Dave Caolo

Managing Editor

blog http://52tiger.net
twitter @davidcaolo

For six years, Dave worked as the IT Director of a Mac-friendly, residential school in rural Massachusetts and has been writing for the Web professionally since 2001. Today, Dave is an editor at TUAW where he's blogged since 2004. He's also the author of two books from FT Press: Using Your iPad as a Business Productivity Tool and Using Your iPhone as a Business Productivity Tool.

Dave believes that technology has the power to improve our life at its most important moments, and explores that conviction every day.

A native of Scranton, Pa (Yes, just like on The Office), Dave moved to Cape Cod, Ma in 1994. When he's not writing, Dave can be found kayaking, rooting for the Boston Red Sox and spending time with his wife, two kids and Boston Terrier, Batgirl.

Dave Caolo's Latest Posts

Drafts 3.0 adds draft and action management, much more

by Dave Caolo (Apr 24th 2013 10:15AM)

Drafts, the iOS note-taker from Agile Tortoise, has been updated to version 3.0, and it's a big one. Drafts 3.0 is available now for the iPad (US$3.99) and iPhone ($2.99), and it's a free update for existing users. Much like Apple's own Notes, Drafts lets you quickly jot things down (we recently ...

0 Comments

Daily iPhone App: YoWindow for iPhone is a cute, useful weather app

by Dave Caolo (Apr 17th 2013 7:00PM)

YoWindow for iPhone ($0.99) is a super cute weather app that combines information with good looks into a handy little utility. I've been using it for about a week and, while it won't satisfy hardcore weather junkies, those who simply want to know, "What's it gonna be like?" should enjoy ...

0 Comments

Troll Touch readies touch screens for slim iMacs

by Dave Caolo (Apr 13th 2013 2:00PM)

Troll Touch has been manufacturing after-market touch screens for Apple computers for years. Now, the company has added the latest slim iMac to its list of supported devices. You can get a resistive overlay that's self-installed or have the folks at Troll Touch install a built-in touchscreen on ...

0 Comments

Mail Pilot wants to reinvent email on iOS

by Dave Caolo (Apr 11th 2013 2:00PM)

Mail Pilot for iPhone (US$14.99, universal) is the Kickstarter-funded app that hopes to reinvent our relationship with the incessant demands of email. Much like competitor Mailbox (our review here), Mail Pilot lets you sort messages by the date you choose to deal with them. There's also ...

0 Comments

Judge: Apple, Samsung using courts as business strategy

by Dave Caolo (Apr 11th 2013 9:40AM)

Miami US District Judge Robert Scola is not very happy with Apple or Samsung. He recently accused both sides of having "no interest in efficiently and expeditiously resolving this dispute" and of using the legal proceedings "as a business strategy." Bloomberg notes that the litigants have been ...

0 Comments

SmartPay speeds up purchases at Cumberland Farms gas stations

by Dave Caolo (Apr 10th 2013 3:00PM)

Cumberland Farms is a chain of convenience stores in northeastern USA. They're quite prevalent in New England, and informally known as "Cumby's." There's a location less than two miles away from my house, so I was glad to test its new SmartPay service and free iPhone app, which lets you pay for ...

0 Comments

GAME in the UK to sell iPads

by Dave Caolo (Apr 5th 2013 9:30AM)

UK retailer GAME is ready to begin selling iPads. Not just iPads, but a whole army of tablets, each ready to fly into the arms of credit card-wielding consumers. Like other video game / console chains, GAME has struggled a bit as more and more consumers purchase downloadable games it has ...

0 Comments

Kindergarten.com makes apps free for Autism Awareness Month

by Dave Caolo (Apr 2nd 2013 7:00PM)

In honor of Autism Awareness Month, the software developers at Kindergarten.com have made all their educational apps free. It's quite a collection and includes apps focused on speech and language, self-care skills and receptive and expressive identification. For example, the app ABA Receptive ...

0 Comments

Call Bliss 1.1 improves on the original

by Dave Caolo (Apr 2nd 2013 6:00PM)

I reviewed Call Bliss by Clarke Hill (US$4.99) in January. It's an alternative to Apple's Do Not Disturb feature that extends the service with nice additions such as location awareness, which lets you block or permit incoming calls while you're at a certain location. I had some issues with ...

0 Comments

Chinese animation studio sues Apple

by Dave Caolo (Mar 29th 2013 12:00PM)

Shanghai Animation Film Studio (SAFS) has sued Apple for what it claims are apps containing unlicensed versions of its work in the App Store (Google translation). The group is after 3.3 million yuan (about US$530,000 as of this writing) in compensation. SAFS claims that 110 examples of its work ...

0 Comments