Kelly Hodgkins

App Review Editor

A lifelong New Englander now living in rural Maine, I had a first life as a Doctoral student in the field of Microbiology, a second life as a multimedia developer using Macromedia Director and Adobe Flash, and a third life as a blogger where I have spent the past four years covering the field of technology, first at BGR, then IntoMobile and now at TUAW.

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Kelly Hodgkins's Latest Posts

Daily iPad App: Nova Elements walks you through the periodic table

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 13th 2013 11:30PM)

Nova Elements is one of those showcase apps for the iPad. It has a great UI and is filled with fantastic photos The showcase section of the app is an interactive periodic table that provides details on each of the elements. You can read about each element find out where it is found and how it is ...

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Daily iPhone App: Plant Nanny lets you water plants and yourself at the same time

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 13th 2013 11:00PM)

Plant Nanny is fun, little app that combines the process of growing plants with the healthy habit of drinking water. It's an unusual combination, but the app pulls it off wonderfully. Plant Nanny lets you pick a cartoon seedling and plant it in a pot on your virtual window sill. As you drink ...

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Susan Kare likes iOS 7's icons

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 13th 2013 6:00PM)

Susan Kare may not be a household name, but her work has likely graced your computer at some point in time. Though she is best known for her icon design work on the original Apple Macintosh computer, she has also designed icons for other well-known companies like PayPal, Facebook and Microsoft. ...

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Daily Deals for June 13, 2103

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 13th 2013 11:45AM)

It's time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring a handy list from Dealnews and our own hand-picked selections that include some sweet deals on iOS and OS X software (all prices are USD). Prices are subject to change. Deals from Dealnews StackSocial: [Mac Software] ...

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Yahoo! acquires GhostBird Software, apps pulled from App Store

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 13th 2013 11:00AM)

GhostBird Software is known for its KitCam camera app and PhotoForge, an image editing app that first hit the App Store in 2009. Late Wednesday afternoon, the Canadian company announced that it is closing its doors and joining the Flickr team at Yahoo! GhostBird's website is now just a ...

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Daily Deals for June 12, 2013

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 12th 2013 2:00PM)

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Steve Jobs' NeXTcube on display

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 12th 2013 12:30PM)

The Cartoon Art Museum held its annual NeXTEVNT fundraiser on Monday and one of the stars of the show was Steve Jobs' personal NeXTcube that was there on loan from Pixar. Photos of the NeXTcube on display were shot by Dave Hamilton of The Mac Observer. Hamilton attended the event on behalf of TMO, ...

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2013 MacBook Air benchmarks from AnandTech

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 12th 2013 12:00PM)

The new MacBook Air went on sale this week, and customers want to know how this year's Haswell models compare to last year's Ivy Bridge units. Yesterday, Engadget benchmarked the new MacBook Air looking primarily at the SSD drive performance and now AnandTech has published its own report that ...

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A look inside the new 2013 Airport Extreme

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 12th 2013 11:00AM)

iFixit gets busy whenever Apple announces new hardware. Not only did the repair company tear down the new 2013 MacBook Air, it also cracked open the new Airport Extreme. According to iFIxit, the tall, rectangular device is a series of "vertical circuit boards surrounding a big empty space." This ...

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Apple releases Mavericks core technology overview

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 12th 2013 10:00AM)

Apple spent a lot of time talking about the key new features of OS X Mavericks, but the company only glossed over the impressive underlying technology that powers the operating system. For those hardware and software geeks in the audience, Apple has released a document detailing the core ...

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