Interactive Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Daily iPhone App: Steve Jackson's Sorcery is interactive e-book bliss

by Mike Schramm (May 15th, 2013)

I have to say -- the iPad is a terrific platform for interactive e-books, but so far, I haven't been very impressed by the options out there. I do use my iPad for reading a lot, but the vast majority of my reading is done in either iBooks or a comic book reader. It's very rare that I will pick ...

Gravidi wants to put clickable hotspots on videos for iOS

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 14th, 2013)

At SXSW I found a kiosk showing off a beta of the app Gravidi. It allows producers to add a layer of interactivity to videos by embedding hotspots in the video, and adding other activity around it. For users, it provides a way to learn more about moments in a video, or people or objects in that ...

Google confirms Glass will work with iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2013)

Google held an event this week to show off its upcoming "Google Glass" interactive headset/system, and from that meeting came one important note for us iOS fans. Google confirmed that the system will definitely work with Apple's iPhone. The exact details of the relationship aren't clear, but ...

Browse through this interactive map of Apple's suppliers worldwide

by Mike Schramm (Feb 14th, 2013)

Apple releases a list of all of its hardware supplier partners about once a year, as part of its Supplier Responsibility program. But the most recent list of suppliers included not only company names, but also addresses for each, and so a site called ChinaFile took all of those addresses and ...

Paradox announces two iOS games for 2013, including a Magicka game

by Mike Schramm (Feb 5th, 2013)

Paradox Interactive has been primarily a PC gaming studio. It has enjoyed success on Steam with titles like Magicka and Europa Universalis. But last weekend at an event in Iceland, Paradox announced that it's making the jump over to Apple's handheld platforms, with two forthcoming games. The ...

Bad Piggies gets a ... cookbook

by Mike Schramm (Oct 12th, 2012)

As if our recent exploration of the Angry Birds universe didn't convey the franchise's might, here's another sign. A Bad Piggies cookbook is available. Actually, the hardcover, real-life version of Angry Birds: Bad Piggies' Egg Recipes was out for the holiday season last year, long before the ...

Daily iPad App: The Little Girl Who Could Fly is a delightful interactive book for children

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 19th, 2012)

Today we are stepping outside our typical app reviews for the iPad and looking at an interactive book. Because of their interactive elements, these titles stray over into the app category. This particular title, The Little Girl Who Could Fly from YellowPixie, is an animated, illustrated ...

Preview of Bartleby Vol. 2 iPad app shows possibility of future AirPlay integration

by Chris Rawson (Aug 8th, 2011)

We covered Monster Costume's interactive children's book Bartleby in 2010, and multiple TUAW reviewers found it to be a charming and well-crafted iPad app. Monster Costume is hard at work on Bartleby Volume 2, and even though I don't have kids of my own and am about 25 years beyond the target ...

Play Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard (kind of) with this interactive trailer

by Mike Schramm (Mar 16th, 2011)

This is a new one -- in order to promote its new iOS title, Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard (coming to the App Store tomorrow), Gameloft has put together this interactive trailer over on YouTube. Not only does the trailer show off some gameplay of the upcoming title, but it also allows you to ...

Just in time for Thanksgiving, The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks

by David Winograd (Nov 22nd, 2010)

Although the print book has been out for more than a year, The Berenstain Bears Give Thanks by Jan and Mike Berenstain (US$2.99) has just hit the App store in time for Thanksgiving. This is the tenth in the series of Bear books released by Oceanhouse Media, and it employs the same excellent engine ...

Billboard nominates music app awards

by Mike Schramm (Sep 2nd, 2010)

Billboard has announced that it will be giving awards out for iOS music apps (of all things). At the Music App Summit on October 5th, Billboard will choose winning iOS apps in six different categories, from Best Artist App and Best Music Creation App to Best Branded Music App. You can find the full ...

Choose Your Own Adventure available for iPhone as U-Ventures

by Mike Schramm (Aug 19th, 2010)

If you, like me, were a big scifi/fantasy reader at a young age, you probably remember the "Choose Your Own Adventure" series. It was a series of books in which, every chapter or so, you could make a choice that affected the story, and you were then prompted to turn to a certain page to continue the ...

20 great, free iPad comics

by Mike Schramm (Jul 29th, 2010)

CNET's Crave blog compiled a great list last week of twenty great, free comic books to read on your iPad. For me, more than anything else, the iPad seems perfect for a visual, interactive medium like comics. Movies are better on my big screen, and books can be read on a Kindle (or just on paper -- ...

Reinventing the graphic novel--for iPod

by Erica Sadun (May 5th, 2007)

Playlist magazine tells us that the graphic novel is being reinvented for the iPod. The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore combines live action video with computer animation and other media. Due to be released this summer, it brings the "graphic novel" to a new place. "Jonas Moore" still has the ...

Seamless Fashion Show 2006 features iPod-ready couture

by Fabienne Serriere (Feb 5th, 2006)

Seamless V2, the second annual technology fashion event in Boston, included iPod fashion in its wild mix of wearables. Pictured above is iDo, a wedding dress concept by Shannon Okey and Alexandra Underhill. The veil included an iPod (update number two: yes, a shuffle, and the bodice a full-sized ...