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TUAW Year in Review: March 2012

by Michael Rose (Jan 1st, 2013)

Welcome to TUAW's Year in Review. Month by month, we're running down the top stories of 2012, all day long on New Year's Day. Apple announces third generation iPad starting at $499 (updated) After months of anticipation, Apple has ...

TUAW Year in Review: February 2012

by Michael Rose (Jan 1st, 2013)

Welcome to TUAW's Year in Review. Month by month, we're running down the top stories of 2012, all day long on New Year's Day. iPhone bug opens up stranger's life to the world Gizmodo has raised awareness a serious problem ...

TUAW Year In Review: January 2012

by Michael Rose (Jan 1st, 2013)

Welcome to TUAW's Year in Review. Month by month, we're running down the top stories of 2012, all day long on New Year's Day. Apps to kickstart your New Year's resolutions With the first day of the new year falling on a Sunday, ...

TUAW Best of 2012 Personal Picks: Michael Rose

by Michael Rose (Dec 30th, 2012)

At the start of 2012, Apple customers and employees were emerging from the initial mourning period for founder and chairman Steve Jobs. Twelve months later, with the first full post-Jobs year in the books, Apple is (mostly) on track with some ...

TUAW's Best of 2012 Personal Picks: Michael Grothaus, and the year that wasn't

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 27th, 2012)

In my opinion, 2012 was a lackluster year for the Apple ecosystem and the tech sector as a whole. Smartphones are now ubiquitous and this is the year the tablet hit mainstream adoption. While those are both good things, the whole touch computing ...

Rabbit aims to lift the limits on video chat, Mac beta coming next year

by Michael Rose (Dec 20th, 2012)

Considering how long it took for the videophone to truly reach the mass market -- the first public video telephony service was launched in Germany more than 75 years ago -- it's pretty remarkable how many video chat options we have today. From ...

Adobe turns 30 this week

by Mel Martin (Dec 4th, 2012)

The Life@Adobe blog reminds us that Adobe Systems turns 30 years old this week. Wow, that's gone by pretty fast. Founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke, the company started when the pair left Xerox PARC to develop the PostScript ...

Apps and tips for coping with Hurricane Sandy

by Michael Rose (Oct 28th, 2012)

All of us in the northeast US (which includes myself and TUAW colleagues Megan Lavey-Heaton, Dave Caolo and Kelly Hodgkins) are keeping a wary weather eye on the approaching maelstrom that is Hurricane Sandy. While we continue to hope for ...

Five apps (and more) for the summer road trip

by Michael Rose (Jul 4th, 2012)

The Independence Day holiday week is upon us, and millions of American families are heading out on the open road. Where past generations depended on paper maps and Mad Libs, the march of technology has given us new tools for kids and parents ...

Rumor Roundup, Episode 9: 'Coming soon'

by Chris Rawson (Jun 18th, 2012)

With plenty of actual news saturating the Apple-focused internet, it was a relatively light week for rumors. But almost every time Apple holds an event of some kind, the week that follows is a cavalcade of criticism about what Apple launched and ...

Hubworks uses iPads to help restaurant customers order food

by Mike Schramm (Mar 15th, 2012)

We've posted before about Hubworks, a company based in Idaho that develops consumer-facing solutions for ordering food and interacting with servers at restaurants via iPads. Most of Apple's sales are directly to consumers, but Hubworks is just one ...