Daily Deals for February 18, 2014, The Name Your Own Price Mac Bundle w/ Snagit and Flux 4 + Borderlands 2
Posted: 18 Feb 2014 01:00 PM 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 The Name Your Own Price Mac Bundle w/ Snagit and...
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I want a new black MacBook
Posted: 18 Feb 2014 12:00 PM PST
 There is a stark contrast between Apple's use of color on its computer hardware and its mobile devices. You can get an iPod, iPhone, and to a lesser extent, an iPad, in a number of hues, but ever since the black polycarbonate MacBook bit the dust in...
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There's nothing wrong with homemade Apple gear
Posted: 18 Feb 2014 11:00 AM PST
 Love Apple products but can't squeeze a new one into your budget? Here's a relatively cheap solution. [Photo credit: Yum9me]...
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Unfortunately, Guess The 90s is really, really good
Posted: 18 Feb 2014 09:30 AM PST
 There are already enough (or perhaps too many) trivia games on the iPhone. There are all-encompassing gems like QuizUp but most aren't nearly that well done, and to be honest, I was kind of hoping Guess The 90s would be a dud as well. I was born in...
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Unread is a beautiful and very capable RSS reader for your iPhone
Posted: 18 Feb 2014 09:00 AM PST
 Unread is a new RSS reader for the iPhone that promises to deliver "quiet, careful reading" of your RSS feed. It does so with a simple UI that stays out of your way and places the focus on the words in an article. As a result, Unread provides a...
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Mac 101: How to use Stacks effectively in your Dock
Posted: 18 Feb 2014 08:30 AM PST
 New OS X users may not be aware of the power of stacks as only one is included in the Dock by default. If you've never used it, a stack is a Dock item that gives you quick access to a folder. Each OS X installation includes one -- the "Downloads"...
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Apple leads the charge on transparency while Verizon, Sprint, and Comcast lag behind
Posted: 18 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST
 "NSA" is the hot topic on the tip of everyone's tongue these days, so it's become increasingly important for the big names in tech to have a clear disclosure policy on government requests for user account information. On January 27th, the U.S....
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'AirPlay Recorder' lets you rip iTunes Radio songs on OS X, and other news for Feb. 18, 2014
Posted: 18 Feb 2014 07:00 AM PST
 Back in 2002, a man by the name of Jon Lech Johansen put out a program called DeCSS, which allowed users to rip encrypted DVDs for the first time. It caused a stir in the technology and film industries for obvious reasons. Now Johansen is at it...
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Daily App: Weather Line shows you the weather trends for the day, week or month
Posted: 18 Feb 2014 05:30 AM PST
 Weather Line is a weather app from Off Coast that takes a different approach to displaying the weather. Rather than images, Weather Line uses a line graph to display the upcoming forecast. Weather Line takes your most important weather data points...
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Apple's first store in Brazil opens and other news from Feb. 17, 2014
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 08:30 PM PST
 Brazil joyfully welcomed its first Apple retail store over the weekend, with more than 1,700 queueing up to be among the first to visit the Rio de Janeiro locale. In addition to this store being the first for Apple in Brazil, AppleInsider says it...
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Dumb Ways to Die is a great way to live
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 06:00 PM PST
 Dumb Ways to Die is a microgame collection that follows in the footsteps of games like those in the WarioWare franchise. The idea is that by throwing extremely simple, short games at your in quick succession, your reaction skills and patience are put...
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The story of iOS's text selection tool and the importance of those "handles"
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 05:00 PM PST
 On February 11, 2014 the United States Patent and Trademark Office published the Apple's patent for the "selecting of text using gestures." Filed in 2008, and arriving on iOS devices in iOS 3 in June of 2009, you probably know this patent as "the...
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Four weather apps, four radar experiences
Posted: 17 Feb 2014 04:00 PM PST
 Other than checking the temperature or the forecast, I often use the radar function of weather apps. I like seeing radar in motion, so I can guesstimate what's going to happen in the future. In the video below, I tried the radar experience in four...
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