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Kids' iPad magazine Timbuktu rethinks in-app purchasing model

by Mike Schramm (Apr 22nd, 2013)

Timbuktu is an iPad magazine meant for children, and as our friends over at TechCrunch have noted, its developers recently rethought how it implements in-app purchases. The previous incarnation of Timbuktu (and most famously, Smurf Village, among others), made in-app purchases too tempting and ...

TUAW Exclusive: Nnooo's Pop for iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Dec 9th, 2008)

Pop is a new game coming soon to the iPhone by a company called Nnooo, and TUAW got an exclusive look at the new app before the official announcement of the release later today. As you can see from the video preview above, it's a very simple, very casual game, but nevertheless offers some fun and ...

iChat Extender - tweak iTunes status message, chat bubbles

by David Chartier (May 15th, 2006)

iChat Extender is a little app that lets you tweak various settings of iChat that unfortunately don't have a pref pane of their own. Features such as the format of the 'iTunes now playing' status message and the style of chat bubbles can easily be adjusted with this handy and free app. For more fun ...