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- TUAW TV Live at 5: The Christmanniversary Show
Today's TUAW TV Live marks two special events -- the upcoming Christmas holiday and the first anniversary of the show.
Yes, believe it or not, TUAW TV Live has been on the air almost every Wednesday afternoon since December 23, 2009, with commentary, demos, live reviews, and the occasional guest. Today's show will feature more of the same, with some live and recorded demonstrations of new software and accessories for your favorite Apple products. And of course we'll have a lot of the regulars visiting and hanging out in the chat room.
To join in on the fun and usually educational show, come on back to TUAW just before 5 PM ET (2 PM PT, 10 PM GMT) and you'll find a post containing the live streaming video, the chat room, and instructions on how to join in if you're on an iPhone or iPad.
TUAW TV Live at 5: The Christmanniversary Show originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Red Nova is fast and fun but needs a little workIn the game Red Nova (for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch) you play a lone ship against a bunch of flying enemies in a 3/4 angled, fast-paced arcade space shooter. Red Nova launched to some acclaim and I can see why. The sound is great, the graphics, while low-polygon, are good and the animation and feel is quite nice. You can tell a lot of time and attention went into the game. The story is pretty worn out (protect the mother ship) but the gameplay reminded me a bit of one of my favorite games ever: Lunatic Fringe. People have drawn comparisons to Asteroids, but Lunatic Fringe had the same angle, the same frenetic feel and the same attitude as Red Nova. Yet where Lunatic Fringe was simple, Red Nova is more complex. This is not necessarily a good thing.
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I played both the iPhone and iPad versions and must say I found both challenging. The limited real estate on the iPhone made it sometimes tricky to see your enemies approaching. The iPad, on the other hand, could be tricky in that the control scheme requires you to use the screen in a set of quadrants, with each one allowing you to perform various tasks in the game. More on this in a moment.
The graphics look better on the iPhone due to the somewhat chunky nature of the low-poly models used in the game. Still, the frame rate at which everything happens is terrific if you like action. Unfortunately on the iPad, and to some extent the iPhone, the text is so washed out or small and in a funky font that you may find yourself squinting to read it. The usual meters for shields and energy are in the upper left while the upper right shows kills and power-ups. Incoming enemies have a warning indicator that moves along the edge of the screen when the baddies are in range.
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Red Nova is fast and fun but needs a little work originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Daily Deals for December 22, 2010
More deals than you can shake an Ultra-wide SCSI cable at! Robotically generated by our partners at dealnews.com. Tons of app price drops, of course.
- iTunes Store: Navfree USA for iPhone / iPod touch for free
- iTunes Store: Free Lonely Planet City Guides for iPhone / iPad / iPod touch
- MacPromo: MacPromo Mac Time-Saving Bundle: 10 utilities for $50
- iTunes Store: iPhone App Store Freebies: 0.03 Seconds Pro, SeaWars, AngerOfStick, more
- iTunes Store: Spider-Man: Total Mayhem for iPhone or iPod touch for 99 cents
- iTunes Store: Gangstar: West Cost Hustle HD for iPad downloads for free, more
- iTunes Store: SEGA iPhone Game Price Drops: Super Monkey Ball, Sonic, more
- HandHeldItems: HHI Faux-Leather Case for Apple iPad for $12 + $3 s&h
- iTunes Music Store: iPhone App Price Drops: Dora's Christmas Carol, Osmos, Pac-Man, more
- Meritline: OtterBox Impact Case for Apple iPhone 4 for $10 + free shipping
- Western Digital Store: Western Digital Outlet: 320GB USB HDD for $63 + free shipping, more (updated)
- HandHeldItems: HandHeldItems.com: Up to 70% off select iPad cases + 20% off coupon, $2 credit
Daily Deals for December 22, 2010 originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple looking to hire voice technology, speech recognition specialists
Apple is looking to hire several voice and speech recognition experts for iOS, according to four new postings on Apple's job board. The new hires would join the iOS Application Framework team and would be working on "speech-related development activities." These multiple listings come hot on the heels of the public release of several patents detailing contextual voice commands for the iPhone. If you add in Apple's acquisition of Siri, you have the possible beginning of a robust voice control system for the iPhone and other iOS devices.
Improved speech recognition would be a welcome addition to the iOS platform. In my experience, the current implementation of voice command on the iPhone is mediocre. While third-party applications like Dragon Dictation are superb, native speech control is wrong as often as it is right. Apple needs to refresh this portion of its mobile OS as it is falling behind Android in voice control technology.
Google recently added support for personalized recognition to its popular Voice Search application for Android. In its current form, the app can be fine tuned to your voice so you can dictate a text, navigate to a destination or place a call with increasing accuracy.Apple looking to hire voice technology, speech recognition specialists originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Woz speaks up on net neutrality (video)Steve Wozniak stepped up the plate earlier this week and spoke out on net neutrality. In both a written statement and a quick interview while at the recent FCC hearing on net neutrality, Woz singled out the telecommunication companies for their deceptive practices and monopolistic behaviors. Woz relates his own negative experience with local telecommunication companies in his attempt to bring Internet to his house. He called on the FCC to do the right thing and enact net neutrality rules that are in the best interest of the people of this country.
After the FCC issued its ruling, Woz praised the FCC for enacting some net neutrality rules to help keep the Internet open, but criticized the government agency for not applying these standards to wireless broadband. Wireless broadband is the Internet of the future and, sometimes, the only internet connection for those who live in outlying areas. This emerging network should be subject to the same rules and regulations as its wired counterpart. We embedded his 10-minute interview after the break and you can read his full written statement here.Continue reading Woz speaks up on net neutrality (video)
Woz speaks up on net neutrality (video) originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Holiday Gift Guide: Great casual games for iOS
We're about to enter what has been, in the past, the busiest weekend for App Store purchases. After people everywhere unwrap new iPhones, iPod touches and iPads during this Christmas weekend, they'll run to their computers to set up iTunes, then go shopping out on the App Store for software for their new devices. But there are a lot of different games to choose from on the App Store, and especially for people who only use software casually, it may be tough to find a few solid titles beyond the usual suspects.
That's what we're here for, and we've got a list of 10 great iOS games meant specifically for casual game players. If you're a more hardcore gamer, you'll know that there are lots of other titles on the App Store to enjoy, from the recent Infinity Blade to the classic Plants vs. Zombies. But the titles below aren't about strategy or action, necessarily -- they're just good, clean fun, using just one button (or in some cases, no buttons at all) to have a good time. Read on for some great suggestions on what to download first, even if you're not a gamer.Continue reading TUAW's Holiday Gift Guide: Great casual games for iOS
TUAW's Holiday Gift Guide: Great casual games for iOS originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - DIY Composition notebook cover for MacBook Air
Have an 11-inch MacBook Air and want to jazz it up with a skinmod that propels you back to your school days? If you responded with an enthusiastic "yes," then you need to check out this composition notebook skin from Beyondthetech. The skin will transform the outer lid of your MacBook Air into a traditional mottled black and white composition notebook. When you lift the lid, you are greeted with an interior skin that transforms your wrist rest into a piece of lined paper complete with two red margin lines. The look is not for everyone, but it is perfect for those that enjoy turning some heads.
The creator of this skinmod posted up the skin files on the Beyondthetech website and you can use them to create a custom ZAGGSkin perfectly suited for the latest generation MacBook Air. The MacBook Air skin is a free download while the custom ZAGGSkin will set you back $60 plus shipping and taxes. The designer of this skin also created the popular Leica camera skinmod for the iPhone 4, a clever printable skin that can be used with a Griffin Reveal case to make your iPhone look just like a Leica camera. Grab them both and really confuse your friends!
[Via The Daily What]
DIY Composition notebook cover for MacBook Air originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - iTunes 101: Display exact duplicate songs using the Option key
This is a really useful iTunes 101 lesson for beginners and novice users alike. While iTunes makes it easy to remove duplicates in your song library, sometimes just because a few titles have the same name doesn't mean that they are the exact same song. Because of this, it could take you a really long time to go through checking all your songs to make sure you are truly deleting duplicates and not songs that just happen to have the same name. Thankfully, a reader over at Lifehacker found a way to narrow down your search for duplicates to exact matches only, courtesy of the oft-used Option key. By holding down Option while navigating to File > Display Duplicates in iTunes, the "Display Duplicates" choice changes to "Display Exact Duplicates," thus enabling you to carefully delete only those songs which are exact matches and not just in title alone.
This couldn't come at a better time for me, as I have recently finished loading every CD I own into iTunes, leaving me with some titles that match in name only. For example, I have a ton of bootleg and underground Led Zeppelin songs on my computer. While all songs titled "Black Dog" are by Led Zeppelin, there are different versions from different concerts and old recordings. Without using the Option key to search for them, iTunes might have thought they were all the same, and I might have deleted them if I wasn't paying close attention.
If you have a similar situation in your music library, you may want to give this tip a shot. I certainly am glad I know it's there now!iTunes 101: Display exact duplicate songs using the Option key originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Daily App: The 7th GuestYou might have missed the fact that this classic adventure game was released on iOS, but just in case, here you go: it's available now for iPhone and iPad. According to reviews on the store, this is a faithful recreation of the old full-motion video game from back in 1993. The game has you wandering around a mansion trying to solve puzzles, with a story slowly displayed through video clips featuring real actors in a real setting. The game was quite innovative for its time, being one of the first games to be distributed on CD-ROM. Unfortunately, the main reason for that was because the videos took up so much memory, and weirdly, iOS device owners are currently facing that same problem -- the game needs 623 MB free on your device to install.
But it is an interesting game from the start of the modern PC gaming era, and if you're already a fan of The 7th Guest, you'll definitely want to pick this up and play it on Apple's platform. The game is US$2.99 on the iPhone and $5.99 on the iPad. Andy Williams actually sings about "spooky ghost stories" for Christmas, so if you need one of those to play through this holiday week, try your turn at being the 7th Guest at Old Man Stauf's house.TUAW's Daily App: The 7th Guest originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Screencast your Mac to Apple TV over AirPlayThat screen you're looking at there? It's not my Mac. It's my Apple TV. TUAW reader James Low wondered if you could stream your OS X screen using the screen:// feature of VLC along the lines of the instructions found on this blog post. I decided to test it out using the same method I described in my earlier DVD-to-Apple TV post.
Instead of streaming from my DVD (namely via dvdread:///dev/rdisk5@1:3-), I substituted screen://, as follows.
/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -vv screen:// --intf=rc '--sout=#transcode{vcodec=h264,vb=2048,acodec=mp4a,ab=192}:standard{mux=ts,dst=-,access=file}' | mediastreamsegmenter -f /Library/WebServer/Documents/stream -D
It worked. All other instructions remain the same as from the DVD post.
So what are the downsides? First, the image was a bit blurry due to the H.264 transcoding and the limited bit rate, but it wasn't too bad. It remained reasonably readable at all times. Second, there was a distinct lag between what was going on at the Mac and what was being shown on the Apple TV. Pausing the stream, like I did to take this screen shot, slightly increased that lag.
On the bright side? Screencasting. From your Mac. To your Apple TV.
I think that's pretty cool.Screencast your Mac to Apple TV over AirPlay originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 22 Dec 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - AirPlay, Apple TV authentication and protected iTunes content
Erica continues her hacking explorations into the Apple TV and AirPlay.
Here's the thing. As far as I can tell, you can play back any content that plays back in your iPhone's iPod and video applications on any Apple TV. That includes DRM content, all that encrypted stuff that normally requires you to register your computer with your iTunes account.
Somehow the AirPlay protocol sends over enough information to the Apple TV to allow that device to gain at least temporary authorization to play the media you stream to it. From what I've been able to find out, that authentication step seems to be transmitted via a simple key using a message that looks something like this...Continue reading AirPlay, Apple TV authentication and protected iTunes content
AirPlay, Apple TV authentication and protected iTunes content originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Camera+ 2.0 is in the App Store, contains 328% more wow
We let you know yesterday that Camera+ was coming back to the App Store with a host of changes. The development team has given us the heads-up that Camera+ 2.0 (on sale for $0.99, normal price is $1.99) is now available in the App Store, and the changes are amazing.
The team at tap tap tap obviously listened to feedback from customers and reviewers. The SLR screen that made the app so unique was also a bit of a UI hindrance, so it's been removed. The entire user interface was reworked to make it much more intuitive and unified.
As part of the UI changes, Touch Focus and Touch Exposure were improved to make them much more usable. When these features were added to Camera+ early in its life, I found them to be extremely powerful, but quite tricky to use. Menus are now larger, and included on both the camera screen and the Lightbox.
The app also used to be slow in launching, which was irritating when you wanted to get a quick shot of something. The developers significantly improved the start-up time so it's not so slow. You'll probably remember my comments in the original review about the somewhat freaky image stabilization feature, which didn't work too well. Never fear, it's been fixed.
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Camera+ 2.0 is in the App Store, contains 328% more wow originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - DVDs are playing back on my Apple TV using AirFlick and AirPlay!
The Unicorn has landed! Rainbows! Starshine! Skittle poo! It's like Christmas in...um...December! So why this exuberance and excitement? My Apple TV is right now, this very second, even as we speak, playing back a DVD of Finding Nemo. It's seriously awesome. Why watch a DVD on a laptop when you can easily stream it to your Apple TV?
And it's not even all that hard to do if you're a bit of a do-it-yourself-hacker. Although, seriously, if the command line frightens and intimidates you, it's time to move on to the next TUAW post.
Mac aficionado Erick van Rijk figured out how to use VLC to transcode a DVD in real time so that my AirFlick application could play it across to an Apple TV. The instructions, which you are heartily encouraged to follow only at your own risk, follow after the jump.
Okay? Deep breaths. Here we go.Continue reading DVDs are playing back on my Apple TV using AirFlick and AirPlay!
DVDs are playing back on my Apple TV using AirFlick and AirPlay! originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Apple updates iPhoto '11 and the iPhone Config utility
Apple has posted a few new patches in Software Update. There's an update that sends iPhoto '11 to version 9.1.1, allowing photos to be emailed with an external email client, and a size to be specified when sending (similar to the options already available on iOS). Additionally, the update fixes a few minor issues with Events and photo sorting, and adds a few new themes for emailing. iPhoto '11 users can download the 65.6 MB update right now.
The iPhone Configuration Utility has been updated as well, though since the program is really only used for things like updating provisioning profiles and checking out device logs, only the developers will probably need to worry about that one. Most users can just deal with their iPhone configuration through iTunes itself. Nevertheless, there's two updates from Cupertino to install if needed.
[via MacUpdate]Apple updates iPhoto '11 and the iPhone Config utility originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Four apps to keep the kids busy over holiday vacation
Winter Break is in full force for us here in Denver, with weeks of "How do I entertain my own child without taxpayer supported public schools to do that for me?" looming ahead. If you, like I, believe each child deserves two proper parents (namely public school and television), here are a few suggestions for items you can pick up in the App Store.
Apps to play with during the holiday vacation are a great investment. They are cheaper than actual human babysitters, and help develop your child's most meaningful relationships -- i.e. with technology and gaming systems.
(Ed: She's kidding here -- we think. But after the link below, you can find four solid family app recommendations to play with the kids over the holiday break.)Continue reading Four apps to keep the kids busy over holiday vacation
Four apps to keep the kids busy over holiday vacation originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Sparrow for Mac beta hands-on review
Sparrow is essentially what happens when Gmail and Tweetie for Mac hook up and have a baby. It's very much what Gmail should be on the Mac -- minimalist and classy. I tried out Mailplane a few months ago, but couldn't quite bring myself to pull the trigger on the purchase. I won't with Sparrow. It's just that good -- especially for a beta.
We had a couple of recent pieces announcing the plethora of updates to the program, but now we're getting beyond the pretty icon and we like what we're seeing.Continue reading Sparrow for Mac beta hands-on review
Sparrow for Mac beta hands-on review originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Lots more iOS games on sale for just a buckWe're heading into the final day before the App Store freeze on Thursday, and so there are lots more price drops popping up on Apple's digital outlet for iOS apps. Here's a few of the sales we've heard about so far.
- Bulkypix is holding a 99 cent sale on its titles.
- Freeverse has dropped a few apps to just a buck, including Skee-ball and Flick Fishing, and it's giving away Moto Chaser for free.
- Sega has a big holiday sale going on, including Gunstar Heroes and Phantasy Star 2 for just 99 cents each.
- Telltale has a sale going on, including the excellent Puzzle Agent for just 99 cents.
- And don't forget the iOS indie games "bundle", offering up excellent deals on some of the best indie games on the App Store.
Lots more iOS games on sale for just a buck originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Setting your iPad to the correct time may be harder than you think
Setting a computer to the correct time should be the simplest of tasks. It can easily be done by hitting a time server on the internet. Your home computers do it. Your iPhone gets the current local time from AT&T here in the states. It's a built-in feature of just about every computer OS.
For iPad users, it's a different story. I noticed it the other day with my 3G iPad, when I saw that the tablet was six minutes ahead of my iPhone and MacBook Pro. I checked my desktop, and it was ahead of that too. It was equally ahead of my wall mounted Atomic Clock that gets the time from the National Bureau of Standards. My iPhone, the government clocks, and my desktop and laptops all matched. The iPad was clearly out of sync. I restarted the iPad but that didn't solve it. So I explored the iPad preferences, dutifully went to Date and Time, and guess what? There is no 'set automatically' option. There is one on the 3G iPad, but hitting a time server when connected to Wi-Fi is not exactly rocket science, so why isn't it an option on the Wi-Fi iPad? All you get is the manual setting option. Not exactly high tech.
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Setting your iPad to the correct time may be harder than you think originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Will Anonymous attack Apple?
Could the Internet-driven Anonymous movement possibly bring its DDOS attacks to bear on our favorite Cupertino company? Apple did remove the WikiLeaks application, after all. Not that you can't still access WikiLeaks on the web, but Apple has got to be one juicy target for the Anonymous group. They've gone after not just companies like Visa and Mastercard, but have attacked Sarah Palin and the Swedish government as well. They have said (as much as the loosely-knit organization can speak as a group) it would be "in bad taste" to ruin holiday shopping, however, so maybe Apple will spare the group's wrath, at least until after the season.
What do you think? Christmas weekend would appear to be an ideal time, in order to monopolize the attention span of the media on an otherwise slow news day. Imagine Anonymous moving to take the iTunes store down on the day everyone is getting a new Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad or an iTunes gift card. That would make for some major issues (for both Apple and app developers alike), without question. But again, Anonymous doesn't appear to want to frighten the average consumer, so maybe the iTunes store would be a little too close to home.
We'll have to wait and see what, if any, the response will be to Apple's removal of the app. Feel free to chime in and share your opinions on the issue in the comments below.Will Anonymous attack Apple? originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Make a free Apple-oriented Christmas CrecheIf you've got a bit of time on your hands before Christmas (yeah, that could happen), you might want to build a Christmas Creche using a bunch of Apple favorites and pundits to witness the birth of the iPad. Our Dutch friends at One More Thing have put together a free print, cut and glue kit, where you can download all that you need to build your very own version of the Apple nativity scene. If you know your way around a pair of scissors, you can probably construct it in about an hour.
The cast of characters include: Steve Jobs and a segway-riding Steve Wozniak as Joseph and Mary, Jonathan Ive, Tim Cook and Phil Schiller as the shepherds, and three pundits -- David Pogue, Walt Mossberg and John Gruber -- as the three wise men. Interesting choices there. It looks like Pogue is announcing the miracle using FaceTime.
Take a look after the break for a quick video on how it all goes together.Continue reading Make a free Apple-oriented Christmas Creche
Make a free Apple-oriented Christmas Creche originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - BBC comedians have fun with tech talk
Here's a bit of levity for your pre-holiday enjoyment. Comedians Harry Enfield and Ronnie Corbett elevated the play on words to a sublime level with this skit, reminiscent the famous "Fork Handles" bit.
A befuddled shopper turns to his grocer for help with his Blackberry and Apple. We won't spoil the fun, so check it out after the break. Just put your drink down first to avoid a spit take all over your equipment.
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BBC comedians have fun with tech talk originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Canadian government explores iPad use for high-ranking officialsFederal bureaucrats in Canada's capital city may be ditching their paper and pens and picking up iPads to conduct their official government business. A report from the Niagara Falls Review details a new initiative that could place the tablets into the hands of Ottawa's high-ranking officials.A pilot program involving 20 treasury board workers has been in place since the fall, and early estimates suggest the iPad could save the government about CDN$700 per employee per year. Most of the savings would come from a reduction in paper and printing costs as documents (up to 30 pages of paper per day) would be disseminated digitally. Using iPads may also increase efficiency as government workers could use them for note-taking and document reading both within their office and from remote locations.
The current pilot program involves 20 employees outfitted with iPads at a cost of $23,500. Rolling out the tablet device to Ottawa's 6,743 high-level officials would cost a whopping $7 million. While the initial price tag would be high, the reduction in paper and printing costs may offset this initial investment.Canadian officials are not alone in considering the use of the iPad. An iPad was recently spotted in the U.S. House of Representatives and the House is mulling changes that would allow regular usage of the tablet device on the House floor.
[Via MacTech]Canadian government explores iPad use for high-ranking officials originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW holiday grab bag giveaway: Everything for the Apple fan
Can you imagine waking up on Christmas morning surrounded by a pile of accessories for the Apple devices in your life? Or even better, giving someone a pile of fun gifts?
TUAW and the Max Borges Agency want to give two lucky readers the chance to win some holiday grab bags full of fun gear for the Apple fan. You'll have to enter by midnight tonight (ET) to be eligible, because the goodies will be express-shipped to your homes to arrive on Christmas Eve.
To see what each of the grab bags contains and find out more about the giveaway, read on.
Photo credit: Julia Freeman-Woolpert, sxc.hu
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TUAW holiday grab bag giveaway: Everything for the Apple fan originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Indie games on sale for iPhone (and a good cause)
The popular Humble Indie Bundle for the Mac has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity and has become an inspiration for other indie developers looking to follow their lead. In that spirit, six independent iPhone game developers have banded together and are offering their games at a US$2-$3 discount. The devs will give 1/3 of the sale proceeds to Child's Play, a charity that provides toys and video games to children's hospitals across the U.S.
The bundle includes six games which will be sold for US$0.99 each. Due to the limitation of the iTunes App Store, each title will be sold separately and not as a $6 bundle. The bundle includes titles like Osmos, a physics-based, cosmic survival game and Drop 7, a puzzle game that mixes the best of Sudoku and Tetris. Games rounding out this indie offering include Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor, Solipskier, Eliss and Cannabalt. So head on over to the App Store and pick up some of these award-winning games. You will add to your arsenal of casual entertainment and help out a worthy cause.
[Via Kotaku]Indie games on sale for iPhone (and a good cause) originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Daily Deals for December 21, 2010
Deals, fabulous deals! From dealnews.com, our partner in dealy deals. The app Navfree was covered by Engadget yesterday, complete with hilariously incorrect "compass" icon. Lonely Planet City Guides for free are a genuinely decent deal -- I've used the San Francisco one with some success. Price drop on Where's Waldo? and Justin Bieber Revenge, but there is no app called Where's Justin Bieber's Revenge, unfortunately. If Bieber isn't your thing, check out the holiday MP3's for sale.
- iTunes Store: Navfree USA for iPhone / iPod touch for free
- iTunes Store: Free Lonely Planet City Guides for iPhone / iPad / iPod touch
- iTunes Store: iPhone App Price Drops: Where's Waldo?, Justin Bieber Revenge, more
- MacPromo: MacPromo Mac Time-Saving Bundle: 10 utilities for $50
- Meritline: IGg iPhone Camera 6x Zoom Telescope Case for $15 + free shipping
- iTunes Store: iPhone App Price Drops: Splinter Cell Conviction, Shrek Kart
- iTunes Store: iPad App Price Drops: Splinter Cell, Zombie Infection, Golf
- B&H Photo Video: Apple iMac Core i7 Quad 2.8GHz 27" Desktop for $1,649 + free shipping
- iTunes Music Store: 69-cent Holiday MP3 downloads: Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, more
- Pennywise: Olympus 12.3MP Digital Camera w/ lens for $370 + 1-cent s&h
- HandHeldItems: Luxury Convertible Flip Case For Apple iPad w/$2 HHI credit for $20 + $3 s&h
- eBay: Ultra Bluetooth Wireless Speaker for $40 + free shipping
Daily Deals for December 21, 2010 originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - TUAW's Holiday Gift Guide: Slightly wacky last-minute gifts
Welcome to the TUAW Holiday Gift Guide! We've sorted the treasure from the junk and are serving up suggestions to make your holiday gift-giving a little easier.
It's getting late, the shopping season is nearly over, and you just haven't found the perfect item for everyone on your list. Well, worry not: here are a few suggestions for your stocking stuffers that may align very nicely if that special someone is also getting an iPad, iPod touch or iPhone this year.
ClamCase Gift Card: The idea of combining a Bluetooth keyboard with an iPad case is so compelling, it's no surprise that plenty of companies have introduced products along the same basic lines. Unfortunately, one of the most anticipated variants won't ship in time for Christmas, but if you've got your heart set on giving a ClamCase, you have an option: a customized gift card, ready to give to your iPad-toting family member. As a bonus, you'll save US$20 off the regular $119.99 cost of the case/stand/keyboard combo.
Kork Case: If you don't need the keyboard but you do like the idea of keeping green when you encase your iPad, consider the Kork case. The lightweight 50-euro case is made from recycled (and recyclable) natural cork, giving you protection and peace of mind. Be sure to watch the instructional videos to avoid breaking your Kork when you put it on the iPad!
iPlunge: It's a prop stand for your iPhone or iPod touch. It's a tiny little plunger. Really, now, what more do you need? As they say, "just lick it and stick it" ($5.99).
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Переслать - 360 Panorama: view augmented reality panoramas in Mobile Safari
We've talked about 360 Panorama before -- it's a cool app that lets you capture 360° panoramic photos in real time by just moving your iPhone around in a circle. The $0.99 app (available here) has been out for a while, but keeps receiving amazing updates that improve its functionality and wow factor.
Now the wizards at Occipital have figured out a way for you to view those panoramas as if you're actually standing at the site where they were taken. You simply open up Mobile Safari on an iPhone 4 (or any other gyroscope-equipped iPhone running iOS 4.2), point to a URL where the photo is stored, and then move the phone around. The gyroscope is detected by the browser, and then your movements control where in the panorama you are looking. The standard reverse-pinch gesture lets you zoom into a panorama, while pinching zooms out. All using HTML 5 and thanks to a recent update in iOS.
If you have an iPhone that supports iOS 4.2 and has a gyro built in, go to this site in Mobile Safari to see how the panorama viewing in Mobile Safari works. It's pretty cool!
360 Panorama: view augmented reality panoramas in Mobile Safari originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Sparrow for Mac beta 7 adds Gmail shortcuts, quick labeling, more
Sparrow, a minimalist email program for Mac OS X, has been updated to beta version 7. This latest version includes several bug fixes including one that addresses the crashing problem plaguing Leopard users. Sparrow has also added several new features such as a progress bar, quick labels, Gmail shortcuts and support for plain text emails. The UI has been refreshed and now features an updated mail composition window and a new conversation view for your threaded messages.
Also included is a download-on-demand feature that lets users with a large volume of email limit synchronization between a Gmail account and the Sparrow client. When toggled on, this feature lets you clean out your mailbox online and then download only the most important messages on demand. As we reported earlier, Sparrow supports multiple Gmail accounts and support for other IMAP-based email accounts is expected in a future version.
The developers behind Sparrow intend to bring the app to the Mac App Store when it opens on January 6 and are working on two versions of this email client -- a free, ad-supported version and a paid version without ads. The current beta 7 version already includes advertisements but these ads can be switched off in the Advanced panel of the preferences.
Performance of the app is solid and the design in simple, yet pleasing. It is so refreshing to use a client that is dedicated solely to email and does not try to be the hub for all your online personas. The beta is available for free from Sparrow's website, so you can check it out for yourself.Sparrow for Mac beta 7 adds Gmail shortcuts, quick labeling, more originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - Huffington Post overhauls iPad app with 2.0 release
The Huffington Post has just released version 2.0 of its popular iPad app. The release is a complete overhaul and revamp of the previous app. Gone is the huge drop-down menu that you used to navigate through the Post's various sections. It has now been replaced by an always-there Huff Post NewsGlide menu that allows you to quickly switch between sections with the tap of your finger.
Each NewsGlide section is divided into ordered news, blogs, slideshows and popular sub-sections. The slideshow sub-sections are particularly well laid out to take advantage of the iPad's "flick through your photos" navigation. Tap on an article and a window slides onto the screen containing the exact page you would view if you were browsing the Huffington Post through Safari or Chrome. That means the articles window contains all the comments -- and the ability to comment -- directly in the app.
Overall, the new app is an improvement upon the old one. However, I think the new menu navigation takes some getting used to. The old app had a very newspaper-like feel to it as far as navigation goes. The new app seems to be the love child that would result if the BBC for iPad and Twitter apps hooked up. Personally, I like my newspaper apps to have the layout of newspapers. If you feel the same way, you'll be consoled to know that the Huffington Post team has placed a "feedback" button on the top of the new menu. The Huffington Post for iPad is a free download.Huffington Post overhauls iPad app with 2.0 release originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Переслать - New Apple TV sales to hit million-unit mark this week
In a brief press release this morning, Apple announced that it expects the iOS-based Apple TV to pass the one million mark in units sold sometime later this week. The release also notes that iTunes users are renting/purchasing TV episodes and movies by the truckload (400,000 and 150,000 per day, respectively), although it's a bit ambiguous as to whether all those cited transactions involve an Apple TV or not -- our guess is 'not.'
At a run rate of one million units sold in just one quarter -- aligning nicely with JMP Research's estimates from October -- the new version of Apple's 'hobby' seems to have more momentum than the original Apple TV did in the marketplace. With the lower price point of $99, the tight integration with AirPlay-enabled iPads and iPhones, and the inclusion of Netflix streaming, the Apple TV matches up pretty well with other video devices at its price point.
It's not all sunshine and smiles in the TV-gadget market right now, however. The more ambitious and technically challenging Google TV project is hitting some major bumps; meanwhile, vendors of other set-top devices seem to be gaining momentum from the attention the Apple TV has brought to the sector. Roku in particular has seen dramatic increases in sales, which the company's CEO attributes in part to the impact and media buzz around the Apple TV.
[h/t Business Insider]
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Переслать - Apple releases new Santa-themed iPhone 4 ad
Apple has posted a new holiday-themed iPhone ad titled "Under the Covers." In the ad, a mom nestles with her young son in bed while he uses FaceTime on the iPhone 4 to video chat with Santa. The mom leaves the room and the son hides under the covers, still talking to Santa.
Cut to the mom entering a room where her husband is dressed up as the big red guy. The parents have apparently recreated Santa's workshop in the garage in order to fool the boy by using every bit of technology available to them. The ad features "The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole.
It's a heart warming spot, but personally I was hoping Apple would release a holiday iPhone ad featuring Krampus, Santa's Alpine-European demonic sidekick. Oh well, there's always next year.Apple releases new Santa-themed iPhone 4 ad originally appeared on TUAW on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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