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Test-driving the Geneva Sound System Model S (updated)

by Steven Sande (Feb 10th, 2013)

Update: In this review, one of my major complaints is that the Model S does not have Bluetooth capabilities. Just after the review was published, Geneva contacted me to note that a Bluetooth version of the Model S will be available in the Spring of 2013. In a world seemingly dominated by ...

Study: Average customer spends $14 in freemium games on iOS and Android

by Mike Schramm (Jul 25th, 2011)

This is pretty crazy news from mobile analytics firm Flurry: The average customer in a freemium game on iOS and Android spends $14 in any given transaction, according to their latest data. The same study already revealed that in-app purchases have overtaken standard purchases when it comes to ...

TUAW's Daily Mac App: Mactracker

by Samuel Gibbs (Jul 6th, 2011)

If you're an Apple fan and you've owned several Macs over the years, but can't quite remember what specs that Power Mac G4 Cube had, or whether the late-2006 MacBook Pro came with a Core 2 Duo or the previous generation Core Duo? You need Mactracker. The ultimate in Apple product reference, ...

Gameloft VP: 'There is room for premium games at a premium price on the iPhone'

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2011)

PocketGamer got to chat with Gameloft's vice president of worldwide publishing Gonzague de Vallois at last week's Mobile World Congress, and he paints a pretty grim picture for small developers and small games on the iPhone. When the platform first started out, he says, gamers were happy with ...

Rumor: BGR says Verizon Wireless currently testing iPads

by Mike Schramm (Jun 4th, 2010)

Bad news about the AT&T iPad data plans got you down? Want to grasp at any strings you can about a possible Verizon announcement next week? We've got just the thing for you: Boy Genius Report says that Verizon is currently testing iPads out on their network. Rumor has it that they've got ...

Paid apps do better in the charts than free ones

by Mike Schramm (Jun 4th, 2010)

Recently, we've seen a big trend of apps on the App Store going free because free apps tend to garner more attention and downloads (and in-app purchases mean that there's still a possibility of making a profit down the line). However, it turns out that there is one benefit of sticking with a paid ...

Educational institutions: Get your discounted iPad 10-pack

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 20th, 2010)

MacRumors reports that Apple has begun offering iPad 10-packs to educational institutions at discounted rates. The discounts are relatively minor: $20 off of each iPad in a set of 10, or $40 off per iPad if they are ordered with AppleCare. The iPad 10-packs are shipped in a single box, which ...

iPads sent out to select developers, kept under cover for now

by Mike Schramm (Mar 19th, 2010)

Last week at GDC 2010, I talked to quite a few iPhone developers, big and small, and they all told me exactly the same thing when I asked about the iPad: "No, I haven't gotten my hands on one yet." But apparently there are at least a few developers out there who've gotten test models from Apple, ...

GDC 2010: Ngmoco's Neil Young on how freemium will change the App Store world

by Mike Schramm (Mar 15th, 2010)

On the third day of GDC 2010, Ngmoco's Neil Young took the stage in one of the largest rooms at the conference to talk about what his company had "unlearned" in its time in the App Store. Ngmoco has become a large and polarizing figure in the world of App Store development -- after starting out ...

"Next Top Model" runner-up switches to Mac, kind of

by Erica Sadun (Feb 14th, 2007)

You might remember Elyse Sewell from Cycle 1 of America's Next Top Model. She's the one who made that infamous confessional video (strong language). She's also the one dating that guy from the Shins. She recently went out and bought a MacBook. In a typically profanity-ridden but hilarious blog ...