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Apple submits patent application for magnetic and sound-based peer-to-peer technology

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 21st, 2011)

A patent discovered by Patently Apple suggests that Apple may use a magnetic compass and supersonic tone technology to share data between your iPhone and other electronic devices. In this new peer-to-per communication system, a magnetic compass is used to monitor the magnetic signature of a ...

Dear Apple: It's (past) time to let us customize our alert tones

by Chris Rawson (Jan 9th, 2011)

Picture this: you're hanging out at a friend's house, and the familiar "doodle-dee!" of the iPhone's Tri-tone alert sound goes off. But four people simultaneously start reaching for their iPhones, because they're all using that sound for SMS/MMS alerts. Or how about this: you're on a bike ride and ...

TUAW's Daily App: Soundrop

by Mike Schramm (Aug 17th, 2010)

Soundrop isn't really a game -- it's more of a musical instrument, although you can play with it for quite a while. The app presents a small hole that constantly drops balls out at a certain rate, while you draw lines on the screen with your finger. Where the balls hit the lines, a tone is sounded, ...

EpicWin aims to turn your real-life tasks into a social game

by Mike Schramm (Jul 10th, 2010)

Given the amount of iPhone and iPad apps coming out these days, I'm not all that interested in getting excited about an app before it comes out. There's already plenty of games and apps available now, so worrying about not-yet-released apps isn't all that important. That said, this app called ...