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Free PBS iPad app allows streaming of the network's content

by Mike Schramm (Oct 25th, 2010)

Like a few commercial television networks before it, PBS has launched an iPad app designed to stream the network's content to your iPad on demand. PBS for iPad is available for free right now on the App Store, and it has full streams of lots of classic shows. There's some new content as well -- ...

TUAW's Daily App: Tap Disc

by Mike Schramm (Oct 19th, 2010)

I have to say, I'm a little more interested lately in longer and more developed experiences for the iOS devices, which is one reason why I loved Game Dev Story so much. But there is still some space in my app diet for quick, pick-up-and-play experiences, and Tap Disc is one of those. Actually, ...

TUAW Giveaway: Win a subscription to Slacker Radio Plus for Austin City Limits Music Festival

by Mike Schramm (Oct 1st, 2010)

The Austin City Limits Music Festival is going on next week in Austin, TX (as is GDC Online, which I'll be covering for TUAW). The festival has teamed up with Slacker Internet Radio and Seed Labs to spread the word and share some of the music from the artists performing there. They've produced a ...

Delta, AA iPhone apps could be worth a million frequent flyer miles

by Steven Sande (Sep 21st, 2010)

Participants in Delta's SkyMiles or American Airlines' AAdvantage frequent flyer programs, or anyone who would like a chance to win a million frequent flyer miles, should head over to the App Store now. Both airlines are providing contest incentives to get people to use their apps. American, ...

TUAW Giveaway: Chuck Gnome

by Mike Schramm (Sep 4th, 2010)

Chuck Gnome was chosen as our Daily App here on the site about a month ago, and now Movable Sprites has offered us a few copies to give away to you readers. Since we last posted about it, the game has updated to version 1.1 and added in a new episode, a new mini game, new music, and lots more. Plus, ...

TUAW giveaway: HexaLex for iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Jul 30th, 2010)

We featured HexaLex as our daily app a little while back. It's an excellent Scrabble alternative, and it mixes up the tried and true formula just enough that, if you and your friends are looking for something different to play, it's worth checking out. And we're here to make that easy for you. ...

Box.net's 20 iPads arrive at D7 Consulting

by Mike Schramm (Jul 8th, 2010)

A few months back, Box.net launched its effort to deliver 20 brand new iPads to a business that could make use of Apple's tablet and the cloud sharing service in an innovative and interesting way. Box.net eventually chose D7 Consulting, a construction consulting company in Newport Beach, ...

More iPad protection giveaways from TUAW and NewerTech

by Steven Sande (Jul 5th, 2010)

A while back we did a review and giveaway of some iPad protection products from our buddies at NewerTech. Just before I headed off to the high seas for three weeks, I received some additional swag from NewerTech that I thought would be perfect for our TUAW Independence Day holiday giveaways. ...

Holiday weekend giveaway: Type Drawing for iPad

by Michael Grothaus (May 30th, 2010)

There's a lot of great drawing apps for the iPad out there, but Type Drawing puts a unique spin on things. With Type Drawing, you can sketch anything your mind can conceive of, but your brush strokes are made up of words instead of lines. I've been playing around with the app for a while now, and ...

TUAW's Daily App: Sword and Poker

by Mike Schramm (Apr 19th, 2010)

Note: We started up our new feature last week, titling it "App Of The Day" without recalling that our friend Jordan had already used that name for his site. So, we're renaming our "one great app, every day" feature. If you have a suggestion, share it in the comments below, and if we pick yours, ...

Enter to win a Fallen Earth item from TUAW

by Mike Schramm (Apr 6th, 2010)

Fallen Earth is a pretty popular post-apocalyptic MMO, and as we announced at GDC, not only have they released a Mac client, but they've got a pretty impressive iPhone app to go along with it coming later this year. To celebrate, they sent us a special code for some virtual in-game Brass Goggles -- ...

Microsoft announces "Mac Office Loves You" winners, TUAW reader wins!

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 22nd, 2010)

A while ago we told you about Microsoft's "Mac Office Loves You" sweepstakes. I'm very pleased to announce that Microsoft has chosen the two winners and one of them is a TUAW reader who read about the contest on our site! TUAW reader Kristopher Villalpando won a brand new MacBook Pro and a copy ...

MacUpdate bundle offers Parallels 5, we offer chance to win

by Michael Rose (Mar 19th, 2010)

If you want an economical way to buy into the reigning speed champion of virtualization apps, the MacUpdate Promo Spring Bundle may be just the ticket. At $49.99, the 11-app bargain basket is headlined by Parallels Desktop 5 (normally $79 alone). The rest of the lineup is solid as well: Bee ...

Talkcast Reminder: Tonight at 10pm EDT, now with added fun!

by Kelly Guimont (Mar 14th, 2010)

Yes, that's 10pm Eastern DAYLIGHT Time; hopefully by now you've worked out exactly what time it is where you are so you can show up on time instead of coming in at the end. (Thanks, cell phone with automatically updated clock!) Tonight's show will also include the debut of a TUAW challenge! What ...

Enter to win Trip Journal 4.0 for the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Mar 8th, 2010)

iQapps has updated their app Trip Journal to version 4.0, and the new update adds a fair bit of functionality to the already pretty impressive set of trip recording and tagging features. As with previous versions, you can track pictures, notes, and maps of your trips, and communicate via a number ...