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Attention to Detail: What we love in an app

Software. It doesn't matter if it's for a Mac or for an iPhone. There are certain qualities we just love, that make an app really stand out to us. As a rough approximation, we call it "Attention to Detail" but there's a lot more going on than just ...

From ERICA SADUN, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW),  21 Nov 2009

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Mac 101: Two things I love about Address Book

More Mac 101, tips and tricks for novice Mac users. It's so easy to take Address Book for granted, and yet that simple utility has two absolutely killer features: big phone numbers and simple envelope printing. These features do exactly what their ...

From ERICA SADUN, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW),  19 Nov 2009

iAssociate: Mind mapping fun

Last year, I was introduced to Funny Farm while working on a team project with my inlaws. I absolutely loved the idea of a puzzle that grew as you solved parts of it. The game works by associating words with their natural connections, e.g. "On the Farm" ...

From ERICA SADUN, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW),  18 Nov 2009

More HD movies hit iTunes' virtual shelves

Apple has added many new HD movie titles to iTunes, according to former TUAWian David Chartier's post for Macworld. David, who is an HD-aficionado, noticed that the iTunes Store just recently stocked both classic and new release HD movies, bringing the ...

From ERICA SADUN, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW),  12 Nov 2009

Found Footage: The iPhone and the WiiMote

Matthias Ringwald, of iPhone Bluetooth fame, has just released BTstack 0.1 for iPhone. This video demonstrates his group's technology in action, as an iPhone syncs with a WiiMote and then uses the WiiMote for input. Although the system does not yet ...

From ERICA SADUN, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW),  10 Nov 2009

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Apple adds submission histories to iTunes Connect

iPhone developer Brian Stormont pinged us this morning to share the news that Apple has quietly updated iTunes Connect with a great new feature: Status History. Appearing near recently reviewed items, this option opens a detail table showing how your ...

From ERICA SADUN, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW),  6 Nov 2009

TUAW Gift Guides: Gifts for tech-savvy women

Holiday time is drawing near, with Black Friday just over the horizon. So have you started thinking about what to get your favorite gal? You might want to subscribe to a Monoprice e-mail alert to catch the latest restocks for your beloved's iPhone or ...

From ERICA SADUN, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW),  4 Nov 2009

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Bitlbee and Rooms: Accessing AIM Chat Rooms from your iPhone

I'll warn you: the initial set up is a little typing intensive, especially on the iPhone. After that, creating a simple macro using Room's built-in shortcut system transformed my connection work into a few taps. Now, each time I connect, I enter a ...

From ERICA SADUN, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW),  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Yahoo!

App Store Stories: One man's app. Three corporations. Lyrics 2 against the world.

As you're probably well aware, Apple carefully guards its App Store offerings. So long as Kluivers provided explicit lyrics, allowing access to songs by big-name artists like Eminem & 50 Cent [NSFW lyrics here], Apple would not approve the application. ...

From ERICA SADUN, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW),  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Sony,  WIRED Magazine,  50 Cent,  Yahoo!

Dear Aunt TUAW: Recovering iPhone data and media

Dear Aunt TUAW, I'm from the Philippines and I would just like to ask for your help. I don't know if the news had reached you guys but there had been some massive flood lately in our country brought about by super typhoons storming over our land. ...

From ERICA SADUN, The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW),  26 Oct 2009

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