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Daily iPad App: Letz: The Story of Zed does match 3 right

by Mike Schramm (Dec 27th, 2012)

Letz is a game that doesn't necessarily excel in its mechanics -- it's a match 3 game, basically, though there is a fun addition in the form of a word-making challenge as well. But where Letz really shines is in the icing. The sounds and graphics on this one are just pure sugary pleasure -- the ...

Parody: Apple patents Letters

by Mike Wehner (Nov 26th, 2012)

When Apple officially scored the design patent for the virtual page turn, it opened up the flood gates for Internet comedians to weigh in on what common, everyday concept the company would set its sights on next. As The Atlantic reports, Washington Post book critic Ron Charles took this idea to ...

Steve Jobs autographed computer chip

by Steven Sande (Nov 19th, 2012)

Letters of Note is a wonderful repository of "fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes and memos," and a favorite destination of several members of the TUAW staff. Today's find was actually published on October 6, 2011, the day after Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs passed on. The ...

TUAW's Daily App: The Ultimate Alphabet

by Mike Schramm (Jul 27th, 2010)

Today's app is going to blow your mind. Back in 1986, artist Mike Wilks published a book called The Ultimate Alphabet, which featured 26 different paintings, each filled with items that corresponded to the letters of the alphabet; the letter A painting contains airplanes, ants, an apple tree, and ...