iPhone provides grassroots inspiration

by Erica Sadun (Jan 31st 2007 6:30PM)

MSN Money has a fascinating report on the reaction to Apple's unveiling of the iPhone at January's Macworld. If any event could be said to trigger a groundswell of grassroots reporting, it was the iPhone. In fact, the iPhone certainly set new records...

Apple offers refurb iPod Nano deal

by Erica Sadun (Mar 21st 2008 12:45PM)

Two big TUAW snaps up to reader Timothy Colburn for tracking down this fab iPod nano offer. Between now and June 30th, when you buy a refurb nano, Apple is going to throw in a $15 iTunes gift card. Sweet! Make sure to read through the how to and the...

Quicksilver: Append and prepend

by Scott McNulty (Nov 22nd 2005 8:00AM)

There's no point beating around the bush, TUAW loves Quicksilver. We all use it, and most of us couldn't imagine using our Macs without it (at least I know I can't).We are also total productivity nerds because we need to stay organized to keep pumpin...

AIDS charity track exclusive premiere in iTunes

by Dave Caolo (Dec 1st 2005 6:30PM)

Bono and Alicia Keyes have teamed up to record a new version of the Peter Gabriel/Kate Bush duet Don't give up (Africa) to benefit AIDS charities. The track will be available exclusively in the iTunes Music Store starting next week, and all proceeds ...

Radtech hardens HDD lineup

by Michael Rose (Jan 4th 2007 8:00AM)

For getting a couple of gigabytes from point A to point B, there are plenty of online options. For getting lots of gigabytes from point A to point B... well, never underestimate the bandwidth of a carryon bag full of hard drives. If you're gonna fly ...

Ive wins National Design Award

by Mike Schramm (Jul 20th 2007 3:30PM)

It seems like Apple's Johnathan Ive does two things: design great products, and win awards for designing said products. So today's Ive news is of the second order-- at the National Design Awards in Washington on Wednesday, Ive picked up the product d...

Karl Rove uses an iPhone

by Dave Caolo (Aug 7th 2007 9:00AM)

Here's a shot of President Bush's advisor, Karl Rove, using his iPhone. If you're playing TUAW iPhone Bingo, you'll notice that we haven't completed a row yet, but we're close. So far, we've placed an "X" on: IM on the iPhone (unofficially, of c...

Refresher: Steve Jobs has a resume

by David Chartier (Dec 4th 2005 4:30PM)

For the new Mac users who can't get enough of everyone's favorite CEO to hate, as well as the seasoned veterans who might've missed this the first time around, behold: I present you the .Mac site and resume of Steve Jobs. This isn't anything ground-b...

Nokia releases Ovi Maps 3D beta plug-in for Safari

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 19th 2011 7:00AM)

Nokia has just released a Safari plug-in for its browser-based Ovi Maps 3D mapping software, and it is beautiful. The new mapping software renders lifelike 3D textured buildings in a level of detail that is unparalleled. The image above is from ...

President Obama meets with Tim Cook, others

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 19th 2012 11:00AM)

President Barack Obama spoke with prominent business leaders over the weekend to discuss his plan to avert the financial crisis that is looming early next year. According to Reuters, the list of senior corporate leaders with which Obama spoke in...

Australian government could be source of Apple Maps bad info

by Steven Sande (Dec 11th 2012 11:30AM)

Remember the story earlier this week about police in Mildura, Australia issuing a warning to motorists about Apple Maps when it was found that the app was taking people into the heart of the bush? Apple fixed the issue, pointing the pin for the to...

What 10 years of Apple did to its main product

by Matt Tinsley (Sep 24th 2010 12:00PM)

How time flies! In the year 2000, I was just finishing high school, listening to Bush, and becoming acquainted with Windows 2000. Back then, I knew very little about Apple, and I'd certainly not heard of the Bondi Bubble iMac (the first iMac was rel...

Douglas Engelbart, thank you for your great mind

by Ilene Hoffman (Jul 4th 2013 8:00AM)

Douglas Engelbart died on July 2 at age 88. If that name doesn't ring a bell, then look at your computer mouse and give thanks to this World War II radar technician who came up with the idea in the 1960s. Engelbart also influenced computer use in oth...

More red meat for the FCC to chew on with AT&T and Apple

by Mel Martin (Aug 3rd 2009 3:30PM)

Reflecting on my last post -- and how unbelievable the AT&T statement was that they have nothing to do with what gets approved in Apple's App Store -- convinced me I needed to refresh my dimming memory banks. Remember all the flames about whether...

The dark side of Skee-Ball for iPhone

by Brett Terpstra (Oct 28th 2009 4:00PM)

I won't make any excuses, and I won't beat around the bush: I'm addicted to Skee-Ball [iTunes link], at least to the very-entertaining iPhone version from Freeverse. In fact, the reason I haven't written about it until now is that every time I get r...