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iPhone 4 captures guitar strings in action

by Steven Sande (Jul 14th, 2011)

This is one of the slickest iPhone 4 videos I've seen in a long time. A guitarist (justkylevids on YouTube) apparently wondered what it was like being inside his guitar while playing, so he dropped his iPhone 4 in with the video camera running and captured this incredible video. The effect ...

Robot plays iPhone games

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 12th, 2011)

Too lazy to play a game on your iPhone? Then get a robot to do it for you. A clever inventor from the Netherlands, StijntjheYT, created a small Arduino robot to tap on the screen and play Coin Dozer in his absence. It's a mindless game that's perfect for a robot. [Via BoingBoing] ...

iPad rigged up with 3D screen in Taiwan

by Mike Schramm (Jun 14th, 2011)

Display Taiwan 2011 is going on in Taiwan this week, and at a booth for a company called CPT, there's a device on display that looks very much like an iPad (though with the actual Apple logos and identifying information covered up) that's been Frankenstein-ed together with what appears to be a ...

Internet braces for royal wedding

by Dana Franklin (Apr 28th, 2011)

As the bride climbs into her dress, the groom adjusts his cufflinks, the 1,900 invited guests arrive, and chefs make final preparations for the festivities to follow the ceremony, popular websites like YouTube, Flickr, Facebook and Twitter will be tuning their systems for a surge of wedding ...

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 ...

YTLive web app lets you watch YouTube Live broadcasts on your iOS device

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 22nd, 2011)

YouTube entered the live video streaming market with the launch of its YouTube Live service earlier this month. The high-profile video site is competing against similar live stream services, such as Ustream and Justin.tv. Unlike its competitors, YouTube Live uses only Flash technology to ...

iPad licked by gullible anchor, film at 11

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 6th, 2011)

Even though April Fools' Day is over and all the Saran Wrap has been removed from the toilet bowl, it is still fun to share some of the notable pranks, especially when the prank involves an unsuspecting news anchor being duped into licking an iPad, live on camera, thanks to the Shock Top app. ...

Apple Fools: Gameloft's Pet Pal will let you control your pet via iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Mar 30th, 2011)

Wow, this is incredible! iOS developer Gameloft is releasing a new app called Pet Pal, which uses sound wave technology to actually control your pets via the iPhone! The sound frequencies emitted from the iPhone activate certain centers of a cat or dog's brain, harmlessly commanding it to bend ...

Orb TV streams video from your Mac to your TV

by Michael Grothaus (Mar 23rd, 2011)

I've been playing around with the US$99 Orb TV for a few weeks now, and I have to say I'm quite impressed with it. For those of you not familiar with it, Orb TV is a media streamer that connects to your TV and lets you play any video from your computer to your television. It's shaped like a hockey ...

Play Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard (kind of) with this interactive trailer

by Mike Schramm (Mar 16th, 2011)

This is a new one -- in order to promote its new iOS title, Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard (coming to the App Store tomorrow), Gameloft has put together this interactive trailer over on YouTube. Not only does the trailer show off some gameplay of the upcoming title, but it also allows you to ...

TUAW TV Live: Tapping out iOS app demos

by Steven Sande (Mar 9th, 2011)

It's been a while since I did a show dedicated to nothing but iOS apps, and with the iPad 2 and iOS 4.3 looming in the near future I thought it would be a perfect time to showcase some of the best (and some not so good) apps that have recently hit the App Store. I have such a wide variety of ...

iPad 2 video quality looks good, sounds great

by Steven Sande (Mar 8th, 2011)

We all know that the iPad 2's rear camera will capture 720p HD video and 3.1 stereo sound, but what does this actually translate to in real life? Settimio Perlini of Macity.net was at the European rollout of the iPad 2 in London last week and managed to capture some video at the event with ...

iPad run over by a PT Cruiser, lives to tell the tale

by Steven Sande (Feb 8th, 2011)

We see a lot of examples of how Apple products can withstand abuse, but one of the more dramatic examples showed up in the TUAW inbox this afternoon. Reader Aaron sent us a link to a YouTube video (on the next page) demonstrating how an iPad belonging to a fellow employee handled being run over by ...

OMGuitar iPad app lets you strum away on your iPad

by Mike Schramm (Jan 14th, 2011)

This music video of a girl playing Garbage's "Only Happy When it Rains" (embedded in the continuation of this post) is actually an ad for an iPad app called OMGuitar, but that doesn't make it any less impressive -- the app looks pretty good. It allows you to hit a button to choose whatever chord ...

Bump adds music-sharing upgrade

by Mike Schramm (Nov 15th, 2010)

Bump is an older app on the App Store that allowed you to "share" contact information with another local phone not actually by Bluetooth, but by simply placing the two phones near the same location, and then sharing the information across a wireless network. Now, Bump is apparently adding a new ...