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Corkbin updated, lets you buy wine right from the app

by Mike Schramm (Sep 5th, 2012)

Corkbin is probably my favorite app on the App Store that I don't actually use that much. I've wanted to learn more about wine for a long time. Corkbin, which lets you track and rate the wines you drink, seems like a great way to do that. Unfortunately, whenever I end up at the bar or ...

TUAW's Daily App: onTap

by Mike Schramm (Oct 12th, 2010)

A little while back, I wrote about an app called Corkbin -- it helped you track and share the various wines that you tasted while out and about. A few commenters asked for something similar for beer, and onTap is exactly that. It's made by the same company, and it serves the same purpose. When ...

Survey: Working on the go will be top iPad use case

by Mike Schramm (Mar 25th, 2010)

A new survey by Sybase says that 2,443 of adults with a mobile phone, when polled, claim that their number one use case for an iPad would be working while out and about. 52.3% of those polled say they would work from a device like the iPad, 48.2% said they would use it to watch movies and ...