Beepocalypse: How Apple could improve multi-device reminders
May 17, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comment

Today, beloved leader Victor pointed me to this write-up over at Tidbits . Although Joe Kissel’s experience with quite so many devices (nine, I believe) falls a bit into the extremes of iOS/OS X use, the problem of dealing with distributed alarms …

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Passwords stored in plain text after Lion update
May 7, 2012 – 4:00 pm | No Comment
Passwords stored in plain text after Lion update

Legacy FileVault users (those who used FileVault before Lion) running a recently updated version of Mac OS X Lion should consider changing their login passwords. According to a report in ZDNet , …

Pandemic 2.Dark Realm Studios
May 3, 2012 – 9:57 pm | No Comment
Pandemic 2.Dark Realm Studios

Pandemic 2.5 Dark Realm Studios Genre: Games Price: $0.99 Release Date: May 01, 2012 Be the villain! Eradicate mankind by designing and releasing your own disease on the world in this expanded and refined update to the popular game Pandemic 2. – Select from dozens of symptoms, resistances and unlocked …

Dear Aunt TUAW: I’m going to WWDC. What should I pack?
May 2, 2012 – 7:00 pm | No Comment
Dear Aunt TUAW: I’m going to WWDC. What should I pack?

Dear Aunt TUAW, I’ve got my golden tickets to WWDC but this is my first time traveling to Oz. Do you have some suggestions for what I should pack and any tips for dealing with things once I’m out there? Thanks a bunch! Your loving nephew, Arthur Dear Arthur, …

Windowed apps on jailbroken iPad
April 30, 2012 – 5:00 pm | No Comment
Windowed apps on jailbroken iPad

If you have a jailbroken iPad, then you’ll want to check out Quasar. As noted by Big Boss , The tweak lets you run each app in a separate window on your iPad. Each window can be resized, …

Study: One in four iPad customers are new to Apple
April 27, 2012 – 7:00 pm | No Comment
Study: One in four iPad customers are new to Apple

Remember the early generation they were so popular and it seemed like everyone, even non-Mac users, had one? A recent NPD report about the iPad suggests the tablet device is slowly replacing the iPod as the device that gets people into…

Didn’t get in to WWDC? Try some other awesome developer conferences
April 27, 2012 – 1:30 am | No Comment
Didn’t get in to WWDC? Try some other awesome developer conferences

Nothing beats WWDC ‘s access to Apple engineers, and the confluence of global (well, provided you were awake in time in certain parts of the globe) attendees. If you didn’t get a ticket to WWDC, however, there are still plenty of other great developer…

Portable Pixels
April 26, 2012 – 2:53 am | No Comment
Portable Pixels

Hatchi Portable Pixels Genre: Games Release Date: January 12, 2012 Hatchi is FREE for 24 hours in partnership with Appsfire Deals, the best way to discover the best deals on top apps. Hatchi is a …

Proview spokesperson says iPad settlement "likely"
April 24, 2012 – 5:30 pm | No Comment
Proview spokesperson says iPad settlement "likely"

The dispute between Chinese display maker Proview and Apple over the iPad trademark may be nearing resolution. The Guangdong High Court wants the two companies to reach a settlement over the dispute that …

Apple makes a tax deal for Prineville, Oregon data center land
April 23, 2012 – 4:45 pm | No Comment
Apple makes a tax deal for Prineville, Oregon data center land

We’ve heard before that Apple plans to build a data center on land it previously purchased in Oregon, but now the Associated Press reports on part of the cost. The company has reportedly agreed to pay US$150,000 per year…

Deepworld launches Kickstarter project to help fund a Mac beta
April 23, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Deepworld launches Kickstarter project to help fund a Mac beta

When I first met the guys making Deepworld, a 2D sandbox-style building game similar to Minecraft, at GDC in March , I told them that the project would be bigger than they thought. They do have extensive experience developing software…