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Reflow: A music composition and notation app for Mac and iOS with iCloud sync

by Matt Tinsley (Jun 19th, 2013)

Reflow for Mac (US$19) and iOS ($5.99) is a tool that makes composition and practice of music easier. A few weeks ago you may have seen TUAW's Editor-in-chief Victor Agreda, Jr. interview Sébastien Bourgeois, creator of Reflow, in our Origin Stories series. The interview spiked my curiosity ...

Wren Sound Systems V5AP AirPlay speaker: Stunning design, incredible sound

by Steven Sande (Jun 18th, 2013)

When it comes to getting music from your iOS device to a good speaker, there are a lot of different methods. There's the tried and true dock method, which can fall to pieces when Apple comes out with a new connector design as they did last year with Lightning. Some manufacturers have the mistaken ...

Bracketron NanoTek Stand: minimalistic design by 1.0 Innovations, functional standout

by Steven Sande (Jun 17th, 2013)

You may read this review of the Bracketron NanoTek Stand (US$29.95) and ask yourself "What's so exciting about a angled piece of aluminum with some sticky pads on it?" Well, many times smartphone stands are tied to a particular generation of a smartphone, so when the next big thing appears on the ...

Origin Stories: Michael T. Rose

by Michael Rose (Jun 17th, 2013)

Most of my generational cohort should remember the first few times they actually saw or laid hands on a personal computer. I'm pretty sure I do; my childhood friend Bradley Konia was the guy who always had the most interesting gadgets, and he claimed both a Sinclair ZX80 and an Atari 800 in his ...

Gauging the scale of the post-PC opportunity: "Mobile Is Eating The World"

by Richard Gaywood (Jun 17th, 2013)

Speaking at All Things D in 2010, Steve Jobs famously predicted that "PCs are going to be like trucks": specialised devices that only appeal to people with particular demands of their computing experience while ordinary people would come to prefer smartphones and tablets for all their computing ...

Talkcast 10 pm ET/7 pm PT: Looking back on WWDC

by Kelly Guimont (Jun 16th, 2013)

All-new dial-in experience! See below -- do not call into Talkshoe, we won't be there. So far, using Fuze Meeting for our call-in process is going mostly OK -- but this will be Kelly's first week in the hot seat, so be kind! Just as before, the text chat will be in this very post when the show ...

Satechi 7 Port USB 3.0 Premium Aluminum Hub looks good, works well

by Steven Sande (Jun 15th, 2013)

Satechi is now shipping a new 7 Port USB 3.0 Premium Aluminum Hub ($69.99 MSRP, on sale for $54.99) that matches good looks with the speed of USB 3.0. The company came out with a 10 port USB hub earlier this year that comes in a black plastic case and sports special switches for turning various ...

Test-driving the Blue Microphone Spark Digital

by Steven Sande (Jun 14th, 2013)

Many podcasters and musicians love the digital and analog microphones made by Blue Microphone. The company's booth at trade shows usually has a long line of computer geeks eager to see what the latest mic is, and earlier this year we were wowed by both the Spark Digital (US$199.95) and the ...

How we write for TUAW: A look at blogger workflows and tools

by Steven Sande (Jun 13th, 2013)

I love it when another blog comes up with a great idea that we can borrow, and that was the case over at iMore when Rene Ritchie published a post over the Memorial Day weekend titled "How we write for iMore: Our workflows from Mac to iPad to iPhone and back!" Not surprisingly, just about every one ...

Props Power and Keyboard Case for iPad: review and giveaway

by Steven Sande (Jun 12th, 2013)

Remember my last keyboard case review where I told you it was going to be the last one for awhile? Well, that was before yet another manufacturer knocked on my virtual door and handed me a keyboard case. But this, my friends, is a keyboard case with a difference -- it also has a huge built-in ...

Talkcast tonight, special time -- 8pm ET/5pm PT! WWDC countdown

by Michael Rose (Jun 9th, 2013)

All-new dial-in experience! See below -- do not call into Talkshoe, we won't be there. Our experiment last week using Fuze Meeting for our call-in process worked well enough to merit a second shift. Just as before, the text chat will be in this very post when the show begins... which will be two ...

On the eve of WWDC: What are Apple's three greatest innovations?

by Richard Gaywood (Jun 8th, 2013)

An awful lot has been written recently about whether Apple is has lost its spark. "Does Apple have an innovation problem?" asks the Washington Post. Forbes claims to lay out "Apple's innovation problem", although that piece is so muddled and lacking in specific details I came away more confused ...

Review: CruxSKUNK iPad keyboard case

by Steven Sande (Jun 7th, 2013)

If there's one promise I hope I can make to TUAW readers, it's that this will be the last iPad keyboard case review you'll read for a while. We've had quite a few over the past few months, but the subject of this review – the CruxSKUNK (US$179 introductory pricing, $210 regular MSRP) -- has ...

Chat with MacTech and TUAW at WWDC

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 6th, 2013)

It's that time again! TUAW and MacTech will be at WWDC and would like to talk to you. From MacTech: Once again, MacTech Magazine and TUAW are joining forces to do a series of interviews and stories on those attending the 2013 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference. The interviews will explore what ...

Mophie Juice Pack Plus for iPhone 5 hands-on, plus a giveaway

by Steven Sande (Jun 6th, 2013)

Finally we've received the third in the Mophie Juice Pack trilogy. First, it was the slender and lightweight Juice Pack Helium (US$79.95). Next, it was the classic Juice Pack Air ($99.95). Now Mophie has filled out the Juice Pack family with the ultra-big-capacity Juice Pack Plus for iPhone 5 ...