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Developers react to WWDC ticketing issues

by John-Michael Bond (May 8th, 2013)

This year's Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) sold out in a matter of minutes, leading Apple to announce the convention would be streamed online for developers who couldn't get tickets. The demand has grown exponentially, while the size of the conference has not. With such intense ...

iPad mini's rumored launch may be aimed at Microsoft Surface

by Mike Schramm (Oct 15th, 2012)

This theory is speculative, but let's give CNN's Don Sears some consideration anyway. He suggests that Apple's suspected iPad mini event has been moved from the rumored October 10 to 17 date range to the current expectation of the October 23. Why, he asks? Because the Microsoft Surface is due ...

On "mystery meat" gestures and iPhoto's learning curve

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Apr 6th, 2012)

Just shy of a month after its release, Lukas Mathis provides well-reasoned criticism regarding the learning curve for iPhoto for iOS. It's new territory for Apple, as he points out, but it might be pushing the boundaries a little too hard. As much as I like the new iPhoto myself, Mathis ...

Double Fine releases Psychonauts app

by Mike Schramm (Sep 29th, 2011)

The great game developer Double Fine has released an app for the App Store, and it's related to their very popular game Psychonauts (which recently arrived on the Mac App Store itself), but it's not, unfortunately, a port of the game. The Psychonauts Vault Viewer is instead sort of an ancillary ...

32 GB versus 32GB: Almost everyone is writing it wrong

by Chris Rawson (Dec 16th, 2010)

Fair warning, dear reader: this may be the most pedantic post in the history of TUAW. Maybe in history, period. But I can't help it: someone is wrong on the internet. Here's a fun trick. Go to the Apple menu on your Mac and select "About This Mac." A little window will come up listing your processor ...

AdMob CEO comments on being thrown out of the App Store

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 9th, 2010)

Big surprise here, right? AdMob, freshly picked for purchase by Google (cue dramatic music) has been expelled from Valhalla, also known as the App Store, by a tiny change in the iOS developer agreement. Specifically, section 3.3.9 of the agreement, which precludes companies who do anything other ...

Found Footage: iPhone Consumer Revolt (NSFW)

by Erica Sadun (Aug 17th, 2009)

Forget about everything else. The cool consumer rage is currently directed at AT&T. Pat Lee, a Chicago iPhone user, is asking the iPhone community to petition Apple to drop AT&T exclusivity. In this biting 30-second video, Lee suggests that disgruntled users voice their displeasure about ...

Why a Mac tablet from Apple doesn't make sense

by David Chartier (Jan 4th, 2007)

Laurie posted OWC's announcement of their upcoming ModBook Mac tablet just as I began rounding up commentary from some Mac notables as to why a tablet from Apple simply doesn't make sense. OWC's announcement indeed makes things a bit more interesting, but I think some of these thoughts from Steven ...