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Wunderlist 2 goes native, adds many new features to beautiful, free app

by Mike Schramm (Dec 18th, 2012)

6Wunderkinder's Wunderlist 2 is now available on desktops (as a native app and a web app) and iOS devices to make personal productivity more connected, more social and more informative than ever before. To-do lists are probably the most commonly downloaded and then least-used apps across ...

Apple cracks down on app-ranking manipulation

by Mike Schramm (Jul 3rd, 2012)

Apple's facing a growing problem on its App Store platform: ranking manipulation. While a lot of the spotlight areas are curated by humans, the rankings are generally not. Instead, computer-driven algorithms determine where each app falls in the various rankings for the store and each ...

Engadget speaks with Twelve South on keeping the company small

by Mike Schramm (Jun 1st, 2012)

Engadget has posted a must-read writeup on one of our favorite companies here at TUAW, Twelve South, the makers of the popular BookBook cases and the PlugBug power accessory for Apple devices. It's long, but it shows how Twelve South is a lesson in focused vision: Making really great high ...

Booyah gets 10,000 to download new Nightclub City DJ Rivals

by Mike Schramm (Mar 11th, 2011)

Earlier this week, social game company Booyah (whom we've spoken with before) released its latest game for iOS, called Nightclub City: DJ Rivals. Booyah first found huge success with an iOS social game called MyTown, and then went over to Facebook to create Nightclub City, a social app about ...

Mac Mini in a Corvette

by Mike Schramm (Aug 14th, 2007)

After our little scare with the Mac Mini last week, the little boxen that could is quickly becoming my favorite computer (still can't wait to get one with Leopard on it). So seeing cool applications of it like this one thrills me to no end: Andrew sent us his writeup of putting a Mac Mini into a ...