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iPad assists South African President Zuma with State of the Nation address
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Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me share my iPhone data to my iPad
Dear Aunt TUAW, I find myself in an interesting position. I am going to ...
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Daily Update for February 9, 2012
It’s the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a ...
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Swiss company SmartData sues Apple over Apple TV, iPhone
Another company you’ve probably never heard of before today is after a slice ...
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Warner Music reporting more stable sales, propped up by iTunes and streaming services
There’s finally some good news in the music business, but don’t get too excited, it’s not ...
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Apple airs two new iPhone 4S TV ads all about Siri: ‘Rock God’ and ‘Road Trip’
Apple has aired two new television commercials about the iPhone 4S headline feature, Siri. The first new ad, displayed above, focuses on Siri’s integration with ...
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NOAA ditches BlackBerry for the iPhone and iPad
The United States’ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (via The Loop) is turning the tide in its IT department. Doing what many companies are doing ...
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AAPL passes 10 percent of all of NASDAQ value as analysts target half a trillion dollar valuation
Apple’s blockbuster holiday quarter sent shares to an all-time high of $431 a share, which is enough to close in on a market valuation of ...
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Steve Jobs’ FBI file reveals he’d been considered for a Bush 1 White House ‘sensitive position’ in 1991
Federal Bureau of Investigation has posted on its website an interesting and exhaustive file on Apple’s Cofounder and late CEO Steve Jobs. According to Gawker, ...
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Logitech takes a page from the Magic Mouse playbook for its new touch mouse M600
We are so in love with Logitech’s new touch-sensitive Touch Mouse M600 that it would most likely be a replacement if we broke our mouse. Akin to Apple’s Magic ...
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See Every Apple Design Released in History With a 30 Second Video
Want to see every Apple design ever released in 30 seconds of cheesy video? Of course you do. You’ll see everything from the Apple I ...
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iPad 3 Release Set for March
The iPad 3 will be announced in the first week of March and likely go on sale soon after, according to a new report from ...
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Verify SHA1 Hash with openssl
An alternative to checking a SHA1 hash with shasum is to use openssl. Yes, the same openssl utility used to encrypt files can be used ...
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How to Restore an iPhone or iPad Using iTunes
Restoring an iPhone or iPad to it’s default factory settings is easy whether you are restoring as a troubleshooting step or just preparing to transfer ...
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Organize, Tile, & Resize Windows Without a Mouse Using Spectacle for Mac OS X
Spectacle is a free utility for Mac OS X that helps you quickly and easily organize and resize windows, without using the mouse. Apps like ...
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Apple Releases Two New iPhone 4S Ads: "Road Trip" and "Rock God"
Apple posted two new iPhone 4S television ads to its YouTube account this evening, “Road Trip” and “Rock God”. Both ads showcase the various ...
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Google Working On Wireless Home Entertainment System
Google is developing a wireless home entertainment system designed to stream music throughout the home,
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Apple's Mac App Store Sandboxing Requirement Gaining Renewed Scrutiny as Deadline Approaches
Last November, we reported on Apple’s plan to require all Mac App Store apps to be sandboxed, a move that would increase security by ...
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iPad 3 to Have 'Truly Amazing' Screen
Following a report from AllThingsD earlier today claiming that Apple will introduce the iPad 3 in the first week of March, The New ...
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AT&T Says Throttling of Unlimited Data Users Done on Case-by-Case Basis
Last week, a firestorm erupted over the publicization of AT&T policies that can result in users on grandfathered unlimited data plans seeing their data ...
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Review: Bang & Olufsen Beolit 12 is impressive and expensive
The Beolit 12 is lovely, portable, and sounds great. But boy, is ...
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Incoming Sony CEO: Hot gadgets aren't enough anymore
Sony’s new CEO says the company needs to move on from its hardware roots.
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Kodak axing digital cameras business
Kodak, which filed for bankruptcy last month, is killing its digital cameras business and plans to focus ...
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Review: Psychonauts gets in your head
Seven years after its critically acclaimed and commercially ignored debut, Double Fine’s Psychonauts has finally made ...
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Emptying the trash automatically
No, Automator doesn’t include an Empty the Trash action, but Chris Breen reveals how you can build your ...
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Samsung Galaxy 10.1N cleared for sale in Germany
One week after denying Apple an injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, a German court on Thursday officially cleared the reworked Samsung tablet for sale ...
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AT&T throttling unlimited data users starting at 2 GB per month based on location
The story of an AT&T customer having his bandwidth throttled after transferring only 2 GB of a so-called unlimited data plan has created a maelstrom ...
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Apple employee says upcoming iPad 3 to have "truly amazing" screen
According to a source described as “an Apple employee,” the next iPad will be released at an event in early March, with a faster processor ...
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Workers' rights petitions delivered to Apple's Grand Central store
As promised, activists on Thursday hand-delivered signed petitions to Apple’s store in Grand Central Terminal, which were politely accepted by retail employees.
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US NOAA ditches BlackBerry, chooses Apple's iPhone and iPad
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest government organization to adopt Apple’s iPhone and iPad after ditching Research in Motion’s BlackBerry.
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It’s the Chiroptophobia Show MyMac Podcast #389
Download & Listen to the show here Subscribe in iTunes You’ll have to listen to find out what Chiroptophobia is, but the why they called ...
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Fuego’s River Adventure iPad 2 App Review
Fuego’s River Adventure App Developer: Crimson Apps – Omri Argaman Version Reviewed: 1.2 License: US$0.99 on iPad 2 only. Requires iOS 4 or later. If ...
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Plateaus and Canyons – Impressions of the American Southwest Book Review
Plateaus and Canyons — Impressions of the American Southwest By Bruce Barnbaum Rocky Nook ISBN: 978-1-933952-8, 220 pages Price: US $44.95, CAN $45.95 The Colorado ...
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Just Mobile Gum Max Power Pack
Just Mobile Gum Max Power Pack Just Mobile $$105-120 (depending on retailer) Writing reviews for good products is easy…usually. However when writing about a ...
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Piezo Video Review
Piezo Company: Rogue Amoeba Price: $9.99 US Version: 1.1.1 Requires: Mac OSX 10.6.0 or higher Mac App Store link
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Apple iPhones hold their resale value significantly better than iPhone wannabes
Apple iPhones retain notably more resale value than iPhone wannabes…
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Apple’s next-gen iPad to bow in March with ‘truly amazing’ screen, says Apple employee
Apple is planning to introduce an upgraded version of its iPad…
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Handful of protesters deliver Chinese factory petition to Apple Retail Store
Activists hand-delivered petitions to Apple’s Grand Central Terminal flagship store in Manhattan today…
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Apple’s retail stores increased sales by nearly 60% in Christmas 2011 quarter
Apple’s retail stores increased sales by nearly 60% in Q4…
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Apple shares hit new all-time intraday, closing highs
Apple Inc. (AAPL) shares today gained $16.49 to set a new all-time closing high…
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Study More Efficiently with Mental Case
Flashcards have long been a great way to study – whether you’re preparing for an exam, learning a new language, or ...
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Five Slick Menu Bar Apps For Controlling iTunes
So you want to control iTunes from your menu bar? It’s a simple enough task, but which app is right for ...
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xScope 3: Big Improvements to the Designer’s Best Friend
Back in 2009, we reviewed xScope, the then-new comprehensive toolkit for designers. xScope offers precision features for measuring, previewing, and organizing ...
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10 AppStorm Recommended Mac & Apple Podcasts
This post is part of a series that revisits some of our readers’ favorite articles from the past that still contain ...
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Adobe Sheds Light On Its Upcoming “Creative Cloud” Service
A couple of weeks after Adobe revealed an upgrade offer to CS6, the latest reincarnation in its popular Creative Suite, which ...
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How To Check Your iPhone’s Data Usage From The iOS 5 Notification Center [Jailbreak]
A really nifty jailbreak widget for iOS 5′s Notification Center is now available ...
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In Another Blow For RIM, NOAA Ditches BlackBerry For iPhone and iPad
Earlier this week, it was revealed that energy giant Haliburton is was going ...
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How To Quickly Check Your Twitter Timeline With Siri [Jailbreak]
We’ve already shown you jailbreak tweaks like AssistantExtensions that let you tweet using ...
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Businesses Can Disable iCloud But Won’t Gain Much Security In The Process
There’s no doubt that iCloud offers some great value to Mac and ...
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Apple Supplier Foxconn Got Hacked For The Lulz
As if Foxconn didn’t have enough to worry about ...
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Thursday Recap: Apple Labor Protests, FBI File on Steve Jobs, Kindle Jabs iPad
Does the FBI have a file on all of us? Some conspiracy theorists believe so, ...
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How to Set Up an iTunes Allowance
Parents, you know how it goes: every time the kid wants to download an app from the iTunes Store, he has to bring you ...
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Star Marine: Infinite Ammo Review
GlitchSoft’s original side-scroller takes strong cues from hardcore shooter classics, serving up a loving homage to Contra III with similar mechanics, weapons, and music, plus ...
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The Week's Best Deals for Your Mac and iOS Device
They’re out there, lurking online in places you go and places you don’t. We’re talking deals, people. Sure, you can hunt them down on ...
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Hands-on with the new Tweetbot for iPhone and iPad
When it comes to Twitter clients, everyone has a favorite — and much to the company’s chagrin, rarely does it ...
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WSJ: Google Developing Home Entertainment System
Amir Efrati and Ethan Smith, reporting for the WSJ: Google Inc. is developing a home-entertainment system that streams music wirelessly throughout the home and would be ...
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How to Take Pictures of Receipts (or Anything Else) and Automatically Add Them to Yojimbo With Whatever Tags You Want
Great tip from Shawn Blanc, tying together Dropbox, Yojimbo, Folder Action scripts, and a new-to-me iPhone app called QuickShot.
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Detox
Nifty Safari extension by Shaun Inman: Ever wonder why links you find via Twitter don’t show up in your browser history and aren’t suggested by autocomplete ...
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Twittelator Neue
I sing the praises of Tweetbot every few weeks, but I still believe what I wrote almost three years ago: “Twitter Clients Are a ...
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Stealing Your Address Book
Dustin Curtis: Usually, when I am curious about something Apple has done, I try to understand the design thinking that went into the decision. In this ...
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SpeakToIt: A personal assistant for older iPhones, iPads
Siri is hot, but the software is exclusive to the iPhone 4S; iPads, iPod touches and older iPhones need not apply. The situation provides an ...
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If 2 GB is excessive, why is AT&T selling 3-GB mobile data plans?
When AT&T first started throttling unlimited smartphone data users plans last fall, it claimed it had to limit the “extraordinary” consumption of its greediest customers. ...
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Apple “politely” accepts iPhone protestors’ petitions in NYC
The scheduled delivery of petitions asking Apple for better treatment of workers in factories that produce iPhones and iPads happened on schedule in New York ...
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Here’s Steve Jobs’ (rather mundane) FBI file
In 1991, when Steve Jobs was still at NeXT, the FBI opened a file on him. He was up for a presidential appointment, so the ...
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Waze adds hands-free option for traffic reporting, navigation
Waze users on the iPhone will be able to operate hands-free, leveraging the phone’s proximity sensor to initiate commands. Users who normally keep the app ...
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Apple set to unveil iPad 3 in first week in March
Apple will launch the next version of the iPad at a special even in San Francisco in the first week of March, according to All ...
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Paul McCartney to play live on iTunes and Apple TV
In the first event of its kind, Paul McCartney will promote his new album, Kisses on the Bottom, by playing a concert which will be ...
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Latest Issue: Volume 28 No 3
iBooks Author is a brand new and completely free Mac app that lets you create your own multimedia books for the iPad. Just before we ...
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Motorola wins ban on push email on Apple devices in Germany
Motorola has won a permanent injunction in Germany against push email services in Apple’s iCloud and MobileMe. When Motorola enforces the judgement, Apple will have ...
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Browett won’t bring Dixons to Apple says Tim Cook
Apple’s decision to recruit Dixons CEO, John Browett as its international retail chief caused more than a few raised eyebrows on this side of the ...
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Growl Notification from Mail.app with Sender Photos
You can use an AppleScript to send a notification to Growl whenever new messages arrive in Mail.app. The script also includes the image of the ...
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Using S/MIME on iOS Devices
I’ve recently written a blog post on using S/MIME with iOS devices. I’ve found that settings things up isn’t entirely straight-forward so I’ve documented ...
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10.7: Update to a workaround for a Boot Camp x64 installation issue
Yesterday I finally got around to dual-booting my MacBook, with a nice fresh copy of Windows 7. Everything was great, except for a laggy download ...
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Airport Utility 6.0
Airport Utility 6.0 was released a few days ago. You may want to keep both 5.6 and 6.0 versions. I used Pacifist, and manually reinstalled ...
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10.7: See Exposé view of an app in the background
This is a feature that allows you to see the Exposé of an app that is in the background. You’ll need a Trackpad. In OS ...



