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Daily iPhone App: Chip Chain is a great, free matching game

by Mike Schramm (Nov 13th, 2012)

Chip Chain is a great game, and considering that it's free (there are in-app purchases, but I didn't find them overly invasive at all), it's probably well worth a download no matter what. As much as the game is polished and professional, it hasn't yet caught me up in its mechanics, and I'm ...

Daily iPhone App: Rune Raiders charges into turn-based combat

by Mike Schramm (Oct 17th, 2012)

Rune Raiders isn't a new app -- it came out a little while ago and has been updated a few times (and you can actually play a version of it online in Flash). But I was looking through the App Store for a few good turn-based games recently, and Rune Raiders has been stealing more and more of my ...

Mac 101: Use the keyboard to navigate a Grid from the Dock

by Matt Tinsley (Sep 23rd, 2010)

When I first got my Mac, it came with all the standard applications found in the applications folder. I used to find that opening an application from the applications Grid, on the Dock, was much easier and quicker than opening an application through the Finder. Over time, with more applications ...

iPhone-controlled 3D display, via ping pong balls and air pumps

by Mike Schramm (Aug 24th, 2010)

I'm not quite 100% sure what this is -- it's supposed to be a "floating forecaster," some sort of 3D display for weather information, but to me it looks more like 30 air guns with ping pong balls sitting in them. I don't really see how the "weather" part of the display works, but what's really cool ...

TUAW Hands On: iTunes 8

by Robert Palmer (Sep 9th, 2008)

Released today, iTunes 8 is the most recent and advanced iteration of Apple's media management and playback software. iTunes 8 includes a new Genius recommendation engine, new visualizers, a new grid view, and new terms and conditions. The Genius engine recommends other songs you might enjoy, ...