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London Apple fans can watch the WWDC keynote and drink beer

by Steven Sande (Jun 3rd, 2011)

That's it. I'm moving to London. The London Mac User Group is meeting up at the Wood Marylebone NW1 Pub at 17:45 BST on Monday to watch the WWDC keynote, which sounds like a wonderful idea to me. What could be better than quaffing a pint or ...

Win big at Keynote Rumor Bingo on Monday

by Steven Sande (Jun 3rd, 2011)

On Monday morning at 10 AM PDT (1 PM EDT), Apple CEO Steve Jobs will kick off the fun at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco. TUAW will be liveblogging the event, and now you can join in on the fun thanks to the good folks ...

Roundup of Kickstarter Apple-related projects for 6/2

by Steven Sande (Jun 2nd, 2011)

For many tech startups, Kickstarter is a great way to raise funding to get a new company off the ground. Each week, TUAW takes a close look at recent Apple-related Kickstarter projects for those of you interested in supporting one of the many ...

New York's Tekserve gets major facelift

by Michael Rose (Jun 2nd, 2011)

It's one of New York's great indie Mac retailers, made famous by Sex and the City and made successful by thousands of loyal customers... but, if we're going to be frank about it, it was a little bit cluttered and cramped. That's why the team at ...

Twitter partners with Firefox, adds new image sharing tools

by Michael Rose (Jun 1st, 2011)

As TechCrunch suggested earlier in the week, Twitter announced a few new features today: improved search on hashtags and usernames, and a Twitter-branded image/video sharing service that may disrupt established players like TwitPic and yFrog ...

Player piano rolls made on a Mac... and an Apple II

by Michael Rose (Jun 1st, 2011)

I'm a big fan of the Canadian TV series How It's Made, shown in the USA on the Science Channel. There's something hypnotic and soothing about all those lathes, molds, conveyors and such, producing the things that we all take for granted. One of ...

Hidden app snaps pics of alleged crook (Updated)

by Steven Sande (May 31st, 2011)

Update: Josh reports that an arrest has been made and his MacBook is now in the custody of the Oakland PD. Have you seen the man in the picture at right? If you live in the Bay Area and you've seen him with a MacBook in hand, you might want to ...

Heatmap shows Fifth Avenue Apple Store is hot place for photos

by Mike Schramm (May 31st, 2011)

The image above is a heatmap of photo locations on popular pic sharing site Flickr, put together by developer Eric Fischer. Each dot on the map indicates where a photo was taken in New York's Manhattan borough, with each circled area ...

Apple in talks for Sarasota, Florida retail location

by Steven Sande (May 26th, 2011)

The Sarasota Herald-Tribune is reporting that the owner of the Westfield Southgate retail mall is attempting to lure an Apple Store to the Florida location, possibly by the end of 2011. Mall owner Westfield Corp. cited the results of recent ...

Apple testing sunlight-friendly screens

by Steven Sande (May 26th, 2011)

If you've ever been surprised by a black or obscured screen on your iPhone or iPad when viewing the display through polarized sunglasses, then you're going to appreciate that Apple has filed a patent application (United States Patent 7911565) ...

Roundup of Kickstarter Apple-related projects for 5/25

by Steven Sande (May 25th, 2011)

Alarm Dock gives your iPhone retro cred

by Chris Ward (May 25th, 2011)

There are plenty of alarm clock apps and plenty of docking stations available for iPhones, but the Alarm Dock from Jonas Damon is a cut above the rest -- it looks, quite simply, gorgeously retro. Reminiscent of those GE alarm clocks your parents ...

An interview with Apple's first CEO, Michael Scott

by Michael Grothaus (May 24th, 2011)

Business Insider conducted an excellent interview with Apple's first CEO, Michael Scott. In it Scott spills some details about the very first days of Apple. There are little interesting details such as the Apple employee numbering scheme, which ...

'Invisible' touchscreen prototype tested with iPhone

by Mike Schramm (May 23rd, 2011)

The video on the next page features a prototype for an "invisible" iPhone created by researchers at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany. Basically, the idea is that with your iPhone in your pocket, you can hold your hand out and move your ...

What 'cloud-based music' looked like in 1892

by Chris Rawson (May 23rd, 2011)

If you've ever spent time on hold with tech support, you've likely listened to a lot of tinny, cheesy music coming from your phone as you grit your teeth and count the seconds. Instead of making things better, hold music seems to make the minutes ...

Apple and Google headed for round two with Senate privacy hearings

by Chris Rawson (May 17th, 2011)

Following the first round of Senate hearings on privacy last week, representatives from Apple and Google will appear before the US Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance on May 19, according to CNET. In attendance ...