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The week in TUAW

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (RSS feed) on Nov 7th, 2009

	Need a Mac or iPhone developer? TUAW job boards are here! Notice anything new at TUAW? We've had our job boards up for a week now, making sure all the tape would stick when new jobs were posted, and I'm proud to say that the doors are wide open for job...		TUAW Video: a tour of Freeverse Welcome to the first of what we hope will be many, many TUAW Videos to come. We've done lots of video on TUAW, from Macworld Expo coverage to WWDC interviews to fart apps and more. This time we're...
	Hands-on with the Magic Mouse Well, I got my Magic Mouse a few days ago, and I've been using it for my everyday tasks for a few days (and I'm still using it), and here are my impressions. Packaging: This packaging is...	Also of interest: TUAW Review: Kanex HDMI + audio adapter works fine but costs extra TUAW Gift Guides: Gifts for tech-savvy women Waveboard on the iPhone, Google Wave access slightly better than Mobile Safari

Tags: job boards, JobBoards, kanex, magic mouse, MagicMouse, roundup, tuaw, waveboard

Filed under: TUAW Business

Need a Mac or iPhone developer? TUAW job boards are here!

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (RSS feed) on Nov 3rd, 2009

Notice anything new at TUAW? We've had our job boards up for a week now, making sure all the tape would stick when new jobs were posted, and I'm proud to say that the doors are wide open for job seekers and for those looking to fill positions. We've got a button up top that'll take you straight to the boards, and on every post there's a handy button (see below) which will start populating with relevant job searches based on the content of our posts.

tuaw job application emurse work employer

Still not convinced? Did I mention that those looking for hires will see their jobs on our boards, on the boards at Download Squad, plus those jobs are sent over to Juju, Simply Hired, Indeed and other job aggregation services. TUAW and Download Squad together serve up over ten million views a month, and serve over a million visitors each month. If you don't think your job posting will get seen, think again. We'll also write up interesting and amazing people and positions right here on the main page of TUAW from time to time, further extending your hiring reach.

If you're looking for developers, designers, Mac sysadmins or just about anything else, stop by the TUAW job boards and give it a try.

Tags: designer, developer, emurse, for hire, ForHire, iphone, jobs, mac, tuaw, work

Filed under: Gaming, Developer, iPhone, App Store, SDK

Gamesalad offers $99 iPhone game publishing

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Nov 2nd, 2009

We mentioned Gamesalad's plans to bring their publishing system to the iPhone earlier this year, and now they've done it: for $99 a year, they say that you'll be able to design games on their game creator development tool, and then publish them straight out to the iPhone's App Store. If you don't want to bother publishing the games yourself, you can create them and have them "viewed" through the Gamesalad Viewer (which we couldn't find on the App Store quite yet), or you can export them out as full applications and publish them as your own iPhone apps (Flutterby is in the store right now as an example of a Gamesalad Creator game).

There's also a $1999 membership service that lets you customize every aspect of your games, and provides you with direct customer support, which is supposed to be for "elite users" (like, we guess, actual game companies). And truthfully, I've developed a few apps using just Xcode, and it's not too big a deal (though I've never had to go through an actual release or worked with end users, which I'm sure is most of the battle anyway). But if the thought of using professional coding tools to develop your little game idea sends you into panic attacks, and the Gamesalad creator seems more your speed, this might be a nice viable way for you to turn your gaming idea into App Store gold.

It costs nothing to download and try out the creator, so if the idea interests you, you can work on putting a game together, and then pay later when you decide you've got something you want published on the iPhone. And hey, if you do put a game up, be sure to send a tip and let us know -- we'd love to see the end products of this process.

Tags: creator, development, games, gamesalad, gamesalad-viewer, iphone, publishing, tip, tuaw, viewed, xcode

Filed under: Gaming, Software, Odds and ends, Freeware, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

TUAW exclusive: Makers of Aurora Feint unveil new game, codenamed "VSL"

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Oct 20th, 2009

Aurora Feint was one of the iPhone's first big games, way back in the early days of the App Store. Since then, the company behind that first hit has added on a few different games in the same universe, each with their own separate features and focus, but all in the same vein of puzzle-based RPG. Today, Aurora Feint, Inc. has pulled back the curtain just slightly to reveal their very first original effort since that initial App Store release. The game is only codenamed so far -- they're calling it "VSL" -- but the developers at Aurora Feint plan to turn it into a "showcase" of what's possible with Apple's new policy of allowing free apps to provide content on demand.

Above is the very first screenshot of the yet-to-be revealed game, and TUAW got a chance to talk exclusively with both Peter Relan and Jason Citron of Aurora Feint about the new game, what it'll be like, and how it'll integrate with their growing social gaming platform, OpenFeint. Click the link below to read on.

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Tags: apple, aurora-feint, chat, codename, content, exclusive, gaming, in-app-purchases, interview, iphone, ipod-touch, jason-citron, microtransactions, openfeint, peter-relan, puzzle-based-rpg, social-gaming, tuaw, virtual-goods, vsl

Filed under: Features, Education, Other Events, Freeware, Internet, Apple, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch

Blog Action Day: Five apps to help save the world

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Oct 15th, 2009

TUAW is participating in this year's Blog Action Day on 10/15, an annual event in which bloggers around the world aim to spark discussion and awareness of serious and important issues. This year's topic is climate change, and fortunately, just like last year, we in the Apple community are in a pretty good place -- the company makes it a point to stay as green as possible, they have Al Gore on their board, and they make it safe and easy to dispose of their products in an environmentally friendly way. But there's always more we can do, from person to person -- making the earth a better place to live is going to take all of us working together.

And so, here's five iPhone and iPod touch apps you can use to find out what you can do to take action on climate change. Some are paid, some are free, but all of them will give you fun and useful ways to help find approaches to dealing with climate change in your own behavior and life.

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Tags: al-gore, app-store, apple, blog-action-day, blog-action-day-2009, carbon-calc, climate change, climate-change, ClimateChange, environmental, gas-cubby-lite, goodguide, green, iphone, ipod-touch, pocket-garden, pollution, products, tuaw

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Apple Corporate, Odds and ends

Levinson resigns from Google, Apple ties broken

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Oct 13th, 2009

It's the end of an era for the relationship between Google and Apple -- Google has announced that Dr. Arthur Levinson has resigned from its board of directors, meaning that the last common member between the boards of the two companies has now "chosen a side," so to speak.

I doubt it was that serious, but you never know: the Department of Justice had announced that they were looking into the connections between the two boards, with both former Apple boardmember and Google CEO Eric Schimidt being one link, and Levinson being the other. Not that the DoJ was really breathing down any necks (they'd only requested documents, and there were no signs at all, other than, you know, Google Maps being an original iPhone application, that there was any collusion between the two companies).

But it is possible that between them, they decided to play it safe, and with the two companies getting closer and closer to competition every day (with Google's Android OS and the continuing saga of Chrome going on), this is probably for the better. Levinson and Schmidt, meanwhile, will both still continue to make millions of dollars anyway. So they have that going for them. Which is nice.

Tags: android, apple, arthur-levinson, board-of-directors, chrome, competition, department-of-justice, eric-schmidt, google, millions-of-dollars, tuaw

Filed under: Gaming, Software, Features, iTunes, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch, Music

TUAW Interview: Andrew Lacy of Tapulous on Tap Tap Revenge 3

by Mike Schramm (RSS feed) on Oct 6th, 2009

By the time you read this, Tap Tap Revenge 3 should have made its way to the App Store. The latest version of the rhythm game/music platform for the iPhone and iPod touch is a huge release for Tapulous -- from the series' humble beginnings as a pre-App Store bit of code to the more recent incarnations of artist-specific music collections, Tapulous has taken Tap Tap a long way in the still short history of this gaming platform. And now they're trying to go even farther: they've introduced in-app purchases to the game (you can find a full list of songs available now as in-app purchases inside the interview below), and they've added in social features, from customizable avatars to in-game chat and score sharing.

Tapulous COO Andrew Lacy sat down to talk with us just before the release of the software, both about how he thinks consumers will react to the new business model, and what's next for Tapulous and this series that has come so far already. Tap Tap Revenge 3 should be in the App Store very soon -- it's available for 99 cents, with extra music packs at six songs for $2.99, or two songs for 99 cents.

Gallery: Tap Tap Revenge 3

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Tags: andrew-lacy, app-store, gallery, gaming, interview, iphone, music-packs, music-system, release, tap-tap-revenge-3, tuaw

Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, Software

TUAW Talkcast tonight at 10 PM EDT - be there or be square

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Oct 4th, 2009

Tonight's the night for the weekly TUAW talkcast, poisoning the virtual airwaves over on Talkshoe. While we're never sure exactly who is going to show up, tonight marks the directorial premiere of Steve Sande as host (translation -- things could be really screwed up!).

Possible subjects could be the impending release of new iMacs, Mac minis, and polycarbonate MacBooks, or any of the other fun topics we covered during the last week.

To participate on TalkShoe, you can use the browser-only client, or you can try out the classic TalkShoe Pro Java client; however, for maximum fun, you should call in. For the web UI, just click the "TalkShoe Web" button on our profile page at 10 pm Sunday. To call in on regular phone or VOIP lines (take advantange of your free cellphone weekend minutes if you like): dial (724) 444-7444 and enter our talkcast ID, 45077 -- during the call, you can request to talk by keying in *-8. Talk with you then!

Recording support for the talkcast is provided by Call Recorder from ecamm networks.

Tags: live, talkcast, tuaw

Filed under: Other Events, Developer, iPhone

TUAW Live from the 360iDev Denver iPhone development conference

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Sep 29th, 2009

About a month ago we reported that the 360iDev conference was going to be held in Denver, Colorado. The event is now underway, and since I happen to live in the area, I'm attending the event that's billed as the premiere iPhone developer conference in the world.

There are certainly a good number of iPhone developers on hand -- Tom Ortega of 360|Conferences, the group that's running the event, mentioned that the registration was at 225 developers, more than attended the last event in San Jose, CA.

The sessions last for the next day and a half, and there are plenty of opportunities for developers to learn, meet, and party. Stay tuned to TUAW for short interviews and more info from 360iDev.

Tags: 360idev, conference, denver, development, interview, iphone, tuaw

Filed under: iPod Family, Other Events, Blogging, Steve Jobs, Apple, Liveblog, Music

Stay tuned for the TUAW liveblog of today's Apple music event

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Sep 9th, 2009

It's 09/09/09 -- finally!

Apple events are always a lot of fun, and the speculation leading up to today's press event has been incredible. Will Steve Jobs appear at the event? Are we going to see a new version of iTunes and some new iPods? We're always wondering if there will be "one more thing."

Join us today at 10 AM PDT / 1 PM EDT for the TUAW liveblog of this event. As usual, you can add your questions to the mix, and a full complement of TUAW bloggers will be on hand. We will have our buddies Daniel Brusilovsky (of Teens In Tech) and Sam Levin onsite to give us the minute-by-minute update of what's transpiring. We'll also keep one eye on the other liveblog coverage from Engadget, Ars Technica, gdgt, Gizmodo, Macworld & elsewhere.

You can keep an eye on our main Twitter feed for the headline announcements, and our Ask TUAW account is always there for your questions and inquiries. You can also join the fun over on our Facebook page during and after the event.

Here's a link to the liveblog page, for you early birds.

Tags: apple event, AppleEvent, ipod nano, ipod touch, IpodNano, IpodTouch, liveblog, steve jobs, SteveJobs, tuaw

Filed under: TUAW Business

The TUAW App Hub and a weekend of giveaways

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (RSS feed) on Sep 4th, 2009

Last week we launched the TUAW iPhone app to much rejoicing (and a tiny bit of consternation). We also launched our App Hub, currently in beta. By that I mean that we're not quite done adding all the features we'd like to add, but we've put together what we think makes a compelling stop during your search for the Ultimate App. Or, at least a few good apps. We realize there are lots of places to get app info and reviews, and like Apple was to CD burning drives, we're a little late to the game in collating our data.

The App Hub isn't as powerful as Macworld's App Guide, for example. But our hope is that, over time, we can provide a useful resource for finding our reviews and news, and some handy time-saving links. Plus, soon there will be reviews on the App Hub which never make it to the front page of TUAW -- all in an effort to balance the Mac and iPhone sides of the house. There's lots more goodness planned for the future, as we'll slowly be peeling that beta label right off the wrapper.

To celebrate the Hub, the weekend (a holiday in the US) and the general awesomeness of you, our readers, we're starting something pretty cool: regular, frequent app giveaways right on the Hub itself. Chances are you won't see these on the main page. Instead, you'll need to hit the hub for the App Store Giveaway of the Moment. If you're a developer and would like to give away some promo codes, you can get in touch with us here.

We've got another couple of non-app giveaways going on too. In the meanwhile, enjoy the weekend!

Tags: app hub, AppHub, features, tuaw

Filed under: Video, Features, Odds and ends, TUAW Business

Win a bundle of goodies from Stylit.tv and TUAW

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (RSS feed) on Sep 2nd, 2009

To celebrate the kickoff of their new show, TechStyle, the good folks at Stylit.tv are giving away a bundle of goodies. Not just t-shirts and tchotchkes, either, but a pretty massive haul of loot (see the list on the next page) gathered from Macworld Expo 2009. We met up with the Stylit.tv gang back in January to give away the first couple of bags of goodies at Macworld. But if you missed Macworld, now's your chance to take home a number of products seen at the show.

Before we get to the loot, we've got a special deal for TUAW readers. Stylit.tv goes to trade shows and glitzy events to get cool prize bags to give away. You pretty much just go to this page and enter to win. However, TUAW readers can enter a bonus code that'll give you 40 extra chances to win. The code is TUAW4EVER.

Only the first 500 bonus codes will give you this boost, so good luck! On the next page is the list of prizes you can win now and the premiere of TechStyle at Macworld. The current giveaway ends on September 8, but there is yet another starting after that with yet another big bag of goodies.

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Tags: deal, features, giveaway, macworld, stylit.tv, techstyle, tuaw, video

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, OS, Blogging, iMac, Macbook Pro, MacBook Air, Snow Leopard

Three for three: Friday's trifecta of Snow Leopard upgrades

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Aug 30th, 2009

If you joined us Friday night for the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard liveblog, you probably saw me say that I didn't have many issues with the upgrade. That's an understatement -- I think Snow Leopard is one of the smoothest upgrades I've ever performed with any operating system. You've probably already read the reports of fellow bloggers David Winograd and Mel Martin, which noted many similar findings.

During a four hour period after the delivery of my 5-install Family Pack by FedEx, I upgraded three Macs. The experience with each of them was slightly different, which is something you'd expect since all three are completely different models, but in each case the end result was essentially the same. All had about 10 - 15 GB more hard drive space than when I began, all were more "snappy" in terms of response, and the display looked crisper.

After surprising the FedEx delivery person with my HD video camera (yes, there's going to be an unboxing video coming later this weekend), I ripped open the box, pulled out the Snow Leopard box, pulled off the plastic, and then got the disk ready to go. I had done a final Time Machine backup of my MacBook Air just to make sure I had captured the last changes made on documents, so I plugged in the MBA's external SuperDrive and popped in the disk. I'm not exactly sure what I did after starting up the installer, but on the MacBook Air, I was asked to reboot the machine and then the installation began.

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Tags: bloggers, imac, macbook air, macbook pro, MacbookAir, MacbookPro, snow leopard, SnowLeopard, tuaw

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Liveblog, Snow Leopard

Join us at 9PM EDT for a TUAW liveblog -- Snow Leopard's first day

by Steven Sande (RSS feed) on Aug 28th, 2009

By now, if you've been lucky enough to have picked up a copy of Snow Leopard, you've installed it and are beginning to see what the buzz was all about.

TUAW would like to invite you to join us a 9 PM EDT for a liveblog about Snow Leopard's first day of life. Did you run into issues? Were all of your installs flawless? We'd like to hear, and so would many other TUAW readers.

We'll talk to you soon!

Tags: liveblog, snow leopard, SnowLeopard, tuaw

Filed under: TUAW Business, iPhone, iPod touch

Want to read TUAW on your iPhone? There's an app for that.

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (RSS feed) on Aug 28th, 2009

I'm not talking about i.tuaw.com, although it still exists (and will continue to evolve -- we hear you!). In fact, I am talking about the TUAW native iPhone app [iTunes link]. It works on iPod touch as well. For a full list of features you can check our TUAW app page here. Or, take a quick tour in the video below.

Thanks to everyone at AOL who made this happen!

Tags: iphone, tuaw

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