December 2010
PopCap games (Mac and PC) all on sale for 50% off →
PopCap is having a blowout sale on its Mac (and PC) games this holiday weekend. The 50% off sale is going on now and extends until January 2, 2011. All games except for the recently…
Apple Download Page < Mac App Store →
Apple has notified it’s developers that they will be shutting down the Downloads page of their website and shifting everything to the Mac App Store that is schedule to take off…
McAfee predicts Apple under threat in 2011 (again) →
It happens around this time every year — some company that makes its money from security computers claims that next year will finally be the year the Mac goes under attack from virus…
Research In Motion And Microsoft Update Syncing... →
You may find it hard to believe, but not all people who use a Mac use an iPhone as their choice of mobile phone. With that being said, Microsoft and RIM have released software…
Holiday giveaway: MoGo Talk XD for iPhone 4 →
The holidays are all about being together, and in this case we want to put you together with a special giveaway: we’ve got two MoGo Talk XD Bluetooth headset/iPhone 4 case combinations to…
AirPrint Gets Additional Printers →
HP recently let loose a flurry of firmware updates for printers to support Apple’s new AirPrint functionality. Those printers include:
- Officejet Pro 8500A e-AiO5
- Officejet…
Found Footage: An iPad-controlled robot that... →
Thanks to the iPad and TouchOSC, robot Hikari can now be controlled by our favorite tablet device. The system for control on the iPad is powered by TouchOSC, a remote control…
Opera 11 for Mac debuts with tab stacking,... →
Opera 11 for Mac is finally available with all sorts of cool features for you to play with, like “tab stacking,” mouse gesture support and extensions. Here’s an initial run-down of the…
First iAd for iPad features Tron Legacy →
The first iPad iAd has been released today and it’s for Disney’s upcoming film Tron Legacy. The iAd features video from the Tron movie, which leads to an interactive menu. The menu itself…
Handheld Game Developers Switching to Smartphones →
We don’t even think it is arguable anymore, RIM’s and Google’s Android and Blackberry dedicated users defend their OS’s ground, but when it comes to the facts, Apple really made the…
Another MacBook Air EFI firmware update available →
Apple has released MacBook Air EFI Firmware Update 2.0 for the newest MacBook Airs. The update addresses “a rare issue where MacBook Air boots or wakes to a black screen or becomes…
Frenzapp lets you discover and share iOS apps with... →
Having trouble deciding which of the hundreds of thousands of apps in the App Store you should be trying out for yourself? Well have no fear, as Frenzapp is an app that (with the help of…
Mac App Store will be live in January '11, says... →
One of the good things about our friend Jim Dalrymple at The Loop (to be clear, he has many positive qualities) is that when he says “my sources tell me,” you know he’s been talking to…
iTunes begins offering 90-second song previews →
It’s been a long time coming: Apple has begun offering 90-second previews of songs in the iTunes Store. Previously capped at 30 seconds, all songs longer than 2 minutes 30 seconds will now…
Netflix/ABC/Disney streaming deal will bring TV... →
If the cheap $99 price tag of the Apple TV hasn’t persuaded you to buy one of the tiny media centers yet, perhaps this news of a new deal between Netflix and The Walt Disney Company will…
TUAW's Holiday Gift Guide: Music gear for the Mac... →
Welcome to the TUAW Holiday Gift Guide! We’ve sorted the treasure from the junk and are serving up suggestions to make your holiday gift-giving a little easier.
Choosing the right gift…
Infinity Blade for iOS: A beautiful garden with... →
Note: Infinity Blade is now available on the US App Store.
Opinions on Epic Games’ Infinity Blade will likely be divided among two camps: those who played through Epic Citadel, and…
Ben the Bodyguard app won't live up to hype →
The web site for the app Ben the Bodyguard hit big last week. It’s a beautiful promotional site with a dark, moody feel. The vibe is definitely like Jean Reno (circa The Professional)…
TUAW's Daily App: Backbreaker 2: Vengeance →
Most football video games nowadays go all out on features — you can play any position, just coach fantasy-style, or even design plays in some games. But NaturalMotion’s Backbreaker series…
Found Footage: Christmas songs played by an iPad... →
Not quite in the holiday mood yet? Here’s just the thing to get your chestnuts roasting — on the next page you can watch a video of the North Point Community Church band (a megachurch…
MarketWatch names Steve Jobs CEO of the decade,... →
Well, that’s hard to disagree with. Apple was one of the early inventors of the personal computer industry, but when Jobs left Apple, fortunes began to diminish. In the mid 90s, Apple was…
Angry Birds cases for Angry Birds addicts →
You play it in line at the grocery store, and you play it when passing time at the laundromat, but now those Angry Birds have arrived in the form of a case for your iPhone 4 or iPod…
Google Latitude app shows up, disappears from... →
An app for Google Latitude briefly appeared on the Japanese iOS App Store yesterday, only to disappear a few hours later. Latitude is, of course, Google’s persistent …
TUAW TV Live: It's beginning to look a lot like... →
While we cover a lot of Apple accessories here at TUAW, it’s quite rare when we touch upon a peripheral that many Apple fans find indispensable to their life — the printer. On today’s …
HP Photosmart Premium e-All-in-One C310a Printer:... →
When Apple announced that printing from iOS devices would become a reality with the release of iOS 4.2 and AirPrint, a lot of us at TUAW were very excited. This would make iPads and iPhones…
DeNA and Rovio Mobile chat from LeWeb '10 in Paris →
Stuart Dredge over at MobileEntertainment is reporting live this week from Paris’ LeWeb 2010 conference, and quite a few iPhone publishers and developers are in attendance and talking…
iPad deals: Apple Store refurbs drop prices →
Dealmac pointed out yesterday that Apple has cut the prices on several refurbished models of the iPad. The Apple Store warns in red print that this is a Special Limited Time Price,…
Lots of big iOS releases today: Dungeon Hunter 2,... →
Ah, the holidays. December brings snow, hot chocolate, lights and mistletoe, and oh yeah — lots and lots (and lots) of App Store releases. You may have already heard about (and bought) the great Infinity Blade
Parallels weirds us out with this Eminem/Avatar... →
A warning: The video after the break is one of the weirdest things we’ve ever seen promoting the Mac OS. Sure, it’s from Parallels, and sure, the virtualization software guys know how…
TUAW's Holiday Gift Guide: Should I buy an Apple... →
Welcome to the TUAW Holiday Gift Guide! We’ve sorted the treasure from the junk and are serving up suggestions to make your holiday gift-giving a little easier.
The second-generation
iPad deals: QVC offers iPad bundle at a nice price →
Shopping channel QVC, of all places, has a pretty good iPad deal going on right now. It’s offering up Apple’s magical and revolutionary device (in a 16GB Wi-Fi version) along with a ton…
iAmiga Amiga 500 emulation system coming to iPhone →
Pay attention, nostalgia fans. iAmiga is a soon-to-be-released Amiga 500 emulator for the iPhone. It’s from Manomio, the same group that released the C64 emulator that was pulled from…
Ben & Jerry's stores in Singapore giving away... →
Popular ice cream chain Ben & Jerry’s is giving away a set of pretty awesome iPhone cases — but only in Singapore. Customers in that country will be able to trade in four carton tops to…
Bejeweled 3 out now for Mac →
Billed as the world’s #1 puzzle game, PopCap’s Bejeweled 3 for Mac is out and ready for download. This new version has 8 different game modes, including Classic Bejeweled, non-stop…
Apple releases Aperture 3.1.1 update →
Apple has released an update to Aperture, its popular photo management and editing software. The 3.1.1 update addresses overall stability and performance issues and includes fixes over 20…
Yet another "iPad 2" case surfaces →
Hot on the heels of today’s first leaked iPad 2 case comes the second leaked iPad 2 case (which I’m sure will be followed by a number of “leaked iPad 2 cases” over the next few…
3D printing provider Sculpteo and TUAW want to... →
Remember that cool little avatar (picture at right) that I had made by Sculpteo? It’s a great example of the work that the 3D printing service provider is doing for people around the world….
iPad already matches Linux in web market share;... →
In an interesting Chitika research note, the internet advertising firm says the iPad is currently making up 0.83% of all internet traffic. When Chitika says “all internet traffic” they…
MacBook Air versus PowerBook 145B video smackdown →
The oldsters at TUAW (yeah, I’m one of ‘em) just love it when someone does a comparison of some nice new shiny Apple technology with Michael Spindler-era Apple products.
Today’s example…
New iPad case shows curves, camera hole →
Shenzhen MacTop Electronics has posted (English translation) a picture of what is supposedly a case for the next-generation iPad, complete with more pronounced curvature and a hole for a…
Get a free iPhone 3GS at Best Buy on December 10 →
Yes, you read that correctly.
Best Buy is going to be offering the 8GB iPhone 3GS with an instant rebate on December 10 that will reduce the price of the phone to… zero. The deal,…
Sandy Bridge GPU may suffice for low-end Apple... →
As we mentioned a couple of weeks ago, the first round of Sandy Bridge-powered PC laptops is about to hit the market. Intel’s new chip architecture is intended to provide a major…
Citrix survey finds enterprise iPad enthusiasts... →
Citrix, the company behind GoToMyPC and various flavors of virtualization, has released the results of a survey they recently took of iPad users. These weren’t just any iPad users, though,…
Apple highlights the best of iTunes in 2010 →
Apple has highlighted the best of iTunes from 2010, showing off their picks for the best apps, movies, TV shows and more. There are several categories and many of our favorites made the…
Daily Deals for December 9, 2010 →
Deals and more deals: here’s today’s installment of the Daily Deals, courtesy of our friends at dealnews.com. Highlights include a $10 discount on Logmein Ignition for iPad and savings on iPad…
Howard Stern/SiriusXM deal brings Stern Show to... →
Yes, the rumor of an Apple deal was false, but a new agreement between Howard and Sirius/XM will bring the Stern Show show to the company’s iOS app for the first time.
Sirius…
Four Apple products in TIME's Top 10 Gadgets list →
It’s December, which means that print and digital magazines are gearing up to write their lists of the “Top 10” in a thousand different categories.
TIME, the magazine that seemingly…
Costco to stop selling Apple products →
While Apple continues to line up 3rd-party retailers, discount chain Costco is bailing out. The Seattle Times reports that Costco will begin to phase out all Apple products, though a…
Woz flashes fake white iPhone 4 on CNN →
You’ve got to hand it to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Although he hasn’t really done anything for the company since 1987, he is becoming quite the TV star. He’s been a competitor on…
iPad Wi-Fi issue with iOS 4.2.1 frustrating some,... →
We’ve received a blitz of emails from TUAW readers who have been pulling their hair out about an issue that appeared after they upgraded their iPads to iOS 4.2.1.
As described by lots of…