Author: Erica Sadun

Avatron’s new Air Stylus (US$19.99) app transforms third generation or newer iPads into pressure-sensitive drawing surfaces compatible with desktop graphic design apps.

The app is an outgrowth of Avatron’s Air Display app. Air Display extends your…

How can you tell if your love is true? A plumb line, of course! Speaking of which, two antennae got married. The wedding was boring, but the reception was outstanding. And did you hear about the atom who lost an electron? When asked, “Are you sure?”…

When you blog, no one knows what species you are. More of Siri’s answers to this question follow below.

Steven Sande and Erica Sadun have been working on the third edition of Talking to Siri, the book that covers all the ins and outs of everyone’s …

Siri’s little piggies went to market.

Steven Sande and Erica Sadun have been working on the third edition of Talking to Siri, the book that covers all the ins and outs of everyone’s favorite digital assistant.

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The Almighty Johnsons is probably the best show you’re not watching — unless you live in Canada. Although the show airs in New Zealand as well, the viewer numbers there are roughly enough to put together a basketball team. On a good day.

Crude, vul…

Code Collector Pro (on sale for US$9.99, normally $19.99) offers a snippet manager for your development needs. I bought myself a copy a few weeks ago, when it suddenly went on sale, and have spent the time since kicking its wheels.

I was surprised to …

Yesterday, Adobe introduced Creative Cloud, an on-line subscription based suite with $49.99 monthly charges that moves into the Creative Suite subscription space first started back in 2011. Existing customers of CS 3 to CS 5.5 and academics will pay …

Apparently some of our pages have been showing up with Google warnings. We believe this is tied to one of our site ads, which we have already removed from our system.

Our technical staff is looking into the matter and we hope to have this resolved …

I love the concept of virtual stores. You whip out your phone and order merchandise for home delivery, typically using QR codes.

We first saw these pop up when Tesco launched one in the South Korea subways. They appeared in the Prague subway sys…

When disaster happens, you want to make sure your data is safe. The reality of Hurricane Sandy demonstrated how important it is to store copies of your most precious records, pictures and correspondences off-site.

If you are a CrashPlan backup cus…

In today’s world of credit cards, tight social schedules and on-the-run meetings, it’s easy for your financials to get entangled. You buy a coffee for a friend, you split a meal, you pay your share of the rent and so forth.

Promissory (US$1.99) is …

The new How My Body Works app offers a kid-friendly introduction to the human body that’s suitable for fourth to eighth graders. It has beautifully designed graphics and a wealth of video and audio snippets that encourage kids to explore.

The ap…

A year ago, I compared the new Kindle Fire with the Apple iPad. Fast-forward to last week, when Amazon introduced its new larger HD model. With low-cost, built-in LTE, and a $50/year data plan that gives users 250 MB of data per month, it provides…

When it comes to discussing the next big thing, we turn to our secret weapon: the TUAW braintrust. We put the question to you and let you have your go at it. Today’s topic is Thunderbolt, Apple and Intel’s next-generation device interconnection stand…

Over the years, Apple has consistently followed through on its strong commitment to accessibility in the development of new technologies and products. We at TUAW have a diverse community of both writers and readers, and we use many assistive technol…