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Daily iPad App: League of Evil 2 proves platformers and touchscreens can play nice

by Mike Schramm (May 25th, 2012)

There are a lot of awesome games on sale in the Because We May event going on this weekend, but of the titles I've picked up so far, League of Evil 2 is probably my favorite. It's a platformer title, in the vein of Super Meat Boy, in that it's basically a quick and simple romp through a series ...

Pitch Perfect is the perfect marketing primer for the indie developer

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (May 25th, 2012)

If you're a developer with an app and a dream, you would do well to pick up Pitch Perfect by TUAW's Erica Sadun and Steve Sande. Their book lifts the veil on how app reviewers, bloggers specifically, operate. Most of the advice I give to people looking to pitch an app is in this book. Added to the ...

Daily iPhone App: Burnout Crash smashes with style

by Mike Schramm (May 25th, 2012)

I don't really care who you are or what kind of games you like. You should go to the App Store and buy Burnout Crash for 99 cents because it's on sale right now. Done? Great. Now I'll tell you what the game's about. Criterion Games typically makes console games, most notably the Burnout ...

Boost case for iPhone keeps the battery going

by Mel Martin (May 24th, 2012)

I love my iPhone 4S, but I am one of many who doesn't get great battery life from the phone. Apple has done some firmware updates that 'addressed' the problem, but I think battery life on my phone is still sub-par. I've looked at a few battery cases, but many were pretty clunky and didn't seem ...

HAND Stylus jumps from Kickstarter to your iOS device

by Steven Sande (May 24th, 2012)

While the bloggers here at TUAW are of varied opinions about whether or not one should use a stylus with a touchscreen, we love to see the products that innovative manufacturers come up with. A recent Kickstarter project that is now 514 percent funded and in production, the HAND Stylus (US$25) ...

The TechCrunch iPad app is slick and simple

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (May 24th, 2012)

If you're looking for an app-based TechCrunch experience on your iPad, here it is. The iPad app is a streamlined experience over the site in Safari, presenting a simple list of categories to choose from, and 3 basic feeds: the main river (which can be narrowed using those categories), trending ...

Platter: novel photo-sharing social network for keen cooks

by Richard Gaywood (May 24th, 2012)

How do you launch a social networking site in this day and age, long after the likes of Facebook and Twitter seized the world? One answer is "micro-social networks": designed with a clear and specific purpose in mind, they can fulfill that purpose better than any of the generalists like ...

Daily iPhone App: Elenints matches Triple Town's planning with a few new tricks

by Mike Schramm (May 23rd, 2012)

Red Fly Studio is the group behind last year's great Inertia: Escape Velocity. Its latest title, Elenints, is more abstract. The name "Elenints" might come from a combination of the words "elements" and "integers". It's is a puzzle game where you place pieces on a board, trying to match up ...

Hands on with the iKlip Studio stand for iPad

by Matt Tinsley (May 23rd, 2012)

It's difficult to get excited about a stand for the iPad, unless it's something exceptional. But most of the time, a stand is to serve a very practical need. And with IK Multimedia producing a vast array of accessories and applications for musicians to use with their iPads and iPhones, it makes ...

Mint adds split-transactions and budget adjustments to iOS app, 40% of users now mobile-only

by Michael Grothaus (May 23rd, 2012)

Popular personal finance site Mint.com is launching an update to its iOS app today that adds the ability to split transactions and adjust budgets on the fly. Those two new features were the most requested from users and make an already excellent app even better. Intuit gave me a sneak peek of the ...

Daily iPhone App: Siegecraft lays siege on the App Store

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd, 2012)

When Siegecraft was first released on the App Store (by Crescent Moon Games, who have made some really amazing titles over the past few years), I remember it being marketed as "Angry Birds in 3D." And that description kind of works -- you are indeed flinging various weapons (though not of the ...

Daily iPhone App: Dark Legends takes Spacetime's formula to the next step

by Mike Schramm (May 22nd, 2012)

Spacetime Studios has made quite a name for itself with its popular mobile MMOs, Pocket Legends and Star Legends. The company was originally founded to make full-scale PC MMOs like World of Warcraft, but when the plug got pulled on a big project, Spacetime had to go back to the drawing board ...

The Ultimate iPad Case Review Roundup and Giveaway

by Steven Sande (May 21st, 2012)

As much as I love reviewing iPad cases, it sometimes becomes a bit overwhelming to handle all of the review requests we get from manufacturers. In the interest of getting a pile of overdue case reviews done and get these cool cases into the hands of our readers, I'm going to review and give ...

Daily iPhone App: Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2 brings Sonic back again

by Mike Schramm (May 21st, 2012)

The big question with Sonic games is always if it's as good as the old titles on the Sega Genesis and the Dreamcast, and as usual, the answer here with Sonic 4 Episode 2 (yes, that's how they're releasing these) is unfortunately no. But that's not really a bad thing -- this is pretty good 2D ...

G-Technology G-Drive mobile: Rugged, pocket-sized, and fast

by Steven Sande (May 18th, 2012)

The march of technology amazes me. Yeah, I'm an old guy, but it still surprises me when I realize that the amount of storage that used to fill a data center can now fit in my pocket. G-Technology's G-Drive mobile (made by Hitachi, US$199.99 MSRP for 1 TB) is the perfect example of mass storage ...