Apple Products and News

I’ve become a big fan of Zeboyd Games recently — their last title, Cthulu Saves the World, is a really well-designed (and funny!) love letter to the Japanese RPGs of yesteryear. Penny Arcade is a very popular video game and pop culture webcomic t…

Besides the iPad mini, Apple is launching another new iPad on Friday — the 4th Generation iPad. The embargo has been lifted on those reviews as well, though they contain no real surprises. The 4th Generation iPad came out only seven months after th…

Two years ago I wrote about a shell script that I used with cron to keep ‘critical’ applications running. Some of the commenters suggested that I “should” be using launchd. There are times when I still prefer cron over launchd but there are two reas…

The embargo has just lifted on the first iPad Mini reviews. Apple has provided some publications with an early review unit of the iPad Mini. We are collecting some of the more interesting points from each review, but you can click each title to read th…

Ahead of the iPad Mini and fourth-generation iPad becoming available to customers Friday, early reviews of both devices have hit the web. You can see in the collection below that the reviews are fairly positive, discussing how great the build quality is, the lightness of the tablet, and how well it fits in your hand. […]

Ahead of the iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad landing in customers’ hands on Friday, software for both devices has hit the company’s servers. Obviously there isn’t much we can do with the software at this point, but it does give us a look at the build numbers: iPad2,5 (iPad2,5) version 6.0 (Build 10A406), Download iPad3,4 […]

Not content to let Siri be the only big name in voice assisted search on iOS, the Google Search app has been updated with voice recognition features that bring it almost in line with Apple’s own offering. The new search feature lets you verbally requ…

It’s difficult to determine just how useful your iPhone could be in an emergency situation until that circumstance descends upon you. In the last 48 hours, millions of people living along the East Coast have looked to their smartphones for a bit of a…

Prolific accessory maker Targus is no slouch when it comes to making attractive products, but when it came to upping its game in the realm of high-end iPhone and iPad cases it opted to acquire an established brand rather than start from scratch. T…

It’s the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You’ll get all 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 Ap…

Google has given its iOS app a new search feature that squares it directly at Apple’s Siri. Google even calls it the “most advanced voice search” on iOS. Google gives a number of examples of how the service can be used. – “What does Yankee Stadium look…

iTunes 11 — initially set to launch this month — has been pushed back to November. Of course, since today is Oct. 30, that’s no big surprise.
“The new iTunes is taking longer than expected and…

Apple has confirmed to CNET that the launch of iTunes 11 will be delayed just a bit. According to Apple spokesperson Tom Neumayr:

“The new iTunes is taking longer than expected and we wanted to take a little extra time to get it right. We loo…

Well, if you were eagerly anticipating the redesigned iTunes this month, you’re just going to have to wait a little longer. Apple has revealed the next major update to its media player and marketplace won’t arrive until sometime before the “end of Nove…

MacRumors has received word from several Apple reseller partners that they have already begun receiving shipments of Wi-Fi iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad models ahead of their launch scheduled for this Friday, November 2.

We’re hearing mixed n…