Daily iPhone App: 7 Little Words will cast a spell on you
February 7, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment

Puzzlejuice adds all kinds of bells, whistles and fun to the “word game” genre. The equally excellent 7 Little Words goes in the opposite direction, boiling wordplay down to its core. It offers just seven words and a series of letters (in groups of two or three at …

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Daily iPhone App: 7 Little Words will cast a spell on you
February 7, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Daily iPhone App: 7 Little Words will cast a spell on you

Puzzlejuice adds all kinds of bells, whistles and fun to the “word game” genre. The equally excellent 7 Little Words goes in the opposite direction, boiling wordplay down to its core. It offers just seven words and a series of letters (in groups of two or three at …

OS X 10.7.3 includes new high-res pointer icons, rampant speculation ensues
February 7, 2012 – 1:00 pm | No Comment
OS X 10.7.3 includes new high-res pointer icons, rampant speculation ensues

Soon after the 10.7.3 update to OS X Lion, people started finding subtle differences in the pointer icons for OS X (hat tip to Daring Fireball ). Specifically, the link, grab, copy, and screenshot pointers have all been updated with slightly new iterations for the first time since OS X 10.2 , …

You’re the Pundit: iPad 3
February 6, 2012 – 9:00 pm | No Comment
You’re the Pundit: iPad 3

When it comes to forecasting the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust . We put the question to you and let you have your go …

Dear Aunt TUAW: Why does Siri read smilies as colons?
February 6, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comment
Dear Aunt TUAW: Why does Siri read smilies as colons?

Dear Aunt TUAW, I love Siri . I’m surprised at how much I actually use it beyond the gimmicky stuff. Texting while driving (through my car’s Uconnect system) is so handy. One thing I’ve noticed is that when I dictate…

Microsoft’s $21B in quarterly revenue is nice, but it’s no iPhone
February 6, 2012 – 7:00 pm | No Comment
Microsoft’s $21B in quarterly revenue is nice, but it’s no iPhone

When you think Microsoft , you think “big.” Especially from the perspective of Apple’s long-time customers and loyalists — those who remember the rough times in the 1990s, when Microsoft’s US$150 million investment helped keep the company from fiscal ruin — the idea of corporate behemoth-ness is paired …

Samsung insults iPhone owners with Super Bowl ad touting oversized stylus phone
February 6, 2012 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
Samsung insults iPhone owners with Super Bowl ad touting oversized stylus phone

Samsung USA has been on the warpath against Apple fans lately with a series of ads that show bored, desperate people standing in line for Apple’s next product while happy hipsters show off their Android-powered Sammy devices. …

Daily Mac app: Droplr
February 6, 2012 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Daily Mac app: Droplr

Do you want to share files easily and quickly? Then take a look at Droplr , which has been around for some time and recently hit the Mac App Store in an improved version 2. Droplr is…

Five apps for Super Bowl Sunday
February 3, 2012 – 8:00 pm | No Comment
Five apps for Super Bowl Sunday

The Super Bowl is just around the corner which means it’s time to get ready for the big game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots . Rather than our usual five…

Users report Rosetta problems after Security Update 2012-001
February 3, 2012 – 6:45 pm | No Comment
Users report Rosetta problems after Security Update 2012-001

Several OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard users are reporting that Power PC-coded apps no longer work after applying Security Update 2012-001 . The Apple support boards are full of stories about Rosetta apps crashing when any command is selected from the menu bar. Complaints …

Apple and Motorola scuffle over iCloud and push email
February 3, 2012 – 6:00 pm | No Comment
Apple and Motorola scuffle over iCloud and push email

Motorola scored a victory against Apple today when it won a permanent injunction against the company’s iCloud and MobileMe push email service. According to FOSS Patents , the injunction is “preliminarily enforceable,” which means Motorola can enforce the ruling right away by posting a 100 million euro bond. …