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TUAW Giveaway: Bugger puts repeated reminders in your pocket

by Michael Rose (Sep 21st, 2010)

Given the number of things you have to keep track of in a day, sometimes a simple task manager -- the kind that reminds you once and then waits until the next day to tickle you again -- doesn't seem adequate. If you wish you had a snooze button for your tasks, maybe Bugger (US$0.99) is worth a ...

Multitasking in iOS 4 is not a magical sparkle pony

by TJ Luoma (Jun 14th, 2010)

As we wait for iOS4 to be released, I think it's important to try to help folks keep reasonable expectations for what iOS 4 will and won't do, especially as it relates to "multitasking." Apple has to take some of the blame for this hype, especially when it's listed as the #1 feature of iOS 4, ...

Track an iPad from Shenzhen to you

by Dave Caolo (Mar 31st, 2010)

There's a fun post at Silicon Alley Insider today that traces an iPad's journey from China to the customer's home. By monitoring Twitter and tracking reports, Nick Saint has assembled an iPad's typical journey to the US. It starts at the infamous Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, China. That's the ...

What's missing from the iPad

by Mel Martin (Jan 27th, 2010)

All in all, the iPad turned in a pretty exciting product debut. I don't think Apple will have any trouble selling these things, and it can't be a very good day in Amazon, Sony or Barnes and Noble's executive suites. While all the final info is not out yet, there were a few major omissions from ...

Get your current weather from Outside

by Mel Martin (Dec 21st, 2009)

Outside [iTunes link] is a new, personal weather app for the iPhone/iPod touch that provides a visual forecast with some paid options for push notifications. I like the idea of the app; it has some nice graphics and a fresh approach to weather information. The GUI is based on a metaphor of looking ...

Get your notifications: experimental Mac app from Facebook

by Jason Clarke (Sep 10th, 2009)

Mac-using Facebook fans are going to be happy to learn about Facebook's experimental Desktop Notifications app. Desktop Notifications sits in the menu bar, and pops up notifications (using Growl if you have it) when they occur. It also gives you quick access to your news feed, profile page, and ...

Apple approved Gmail app for iPhone. Has hell frozen over?

by Mel Martin (Aug 10th, 2009)

TechCrunch is reporting today that an iPhone App that utilizes the Apple Push Notification system to let you know you have new Gmail is about to hit the app store. The app, called GPush, is developed by Tiverias Apps, and gives Gmail users an instant notification that new mail has arrived. iPhone ...

Today 1.6 adds natural language parsing for new events

by Robert Palmer (Jan 23rd, 2009)

Second Gear Software released version 1.6 of Today on Tuesday, fixing some minor bugs and adding natural language parsing to create new events. Today is a handy utility that fetches data from your iCal calendars, and displays only the events for today in a tidy list on your screen. Adding an event ...

Fewer prepaid alerts after iPhone 1.0.2 update?

by Erica Sadun (Aug 22nd, 2007)

Now that the iPhone 1.0.2 update is out and growing its installed base, do any of you prepaid users notice a difference in the number of "You Last Transaction Cost $0.00" messages? Maybe it's just me but I'm getting the sense they've been cut back significantly. If you have a prepaid account, let me ...

Dockstar 2.0 brings screensaver, widget and more badge options to Mail.app

by David Chartier (Apr 15th, 2007)

Mail.app junkies who demand more from that little red Dock badge - rejoice! Dockstar, the go-to app for adding up to 5 new notification badges to Mail.app's icon that we've mentioned before, has received some great new features for a version 2.0 upgrade. New in this version are features like ...

So long iCal, hello Google Calendar

by David Chartier (Apr 18th, 2006)

Call me crazy, but I think Google is using some kind of mental suggestion on me while I sleep, as I am slowly falling for their products one by one (maybe I should shut my Mac off at night so they can't get to me?). I've been hanging out at Google News more often, I haven't started Mail.app in ...