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Time Warner Cable's app goes universal

by Mike Schramm (Jan 24th, 2012)

Time Warner Cable released an official iOS app early last year that let subscribers watch live TV. Despite some early issues with channel agreements, the app is still going strong, and appears to be popular with customers. So popular, in fact, that the company has just updated the app to also work ...

TED app goes universal, on iPhone now

by Mike Schramm (Nov 30th, 2011)

TED's free iPad app has offered up quality videos and audio of the conference's famous guest speakers for a while, but the company recently updated the app to be universal. Now even while out and about on your iPhone, you can access some of the knowledge and wisdom being shared within the TED ...

Daily iPhone App: Galaxy Express

by Mike Schramm (Sep 13th, 2011)

Galaxy Express is a fun little puzzle game that's similar to Chu Chu Rocket or Chuck the Ball. There's a cute metagame story in this app with some well-written dialogue, but the core game has you pushing a little astronaut around a starfield using some arrows that you place out on the game ...

Pixelmator releases ... an iPhone game called Flapcraft

by Mike Schramm (Aug 25th, 2011)

I am a big fan of Pixelmator, the excellent image editor for the Mac, and was surprised to see that team's latest project: an iOS game called called Flapcraft, which hit the App Store today. Not surprisingly, the team used Pixelmator to create the game's look. What a clever way to show off your ...

Make-a-wish game, Allied Star Police, out now on the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Jul 25th, 2011)

You may remember the story of Owain Weinert, a 9 year-old diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, who got invited to PopCap Games via the Make-a-wish foundation to help design and release a brand new iOS game. That title, eventually called Allied Star Police, is available now for free on ...

TiVo app now supports iPhone, series 3 DVRs

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 12th, 2011)

Tivo has finally released its DVR app for the iPhone or iPod touch, a new version that offers many of the features of its bigger iPad cousin. The iPhone version lets Tivo users manage their recording schedule, browse throughout content and control their DVR easily from their phone. The app also ...

NBC's The Voice will use iTunes purchases as votes

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 8th, 2011)

The Voice is an NBC reality talent show that lets singers compete for US$100,000 and a recording deal with Universal Republic Records. Like other reality shows, The Voice lets viewers vote for their favorite contestants by phone, through the NBC Live app, and online at NBC.com. A new twist in ...

NYPost: Apple paying major music labels up to $150 million for rights to music on iCloud

by Michael Grothaus (Jun 3rd, 2011)

The New York Post is reporting that three separate sources have told them Apple is paying the big four music labels between $100-150 million for the rights to distribute their music through the new iCloud service, which is set to debut on Monday. Their sources say that each label will get ...

Official WWDC app available now

by Mike Schramm (Jun 2nd, 2011)

Apple has released an official WWDC app for next week's developer conference, now available for both iPhone and iPad. The app includes a full schedule of events and the ability to make up your own custom schedule, detailed floor maps to see where everything is, and even up-to-date conference ...

Apple, publishers reportedly close to completing cloud music deal

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 24th, 2011)

Apple's music streaming service is inching closer to launch according to industry sources. Earlier rumors suggest Apple already inked licensing agreements with three of the four major record labels, including EMI Music, Warner Music and Sony Music. The one remaining holdout is Universal Music, ...

Sony joins EMI and Warner in Apple cloud music service

by Michael Grothaus (May 20th, 2011)

Three down, one to go. Just a day after CNET suggested that EMI joined Warner Music Group in allowing Apple to distribute their music over a cloud-based service, now Bloomberg is claiming that Apple has also officially inked a deal with Sony Music. That leaves just one of the big four music ...

YouTube seals deals with major studios to compete with iTunes

by Dana Franklin (Apr 27th, 2011)

Google-owned YouTube plans to expand the premium on-demand video rental services offered through its website. Earlier this week, Google and YouTube reportedly closed deals with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Brothers, Universal and Lionsgate to offer filmed content from these studios as ...

Violet strikes again in the Mystery Next Door: an interactive iOS children's book

by David Winograd (Mar 13th, 2011)

Our friend Violet is back in the third original installment of this excellent modern series of interactive children's books from My Black Dog Books LLC. Violet and the Mystery Next Door (US$3.99) is a universal app that looks great in landscape mode on any iOS device. The book tells the story of ...

iMovie and Garageband now available for iPad

by Mike Schramm (Mar 10th, 2011)

As expected, iMovie and GarageBand are now available on the App Store for the iPad 2 when it releases later on this week. iMovie is actually just a universal update, since the app was already available for the iPhone, but it won't run on the original iPad (GarageBand will, however). Both apps ...

Adult Swim releases free universal app with full episodes in the app

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2011)

Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming division has been surprisingly Mac-friendly -- not only has it produced a number of great iOS games already, but its shows have included a number of Mac references as well (always in the service of comedy, of course). I guess it's no surprise that Adult Swim ...