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Shake-to-Undo on the Mac via open source app

by Mike Schramm (Sep 6th, 2011)

This is funny: I've only really ever used the "shake-to-undo" on the iPhone either by accident, or when it wasn't actually available (when I had to undo something, and thought the app I was using supported it). But it can be a handy feature for some, and because of that, someone (named Nate ...

Go edging and win free games, your name in Edge, coming soon to MAS

by Mike Schramm (Aug 9th, 2011)

You may remember Edge, the iOS game that picked up a little bit of controversy for a disagreement over the name's trademark. That disagreement has been settled, and the title is now coming out on Steam on August 11, and the Mac App Store a few days after that. To celebrate, Mobiegame and fellow ...

No Comment: Friskies makes iPad web games for cats

by Mike Schramm (May 24th, 2011)

So it's come to this. Originally, discovering that cats liked to play with the iPad was just a matter of coincidence -- Felix just liked to bat around the Magic Piano, and that was fine. But pet food maker Friskies has blown that idea right out, releasing a line of three full web-based games ...

Retaining your masculinity while carrying the iPad

by Michael Gray (Dec 16th, 2010)

The New York Times had an odd post recently in which it responded to men who were having trouble carrying their iPad around town in a masculine fashion. According to the article in its Fashion & Style section, some men have even eschewed taking their iPad in public just because there's a lack of ...

First Look: Ninja Steve for iOS

by Erica Sadun (Dec 5th, 2010)

CEO. Industry Mogul. Superhero. That's the idea behind the upcoming Ninja Steve app. Inspired by the fake story about Steve Jobs being denied the chance to take shuriken onto his private plane, Ninja Steve transforms an urban legend into a deliciously silly idea for a game. It features a CEO hero ...

'I'm on a Mac' parody video makes noise

by Mike Schramm (Dec 29th, 2009)

It's just incredible how fast some things can transmit themselves around the ol' blogosphere -- when I first saw this silly parody song video over on Laughing Squid last night, I chuckled and figured I'd share it for you all on TUAW the next day. But of course since then it's been all over the ...

For sale on eBay: One iPhone development business, batteries not included

by Mike Schramm (Nov 7th, 2009)

Want an iPhone app business without all the boring hassle of actually programming and releasing iPhone apps? Boy, does Brice Milliorn have a deal for you! He's auctioning off his iPhone app business, which he says has 87 different apps for sale, over on eBay. Milliorn says he started out ...

iLickit might not be sanitary, but brings new meaning to 'oleophobic'

by Mike Schramm (Oct 3rd, 2009)

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_game_you_play_with_your_tongue_Video'; If you're the kind of person who complains in the comments whenever we post a useless app, then just move right on from this weekend post (or go check out Paradise Monkeys, it actually looks like a good one). But as ...

Wolfenstein RPG out now on iPhone and iPod touch

by Mike Schramm (Aug 12th, 2009)

Electronic Arts has released the Wolfenstein RPG for the iPhone and iPod touch -- the game is available on the App Store for $4.99 right now. It's based in the world of Wolfenstein, but it's not your normal first-person shooter. Instead, it's actually a mobile turn-based RPG, adapted from an older ...

Snow Leopard out in September, wallpaper available now

by Mike Schramm (Jun 16th, 2009)

Snow Leopard is going to be uber cheap, so there's not really any reason to not pick it up -- if you make good, regular use of your Mac, odds are that you'll also make enough use of a copy to justify the value. But even if you're not taking the $30 plunge, Macenstein has the most important part of ...

Why do crap apps still exist? They sell.

by Mike Schramm (May 12th, 2009)

The Wall Street Journal's Digits blog takes a look at "crap apps" -- those pieces of junk on the App Store that do one thing and do it pointlessly, whether that thing be farting or belching or making the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard (yes, really) or what have you. And they come up with a ...

TUAW 2016

by Mike Schramm (Apr 1st, 2009)

Good afternoon, and welcome to your daily brainload from TUAW, a division of Weblogs, Inc. owned by Comcast Online. Please make sure the neural connector is clicked in all the way, and then think "Start" when you are ready. Steve Jobs returns to Apple's Board of Directors after stint at GM Steve ...

Make a video with Cat Piano, win a DS

by Mike Schramm (Feb 4th, 2009)

It's probably time for me to lay off of Smule -- I've said that their Ocarina app might be the silliest musical app in the App Store, but we have a new winner: Cat Piano is just plain loony: a piano made up of cats meowing, like those old Christmas recordings, but playable. There are a few different ...

iPod tossed 154 yards by an Olympic thrower

by Mike Schramm (Jan 2nd, 2009)

Roald Bradstock is a champion javelin thrower, but lately he's been throwing more than that, including an egg, a golf ball, and a soccer ball. You know when people start breaking random things in creative ways, an Apple product will show up. Sure enough, in the video above (turn the sound down, the ...

iBreathalyzer is, yes, a breathalyzer for your iPod

by Mike Schramm (Dec 18th, 2008)

It's late Friday night, you're stepping out of the bar into the cold after a few drinks, and as you head towards the car, you stop, realizing that it might not be the right time to drive. But how can you know for sure? Simple -- you just pull out your iPod. Because the iPod hasn't had enough ...