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Daily iPad App: TurnPlay lets you play with vinyl records on your iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 24th, 2012)

If you love vinyl and can't get your hands on a working turntable, then the next best thing is the TurnPlay app from Ramotion. The iPad app has rich graphics that simulate the look and feel of a vintage record player. TurnPlay brings me back to my childhood when I used to sneak into my older ...

Hauppage releases the HD PVR 2 Gaming Edition, now with HDMI

by Mike Schramm (Aug 20th, 2012)

Hauppage has released the second version of its "Gaming Edition" Personal Video Recorder, which allows you to record streams of video from a television, gaming console or PC directly on to your Mac. We took a close look at the last version of this device, and it worked well, but completely ...

Daily iPhone App: Video Star lets you play the lead in a pop star video

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 27th, 2012)

Video Star is a glitzy app that lets you record pop star-style videos using your iPhone or camera-enabled iPad. It's not a serious video recording and editing program, but a lightweight app that uses a variety of effects to spice things up. Every good rock video must have music, and Video ...

Will the iPhone 4S overtake the Kinect as the fastest selling consumer product device?

by Richard Gaywood (Jan 29th, 2012)

In 1951, Sir Hugh Beaver, managing director of Guinness Breweries, was involved in a drunken argument about which of Europe's many game birds could fly the fastest. Unable to settle the argument even after consulting a well-stocked library, he commissioned a new reference book that would be filled ...

Daily Mac App: Sound Cloud

by Samuel Gibbs (Oct 20th, 2011)

You're a SoundCloud user. You love playing tracks on your Mac and love the idea of SoundCloud, but hate the fact that your poor old Mac sounds like a jet engine whenever you play a track thanks to Flash. SoundCloud app to the rescue. The official SoundCloud app brings "the full SoundCloud web ...

Sprint reports 'best day ever' of sales with iPhone 4S launch

by Mike Schramm (Oct 14th, 2011)

I'll have to admit, I thought the public's demand for the iPhone had been more or less sated, and adding yet another carrier to the handset wouldn't be as big a deal as it has been in the past. It's definitely a bigger deal than I expected. Wasting no time, Sprint has proudly trumpeted that it ...

Microsoft also declares record revenue, but Apple still on top

by Mike Schramm (Oct 29th, 2010)

Apple isn't the only technology company that's posting record revenue this year -- Microsoft has brought in $16.20 billion in the last quarter, which stands as a record with a 25 percent increase from the same time last year. The Seattle giant also increased net income to $5.41 billion, so it looks ...

Apple tops consumer satisfaction survey again

by Mike Schramm (Sep 22nd, 2010)

For the seventh straight year in a row, Apple has topped the American Customer Satisfaction Index survey, ringing in at number one on the annual list of PC manufacturers as ranked by customers. And it earned its best score ever -- an 86 out of 100. That's nine points ahead of its closest ...

Gameloft breaks 20 million paid apps

by Mike Schramm (Sep 21st, 2010)

Gameloft has announced that it has broken the 20 million download mark across all of its paid apps. That's a huge number, and it shows that the company has really latched on to the iPhone as a huge market for its mobile games. Gameloft hasn't been slow on development at all -- the French company has ...

Billboard nominates music app awards

by Mike Schramm (Sep 2nd, 2010)

Billboard has announced that it will be giving awards out for iOS music apps (of all things). At the Music App Summit on October 5th, Billboard will choose winning iOS apps in six different categories, from Best Artist App and Best Music Creation App to Best Branded Music App. You can find the full ...

iPhone-playing girl gets record deal

by Mike Schramm (Jun 14th, 2010)

Remember applegirl002, the Korean girl who sang a song accompanied by her iPhone apps a while back? Turns out she's gone pro -- after 4.2 million views of her clip across the web, a South Korean record label has reportedly inked a deal to record her own songs and make some more professional ...

Congressional record states the iPad is "wonderful"

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 16th, 2010)

In giving testimony at a Congressional hearing as to whether he will lead the U.S. Cyber Command, Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander, current Director of the NSA, mentioned that he owned an iPad. Is that relevant to his his future role of defending America from cyber terrorists? Nope. But how ...

Count The Beats: A Welcome Note...

by Matt Tinsley (Sep 11th, 2009)

Welcome to a brand new series focusing on music creation on the Mac and iPhone platform. As you know, here at TUAW, we are crazy about anything Apple. We just love it! But, dear reader, this is not the be all and end all of our hearts. For many, if not all of us, music is a great ...

The 88 song recorded on iPhone and released in iTunes Store

by Casey Johnston (Jul 2nd, 2009)

Remember that time you were on tour with The B-52's and had a great idea for a song, but there was no recording equipment to be found? Oh wait, that was The 88. Well anyway, The 88 recently recorded their latest single with nothing but an iPhone and the Sonoma Wire Works Four Track application, ...

NYT: Music execs operate 'in fear of Apple'

by Robert Palmer (Feb 2nd, 2009)

In today's New York Times, Tim Arango tells a story of a heated conversation between Sony Music's Rolf Schmidt-Holtz and Steve Jobs on Christmas Eve -- one that "ricocheted around the music industry." Apparently, before the announcement at Macworld, all the labels except Sony had agreed to a new ...