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Daily Update for January 10, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 10th, 2012)

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 ...

Griffin announces a $50 iOS-controlled helicopter

by Steven Sande (Jul 14th, 2011)

It has no built-in camera beaming video back to your iPhone, and it isn't controlled via Wi-Fi. There are no augmented reality apps that come with it, nor is there (as far as we know) a way to hack the firmware. It only has two full-size rotors instead of four. Despite all of these ...

Parrot set to release AR.FlyingAce game for AR.Drone quadricopter

by Steven Sande (Apr 11th, 2011)

The TUAW blogging team has had a group gadget crush on the US$299 AR.Drone quadricopter since we first got our anxious little hands on the iPhone-controlled flying machine at Macworld Expo 2010. At the time, manufacturer Parrot said that it would be coming out with an open software development ...

Parrot AR.Drone quadricopter hits the US in September for $299

by Dave Caolo (Jun 16th, 2010)

Earlier this year at Macword Expo in San Francisco, we were quite impressed with the Parrot AR.Drone. I mean, it's a big, quad-prop helicopter that you control with an iPhone. Impress your friends. Terrorize younger siblings. Deliver packages. What's not to love? The company's representatives ...

CES Watch: Apple accessories from the show floor

by Mike Schramm (Jan 7th, 2010)

CES 2010 is in full swing in Las Vegas, and while we aren't there, we have been able to scour the webs and bring you the latest, the greatest, and the weirdest new Apple-related peripherals and accessories from the show floor. Griffin has announced a few new devices, including a Display ...

Parrot unveils the AR.Drone, an iPhone-controlled microcopter, at CES

by Mike Schramm (Jan 6th, 2010)

Probably the coolest iPhone-related product to come out of the festivities at CES so far this week is the AR.Drone, created by a company called Parrot. It's a little working microcopter that's remote-controlled by an iPhone app, and it's decked out with all sorts of interesting gadgetry, including ...