Keeping your iPhone dry during a bike ride
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 03:00 PM PST
 If it looks stupid, but it works, it isn't stupid. [Photo credit: James A Artis]...
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Talking to Siri: The conversationalist
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 02:00 PM PST
 Siri can do many things but unlike ELIZA it's not built for general conversation. Make sure you ask Siri, "Tell me about ELIZA" to learn more. Steven Sande and Erica Sadun have been working on the third edition of Talking to Siri, the book that...
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The myCharge Freedom 2000 gives you twice the battery life with a little less bulk
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 01:00 PM PST
 If you're considering an iPhone case that includes a battery pack, you've already decided that increasing the size of your device is a fair trade-off for more life, but that doesn't mean that all battery cases are created equal. The iBattz Mojo...
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The best (and worst) iWatch concepts
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST
 Apple might possibly launch a wrist-wearable smart device this year that could maybe be fitness and health focused, but that's about as much as anyone cares to guess at this point. The almost complete lack of verifiable information regarding the...
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Meet Siri's great grandfather
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:30 AM PST
 Siri is the most recognizable face -- er, voice -- of Apple's faux sentient virtual assistants these days, but let's take a moment to remember one of the company's best efforts at voice recognition from yesteryear. He didn't ever seem to have a name...
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PolyFauna for iOS is a trip into another dimension from Radiohead
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 11:00 AM PST
 We mentioned PolyFauna last week, and now I've had a chance to look and listen. This free app from the rock band Radiohead is a trippy portal to another dimension. You start up with a dark screen that gradually lightens and you see a sort of alien...
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Apple may call Android founder Andy Rubin to the stand in upcoming Samsung trial
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:30 AM PST
 With Apple and Samsung's second trial slated to kick off next month, Apple may call Android founder Andy Rubin to the stand to testify. The news comes via a witness list Apple filed with the court last week. According to court documents, Rubin --...
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Daily Deals for February 17, 2014, featuring CrazyTalk7 Pro
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 10:00 AM PST
 It's time to save some of that hard-earned cash with our Daily Deals, featuring exclusive TUAW Deals, a handy list from Dealnews and our own handpicked iOS and OS X selections. TUAW's Daily Deals CrazyTalk7 Pro [On sale for $79.95, down from...
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Apple device sales have finally caught up with Windows
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:30 AM PST
 In the early days of Microsoft, Bill Gates' vision for the company was a "computer on every desk and in every home," all running Windows of course. And as John Gruber wrote in his short but astute summary of Microsoft's history, the amazing thing is...
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Rumor Roundup: 'The near future'
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST
 Apple's New Vision for Apple TV 'Less Ambitious' Than Before (MacRumors) The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has "scaled back" its plans for the next-gen Apple TV because of failed negotiations with cable companies. There is, of course, no...
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Peek is a very pretty calendar for iPhone
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST
 If Peek Calendar by Square Mountains (US$1.99) were a camera it'd be a Holga. If it were jeans they'd be raw and if the app were a beer, you'd find a blue ribbon on the label. Peek is so hipster it hurts. But we're taking about a calendar, not...
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Apple rejecting Flappy Bird knockoffs, and other news for Feb. 17, 2014
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST
 In a hopeful sign that the Flappy Bird craze is abating, Apple has begun rejecting apps that are knockoffs of the popular Flappy Bird game. You'll remember that the developer pulled the game last week, saying that its popularity was overwhelming....
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The original Mac icon was inspired by Matisse, not Pablo Picasso
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:00 AM PST
 You might recognize the illustration on the right as the original Mac icon, a fixture on much of the early packaging materials and manuals that came with the early Macs, not to mention the icon that greeted users on the Mac OS startup screen back in...
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Daily App: Stackables allows you to enhance a photo in layers
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 05:30 AM PST
 Stackables is a new image editing tool from Samer Azzam, the developer behind ProCam, that allows you to apply filters and other effects in layers. It's the layering and high quality filters that set Stackables apart from its competition. When you...
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Talkcast 2/16: Chat along with the show!
Posted: 16 Feb 2014 06:54 PM PST
 Join us for the Talkcast, live on the air at 10 pm ET. To tune in and contribute during the call, fire up Fuze Meeting or call in -- the meeting # is 20099010 and the link to the show is here. Mac and Windows rich clients? Right here. Using an...
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