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Video shows another way Apple could implement text editing on iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 4th, 2012)

As noticed by iDownloadBlog, YouTube user danielchasehooper has come up with an idea that would simplify text editing on the iPad by making it even easier to select text. Instead of tap, hold and zoom to select text, you could use a finger swipe to move the cursor and hold shift to select the ...

Daily iPad App: Say Anything lets you get somebody's attention without saying a thing

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 12th, 2012)

Sometimes you need to get a person's attention without saying a word. You can wave your hand wildly at them, but all that vigorous movement may scare them away. A better way to get someone's attention is to pull out your iPad and fire up a banner app like Say Anything from Appy Inc. Say ...

Daily iPhone App: Drafts lets you save short snippets of text

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 11th, 2012)

Drafts from Agile Tortoise is the ideal digital notepad for the person who wants to capture a thought before it's gone. It has a simple UI that doesn't get in the way of its primary function, which is jotting down notes. The app opens to an empty draft that's ready for you to record your ...

iTextEditors provides quick app reference for plain text fans

by Michael Rose (Apr 2nd, 2012)

The world is divided into two kinds of people: those who love to edit text files on the iPad, and those who really, really don't. For everyone in the first group, our resident mad scientist Brett Terpstra (ably assisted by a crew of volunteers including TUAW contributor Michael Jones) has ...

WWDC Alerts will help make sure you get into Moscone

by Mike Schramm (Jan 6th, 2012)

Two Mac developers have created an alerts service, which you can sign up for free right now, that will let you know the very moment that tickets go on sale for this year's WWDC in San Francisco. Just put in your cell phone number, send back one code for verification, and then you'll get a text ...

Auto-complete keyboard found in iOS 5

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Nov 10th, 2011)

It seems iOS 5 is full of hidden "gems" (aka features Apple didn't deem worthy of making publicly available yet), like the earlier panorama camera stitching feature. This time, hacker Sonny Dickson found an Android-like word suggestion bar tucked away in iOS 5. Personally I'm not a huge fan of ...

Video App Demo: Daedalus Touch

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 1st, 2011)

Daedalus Touch is a text editor designed for iPad and engineered to be as simple and clutter-free as possible. From what I saw, it succeeds admirably. Granted, there are lots of text editors on the App Store, but Daedalus offers a clean interface with a few nice features, like modeless search. ...

Paragraft gets iOS Markdown editing right

by Brett Terpstra (Jun 17th, 2011)

I just discovered Paragraft, a text editor for iPad and iPhone that boasts some ingenious Markdown features (if I've lost you already, check out the TUAW Markdown Primer for a crash course). The good parts of Paragraft blew me away enough that I'm able to overlook an ugly icon and some bad ...

TUAW's Daily Mac App: QuickNotes

by Samuel Gibbs (Jun 1st, 2011)

With our Macs in front of us, many still resort to pen and paper for taking down little snippets of information. QuickNotes is a program designed to help wean you off the dead wood and ink, allowing you to quickly jot down information with just a few key presses. Hiding in your menu bar, you ...

Byword 1.2, now with Markdown support

by Brett Terpstra (May 23rd, 2011)

Byword is a full-screen, "distraction-free" word processor that has an interesting twist: it focuses on just the text around your cursor (or even just the current line), dimming the rest of your composition so that even that can't distract you. Byword (and its predecessors) are based on the idea ...

TaskPaper 2.2.3 in the Mac App Store with a big discount

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 5th, 2011)

Minimalists looking for a task manager should take a closer look at TaskPaper for OS X, which is now on sale at US$4.99, a $25 discount off its normal $29.99. The app recently launched in the Mac App Store, and Hog Bay Software dropped the price for a limited time to celebrate TaskPaper's ...

Word Lens hands-on: Does it really translate text in real-time?

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Dec 17th, 2010)

Word Lens hit the store with a bang, promising real-time translation of signs, menus, and any other text your camera can capture. Does the augmented-reality app work? Somewhat, yes. Is it the future? Definitely. We're just not there yet. I'll let the images in the gallery tell the story. But ...

Google Voice for iPhone is finally out on the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Nov 16th, 2010)

Turns out, when Apple announced it was a day you'd never forget, maybe it wasn't talking about The Beatles. Last we heard, Google Voice was expected on the App Store "soon" ... and now here it is. Apple has relented in the battle to allow Google Voice functionality on the iPhone, leaving Google open ...

TextExpander 3.2 offers backup, restore

by TJ Luoma (Oct 27th, 2010)

TextExpander, which allows you to create text shortcuts and macros, has been updated to version 3.2. Along with some bug fixes, it also adds the ability to easily backup and restore your shortcuts, including automatic backup and keyboard shortcuts to expand top search results. The backup/restore ...

SwirlySMS brings free SMS app to iPad 3G

by Erica Sadun (Oct 14th, 2010)

Released today, "SwirlySMS free for iPad 3G" offers a free SMS solution that allows you to send and receive messages from your iPad 3G. This is a jailbreak-only solution. Available from the Cydia store, the new app uses your iPad's SIM to introduce native texting without having to hack your way into ...