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Wunderlist announces Wunderlist Pro for Mac, iOS and the web

by Mike Schramm (Apr 17th, 2013)

The folks behind Wunderlist, the excellent to-do app that recently updated to version 2, have announced that Wunderlist Pro is almost ready for prime time. Wunderlist is a free service and is remaining free, but Wunderlist Pro is a new premium service that's designed to help get Wunderlist ...

Kickoff for Mac adds planning to group chat

by Erica Sadun (Dec 12th, 2012)

Imagine iChat, Messages or IRC merged with your favorite to-do system like Things, Clear or Taskpaper. You get Kickoff. Now available in a public beta, this OS X Mountain Lion app helps groups coordinate and plan together. It's superficially similar to the 37 Signals web chat tool Campfire, but ...

Romo the iPhone robot is back, Kickstarting version 2

by Mike Schramm (Oct 16th, 2012)

Romo is a little iPhone-powered robot that showed up on Kickstarter around this time last year. It was successfully funded and distributed out into the world, making everyone happy by cycling itself around with the buzz and whirr of tiny mechanics. But as is usual with these things, the team ...

Sword of Fargoal 2 crosses the Kickstarter finish line

by Mike Schramm (Oct 15th, 2012)

Sword of Fargoal was one of the earliest great games on the iPhone (after making the transition over from the Commodore 64 version a long time ago), and as we reported previously, the developers behind the game recently took to Kickstarter to try and pick up funding for a sequel. They held a ...

Apple initiates hiring drive in Israel

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2012)

Apple has posted listings around the Internet for a Technical Recruiter based in Israel, signifying that the company is kicking off a hiring drive in that country. The main goal of the individual in that position will be to get involved in "identifying, engaging and securing world-class candidates ...

Atari team rejoins to make mobile titles

by Mike Schramm (Feb 3rd, 2012)

Seamus Blackley is one of the co-creators of Microsoft's original Xbox console, and he put together a really interesting team of old-school Atari game developers recently to make mobile games. Blackley's new company is called Innovative Leisure, and while the website isn't anything more than a ...

Steve Jobs and the Mac team, photographed by Norman Seeff

by Mike Schramm (Nov 17th, 2011)

I really like these photos of Steve Jobs and the early Mac gang, taken by Norman Seeff. You may have seen one of them on the front cover of Time magazine, not to mention on the back cover of Jobs's recent biography. It's great how these photos show just how young and carefree Jobs and company ...

How the iPad is changing baseball

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 31st, 2011)

Baseball is undergoing a digital revolution thanks to the iPad and the iPhone. Sports fans, management and even players are using the iPad to improve America's favorite game. Fans can watch every Major League game on their phone or tablets. Managers can keep track of their rosters and players ...

Team Fortress 2 out for Mac Steam

by Mike Schramm (Jun 11th, 2010)

Valve has released Team Fortress 2 for the Mac, along with a funny little video trailer highlighting the old PC vs. Mac fanboy wars (and a great comic featuring the TF2 characters' first visit to the Apple Store). If you've never played TF2, you're in for a treat -- it's a multiplayer team-based ...

New Square Enix RPG coming to the iPhone this year

by Mike Schramm (Mar 18th, 2010)

A job posting on a Japanese developer's site has hinted that Square Enix will be releasing a brand new RPG on the iPhone sometime later this year. Media.Vision has posted that they're seeking to fill a number of positions related to building an RPG on Apple's platform in conjunction with Square ...