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Daily iPhone App: Call of Duty: Black Ops Zombies

by Mike Schramm (Dec 15th, 2011)

EA has been on the App Store for a long time. Say what you want about subscription minigames and in-app purchases, but recent release of Tetris and Bejeweled demonstrate that EA has a good play. Activision, on the other hand, still doesn't quite get the App Store, and the result is games like ...

iPhone: What is DFU mode, and what's the difference from recovery mode?

by Matt Tinsley (May 25th, 2011)

In the past couple of days, we've seen reports here and there of iPhones getting stuck in a restart loop. The black screen with the Apple logo shows up, holds for a while, and then disappears again; repeat ad infinitum. While it's not clear yet exactly what's triggering the issue (the ...

Engadget app updated with landscape mode, save for later options

by Mike Schramm (May 14th, 2011)

Our good friends at Engadget have posted an update to their iOS app. The new version introduces a landscape viewing mode for all of the included content and new "save for later" options that will send your favorite Engadget posts off to reading services like Evernote, Instapaper, and Read It ...

15% of mobile apps launched while offline

by Michael Grothaus (May 10th, 2011)

Real-time analytics firm Localytics has issued a report that says 15 percent of all mobile apps are launched while the device they are running on is offline. That's a clear sign that developers would be serving their users better if they built "offline" modes into more apps, according to Ryan ...

TUAW's Daily App: Tripolar

by Mike Schramm (Oct 13th, 2010)

Tripolar makes a big point of saying that it's not a match-3 game, and though the grid looks similar to that matching genre, it's really not. But it is a puzzle game. The idea is that you have pieces coming in on top of the board, and touching anywhere on the grid will insert that piece and delete ...

Mac OS X 10.5.6 update breaks DFU Mode for iPhone?

by Cory Bohon (Dec 15th, 2008)

iPhone Alley is reporting that the Mac OS X 10.5.6 update is causing problems for the jailbreaking community. According to a recent post at the site, if you place the iPhone in DFU mode (similar to a restore mode), your iPhone will be unrecognized by a Mac running 10.5.6. DFU mode is required to ...

Interactive display of iPod commands

by David Chartier (Apr 2nd, 2006)

Command-Tab has put together a really handy interactive display of button sequences for the 5 major generations of iPod models. The available sequences are Hard Reset, Diagnostic Mode and Disk Mode, so if you've ever wondered how to partake in some of those iPod troubleshooting tutorials or you're ...