest you get a look at Izik, which is [...]
Official Twitter desktop client TweetDeck has just received a pretty significant update for OS X. The client now allows users to embed tweets directly from the app itself. Previously users had to use Chrome or the web client to embed tweets in their blogs and websites. The update also brings over 90 bug fixes and [...]
Apple has released an EFI Firmware Update 2.6 for mid-2012 MacBook Air models. The update fixes several annoying bugs that have been reported in Apple’s online help discussion forums. From Apple’s knowledge base article: About MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.6 This update is recommended for MacBook Air (mid 2012) models. This update fixes a [...]
The Atlantic has an article up about Kevin Russ, a prolific and popular nature photographer who has amassed a significant following with his haunting photos of the American West. While the content of Russ’s still life snaps has garnered much attention, so has his camera of choice: the iPhone. The photographer says he prefers the [...]
Well, Tethercell isn’t so much a “re-imagining” of your run-of-the-mill AA battery, it’s more of a remote-controlled battery currently seeking funding on Indiegogo. Of course, we wouldn’t write it up if there wasn’t an app, and with the app there’s actually quite a lot of cool stuff you can do with the Tethercell. I saw [...]
Today Apple announced on their Developer Portal that screenshots for submitted apps will be locked once an app is approved. Until now a developer could change screenshots for an app (the preview images you see in the App Store that help you see what an app looks like) at any time. The new rules mean [...]
In honor of the twelfth birthday of iTunes, Ars Technica senior Apple editor Jacqui Cheng has published a photographic family tree of sorts showing the app (and its predecessor SoundJam) through its various incarnations. It’s an amazing trip down memory lane and demonstrates how even how the iTunes 11 MiniPlayer owes a bit of its [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Apple is like a security guard, wandering the halls of the App Store with a ban hammer that it uses liberally on apps that don’t meet its strict guidelines. As reported by io9, the latest app to fall under its scrutiny is an iOS game from Auroch Digital called Endgame:Syria. According to GameTheNews, Endgame:Syria is [...]
Today AT&T announced that it sold 10 million smartphones during the fourth quarter of 2012, beating the 2011 record of 9.4 million units. Based on knowledge of what percentage of those sales numbers have been iPhones in previous quarters, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is forecasting that AT&T sold 8.1 million iPhones during the last [...]
Over the holidays I tried out several external battery packs for the iPhone. One of my more favorite ones is the Powermonkey Discovery. Made by Powertraveler, the Powermonkey discovery is a slim and light battery pack weighing a slight 107 grams and just 46 x 13 x 114mm in size. Inside you’ll find a 3500mAh [...]
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