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Rumor Scorecard: iPhone 5 edition

by Chris Rawson (Sep 17th, 2012)

Now that the iPhone 5 launch event has come and gone, it's time for a thoroughly unscientific and begrudging look back at several months worth of rumors. Predictably, the farther from the path of physically-based evidence the rumors strayed, the more inaccurate they became. But the overarching ...

Use the Xbox 360 controller on your Mac

by Mike Schramm (Sep 13th, 2012)

TUAW reader Jon emailed in the other day to ask about possible game controllers for Mac, and while we've covered this issue before, it has definitely been a while. In short, the best way to use a game controller with your Mac is just to use one of the better controllers out there: the wired ...

Dijit's NextGuide finally gets personalized TV and streaming video guides right

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Sep 7th, 2012)

Part of the difficulty Apple is going to have with any next-generation, disruptive Apple TV product is corralling all the stakeholders, rights owners and interested parties. Luckily there are already other solutions for finding, watching and saving video on TV or via streaming services. Enter ...

The pi Mount: it would be irrational not to love this iPhone accessory

by Steven Sande (Sep 6th, 2012)

In continuing the theme of tiny iPhone mounts from yesterday's review of the Universal Mini Stand from Tabu Design, today we'll look at the cleverly designed pi Mount (US$9). The pi Mount gets its moniker from the shape of the design. When viewed from the front, the design looks like the ...

No new Apple TV this year? How about never?

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Sep 6th, 2012)

I've harped on this before, but it bears repeating: Apple is in for the fight of its life when it comes to making the TV experience better. A new report in Bloomberg, citing a number of sources, seems to indicate it could be a very long time before this gets sorted and you're able to find ...

iStabilizer Monopod puts your iPhone photos above the crowd

by Steven Sande (Sep 5th, 2012)

After my TUAW TV Live iPhoneography episode last week, I was not surprised to see another photography accessory show up in the mail. After all, this seems to be one part of the accessory market that's booming right now. iStabilizer, the same company that brought us the innovative Dolly, is ...

Making money in a crowded App Store: it's dog eat dog and Spy vs Spy

by Richard Gaywood (Sep 4th, 2012)

On the 25th of July, a shiny iOS remake of the 8-bit classic Spy vs Spy launched on the App Store for $1.99. The next day, the price dropped to $0.99 in a launch sale. On the 30th, it went up briefly, then developer Robots and Pencils announced that "to show our appreciation, we are extending ...

Rumor Roundup: Case not quite closed

by Michael Rose (Sep 4th, 2012)

The calendar pages are flipping away rapidly now that the Labor Day break is done; September 12th is right around the corner. As is the way of such things, the wilder speculation and left-field rumors of the fallow months between product introductions gradually give way to the reality of ...

With iOS 6, your address book may be invaded by @facebook.com email addresses

by Michael Grothaus (Sep 4th, 2012)

I'm generally a fan of Facebook. I only use it to keep in contact with people I actually know and hang out with in real life. And for my friends that live in other countries, it's the easiest way to share photos, videos, and other life events. That's why I'm pretty excited about Facebook ...

Who owns your iTunes? Bruce Willis probably doesn't care (Updated)

by Michael Rose (Sep 3rd, 2012)

Bruce Willis versus Apple -- this time, it's personal. Is he Moonlighting as a legal Hudson Hawk who refuses to let his digital media rights Die Hard? (I'm so sorry about that.) Update: Noted by TechCrunch, Willis's wife Emma Heming-Willis has now said on Twitter that the report of his ...

Blue Microphones Mikey Digital takes iPhone and iPad recording up a notch

by Steven Sande (Sep 2nd, 2012)

When it comes to microphones for the iPhone and iPad, I have to admit that I haven't been too impressed with what's been delivered over the past few years. For example, the original iRig Mic from IK Multimedia was quite noisy, although the iRig Mic Cast improved on that somewhat. The original ...

Three handy Mac tools for working with QR Codes

by Michael Rose (Sep 2nd, 2012)

You might not think about them much. When you do, it might be to decry the invasion of robot vomit onto every ad, billboard and poster. Still, the humble two-dimensional QR Code -- originally developed by a Toyota subsidiary to assist in automotive manufacturing -- has become ubiquitous. QR ...

Clutter, clarity or random apps: What's on your Menu Bar?

by Steven Sande (Sep 1st, 2012)

Yesterday, our editor-in-chief Victor Agreda wrote about an app called Bartender for his Friday Favorite. It's an app that lets you further organize your Menu Bar items if you happen to have a few too many. That stirred up some interest around the newsroom about what we have in our individual ...

Daily iPhone App: GPS4CAM adds geolocation to your DSLR photos

by Steven Sande (Aug 31st, 2012)

While many photography applications like iPhoto and Aperture can make use of GPS information in terms of grouping pictures by location, there aren't a lot of cameras that have built-in GPS receivers. Of course, that's not a problem if you do all or most of your photography with an iPhone, since ...

Review: IK Multimedia's iRig Pre (Updated)

by Matt Tinsley (Aug 30th, 2012)

IK Multimedia is about to launch the iRig Pre (announced at the beginning of the year), joining the iRig, iRig Stomp, iRig Mic & Mic Cast, iRig Midi and iRig Mix as its lineup of music making accessories for iOS devices. The iRig Pre is a mic preamp with built-in phantom power (48v) and ...