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Comixology claims responsibility for banning Saga #12, rescinds ban

by Mike Schramm (Apr 10th, 2013)

Yesterday, we posted about Apple reportedly banning issue 12 of a comic book called Saga, due to a couple of graphic sex scenes included in it. The book's creator, Brian K. Vaughan, had posted that Apple wasn't allowing his book to be sold on the App Store, though it was available through a ...

Daily iPad App: Magicka arrives on iOS with Wizards of the Square Tablet

by Mike Schramm (Mar 28th, 2013)

Magicka is a long-running game series from Swedish developer Paradox Interactive that the company has recently decided to go big on. In addition to an upcoming multiplayer spinoff, Paradox has released this version for iOS today, hoping to bring some of the PC game's magic to Apple's ...

Daily iPhone App: Super Stickman Golf 2 updates a modern classic

by Mike Schramm (Mar 26th, 2013)

Super Stickman Golf is a great title that I've been playing for years -- it's a big standby for games journalists in particular for some reason, and every time I come to a conference full of games writers, like this week at GDC, there's always someone playing it at any given time. The company ...

Apple pulls sweatshop game from App Store

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 22nd, 2013)

Apple has a strict set of rules governing its iOS App Store. Run afoul of them and you may be kicked out of the playground. One of the latest apps to feel the wrath of Apple's banhammer is Sweatshop HD, a tower defense game in which players run a factory sweatshop. According to PocketGamer, ...

ABC has live-streaming mobile app in the works

by Steven Sande (Mar 19th, 2013)

The New York Times is reporting that ABC is working on an app to stream live ABC programming to the iPhones and iPads of cable and satellite TV subscribers. ABC, which is a subsidiary of Disney, would become the first American broadcaster to provide a live internet stream of both national and ...

WSJ profiles Letterpress creator Loren Brichter, the 'high priest of app design'

by Mike Schramm (Mar 18th, 2013)

Here at TUAW, we're big fans of Loren Brichter, the app developer behind Tweetie (which eventually became the official Twitter app) and the great word game Letterpress. But the Wall Street Journal appears to have just discovered the dev -- in a profile that appeared over the weekend, the paper ...

Daily iPhone App: Tripcase hits version 3.0

by Mike Schramm (Mar 13th, 2013)

I'm always on the lookout for a new travel app -- I've used TripIt a little bit and I don't mind it, but it hasn't really grabbed me a must-use way just yet. So when TripCase sent word that they'd just hit version 3.0 with a new design and some new features, I decided to give the app a quick ...

Report: Customer retention is a major factor for the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Mar 13th, 2013)

Yes, the conclusion of this report might be a little obvious to anyone who's been following the App Store closely, but it's true: Flurry's latest writeup of App Store stats suggests that keeping users playing a game or using an app can be a major factor in that app's success. Flurry filed the ...

Google Now for iOS? Promo video appears, removed

by Michael Rose (Mar 12th, 2013)

Users of Android's recent editions have been exposed to Google Now, the "before you know you need it" search tool. Google Now tries to look ahead at your schedule and physical location to let you quickly access the most relevant results -- traffic for your commute, flight schedules for your ...

Knights of Pen and Paper and Angry Birds go free

by Mike Schramm (Mar 11th, 2013)

Two really great apps are free this week. First up, Knights of Pen and Paper is an (in my opinion) underrated and very charming turn-based RPG, with the unique premise that you're actually playing an old pen-and-paper role-playing game, complete with a dungeonmaster describing every environment ...

Gmail's mobile web interface now looks just like the app

by Mike Schramm (Mar 11th, 2013)

I use Gmail pretty much exclusively for my incoming email, with three or four different accounts that redirect to my always online, easily accessible, and seemingly bottomless inbox. I thought the app the company recently released with a brand-new look was pretty impressive, and apparently so ...

Analytics firm Applause launches the Applause Index

by Mike Schramm (Mar 7th, 2013)

I'm not sure how useful this idea is, but it is interesting, and we'll see how it all plays out. Applause is an analytics firm that purports to measure app quality and user satisfaction, by scanning the App Store for rankings, sales and reviews (there are a few other companies that do this ...

Why is Facebook's app so much better lately? Ask Big Nerd Ranch

by Mike Schramm (Mar 5th, 2013)

Facebook's official iOS app has been improving by leaps and bounds lately. First it went native, and then added a series of great new features and redesigned elements piece by piece. In fact, if you were a conspiracy theorist, you might think that Facebook was getting a little help -- and in ...

iBooks 3.1 brings paid content to iBookstore in Japan

by Randy Nelson (Mar 5th, 2013)

Version 3.1 of iBooks is out today and while it might not bring much in the way of new features for Western users, it's a pretty big deal for book lovers located in Japan. That's because the latest update introduces paid content on the order of hundred of thousands of books -- encompassing ...

Daily iPhone App: Mokriya Craigslist browses Craigslist beautifully for free

by Mike Schramm (Mar 4th, 2013)

There are quite a few ways to look at the popular classifieds site Craigslist on the iPhone already, including a fairly workable mobile web version. But Mokriya is a developer that's put a lot of really great looking and popular apps together already, and so when they turn their design insight ...