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Klout adds Passbook support and perks

by Mike Schramm (Oct 17th, 2012)

The social app Klout has updated its iPhone app, with a few surprising features. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Klout. It's gotten a little bit of a reputation for being spammy, and I think the way it rates influence is more or less meaningless. However, there's one feature of the new app ...

Apple, Google opt out of app-rating system

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Nov 30th, 2011)

Bloomberg reports that Apple and Google have opted out of an app-rating system announced by the CTIA-The Wireless Association. The system, which was developed and will be run by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, will bring a rating system to apps, similar to what currently exists for ...

iPad-equipped kegerator knows how much you've had to drink

by Mike Schramm (Aug 18th, 2010)

Those wily engineers at Yelp have combined a scary amount of the things I love into one device. They've taken a keg and tap, an Arduino, an RFID reader, and an iPad and turned them into an amazing kegerator. The device not only tracks who's been drinking but also tracks information about the beer ...

iPhoneHellas: 2.2 coming November 21

by Robert Palmer (Nov 12th, 2008)

According to iPhoneHellas.gr, version 2.2 of the iPhone firmware will be made available on November 21. The site says that the tipster is "reliable" but offered few details. Gizmodo calls the site "consistently reliable." The tipster did say, however, that the update will not contain Greek keyboard ...

MacThemes 2 public voting has begun

by Mike Schramm (Aug 10th, 2007)

Phill Ryu writes in to tell us that public voting has begun for the latest MacThemes contest (in which three of the themes will be chosen to win $1000 in software and become available for ShapeShifter). There are tons of entries (55, to be exact), and they all look pretty darn good in my civilian ...

Ask TUAW: Rating On-the-Go, multiple Docks, recovering icons and more

by Mat Lu (Mar 21st, 2007)

Wednesday is Ask TUAW time! This week we'll look at questions about the iPod's on-the-go features, multiple Docks, recovering icons, network disks, and much more. As always, please leave your own comments, and ask more questions for next week either in the comments to this post or using the tip ...

macosxhints debuts hint-rating system

by David Chartier (Jun 26th, 2006)

The 'don't-buy-a-Mac-without-it' macosxhints.com has debuted a hint rating system, allowing both logged in and anonymous users to place a 1-5 star rating on each hint. As you might expect, their stats page now includes a 'Top 20 Rated Hints' section at the bottom. This should allow you to spend ...