Author: John-Michael Bond

Gazelle is one of the leading consumer electronic trade-in sites on the internet. If you’ve got electronics to get rid of and need cash, it will often offer you more than the Apple Store or Best Buy or even your local pawn shop. It’s got a vested i…

For many people, December is a wonderful month full of family and cheer. For others, it’s a cold, hellish nightmare of stress. For those readers looking for just a little escape this holiday season, might we suggest the warm sunny streets of San Andr…

The troubled rollout of BlackBerry’s BBM messaging app for iOS, coupled with its recent business issues, had some pundits doomsaying about the company’s future. We may have had a few thoughts on the matter here at TUAW. But ultimately the only opinio…

Since the announcement of iOS 7, there’s been tons of discussion about aesthetic changes the update has brought to the iPhone and iPad interface. What hasn’t been talked about widely is how the update changed the various APIs developers used for buil…

Apps are wonderful tools for learning and fun, but sometimes it’s hard for parents to find companies that make kid-friendly apps. Sometimes those recommendations come from odd places, like a random tweet invoking Oskar Schindler. Today’s tip comes fr…

Apple’s controversial, but improved, manufacturing partner Foxconn had a strong second quarter thanks to iPhone sales surpassing expectations for the period. Net profits were up 41 percent over the June quarter in 2012. According the Wall Street Jour…

Marketcircle’s Daylite app has been updated with some exciting new features for business, project and client relationship management. Both the iOS and OS X versions have their own specific new improvements, creating a well-rounded management suite for …

Apple runs the App Store with an incredibly strict set of guidelines. No pornographic, explicit, crude or otherwise objectionable content is allowed. Apparently that includes satire. In keeping with the company’s move this past January rejecting Endg…

Mozilla released Firefox 23 today, and the update brings some interesting new features for sharing and security. Fans of Firefox’s existing social media sidebar, which integrates various sites like Facebook to the side of your screen, will enjoy the …

There aren’t a lot of cutting edge apps for gay dating. The most popular one is Grindr, but that app is largely used to find men who want to hook up rather than be your long-term boyfriend. What if you want more than just another hook-up? Why can’t t…

Google has just released a redesigned Gmail app for iOS that takes the already powerful email tool and supercharges it. The main feature that will have Gmail users singing its praises is support for Google’s auto-categorization feature. By activating…

A minor update for iMovie has been released. Version 9.0.9 fixes issues where iMovie didn’t recognize when video cameras were connected to the computer, adds improved compatibility with iMovie for iOS projects and includes the usual stability improveme…

Sure, kids can play with an iPad to learn how to program, but what about robots? Play-i is a startup company seeking to develop affordable (under US$100), programmable robots as an educational tool for children. Normally this would sound like the…

Sometimes it’s cool to live in the future. Take Philips Hue, an energy-saving lightbulb that can be controlled by your iPhone or iPad. If you’re coming home at night with an arm full of groceries and didn’t leave the lights on, you can turn them on b…

A German court has ruled that Apple must change its company policies for handling customer data after finding the policies violate the country’s privacy laws. In the suit, brought by the group Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (VZBV), it took issue w…

Look, famous people. I don’t think anyone believes you endorse the products you endorse because you believe in them. We know your motivation is fat stacks of cash, preferably high enough to reach the ceiling. But think of endorsements like method act…