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IndieCade 2010: Spirits preview

by Mike Schramm (Oct 13th, 2010)

This past weekend at IndieCade 2010 in Los Angeles, I bumped into our old buddy Steph Thirion. He's the creator of the great Eliss iPhone app and a title that he's still working on called Faraway, which despite still being in development, was actually chosen as an IndieCade finalist this year. He ...

GDC Online 2010: Moon'd hands-on

by Mike Schramm (Oct 10th, 2010)

On the last day of GDC this week, I heard from developer Anthony LaMantia, who had a new game named Moon'd that he wanted to show me. We met up in the lobby of the Austin Convention Center, and I got to play around for a bit with his game, a platformer with a strange twist. Instead of playing as a ...

TUAW preview: Billabong Surf Trip

by Mike Schramm (Sep 10th, 2010)

Chillingo invited us out to the headquarters of surfwear manufacturer Billabong yesterday for a look at a new iPhone and iPad game called Billabong Surf Trip. The game is designed by a Portugese developer named Biodroid Entertainment (who told me that they've done some work on other consoles, but ...

Parallels Desktop 6 coming September 13, with better 3D support and Windows/Mac integration

by Mike Schramm (Sep 9th, 2010)

Parallels, Inc. has taken the wrappings off of its new desktop virtualization software (yes, the same app which was already spotted on some store shelves -- looks like a few retailers jumped the gun), and provided TUAW with a look. The update adds over 80 new and enhanced features, with better ...

Mac 101: Use Preview to display a slideshow (update)

by Matt Tinsley (Sep 5th, 2010)

Over the weekend I went to visit some relatives I haven't seen for some time. As is required by such family gatherings, I brought a large number of photographs to share with them. I planned to show the photographs on my MacBook, which has recently been refurbished, but hasn't had iPhoto ...

Chillingo shows off its current crop at E3 2010

by Mike Schramm (Jun 24th, 2010)

I met up with Chillingo at last week's E3 event here in Los Angeles, and got to see a few of their upcoming titles in action. Here's a few games they were showing off, and some early impressions of each. Zombie Escape This was probably my favorite game of the show -- it's a line-drawing ...

Craigsphone 2.0 brings maps, images, and more

by Mike Schramm (Apr 25th, 2010)

Next Mobile Web sent us a heads up that they're set to release version 2.0 of Craigsphone, an app for the iPhone that allows you to browse popular online classifieds site Craigslist quickly and easily. We talked about the app when it first came out, but apparently version 2.0 brings a whole rewrite ...

TUAW Video: Unboxing the iPad

by Michael Rose (Apr 3rd, 2010)

Video number one appears above, and the other videos appear in the posts linked below. We are deeply appreciative of the opportunity to get our grubby palms on the iPad early enough to get these clips to you now. They may not have the smooth production values of Apple's walkthroughs, but they were ...

Comic Zeal 4 for the iPad previewed

by Mike Schramm (Mar 25th, 2010)

We've mentioned Comic Zeal on the site here before -- it's an iPhone app that allows you to read comic book .cbr files on your iPhone. Of course, it's exactly the kind of app that you'd hope to bring itself right on over to the iPad, and that's exactly what developer Bitolithic has done -- they're ...

GDC 2010: Ngmoco previews We Rule and GodFinger

by Mike Schramm (Mar 10th, 2010)

We stopped by Ngmoco's suite at GDC 2010 on the afternoon of the first day of the show, and got a chance to preview two upcoming titles they're working on testing and releasing soon. Both of the games follow Ngmoco's popular (and yet much-maligned) "freemium" model, in which you download the game ...

Panic's free ShrinkIt turns humongous Illustrator PDFs into tiny ones

by Steven Sande (Feb 18th, 2010)

The brilliant minds at Panic noticed that something interesting was happening with PDF files created by Adobe Illustrator. Like many developers, Panic uses Adobe Illustrator to create icons and other image resources for their applications. The resulting PDF files, which were relatively "big-boned" ...

"Preview All" added to albums in iTunes

by Ken Ray (Dec 7th, 2009)

Apple has made iTunes a bit more useful for surveying entire albums. A TUAW reader directed our attention to the addition of a 'Preview All' button for albums on the iTunes Store. The store has always given prospective buyers the ability to preview individual tracks. While 30 seconds of sound may ...

Twitter unveils new mobile version

by Mike Schramm (Dec 4th, 2009)

It's probably fair to say that Twitter clients were the first "killer app" category for the iPhone -- Twitterific lead the charge way back when, but Tweetie came quickly after and then the flood gates were opened. But now, a late and unexpected challenger has entered the ring: Twitter themselves. ...

Apple launches iTunes Preview for external browser links

by Mike Schramm (Nov 13th, 2009)

This is the kind of thing that probably should have been done a long time ago, but Macworld is reporting that Apple has launched iTunes Preview, a page that appears when you click an iTunes link (like this one) and your browser sends you over to iTunes. Previously, you just got that placeholder ...

Using iWork as an image editor

by Sang Tang (Sep 19th, 2009)

I recently noted the image-editing functionality of Preview.app, which can act as a "good enough" image editor for many that don't have access to Photoshop. While it's difficult to argue with the free price tag, Preview is not without its limitations. Fortunately, many of these limitations are ...