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Daily iPad App: Reckless Racing 2

by Mike Schramm (Feb 10th, 2012)

Gaming company Polarbit is the grandfather of iPhone racers. Raging Thunder was among the first racers to hit the iPhone. Reckless Racing was released soon after and now it's back as Reckless Racing 2. This is a full update to the isometric driving title. The gameplay is similar to other top-down ...

Early Apple employee Jerry Manock remembers Steve Jobs

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 10th, 2012)

When you think of notable, early Apple employees, you think of the big names like Steve Wozniak, Andy Hertzfeld, and John Sculley. Beyond these key names are a multitude of lesser-known people who played a crucial role in the early years of the company. One such employee is Jerry Manock, who ...

Bill Gates's original PC game now on iPhone

by Dave Caolo (Feb 10th, 2012)

Donkey, or more properly DONKEY.BAS, was computer game co-written by Bill Gates in 1981. It was included in early versions of the PC-DOS operating system and had players drive a car down a street while avoiding donkeys. Why there were so many donkeys on the road is a mystery. Today, Donkey is ...

Daily Mac App: Text2Speech lets hear what you write in record time

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 10th, 2012)

OS X has a neat text-to-speech engine that'll read back what you write. You can start and stop TTS from the contextual menu or launch it using a keystroke that you set up in the Speech section of the System Preferences. Most of the settings for TTS are buried in the System Preferences which is ...

Two new iPhone 4S ads highlight everyday Siri usage

by Chris Rawson (Feb 10th, 2012)

Apple has released two new iPhone 4S ads on its YouTube channel, "Rock God" and "Road Trip." If they haven't already started airing, they should be popping up as TV commercials soon. "Rock God" follows the adventures of a teenager who uses Siri to find a guitar, learn how to play chords (very cool ...

Foxconn server hacked, CEO's password revealed

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 10th, 2012)

Hacker group SwaggSec took a swipe at Foxconn when it broke into the company's servers. The group stole login information and documents, both of which were promptly leaked to the internet. SwaggSec claimed the information would let individuals place fake orders using accounts from Dell, Apple, IBM ...

Daily iPhone App: Cupidtino

by Mike Schramm (Feb 10th, 2012)

We covered Cupidtino a little while ago. It's a dating site for Mac users who are looking for love. Given its purview and the fact that no web service is complete without an iPhone app, Cupidtino has released an iPhone app for single Apple fans. I kid but it's actually pretty nice. You can browse ...

Apple Store employees accept petitions from protesters

by Chris Rawson (Feb 9th, 2012)

Slightly over a dozen protesters from Change.org and SumofUS delivered a petition signed by more than 250,000 people to the Grand Central Terminal Apple Store today. Both organizations are urging Apple to improve working conditions at factories run by its overseas suppliers, particularly Foxconn's ...

NOAA drops BlackBerry, embraces iPhone and iPad

by Steven Sande (Feb 9th, 2012)

The Loop is reporting that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is taking RIM BlackBerry devices off of the list of officially supported mobile devices. What's taking the place of the trusty old BlackBerry? iPhones and iPads running iOS 5 and newer versions of the mobile OS. ...

Apple stock soars, company worth more than Google, Microsoft combined

by Mel Martin (Feb 9th, 2012)

Whoa! As of this writing (noon EST) Apple stock has reached a new high of US$493.85, which is a record share price. It also gives the company a market capitalization of $465 billion, which exceeds the combined totals of Google and Microsoft. Apple passed Microsoft in Market Cap back in May of 2010. ...

Steve Jobs' 1991 FBI file has been released

by Steven Sande (Feb 9th, 2012)

Have a bit of time? Want to learn more about Steve Jobs' life than you were able to dredge up reading the Walter Isaacson biography? All you have to do is read the 191-page 1991 FBI background investigation of Jobs that was done when he was being considered for an appointment to the President's ...

Google after 2.25% of every iPhone sale

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 9th, 2012)

Google is in the process of acquiring Motorola and its 17,000 patents. Everyone from analysts to tech pundits are wondering if the search company will adopt the handset maker's aggressive patent litigation strategy. Legal experts criticize Motorola for violating the terms of FRAND, which requires ...

Daily iPhone App: Spice Invaders

by Mike Schramm (Feb 9th, 2012)

If you're tired of tower defense games, I don't blame you. Feel free to skip this post, but let me say this before you go: I wouldn't spotlight yet another tower defense game if it wasn't special. That's why Spice Invaders has made the cut. The standard tower defense tropes are in place. Build and ...

AllThingsD: Apple to announce iPad 3 in March

by Dave Caolo (Feb 9th, 2012)

John Paczkowski of AllThingsD is claiming that Apple will hold a press event in the beginning of March to announce the new iPad, which he calls "iPad 3" (noting that might not be its official name). Paczkowski expects the announcement to take place in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the ...

TUAW TV Live: Looking at what's new in the Appleverse

by Steven Sande (Feb 8th, 2012)

Today on TUAW TV Live I have a lot of hot new products to demonstrate, both in terms of hardware and software. Most of these items haven't been reviewed yet on TUAW, so you'll be getting a first glimpse at what's coming up soon. Below, you'll find a Ustream livestream viewer and a chat tool. The ...