Facebook launches Instagram-like "Camera" app

by Michael Grothaus (May 24th 2012 at 2:15PM)

What do you do after spending a billion dollars buying a popular photography app? If you're Facebook, you then release your own branded app that does the exact same thing. Yes, Facebook has just launched the Facebook Camera app. The app allows you to take photos or select current photos from ...

North Carolina approves Apple's plans for 4.8-megawatt fuel cell facility

by Steven Sande (May 24th 2012 at 12:00PM)

Things are looking green around Apple's Maiden, North Carolina data center, and it's not just due to the fact that it's springtime. The North Carolina Utilities Commission has approved (PDF) Apple's plans to construct and operate a 4.8-megawatt fuel cell facility at the data center, providing ...

The TechCrunch iPad app is slick and simple

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (May 24th 2012 at 11:15AM)

If you're looking for an app-based TechCrunch experience on your iPad, here it is. The iPad app is a streamlined experience over the site in Safari, presenting a simple list of categories to choose from, and 3 basic feeds: the main river (which can be narrowed using those categories), trending ...

Considering how Tim Cook is changing Apple

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 24th 2012 at 11:00AM)

Adam Lashinsky, Sr. of Fortune takes an interesting look at Tim Cook and how the new CEO is changing Apple. He spends a great deal of time writing about Cook's business practices and the philosophy that'll shape the Apple of the future. Lashinsky writes, In general, Apple has become ...

Samsung accuses Apple of withholding evidence

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 24th 2012 at 10:30AM)

Earlier this week, CEOs from Apple and Samsung met for court-ordered mediation talks that turned out to be fruitless. Now, the two companies are back to their legal hijinks with Samsung claiming Apple is withholding evidence, according to a report in FOSS Patents. Samsung is asking the United ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me adjust app volume

by Erica Sadun (May 24th 2012 at 10:00AM)

Dear Aunt TUAW, Is there any app you know of that i could use to turn down the volume of individual/specific apps on my Mac without turning down the whole of the system. If you've ever used it on windows seven then you'll know how useful it is. Any apps you could recommend. i'm ...

Platter: novel photo-sharing social network for keen cooks

by Richard Gaywood (May 24th 2012 at 9:00AM)

How do you launch a social networking site in this day and age, long after the likes of Facebook and Twitter seized the world? One answer is "micro-social networks": designed with a clear and specific purpose in mind, they can fulfill that purpose better than any of the generalists like ...

Yahoo! Axis delivers synchronized browsing for iPad and desktop

by Michael Rose (May 23rd 2012 at 11:00PM)

Want your desktop browser pages to show up on your iPhone or iPad, so you can keep on browsing where you left off? There are a few products already offering this feature, including the capable Firefox Home, but Yahoo's mobile product team didn't want to stop with a simple sync engine. They ...

Dear Aunt TUAW: How do I post a website on Dropbox?

by Erica Sadun (May 23rd 2012 at 6:00PM)

Dear Aunt TUAW, I read Uncle Steve's write-up about posting an iWeb site to a Dropbox folder. It's a great blog post and neat trick! But it's using the Public folder... Is there a way to use a non-public folder to do the same? Your loving nephew, Seb Dear Seb, Auntie is fond of ...

TUAW TV Live: The 1980's episode

by Steven Sande (May 23rd 2012 at 4:55PM)

Note to viewers: By "The 1980's episode" I mean that I'll be doing a retrospective look at some ancient Mac magazines with you looking over my virtual shoulder. I will not be wearing my corduroy suit and disco platform shoes. Yep, it's time to pop into the time machine and take a trip back to ...

Seagate to acquire LaCie

by Mel Martin (May 23rd 2012 at 4:15PM)

Storage giant Seagate has announced intentions to buy controlling interest in LaCie, a boutique hard drive and storage company. Seagate has offered to purchase from Philippe Spruch, LaCie's chairman and CEO, and his affiliate, all of their shares, representing 64.5% of the outstanding shares of ...

iBook Lessons: Book samples and rookie mistakes

by Erica Sadun (May 23rd 2012 at 4:00PM)

iBook Lessons is a continuing series about ebook writing and publishing. Talk about rookie mistakes! We finally discovered the reason the iPad-only iBooks Author version of our Mountain Lion ebook got stuck on its way to release: we hadn't submitted a custom sample along with the full ...

Apple Store rendering shows another glass box in California

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 23rd 2012 at 2:30PM)

Anyone who has visited the Stanford Shopping Center cant miss the black sheeting that covers Apple's upcoming retail store, says a Palo Alto Online report. The new store will occupy two vacant storefronts and eventually will replace a mini-store that's located nearby. Residents can see the ...

Jony Ive's knighting ceremony

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 23rd 2012 at 2:00PM)

Apple designer Jony Ive was knighted today in a ceremony held at Buckingham Palace, according to a BBC News UK report. It's an honor he said was "absolutely thrilling." Ive's knighthood was announced late last year and the ceremony took place on Wednesday. The famed Apple designer shared some ...

TUAW TV Live at 5 PM EDT: Tripping down memory lane

by Steven Sande (May 23rd 2012 at 1:30PM)

I've been using Apple products for longer than many of our readers have been alive. Back in the "old days" before the Internet, it was commonplace to get our Mac news once a month in the form of a magazine. During a recent attempt at de-cluttering my basement, I found a pristine stack of old ...