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Best Buy offers $50 discount on iPad 2 models

TUAW — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:45:00 +0000

Reader Alexander Wright dropped us a line this afternoon to point out that Best Buy is now selling all variants of the iPad 2 for $50 off the usual list price. Given that the Apple-authorized big box electronics retailer usually sticks to the regular...

Wirecast Pro for Mac 4.1.3: A close look at a powerful webcasting tool

TUAW — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Over the past few weeks, I've been getting up to speed on using Telestream's Wirecast Pro for Mac to broadcast the weekly TUAW TV Live show. In this review, I'll describe some of the features of the latest version (4.1.3) of Wirecast Pro, and how it ...

Two New Products To Be Announced At Apple Media Event? With iPad 3 Pre-Orders And Rumors Of Shipments Already En Route To U.S.

Redmond Pie — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:12:10 +0000

The Apple gadget loving world is anxiously counting down the days until March 7th, which is when we are expecting Apple to once again take to the big stage for a media event which we believe will announce the details and launch dates for the eagerly ...

iPad 3 Units Already Being Shipped To U.S. From China?

iPhone Hacks — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 11:09:14 +0000

Images posted on Chinese forums suggest that iPad 3 shipments are already being loaded onto cargo flights headed for the U.S. Keeping in mind ...

Adobe Photoshop Touch For iPad 2 Now Available For Download [video]

Redmond Pie — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 02:36:45 +0000

The much awaited version of Adobe Photoshop for iOS has just hit the App Store! The all new Photoshop Touch for iPad is basically a fully touch-optimized experience of the desktop counterpart, featuring support for core Photoshop features such as lay...

Add Unicode Symbols To Your iPhone Or iPad Keyboard Using PictoKeyboard For iOS

Redmond Pie — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:36:03 +0000

A new jailbreak tweak will have you adding little icons and symbols to everything you write, all via iOS software keyboard.

Thoughts on Messages, FaceTime and an open standard

TUAW — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 21:30:00 +0000

So here is an interesting read for this weekend: It's about Messages, how they've just made it across to the desktop (in beta form, sure, but coming soon in final version form), and how they sort of "compete" against FaceTime in Apple's messaging dom...

How to Customize Push Notification Alert Tone For Each App Using PushTone [Jailbreak Tweak]

iPhone Hacks — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:49:07 +0000

We continue to see jailbreak tweaks that enhance the iOS Push Notification system, which was completely revamped in iOS 5 with Notification Center. One of ...

Requiem App Cracks Apple’s FairPlay DRM Protection For iBooks For The First Time

iPhone Hacks — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 17:17:53 +0000

The Verge has just reported that a new version of Requiem (v3.3), a Mac and Windows app that removes Fairplay digital rights management (DRM) from iTunes music ...

IconRotator: Jailbreak Tweak Rotates App Icons On Your iPhone’s Home Screen [video]

iPhone Hacks — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:17:31 +0000

Ryan Petrich – developer of many popular jailbreak tweaks such as Activator, recently released a cool new jailbreak tweak called IconRotator. While the accelerometer ...

Readability: Coming to an iOS device near you on March 1

TUAW — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

Do you like reading articles on the web, but hate all of the cruft that ends up making posts hard to read? Relax. Readability is going to be available for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch for free on March 1, 2012. Readability is somewhat akin to Reader ...

Daily iPhone App: Monopoly Hotels checks in on EA’s freemium expertise

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:30:00 +0000

Zynga's gotten a lot of flak for creating basically a clone of Tiny Tower, and you could make the argument EA has done the same thing with its new freemium title Monopoly Hotels. The game features a set of freemium goals as you set up a series of bus...

Turn Instagram Into A Fun And Engaging Memory Game With InstaMatch – Download Now

Redmond Pie — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:11:18 +0000

As children - even those raised in an era bereft of much in the way of technology and electronic gadgets, most of us will remember having played some variation of a memory matching game.

Bungie co-founder starts new mobile studio

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000

You know Bungie, the game studio that developed Marathon and Halo? Well, one of its founders, Alex Seropian, is now working on a new mobile-focused project. He's one of the brains behind Industrial Toys, a start-up development studio that intends to f...

Umami TV companion app gets a big social update

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Those of us who watch hours of the Food Network know that Umami is one of the five basic flavors. iPad users might be more familiar with the word from the Umami TV companion iPad app (free), which today received an update that adds social aspects for...

Report: Apple’s iOS accounts for 35% of mobile ad impressions

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Apple's share of the overall mobile market seems to be heading dramatically upward, at least according to inMobi. The company measures how ads they serve (almost 100 million ads deployed each month) are filtered onto mobile devices. The figures are s...

Tweeticide For iPhone And iPad Allows You To Delete All Your Tweets Right From Your iOS Device

Redmond Pie — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:47:18 +0000

Much like Facebook with those status updates, individual tweets are easy to remove - as long as you have the time and patience to go through each one and remove them.

AssistantLove: Jailbreak Tweak Allows You to Use Spotify, GPS Apps And More With Siri [video]

iPhone Hacks — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:50:51 +0000

AssistantLove a new jailbreak tweak aims to extend Siri’s capabilities by allowing you to use apps such as Spotify, GPS apps, launch apps and ...

Friday Favorite: Satechi 12-port USB Hub

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

It's rare to come up with a Friday Favorite for something as seemingly ho-hum as a USB hub, but this particular model caught my eye a while ago when a colleague brought it with him on a project. "What is that?" I asked, wonderingly. The blue glow of t...

The case for ditching the Dock connector

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Apple's 30-pin Dock connector has spawned generations of cables, docks, and accessories that all use the wide dongle we've all become familiar with. But is it something that has outlived its usefulness and is ready for replacement? That's the questio...

Proview now suing Apple in the US

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:00:00 +0000

Proview stepped up its legal assault against Apple by taking its complaint to the US court system. Earlier this month, U.S.-based Proview Technology Inc. filed a suit against Apple in the Superior Court of the State of California in Santa Clara Count...

It’s the 57th anniversary of Steve Jobs’s birth

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Today would have been Steve Jobs's 57th birthday. In memoriam of the man who inspired us to think different, we've assembled a few of Jobs's most memorable moments. Get out the tissues as we remember the life and achievements of the Apple co-founder ...

Apple patents design for ultra-thin keyboard

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

The touchscreen keyboards on Apple's iOS devices are great space savers, as they're never around when you don't need them. For all the great leaps forward Apple has made with Multi-Touch technology over the past five years in both its iOS devices and...

Apple halts iCloud push services in Germany

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Apple was handed a setback in Germany recently when a court ruled in favor of Motorola in a patent infringement case involving Apple's iCloud and MobileMe push email service. A new support document on Apple's German website confirms the company is hal...

Remember The View-Master? Imagine If Apple Made It [IMAGES]

Redmond Pie — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:54:05 +0000

The iPhone's camera has brought out the inner photographer in many people, so many in fact that both the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S have had stints as Flickr's favorite snapper - ahead of the larger, pricier, industry-level standalones.

WeeToolbox For iPhone Lets You Tweet, Access Camera, Flashlight, Make Phone Calls And More Directly From iOS 5 Notification Center

Redmond Pie — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:01:27 +0000

Notification Center is coming up to its fifth month anniversary in the public eye and I think all iOS users would agree that it has been a very welcome addition indeed to Apple's mobile operating system. The powerful notification enhancement gives us...

Daily iPad App: Desi Leaves Town is a surprisingly elegant puzzle game

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Desi Leaves Town, available on the App Store now, has done something remarkable. It surprised me. The colorful screenshot above might suggest that it's a kids' storybook app, but it's not. In fact, most of the kids I know would find its story boring....

iFixit Confirms Leaked iPad 3 Screen Has 2048×1536 ‘Retina Display’ Resolution [video]

iPhone Hacks — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:31:41 +0000

Last week, folks at MacRumors put the leaked iPad 3 display under the microscope and confirmed that it was indeed a high resolution Retina ...

Apple Reportedly Working on ‘Micro Dock’ Connector For iPhone, iPad And iPod

iPhone Hacks — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:42:28 +0000

Apple is planning to replace the standard 30-pin dock connector that is used in the iPhone, iPad and iPod with something more compact, according ...

OnLive Desktop Plus out now, $4.99 a month for extra software and features

TUAW — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:30:00 +0000

OnLive Desktop originally went live back at CES earlier this year, and since then it's been making magic happen on iOS devices everywhere, whether you've used it yet or not. The cloud-based service provides a Windows computer packed with standard sof...