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Is this the first iPhone 5 test photo?

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 7th, 2011)

An image that appeared on Flickr could be the first shared image that was taken by the iPhone 5. As discovered by PocketNow, this photo of a plate of sushi was supposedly shot by an Apple engineer on his lunch break. What's interesting is that the EXIF data for the photo makes it look like it ...

LogMeIn Ignition update will expand file-transferring capabilities

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jul 5th, 2011)

LogMeIn has submitted an update to the App Store for its Ignition app which expands the file transferring feature added earlier this year. The initial rollout of this feature was already pretty nifty to begin with, however Steve Sande pointed out in March that you couldn't save documents back ...

Official WWDC app available now

by Mike Schramm (Jun 2nd, 2011)

Apple has released an official WWDC app for next week's developer conference, now available for both iPhone and iPad. The app includes a full schedule of events and the ability to make up your own custom schedule, detailed floor maps to see where everything is, and even up-to-date conference ...

Twitter to have systemwide integration in iOS 5?

by Chris Rawson (May 31st, 2011)

TechCrunch reports that Twitter is on the verge of launching its own photo-sharing service in direct competition with existing services like TwitPic and yFrog. The big news for iOS device users is this service might have system-level integration in iOS 5. According to TechCrunch, the site has ...

Heatmap shows Fifth Avenue Apple Store is hot place for photos

by Mike Schramm (May 31st, 2011)

The image above is a heatmap of photo locations on popular pic sharing site Flickr, put together by developer Eric Fischer. Each dot on the map indicates where a photo was taken in New York's Manhattan borough, with each circled area representing a hot spot of location photography. As ...

Patent shows Aperture on iPad

by Mike Schramm (May 20th, 2011)

An Apple patent filed back in 2009 shows the Aperture app running on a larger touchscreen -- something akin to the iPad, though, of course, it didn't officially exist back then. The image is actually part of a larger patent that goes through the whole process of how user interface elements work ...

TUAW's Daily Mac App: InstaDesk

by Samuel Gibbs (May 5th, 2011)

Have you ever wished you could get the Instagram experience on your desktop? Well, that's what the guys behind InstaDesk thought when they set out to use the recently released Instagram API. InstaDesk is a cool US$1.99 app from the Mac App Store that lets you view your feed, what's popular, ...

Plasq brings Comic Life to the iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 4th, 2011)

Comic Life, the popular Mac application that takes your photos and lets you turn them into a comic book, is now available on the iPad. The iPad version launched late last week and includes several features of its desktop counterpart, including templates, balloon controls and social network ...

iPhone 101: Location data and GPS

by Dave Caolo (Apr 27th, 2011)

Update: Look here for official word on the iPhone location data controversy from Apple. Recently, the Apple community has become interested in location data as gathered by iPhones. Specifically, The Guardian has reported that researcher and former Apple employee Pete Wardensome and data ...

Concept case would turn your iPhone into a Leica

by Mike Schramm (Apr 25th, 2011)

OK, so yes, this Leica i9 case for the iPhone 4 is still just a concept. You can't actually buy a case yet that fits around your iPhone and turns it into a Leica camera (though you can buy some nice lenses or an audio tape case). But this idea is just too cool to pass up. Outside of the ...

TouchRetouch: A powerful photo retouching app for the iPhone and iPad

by Mel Martin (Apr 17th, 2011)

Do you have photos on your phone that need a little 'help' without going back to your Mac for iPhoto clean up or Photoshop work? It happens to me all the time, and TouchRetouch for US$0.99 gives you some powerful tools to remove defects, people or objects from photos with only a little effort. It ...

Postagram creates postcards from Instagram photos

by Chris Ward (Apr 13th, 2011)

We've been fans of Instagram for a while, so we were keen to see what would happen when its developers opened Instagram's API to others. While there have been a few toe-in-the-water experiments, the first really interesting idea we've seen is Postagram. The service allows you to turn any ...

Music artists, labels create enhanced albums for iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 30th, 2011)

Launched with iTunes 9, iTunes LP would let record labels include extra content, such as liner notes, expanded artwork and lyrics, in albums sold on iTunes. The feature never took off, but the concept of adding value to an album using interactive digital content has not died. Record labels such ...

Twitter update adds photo, video capture to iPad 2

by Mike Schramm (Mar 25th, 2011)

The official Twitter app for iPad has been updated to version 3.3.2, and it now allows you to take and share photos and videos directly from your iPad 2. This functionality was already in there for the iPhone, of course, but now that the iPad is outfitted with a camera, Twitter has made it easy ...

Flickr gets iPad-friendly with slideshows

by Matt Tinsley (Mar 18th, 2011)

Flickr has announced some improvements to its photo-browsing/sharing website for iPad users. The new light box photo viewer (aka slideshow) enables you to view photos from Flickr's website in a larger format on a black background, similar to what happens when you click on a photo on Flickr's ...