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Knights of Pen and Paper gets a +1 edition, courtesy of Paradox Interactive

by Mike Schramm (Mar 26th, 2013)

I've written here about Knights of Pen and Paper before -- it's a really great little role-playing game that portrays not just a party of fantasy adventurers fighting monsters, but the actual tabletop players behind those characters. It turns out I'm not the only one that really enjoys Knights ...

Daily iPhone App: Earn to Die lets you upgrade cars, kill zombies

by Mike Schramm (Jan 21st, 2013)

I'm spending the first part of this week in France working on judging for the International Mobile Gaming Awards, along with a whole crew of other app writers and professionals. As usually happens whenever a bunch of app fans get together, we've been talking about our favorite games, and even ...

Telestream reveals ScreenFlow 4 update

by Steven Sande (Oct 31st, 2012)

Telestream's flagship screen-recording app, ScreenFlow, has been updated today. ScreenFlow 4 (US$99, $29 paid upgrade to owners of previous versions) adds a ton of new and improved features to the app, which is used for recording and editing screencasts and presentations. ScreenFlow 4 now ...

OWC offering 480GB SSD upgrade for 13-inch Retina MacBook Pro

by Mike Wehner (Oct 30th, 2012)

Storage: We all want more of it, but not only that, we also want it to be as fast as possible. If the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display is on your wish list but your wallet can't handle the 512GB SSD upgrade from the factory, Other World Computing may have what you're looking for. The ...

The iPad 3rd-gen's "miraculous transformation" from magical device to object of shame

by Michael Rose (Oct 24th, 2012)

Anyone who buys Apple products will eventually experience deep frustration with Apple the company. It's inevitable and predictable, and usually brief. It also disproportionately affects those who consider themselves loyalists, fans and enthusiasts -- those of us who bleed six colors, as it ...

So, your beta just expired. Now what?

by Erica Sadun (Oct 1st, 2012)

You're an iOS developer. Your beta just expired. Now what? Here's a simple cheat sheet for anyone feeling lost at sea. Download a gm copy of iOS 6 for your device. You'll find it at developer.apple.com/ios. Connect your device to iTunes. Locate it in the sources list, the blue-gray list ...

Daily iPhone App: Super Monsters Ate My Condo makes a great game even better

by Mike Schramm (Sep 27th, 2012)

Monsters Ate My Condo, developed by PikPok and published by Adult Swim, has been one of my favorite games this year so far. It's a frenetic puzzle game that has you tossing apartment blocks into the various hungry mouths of gigantic monsters, trying to stack up the right colors and earn points ...

AT&T: iPhone 4S users won't get discounted pricing for the iPhone 5

by TJ Luoma (Sep 13th, 2012)

Numerous readers have written in to tell us that AT&T is not offering them upgrade pricing for the iPhone 4S to the iPhone 5. The iPhone 4S went on sale in mid-October of 2011, so even those in the first round of buyers are only midway through a two-year contract. Domestically, you can check ...

Parallels Desktop 8 for Mac launched

by Steven Sande (Aug 30th, 2012)

Last week it was VMWare that received an update; now the primary competition to that virtual machine software, Parallels, has been updated to a new, more capable version. Parallels Desktop 8 (US$79.99) is available starting today for current Parallels Desktop users, with full retail ...

You're the Pundit: What would make the new iPhone a "must buy" for you?

by Erica Sadun (Aug 28th, 2012)

When it comes to evaluating the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today's topic is the new iPhone. Last year, I was looking forward to delaying my iPhone 4S purchase (or the "iPhone 5" as we were ...

AgileTortoise updates Drafts, introduces iPad version

by Erica Sadun (Aug 22nd, 2012)

AgileTortoise's popular Drafts app receives a welcome update today as it enters version 2.0 for iPhone. Drafts for iPad is also available. Adding sync features through Simperium, an iCloud alternative, Drafts will be able to move data across platforms and pick up from where users last left ...

OS X Mountain Lion: The TUAW review

by Richard Gaywood (Jul 25th, 2012)

It's here! Following a surprise announcement in February, OS X Mountain Lion has arrived (to use its full and formal title, sans the 10.8 version number). Barely a year after the release of Lion, this new OS nevertheless boasts an impressive list of new features. The overriding theme is ...

TUAW Talkcast: Mountain Lion preview show, 10pm ET

by Michael Rose (Jul 22nd, 2012)

Tonight on the Talkcast, we're getting ready for the new top cat in town. The calendar is flipping past and the end of July is in sight, which means the release of OS X Mountain Lion is imminent. Our intrepid team has been helping you prepare your Mac for the new operating system via our ongoing ...

Parallels Desktop 7 gets the Retina Display treatment

by Mike Schramm (Jul 11th, 2012)

Parallels has announced that its popular virtualization software is ready for the Retina Display MacBook Pro. Parallels Mobile was updated for iOS device Retina Displays earlier this year. The desktop software has now followed suit and is ready to let you see OSes such as Windows 8 and Windows ...

Dropbox doubles storage on Pro plans -- for free

by Steven Sande (Jul 11th, 2012)

Dropbox users who have one of the Dropbox Pro 50 or 100 GB plans woke up to a pleasant surprise this morning -- they now have double the storage space in the cloud and didn't have to pay a cent more. According to a post last night on the Dropbox blog, they've been getting requests for bigger ...