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Paper for iPad developer receives $15 million in funding

by Steven Sande (Jun 18th, 2013)

What do you do when your one and only iPad app is a runaway success? If you're FiftyThree, the development firm behind the beautiful journal / art app Paper (free, many in-app purchases available), you get funding for expansion into new areas. FiftyThree announced today that it received US$15 ...

Daily iPad App: Tayasui Sketches is a basic, but beautiful sketching app

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 18th, 2013)

Casual artists looking to expand their sketching skills to the iPad should take a close look at Tayasui Sketches. The app landed in the iOS App Store earlier this month and rivals Paper as one of the best easy-to-use sketchbook apps. Sketches reminds me of an artist's workbench with a canvas in ...

Wren Sound Systems V5AP AirPlay speaker: Stunning design, incredible sound

by Steven Sande (Jun 18th, 2013)

When it comes to getting music from your iOS device to a good speaker, there are a lot of different methods. There's the tried and true dock method, which can fall to pieces when Apple comes out with a new connector design as they did last year with Lightning. Some manufacturers have the mistaken ...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown arrives on iOS on June 20 for $20

by Mike Schramm (Jun 17th, 2013)

The long-awaited iOS version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown is almost here. 2K Games has announced that it will be available on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch Thursday at a premium price of US$19.99. Firaxis' excellent remake of the old PC game arrived on consoles last year to critical acclaim, and ...

Gauging the scale of the post-PC opportunity: "Mobile Is Eating The World"

by Richard Gaywood (Jun 17th, 2013)

Speaking at All Things D in 2010, Steve Jobs famously predicted that "PCs are going to be like trucks": specialised devices that only appeal to people with particular demands of their computing experience while ordinary people would come to prefer smartphones and tablets for all their computing ...

Los Angeles school gives out five iPads to elementary school students with exemplary attendance

by Yoni Heisler (Jun 16th, 2013)

The LA Daily News reports that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), in an effort to encourage students to show up to class, is giving away some pretty impressive gifts to students with exemplary attendance. Graduating senior Vanessa Umana expected to leave last Friday's commencement ...

How safe is your neighborhood? CrimeReports can tell you

by Mel Martin (Jun 16th, 2013)

CrimeReports is a free universal app for iOS that collects crime reports from your local police and sex offender locations from a federal data base, and then superimposes that information on a map. If your local police agency is participating, you can also get email alerts about local crime. The ...

Test-driving the Blue Microphone Spark Digital

by Steven Sande (Jun 14th, 2013)

Many podcasters and musicians love the digital and analog microphones made by Blue Microphone. The company's booth at trade shows usually has a long line of computer geeks eager to see what the latest mic is, and earlier this year we were wowed by both the Spark Digital (US$199.95) and the ...

Parenting Tip: Protecting your iOS device from bumps, bruises and bashes

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 14th, 2013)

Having a naked iPhone or iPad around kids means living in constant fear of one of them snagging the device and dropping smashing it on the floor. Though the iPhone and iPad are lovely devices when they are undressed, parents who want to keep their devices in pristine condition would be wise to ...

New Microsoft ad uses Siri to take more shots against the iPad

by Yoni Heisler (Jun 14th, 2013)

Microsoft may have released an iPhone-optimized version of Office Mobile today, but that doesn't mean the folks over at Redmond are all aboard the iOS bandwagon completely. In an ad released yesterday, Microsoft takes some more shots at the iPad by poking fun at the iPad's lack of a zoomable home ...

FX Photo Studio for iPhone reaches 10 million downloads; special deal for Mac version

by Steven Sande (Jun 14th, 2013)

We're used to hearing about the huge numbers of downloads that are produced by the App Store, but it's rare when TUAW gets news about a specific app. MacPhun, the company that develops FX Photo Studio and a host of other iOS and Mac apps, recently decided to make FX Photo Studio for iPhone a free ...

Yahoo! Sports gets iOS app overhaul

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 14th, 2013)

Yahoo! has been on a tear lately revamping its mobile apps. The latest is Yahoo! Sports 4.0 for iOS (formerly known as "Sportacular"). The most noticeable improvement is that the app is now universal. The app has also been completely redesigned with a slick new look, and lets you sync your ...

Steve Jobs didn't want an iBookstore until Eddy Cue convinced him

by Yoni Heisler (Jun 14th, 2013)

During Apple's e-book price-fixing case on Thursday, Apple executive Eddy Cue testified that Steve Jobs initially wasn't interested in getting into the e-book market at all. Lucky for us, All Things D was on hand to capture all of the courtroom details describing the backstory behind Apple's ...

Daily iPad App: Nova Elements walks you through the periodic table

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 13th, 2013)

Nova Elements is one of those showcase apps for the iPad. It has a great UI and is filled with fantastic photos The showcase section of the app is an interactive periodic table that provides details on each of the elements. You can read about each element find out where it is found and how it is ...

Triposo gets major update just in time for summer travel

by Mel Martin (Jun 13th, 2013)

I liked Triposo (free) when I reviewed it earlier this year. It's a detailed worldwide travel and vacation planning guide. Triposo has just been updated with many new and welcome features, making it an even more useful travel companion. The original version had a definite bias for big-city ...