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Targus Plug-N-Power Charging Station keeps peace in the family

by Steven Sande (Apr 26th, 2012)

In many homes with multiple iOS devices, charging up those iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches can turn into a battle for dominance over a wall socket. Targus is now selling the Plug-N-Power Charging Station (US$29.99) to keep the peace in your household and ensure that all of your gadgets are ...

OpenPhoto is an open, cloud-based photo storage alternative for iPhone

by Steven Sande (Apr 20th, 2012)

If you're furious with Flickr and peeved at Picasa, there's a new kid in town -- OpenPhoto. OpenPhoto is an open source photo sharing service along the lines of those other services, but the images are stored on Dropbox, Amazon S3, or any other cloud-storage service. It's meant to give photograph ...

Padcaster iPad shooter frame debuts at NAB

by Michael Rose (Apr 20th, 2012)

The Padcaster, which we told you about in March, showed off this week in its public debut at the NAB show in Las Vegas. As expected, the rigid mounting frame for the iPad makes it easy to use Apple's tablet on a tripod or with other film accessories like lights, microphones or 35mm lenses. An ...

Creating a DIY AppMates toy car

by Erica Sadun (Apr 19th, 2012)

Our Dave Caolo likes the idea behind Disney's AppMates cars but felt the cost ($20 street price) was a bit steep for what is, essentially, a cheap car with a few capacitive pads. He challenged me to see if I could turn a basic Matchbox unit into an AppMate-compatible iPad accessory. I created an ...

TUAW TV Live: The joy of iPhoneography

by Steven Sande (Apr 18th, 2012)

Welcome back to TUAW TV Live! Today I'm going to take you on a little adventure talking about the camera that has changed my life -- the one on my iPhone. It's not so much about the camera, but the clever and useful apps that developers have created to make my iPhone and iPad photos really ...

techBASIC 2.0 brings sensor data collection, analysis and visualization to iOS

by Steven Sande (Apr 18th, 2012)

Scientists and hobbyists who want to use their iOS devices as tricorders now have a new tool to help them to bring that dream to life. Byte Works has released version 2.0 of techBASIC, a US$14.99 scientific and educational programming environment for iOS that can be used to pull in data from ...

KORG Monotron analog ribbon synths: Fun pocket-sized music accessories

by Steven Sande (Apr 14th, 2012)

KORG has been manufacturing amazing electronic instruments since 1963, and now it's developed the Monotron line of pocketable analog ribbon synthesizers that can work with your favorite Mac or iOS music-making apps. These pocket wonders are useful for adding a classic electronic touch to your ...

Marketplace reporter visits Foxconn factory in China

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 9th, 2012)

Marketplace's China correspondent Rob Schmitz is known as the man who uncovered the falsehoods about Foxconn factory conditions being told by Mike Daisey in his play, The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs. As a follow-up to the report, Schmitz got an inside look at a Foxconn factory in ...

TUAW TV Live: Jeff Gamet visits the (virtual) TUAW TV studio

by Steven Sande (Apr 4th, 2012)

Today on TUAW TV Live, my very special guest is Jeff Gamet. If you haven't listened to or watched one of Jeff's many podcast appearances, you've missed out. You can make up for that gaping hole in your life by watching TUAW TV Live today. Whenever Jeff and I are in the same virtual room ...

NYC gets live iPad IPTV of broadcast channels with Aereo

by Michael Rose (Apr 4th, 2012)

Want to watch TV on your iPad? It's natural, healthy and it sure does seem like everyone is doing it. There are hearty hardware-supported options from companies like Elgato, and most pay TV subscription services (Time Warner Cable, Comcast, DirecTV, RCN, Dish Network etc.) have figured out a ...

Video: 100 reasons to jailbreak your iPhone

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 4th, 2012)

I jailbreak so I can install apps like Intelliscreen X and Zephyr. If you jailbreak, you understand the allure of Cydia and all the fantastics apps available therein. If you don't jailbreak, then the video below from Mario Dabek of Jailbreak Matrix has 100 reasons why you might want to consider ...

Augmented reality iPad app enhances Philadelphia Inquirer

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 4th, 2012)

The Philadelphia Inquirer is working with Augmented Reality specialists Aurasma to provide an enhanced version of their newspaper says a report in ITworld. The project would allow people to launch a custom iPad app built by Aurasma that would show animations, video and audio when it's pointed ...

Nokia goes after iPhone, Android in ads

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 2nd, 2012)

Nokia is ramping up for the launch of its flagship Lumia 900 on April 8. As part of an advertising push, the Finnish company released a series of YouTube videos that target the iPhone and Android. The ads take on the "fragile" glass design of the iPhone, the iPhone's "death grip" antenna ...

Is Pad & Quill's new case for the iPod nano cute or what?

by Steven Sande (Apr 1st, 2012)

Pad & Quill makes amazingly cool book-like cases for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, and other devices like the Kindle and Nook. Today they announced their latest product -- the Littlest Black Book for iPod nano. The case uses Pad & Quill's wonderful bookbinding and woodworking skills to ...

Exclusive video: Is this the iPhone 5?

by Steven Sande (Apr 1st, 2012)

TUAW readers -- you saw it here first! We received a video from an anonymous reader who claims to work at Apple. This tipster told us that he was "tired of the deception, the secrecy and the despair in our labs." He went on to say that "TUAW is my favorite Apple blog, and I decided that it was ...