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Interview with Jeremy Olson of the Grades app

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 18th, 2011)

Created by Jeremy Olson of Tapity, the Grades app is a tool for students to help them earn the grade they want in a class and achieve their target GPA. The app lets students input their current grades, list upcoming assignments and finally set ...

From the iPad 2 line: Form Tools PDF for the iPad

by Mike Schramm (Mar 11th, 2011)

Quite a few TUAWers are out and about this afternoon picking up iPad 2s, and our own Erica Sadun is in Colorado right now. While in line for her new magical and revolutionary device, she met up with developer Zach Starkebaum, creator of the Form ...

Interview: Firemint's Rob Murry and Steve Faulkner of Infinite Interactive

by Mike Schramm (Jan 6th, 2011)

Firemint and Infinite Interactive surprised us all the other day with the news that the one company was buying the other, but Firemint's Rob Murray and Infinite's Steve Fawkner weren't surprised themselves. "We've actually been talking about this ...

John Carmack talks about Rage SD and HD, iOS, and what's next for iOS gaming

by Mike Schramm (Nov 19th, 2010)

We've all seen the potential of what a demo like Epic Citadel can do, but while work continues on Infinity Blade, John Carmack's id Software has released Rage, an iOS-exclusive tie-in to the big FPS console and PC title scheduled to come out next ...

Macworld 2010: We discuss iBird Pro with Mitch Waite

by David Winograd (Feb 23rd, 2010)

We had the opportunity to interview Mitch Waite, the developer of iBird Explorer Pro (US$29.99). This is an iPhone/iPod touch App running under OS 3.0 or better. According to Mitch, it is fourteen field guide books rolled into one App. Apple liked ...

Macworld 2010: Interview with Roland Saekow of BearExtender n3

by David Winograd (Feb 22nd, 2010)

At the TUAW booth on the Macworld show floor the other week, I was fortunate enough to interview Roland Saekow, the developer of the BearExtender n3, a product that replaces your Airport card giving any wireless network a much wider wireless range. ...

Macworld 2010: iFixit.com

by Dave Caolo (Feb 22nd, 2010)

One website that must reside in nearly every Machead's bookmarks collection is iFixit. They provide detailed, step-by-step repair guides (and parts) for nearly every Mac, iPod or iPhone fix you can think of. Their instructions are always clear and ...

Macworld 2010: A few more video tidbits

by Steven Sande (Feb 19th, 2010)

It's hard to believe that it's been a week since I left Macworld Expo 2010 to head home. Last night, I finally went through the last snippets of video from the Expo and put together this short compendium of three interviews. The first company I ...

Macworld 2010: TUAW talks to OpenFeint

by Mike Schramm (Feb 17th, 2010)

On the day before Macworld last week, I got a chance to sit down with Eros Remini, VP of Marketing for OpenFeint, to talk about his social gaming network for iPhone apps. He shared with me that the network has claimed a gigantic 12 million users ...

Macworld 2010: Get an education with the DriveSavers Hard Drive Disk-aster Simulator

by David Winograd (Feb 17th, 2010)

DriveSavers has been the go-to company for data recovery since 1985, when I used to read about them in Apple ][ magazines. They have saved the bacon (and jobs) of many people over the ensuing years. When all else fails, DriveSavers can be counted on ...

Macworld 2010: Telltale Games and their Mac revolution

by Mike Schramm (Feb 16th, 2010)

Well, there you go. After consistent rumors that the whole catalog would be coming over to the Mac, Telltale Games announced at Macworld last week that that's exactly what was going to happen. Starting with the Tales of Monkey Island series (based ...

Macworld 2010: ScreenGuardz Privacy film keeps prying eyes off your iPhone

by David Winograd (Feb 12th, 2010)

NLU Products makes a very large line of screen and computer protection products. I got a chance to speak with Kirk Feller the President and CEO of the company about their newest product ScreenGuardz Privacy (US$19.95), that was released last month at ...

Macworld 2010: Microsoft's MacBU talks Office for Mac 2011

by Steven Sande (Feb 12th, 2010)

The next version of Microsoft's Office suite, slated for arrival during the fourth quarter of 2010, has a new name, enhanced functionality, and even a more streamlined look. TUAW met with members of the Microsoft Mac Business Unit (MacBU) on ...

Macworld 2010: Andrew Gregory of AutoTune the News

by Mike Schramm (Feb 12th, 2010)

We can reveal our secret now: during Macworld's setup, we wandered into the wrong room, and randomly came across a stage shared by David Pogue, LeVar Burton, and the Gregory Brothers A.K.A the AutoTune the News crew, all rehearsing for David Pogue's ...

Macworld 2010: Chatting with Phil Libin of Evernote

by Mike Schramm (Feb 12th, 2010)

There are some big fans of Evernote on the TUAW staff -- we've talked quite a bit about the app that promises to store important clips and notes from anywhere, and make them accessible at any time. But even if you haven't heard of the app before, ...

Macworld 2010: TUAW interviews Jeff Scott of Best App Ever

by Mike Schramm (Feb 11th, 2010)

We've been livestreaming all day long from the floor of Macworld 2010, and our very first interview of the day was with Jeff Scott, both of 148Apps.com and the Best App Ever awards. Jeff just announced the Best App Ever winners (in all fifty-six ...