Device 6 is a fun, clever puzzler for iPhone
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:00 PM PDT
 Device 6 for iPhone (US$3.99, universal) was recently featured in Apple's Indie Game Showcase, and for good reason. It feels like a contemporary take on Zork and other text-based games I loved years ago. It combines fun puzzles, clever design, great...
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TUAW TV Live at Macworld/iWorld 2014
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 01:55 PM PDT
 Although a slight weather delay may keep me from starting off the show with Doc today, we're both planning on gracing your computer and tablet screens later today with a live show from San Francisco. The team is in the Bay Area for Macworld/iWorld...
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Gandalf takes a break on his MacBook Pro while filming "The Hobbit"
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 01:30 PM PDT
 Let the software install wizard jokes fly! What you're looking at above is Gandalf, played by Ian McKellen, using his MacBook Pro while taking a break during filming of The Hobbit. Naturally, the photo has inspired a slew of photoshopping and other...
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5 iPhone speaker amplifiers that you already own
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 01:00 PM PDT
 The speakers on the iPhone are fine for text tones and chirps from Angry Birds, but they don't really fit the bill for high-quality music. If you don't have your headphones handy but still want to rock out to some booming tunes, give these household...
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Daily Deals for March 26, 2014, featuring the Mac Freebie Bundle
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:30 PM PDT
 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 Mac Freebie Bundle [On sale for FREE, down...
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How to completely hide any app or folder on your iPhone or iPad
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:30 AM PDT
 Keeping prying eyes from poking around in your more precious apps is always a concern, especially for those of us with nosey friends or kids. Until now, keeping apps private meant hiding them in a folder somewhere, but wouldn't it be ideal to be able...
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Crowdfunded Project News: Speakers, child GPS watches, and squashing patent trolls
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 11:00 AM PDT
 Every week, TUAW provides readers with an update on what new or significant crowdfunded Apple-related projects are in the news. While our policy is to not go into detail on items that haven't reached at least 80 percent of their funding goal, this...
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This is not the iPad Pro [Video]
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:30 AM PDT
 A few weeks ago, folks were all too quick to claim that the photo above, found on Apple's website, accidentally revealed a heretofore unannounced larger screened iPad Pro. In truth, the photo is nothing more than a MacBook Pro shot at just the right...
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Today in the App Store -- the best free apps, new apps and app updates
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:00 AM PDT
 Here are some of the best free apps, app updates and new apps that have landed in the App Store recently. All app prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly, so grab them while you can. Apps Now Free Peek Calendar [iPhone;...
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Has Apple sold its 500 millionth iPhone?
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:30 AM PDT
 It appears that Apple may have recently sold its 500 millionth iPhone. News of the milestone, which will likely be touted by Apple during their next earnings report in April, was first noticed by Forbes earlier this week. Here's how the data all...
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Here's what Apple's first hacked-together iPhone looked like, and other news for March 26, 2014
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:00 AM PDT
 Yesterday we told you the Wall Street Journal posted its interview with one of the original iPhone engineers about the creation of the iPhone. But now Apple has share an image of what the first hacked-together "iPhone" looked like. As you can see...
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iPhone 101: How to use Reader mode in Safari to simplify web pages for reading
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:30 AM PDT
 It doesn't take long to get annoyed by ads and images that clutter your reading space in Safari when you are trying to digest a long-form article on your iPhone or iPad. To clear your browser window and bring focus to the words on the page, you can...
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Top Apple engineer details how the original iPhone was developed
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:00 AM PDT
 The Wall Street Journal has published a rare authorized interview with Apple senior software engineer Greg Christie who detailed the arduous process involved in getting the iPhone from a concept to a shipping product. In February of 2005, Steve Jobs...
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Daily App: DragonVale lets you breed Dragons and build elaborate parks
Posted: 26 Mar 2014 06:00 AM PDT
 DragonVale from BackFlip Studios debuted in 2011 and has continued to improve over time. The games lets you raise a farm of dragons, with Farmville-style rules. DragonVale is all about dragons letting you hatch new dragons, breed dragons to get...
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Apple planning to make Emoji characters more diverse and other news from March 25, 2014
Posted: 25 Mar 2014 10:30 PM PDT
 If you take a look at iOS's built-in Emjoi set, you may have noticed that most of the people depicted are Caucasian. Curious as to why this was the case, MTV's Act blog sent an email to Tim Cook asking if Apple had any plans to diversify its Emoji...
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PDF Printer for iOS turns any document into a high quality PDF
Posted: 25 Mar 2014 06:00 PM PDT
 PDF Printer does what its name implies and more. The US$2.99 app allows you to open and read any document and turn it into a Portable Document Format (PDF} file. Even better, the app can convert email, photos, notes, and even web pages to PDFs. Once...
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bloc'd is a highly addictive riff on Tetris that you should download right now
Posted: 25 Mar 2014 05:00 PM PDT
 Tetris is the first game I remember someone being addicted to. After weeks of being made fun of by my father as a child for how much I was playing the game, I awoke one night to sounds coming from downstairs. The sound was my father at 2AM furiously...
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Apple's state-of-the-art, ground-breaking, game-changing... cassettes?
Posted: 25 Mar 2014 04:00 PM PDT
 It's hard to believe, what with modern Macs abandoning even SuperDrives en masse, but way, way back in the late 1970s, programs on the original Apple II came on these. My, how far we've come. [Photo credit: Jim Abeles]...
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The TUAW Daily Update Podcast for March 25, 2014
Posted: 25 Mar 2014 03:30 PM PDT
 It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get some the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's...
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