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doubleTwist adds AirPlay hooks to Android

by Mike Schramm (May 9th, 2011)

I remember doubleTwist as an iTunes alternative from back in the day, but it's apparently morphed into an Android application and promises to bring many of the standard iTunes and iPod music features to the Android platform. Now the app has added yet another trick to its arsenal: doubleTwist ...

How Apple does damage control

by Chris Rawson (Apr 30th, 2011)

Typically, whenever something goes wrong with a company or its products and services, the company will try to head off a media free-for-all by releasing a brief statement that usually does only two things: it acknowledges that a problem exists and promises more information at a later date. But ...

Gruber ruminates on Apple's cloud

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 18th, 2011)

Recently, Amazon introduced a new cloud-based file storage and media playback system aptly named Cloud Drive and Cloud Player. The debut of this system, which is compatible with Android handsets, kicked off a debate on cloud storage and Apple's lack of a similar mechanisms for its iOS devices. In ...

World Backup Day: Turn, turn, turn + more giveaways

by Michael Rose (Mar 31st, 2011)

Happy World Backup Day! We can't really emphasize this strongly enough: you need good backups, and you need them now. That's why we've joined the cause for data saving with tips, techniques and giveaways all day today. For Mac users running Leopard or Snow Leopard (10.5 or 10.6), the good news ...

Boxee to add iPad support, more in May

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 31st, 2011)

Boxee confirmed on its blog that its next update will add support for the Apple iPad. The streaming content provider will release the Boxee for iPad app that will let you stream content from your Boxee Box to your Apple iPad over a wireless connection. This feature would be ideal for some late ...

How to: Listen to your Amazon Cloud Player music on your iOS device

by Erica Sadun (Mar 30th, 2011)

[H/t to Mashable's Christina Warren, who wrote this up yesterday. We independently arrived at the same place and had not seen Christina's writeup. - Ed.] Have you signed up for Amazon Cloud? It's a newly launched service that offers 5 GB of free online cloud storage and affordable paid plans up ...

Install iMovie on a 1st-generation iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 11th, 2011)

One improvement coming to the iPad 2 is the addition of tablet-optimized versions of iMovie and GarageBand. iMovie is limited to the iPad 2 because the second generation tablet includes cameras to record video footage and a faster processor to handle the demands of video processing. Some ...

iMovie and Garageband now available for iPad

by Mike Schramm (Mar 10th, 2011)

As expected, iMovie and GarageBand are now available on the App Store for the iPad 2 when it releases later on this week. iMovie is actually just a universal update, since the app was already available for the iPhone, but it won't run on the original iPad (GarageBand will, however). Both apps ...

iOS 4.3 spotlight: iTunes Home Sharing

by Mike Schramm (Mar 9th, 2011)

iOS 4.3 is now available for download, and along with it comes iTunes Home Sharing -- the ability to stream your entire iTunes library to your iDevice over Wi-Fi. Previously, you could use Apple's Remote app to control and play an iTunes installation on another computer, but this is different. ...

AirPlay in 4.3 delivers on access for third-party apps

by Chris Ward (Mar 4th, 2011)

AirPlay is one of the cooler new technologies Apple has brought us recently, and iOS 4.3 (coming March 11) will allow third-party apps full use of its wireless streaming capability, not just for audio, but for video as well. Apple is already busy approving apps that take advantage of AirPlay's ...

OS X Lion preview ably demonstrates that disc is dead

by Erica Sadun (Feb 24th, 2011)

Today's cloud-based release of the OS X 10.7 Lion preview adds one more nail to the coffin of removable media. Last September, TUAW declared that the disc is dead. Apple's move today, in releasing Lion through the online Mac App store, helps reconfirm that DVDs and CDs are headed the way of the ...

Boxee demonstrated on iPad at CES 2011

by Mike Schramm (Jan 8th, 2011)

As soon as we heard that Boxee was demoing their iPad version at this year's CES conference, we had to hunt them down and see it. We found them over at Iomega's booth (stay tuned for a writeup of an Iomega product designed to help iPhone backups as well), and asked to see the app. It's about what ...

Apple is the most-covered tech company

by Dave Caolo (Sep 27th, 2010)

Here's a bit of news that's no shock to us. According to the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, Apple receives more coverage from the press than any other tech company. The research center recently concluded a year-long study, which found that a full 15.1 percent of all ...

Microsoft joins Apple in stance against Blu-ray

by Mike Schramm (Sep 22nd, 2010)

Apple has a surprising ally in its campaign of apathy against Sony's Blu-ray disc format. Microsoft, of all companies, has also stepped out with a passive-aggressive stance against the standard, as UK head of Xbox gaming head Steven McGill says that "Blu-ray is going to be passed by as a format." He ...

VLC coming to the iPad

by Chris Rawson (Sep 9th, 2010)

VLC, the play-anything video player for the Mac, may soon be available as an iPad app. App maker Applidium has spent months porting the open source player into an iPad app and has submitted it to the App Store. Now they're just waiting for Apple to approve it; if approved, the app will be available ...