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Daily Update for April 9, 2013

by Steven Sande (Apr 9th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Atari's Nolan Bushnell on finding the next Steve Jobs

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 9th, 2013)

Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell took a chance on Steve Jobs when he hired the young non-conformist in 1974. Bushnell recounts that decision and his ensuing friendship with Steve Jobs in his recent book Finding The Next Steve Jobs. The book is not a biography about the Apple co-founder, but a ...

Atari Dev Challenge finalists announced, voting now open

by Mike Schramm (Jun 26th, 2012)

Atari has announced the finalists in its ongoing dev challenge contest, in which developers from around the Internet have pitched updates to the classic Pong game for the iOS and Android App Stores, with the winners to be published and rev-shared by Atari itself. All of those finalists look ...

Nolan Bushnell and Atari on Pong, Steve Jobs, and touch interfaces

by Mike Schramm (May 31st, 2012)

As I've posted here on TUAW a few times before, Atari is currently in the middle of a developer competition to have some creative developers put together some new iOS games based on the idea of remaking Pong for a new generation. Along with Nolan Bushnell, Atari's original founder and one of ...

Atari announces Pong contest for indie iOS devs

by Mike Schramm (Feb 28th, 2012)

(Disclaimer: As you'll read below, I'm serving as a judge in this competition, though I'm not getting paid or compensated for any time I'm contributing to it.) Atari has been betting big on iOS lately. It recently released a Greatest Hits app with its own controller, as well as remakes like ...