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Givit makes video editing, sharing easier

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 31st, 2013)

Every year at Macworld/iWorld I see another great video application for iOS. Last year one of the Best of Show winners was Game Your Video, a nifty app for adding effects to video. While I enjoyed the app, it wasn't very straightforward, and editing wasn't a great experience. Givit, on the ...

Instagram 3's new Photo Maps feature adds location to your photo stories

by Steven Sande (Aug 16th, 2012)

Instagram 3.0, the free photo sharing app for iPhone, is available and provides a number of enhancements. The most impressive is the new Photo Maps feature. By grabbing geolocation information that is saved with each photo, Instagram creates a world map of your images by location. As you zoom ...

Five apps (and more) for the summer road trip

by Michael Rose (Jul 4th, 2012)

The Independence Day holiday week is upon us, and millions of American families are heading out on the open road. Where past generations depended on paper maps and Mad Libs, the march of technology has given us new tools for kids and parents alike. Our five-plus apps for road trips are ...

ThisLife rolls out iOS app, Mac uploader for family photo service (Updated)

by Michael Rose (Jun 28th, 2012)

Update: Here's the link that'll let you skip the queue. The cloud-based family photo manager ThisLife has been percolating in development for a couple of years, but with a new $2.75m round of investment and a fresh look, the service is almost ready for prime time. As part of the beta phase, ...

Find my iPad saves Christmas

by Mike Schramm (Dec 29th, 2011)

Here's a nice story thanks to Apple's Find my iPad feature. A family in California had their Christmas gifts stolen last week, along with several other items in the home. Seemingly unrelatedly, another man had his iPad stolen soon after, and he called the police to report the theft. He was able ...

Snap and send photos from your iPhone to Ceiva the networked picture frame

by Erica Sadun (Dec 1st, 2011)

Right now for about a hundred bucks, you can buy a Ceiva picture frame. This device allows you to email pictures to a physical photo frame, allowing you to connect your digital lifestyle to your loved ones. If you have parents or grandparents who don't spend their days hunched over email and ...

Found Footage: Homemade stratospheric capsule uses iPhone GPS

by Matt Tinsley (Oct 20th, 2010)

In the midst of all the excitement and hype surrounding today's announcements, we thought we'd share this popular and heart-warming tale of a father and son believing in their dreams and reaching for them. Seven-year-old Max Geissbuhler and his dad, Luke Geissbuhler, dreamed of visiting space. ...

5 more great family-friendly iOS apps

by Erica Sadun (Oct 12th, 2010)

I'm always on the lookout for solid family-friendly applications. I particularly appreciate titles that aren't specifically made for children but that nonetheless engage and entertain. The following list is made up of kid-tested & approved iOS applications. None of these apps are ...

EMC exec sees iPad taking over... his house

by Michael Rose (May 7th, 2010)

When I wrote last month about the pleasures and perils of sharing an iPad with your spouse, I didn't really grapple with the meta-challenge of a houseful of technophiles, all clamoring for their turn at bat. While there's already some contention between the adults and the two under-10s in the house, ...

Peace in the home: Sharing an iPad with your spouse

by Michael Rose (Apr 20th, 2010)

I'm sure many of you find yourselves in the sometimes-uncomfortable position of alpha geek in your households. It's a lonely perch, with responsibility for every gadget and gizmo under the familial roof; more frustrating, your spouse and children don't share your perfectly rational enthusiasm for ...

Use iCal to tweet automatically

by Aron Trimble (Jul 17th, 2009)

Recently, the question came up of how to automatically "tweet" a birthday message to a friend or loved one on their special day. After thinking on this question for some time I finally came to a solution. As it turns out, intrepid TUAW blogger Dave Caolo wrote a Mac 101 article all about attaching ...

Dell cites Apple's 'green' claims in Better Business Bureau complaint

by Robert Palmer (Jun 19th, 2009)

In a display of environmental posturing on both sides, Dell lodged a complaint with the advertising industry's self-governing oversight board: The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (NAD). The claim? When Apple says it has the "world's greenest family of ...

Family.app gets updated to 2.3, fixes iSight/iPhoto features

by Cory Bohon (Jan 14th, 2009)

If you have been following Saltatory Software's Family.app, then you know how great it can be for easily creating family trees. Recently updated, this application allows you to easily track your family's genealogy. The new update fixes some bugs that occurred with Leopard, like the iSight/iLife ...

Apple taking it easy on flash memory order this year

by Mike Schramm (Feb 21st, 2008)

CNET is reporting that iSuppli announced Apple is "cutting" their flash memory order this year, and in this case "cutting" doesn't mean "cutting" the way you or I would use it (as in, "The doctor said I had to cut my sugar intake, so I'll only have one doughnut instead of six."). No, it means ...

Apple Store redesigns

by Mike Schramm (Sep 26th, 2007)

As the good Doc Mac points out very adeptly with the picture above, the reason for the Apple Store's outage Wednesday morning must have been a redesign-- it's come back with a splash of blue. I like the new look. I think the slight gradient in the background makes it, but the rounded corners, ...