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Daily iPad App: Wild Chords

by Mike Schramm (Nov 21st, 2011)

Wild Chords is a really amazing app -- at its absolute base, it's an excellent and easy-to-use guitar tuner, perfect for kids or adults. But the real magic of Wild Chords is in actually playing the guitar along with the main game; this game will teach you, chord by chord and string by string, ...

Retail training video shows Apple Store behind the scenes

by Kelly Hodgkins (Nov 11th, 2011)

Here's your chance to get a humorous behind-the-scenes look at an Apple retail store. The employee-made video is an entertaining look at Apple's Steps of Service which are introduced during a new employee's Core Training. The first five steps according to the video spell out APPLE: A ...

Apple training retail managers on union awareness

by Chris Rawson (Nov 8th, 2011)

CNET has obtained an internal document which details training Apple has given its retail managers on how to respond if employees unionize. Said training has likely already taken place by the time of this publication, and it's mandatory for all new Apple Store managers. According to the ...

Quark will host iPad publishing seminars

by Kelly Hodgkins (Sep 26th, 2011)

As noted by MacObserver, Quark is pushing the new App Studio feature of QuarkXPress 9.1 by offering designers two seminars to help them use this new publishing tool. App Studio lets designers create their own multimedia-rich iPad magazine app using the familiar interface of QuarkXpress. It ...

Daily iPad App: Extra Innings Mobile Instructor

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 12th, 2011)

Extra Innings Mobile Instructor is a training app to help you analyze a baseball swing or pitch. It records or imports video and provides you with a set of tools to mock-up the video as you critique the player's movement. You can also use the app to submit the video clip to an expert who'll ...

Apple's training site back online, Lion certifications due this fall

by Michael Rose (Aug 3rd, 2011)

For the past couple of weeks (since shortly before the Lion introduction, I believe) Apple's professional training and certification site at training.apple.com has been under renovation. Today it's back with a new Lion-esque look and previews of new training courses and certifications for ...

WWDC 2011 videos reportedly not working in some browsers

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 1st, 2011)

Apple released its session videos from WWDC and many people are having problems watching them. Apparently, Apple is limiting playback to Safari on the Mac. If you try to watch the videos on an alternative browser, even on a Mac machine, you receive the stern warning that "You need to use Safari ...

WWDC Interview: MacTEK Consulting & Training

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 28th, 2011)

Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine and MacNews) interviews Doug Hanley of MacTEK Consulting & Training at WWDC 2011. Doug was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward. TUAW and MacTech Magazine ...

Final Cut Pro X video tutorials available

by Steven Sande (Jun 24th, 2011)

The reviews of Final Cut Pro X (US$299.99) are mixed, but the latest incarnation of Apple's Pro video editing app is here for better or worse. For those video wonks who would like to get up to speed quickly on the new product, MacProVideo.com now has a complete set of Final Cut Pro X tutorials ...

Rumor: Apple planning something in stores for retail anniversary

by Mike Schramm (May 16th, 2011)

Just this morning we were hearing rumors that Apple was planning some sort of event for this weekend's retail anniversary, and now BGR has heard that there's a flurry of activity behind the counter at Apple Stores. There are some overnight shifts planned for this weekend, black curtains to go ...

Black Hat security conference offers two-day Macsploitation class

by Steven Sande (Mar 8th, 2011)

Attention would-be Mac hackers and those hoping to write viruses and malware for Mac OS X! You can bone up on your Macsploitation skills at an upcoming two-day class to be held at the Black Hat security conference July 30 through August 2. This isn't the first time that Black Hat has featured ...

Apple to unveil JointVenture, a small business repair service

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 28th, 2011)

We reported last week that Apple had scheduled a meeting for all its retail employees. The meeting was held this weekend, and the Cupertino company reportedly used this meeting to detail a new enterprise-oriented service called JointVenture. The program supposedly targets small businesses and ...

MacTech Boot Camp San Francisco 2011, five days left to save

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 12th, 2011)

We attended the MacTech Conference in 2010 and we can tell you: they put on a great conference. The MacTech Boot Camp is designed for a different audience. Instead of the hardcore IT pro, the Boot Camp experience is more for the folks who support small businesses and home users. The event is close ...

TUAW's Daily App: Seconds

by Mike Schramm (Aug 3rd, 2010)

I've been getting more and more into running lately, and while I've been tending towards long distance running, one of the best ways to beef up your running expertise is by doing what's called HIIT -- high intensity interval training. You sprint at a certain speed for a period of a few minutes in ...

5 Apps for the cyclist

by Lauren Hirsch (Aug 8th, 2009)

Apple products and the bike go together well. They seem to appeal to the same sort of folks: evangelistic, committed aficionados willing to pay any premium, to be brutally honest about it. Oh, and let's not forget, they love to talk at length about these objects of their affection at parties. You ...