Wednesday, 19 November 2014

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Boxwave Keyboard Buddy case: When a virtual keyboard isn't enough


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 03:00 PM PST


Although I'm personally very comfortable with typing on the iPhone's virtual keyboard - especially on the iPhone 6 Plus - there are some people who just loved the old pre-iPhone "smartphones" with the little slideout keyboards. If you count yourself...



MapItOut is a feature rich app for runners, travelers and map mavens


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 02:00 PM PST


MapItOut (US$1.99) is a very enhanced map program for iOS. You can search almost any city on Earth and then easily find places to go. You save those destinations, and the app creates a customized map for you complete with directions. MapItOut can be...



Apple planning to bundle Beats Music app into iOS early next year


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 01:30 PM PST


The Financial Times is reporting that Apple plans to bundle the Beats Music app into iOS sometime early next year, perhaps as early as March. Apple will bundle the subscription music service it acquired from Beats into its iOS operating system...



Aces Conference coming next year


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 01:00 PM PST


Former TUAW contributor Justin Esgar is launching Aces Conference in New Orleans next year, and it's designed to help you build your consulting business. Justin is an ace when it comes to building businesses, particularly consulting, and has been a...



Flic is a 'smart button' that tells your iPhone to STFU


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 12:30 PM PST


As far as smart gadgets go, Flic is about as simple as it gets. It's a tiny magnetic button that can be programmed to control various functions of your phone, from silencing an alarm to snapping a photo. Each button can be programmed with three...



Apple changes App Store "Free" button to say "Get"


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 12:00 PM PST


Back in the day (as in yesterday) you could go to the App Store and tap a button that said FREE to download a free app. Today, you'll be tapping a button that says GET. Why? Speculation is that issues regarding in-app purchases and litigation...



Report: IT provider Infosys overbilled Apple, CEO and CFO on the way out


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 11:30 AM PST


It's not nice to fool around with Apple, especially when you're an outsourced tech support company that's making about US$2 billion a year from work with the Cupertino kids. 9to5Mac, citing a post in The Economic Times of India, reports that Apple...



RHA's T10i brings sound customization to high-fidelity headphones


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 11:00 AM PST


The recently announced RHA T10i (US$199.95) noise-isolating, in-ear headphones take top-shelf in RHA's lineup of fantastic headphones. According to RHA, the T10i headphones take precedence over the MA750i (read my review here), which have been my...



Daily Deals for November 19, 2014, featuring the Doxie Go scanner


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 10:30 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. All prices are USD and subject to change. Some deals may expire quickly....



Snapchat introduces Snapcash for P2P payments


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 10:00 AM PST


The question "how do you monetize Snapchat" has finally been answered and it's going to open up a lot of possibilities for users. Snapchat has introduced Snapcash, a way to send mobile payments to friends using the image sending-then-destroying...



Apple planning to repurpose GTAT plant in Mesa, Arizona


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 09:30 AM PST


Apple and GTAT's sapphire partnership came to abrupt and somewhat dramatic halt when GTAT filed for bankruptcy shortly after the iPhone 6 unveiling. As a direct result, upwards of 700 employees who worked at GTAT's Mesa, Arizona plant lost their...



Apple email touts Black Friday gift ideas


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 09:00 AM PST


Black Friday, the retailer's dream date, is coming up on November 28, 2014, and Apple is tempting the wallets of shoppers with an email full of holiday gift ideas. Playing on the theme that "From one gift come many", Apple shows how its products are...



How to uninstall Uber


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 08:30 AM PST


It's been a strange couple of months for on-demand transportation startup Uber. A Medium article published in September by entrepreneur Peter Sims revealed that Uber's all-seeing "God View" tracking software was occasionally (or perhaps frequently)...



London's Borough market celebrated Apple Day with "The Real Apple Store" parody


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 08:00 AM PST


London's Borough market marked both the annual Apple Day celebration and the market's 1,000th year anniversary with a parody of epic proportions. According to Core77, the market hired London-based TinMan and Teatime productions to design the "Real...



BeWeather 2 is a very customizable app with a widget


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 07:00 AM PST


BeWeather 2 (US$1.99) is an attractive collection of weather information that can be customized both in the data presented and the look of the app. It as features similar to many other weather apps, but BeWeather's overall presentation still makes it...



PayPal debuts mobile payments app for Pebble smartwatch


Posted: 19 Nov 2014 06:00 AM PST


PayPal today announced that it was expanding its mobile payments app to the Pebble smartwatch platform. The app also is available iOS and other wearables including Samsung's Gear smartwatch series and Android Wear devices. The mobile payments app...



Apple Watch's new font isn't the first Apple font named San Francisco


Posted: 18 Nov 2014 05:00 PM PST


Today Apple released WatchKit, the tools for developers to start building apps for the Apple Watch. Buried inside the kit is a brand new font called "San Francisco" specifically designed for use with the Apple Watch. Given the challenges of reading...



How much does iOS 8.1.1 improve your iPhone 4s?


Posted: 18 Nov 2014 04:00 PM PST


This may surprise some of our readers, but the iPhone 4s is still wildly popular. Sales of the device accounted for 25% of iPhones sold in the first three months of 2014, and that's just new phones. There are still a sea of users out there with...



Twelve South HiRise Deluxe: The only charging stand you need


Posted: 18 Nov 2014 03:00 PM PST


The good folks at Twelve South today announced their latest adjustable charging stand for iPad and iPhone. The HiRise Deluxe (US$59.99) works with everything from the iPhone 5/5s to the iPad Air, and now comes in colors to match your favorite Apple...




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