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Macworld Expo 2011: Vito Technology updates the Walk apps

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2011)

Russian company Vito Technology was in one of the booths around the Mobile App Showcase at Macworld 2011 last week, and they kindly sat down to show off new versions of their apps, all coming up in the next month or so as free updates on the App Store. Popular astronomy app Star Walk was first. ...

CNN releases official iPad app

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 14th, 2010)

CNN released its first app for the iPad today, and the tablet version is an excellent companion to its iPhone counterpart, just as we predicted. The iPad version duplicates the media-rich experience of the website by including full-length articles, commenting, slideshow support and on-demand audio ...

iPad devsugar: Letting go of iPhone visual design patterns

by Erica Sadun (Feb 1st, 2010)

The new iPad has lots of space. The screen offers 1024x768 pixels. That's way more room to work with than the iPhone gave you. And because of that room, it's time to re-think the way you designed iPhone applications. Things that worked well with the iPhone's limited space -- things that were meant ...

Safari, meet Cover Flow

by Mike Schramm (Jul 28th, 2007)

I'm not sure why eye candy gets such a bad reputation-- we all need a little beauty in our lives, and no UI designer should ever argue that a "cool!" factor is a bad thing to have, when you've already hit all the other bases. Cover Flow is a perfect example. When people made their wishlists before ...

Shiira 2.0 Preview

by Dan Lurie (Jul 23rd, 2006)

Shiira has always been the browser we all have installed, play with when we're bored or need to test site compatibility, but never really use in day-to-day work. Despite the fact that the current version has essentially all the features of Safari, the interface and features always felt a bit ...

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