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Early Apple employee Jerry Manock remembers Steve Jobs
by Kelly Hodgkins Feb 10th 2012 1:00PM
When you think of notable, early Apple employees, you think of the big names like Steve Wozniak, Andy Hertzfeld, and John Sculley. Beyond these key names are a multitude of lesser-known people who played a crucial role in the early years of the company. One such employee is Jerry Manock, who worked on the Apple II, the Disk II, the...
Bill Gates's original PC game now on iPhone
by Dave Caolo Feb 10th 2012 12:00PM
Donkey, or more properly DONKEY.BAS, was computer game co-written by Bill Gates in 1981. It was included in early versions of the PC-DOS operating system and had players drive a car down a street while avoiding donkeys. Why there were so many donkeys on the road is a mystery. Today, Donkey is available for the iPhone. It's a fun example...
Daily Mac App: Text2Speech lets hear what you write in record time
by Kelly Hodgkins Feb 10th 2012 11:00AM
OS X has a neat text-to-speech engine that'll read back what you write. You can start and stop TTS from the contextual menu or launch it using a keystroke that you set up in the Speech section of the System Preferences. Most of the settings for TTS are buried in the System Preferences which is inconvenient when you want to change a...
Two new iPhone 4S ads highlight everyday Siri usage
by Chris Rawson Feb 10th 2012 10:00AM
Apple has released two new iPhone 4S ads on its YouTube channel, "Rock God" and "Road Trip." If they haven't already started airing, they should be popping up as TV commercials soon. "Rock God" follows the adventures of a teenager who uses Siri to find a guitar, learn how to play chords (very cool -- I didn't know Siri could do that),...
Foxconn server hacked, CEO's password revealed
by Kelly Hodgkins Feb 10th 2012 9:00AM
Hacker group SwaggSec took a swipe at Foxconn when it broke into the company's servers. The group stole login information and documents, both of which were promptly leaked to the internet. SwaggSec claimed the information would let individuals place fake orders using accounts from Dell, Apple, IBM and Microsoft. As soon as the hack was...
Daily iPhone App: Cupidtino
by Mike Schramm Feb 10th 2012 8:00AM
We covered Cupidtino a little while ago. It's a dating site for Mac users who are looking for love. Given its purview and the fact that no web service is complete without an iPhone app, Cupidtino has released an iPhone app for single Apple fans. I kid but it's actually pretty nice. You can browse user profiles, your own, send messages...
Spacetime Studios' games hit 100 million play sessions
by Mike Schramm Feb 9th 2012 7:00PM
Spacetime Studios has hit a pretty crazy milestone, even in the ever-more-massive world of iOS and mobile gaming. The company's MMOs on the iPhone, Android, and Chrome platforms have hit a total of 100 million play sessions, which means people have loaded up and logged into Spacetime's titles more than 100 million times. They're not...
iPad assists South African President Zuma with State of the Nation address
by Steven Sande Feb 9th 2012 6:00PM
South African President Jacob Zuma seems to be a big fan of the iPad. About a year ago, a photo was tweeted just prior to the 2011 State of the Nation address showing Zuma preparing his speech on an iPad. This year, as you can see at right, President Zuma is using his "indispensable" iPad again for the address. He appears to like the...
Dear Aunt TUAW: Help me share my iPhone data to my iPad
by Erica Sadun Feb 9th 2012 5:30PM
Dear Aunt TUAW, I find myself in an interesting position. I am going to be traveling for several weeks within the US. I have my iPhone on a grandfathered unlimited data plan and a wifi iPad 2. I would like to be able to use my iPad while away not only for FaceTime but also general use and even using my slingbox. I would rather keep my...
Daily Update for February 9, 2012
by Steven Sande Feb 9th 2012 5:20PM
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 Apple stories by clicking the inline player (requires Flash) or the non-Flash link below. To...
Swiss company SmartData sues Apple over Apple TV, iPhone
by Chris Rawson Feb 9th 2012 5:00PM
Another company you've probably never heard of before today is after a slice of Apple's pie. This time it's Swiss company SmartData, who claims Apple is willfully infringing its patent on a "modular computer" with the Apple TV, iPhone, and Remote app. As noted by Electronista, SmartData doesn't seem to produce any products or have any...
Warner Music reporting more stable sales, propped up by iTunes and streaming services
by Mike Schramm Feb 9th 2012 4:30PM
There's finally some good news in the music business, but don't get too excited, it's not that good. Warner Music reports (before we hear about the full industry sales from 2011) that its sales were steady last year, at $780 million. In this case, steady is better than a drop, which is what most of the music industry has seen lately....
Study shows Android handsets depreciate in value faster than iPhone
by Chris Rawson Feb 9th 2012 4:00PM
The iPhone has always had a robust market for used handsets, with even older models still getting rather good returns for their former owners. Priceonomics has done a study of the used smartphone market and compared the depreciation in resale value for the iPhone versus Android and BlackBerry handsets. Unsurprisingly, the iPhone holds...
Court says reworked Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N can be sold in Germany
by Mike Schramm Feb 9th 2012 3:30PM
Apple's been going back and forth in German courts over the Samsung Galaxy Tab, suggesting it "borrows" a few too many features from the iPad, but the latest ruling has fallen in Samsung's favor. A German court has now decided that the Galaxy Tab has "clear differences" from the iPad, and thus can be sold in that country. Note, also,...
Apple Store employees accept petitions from protesters
by Chris Rawson Feb 9th 2012 2:00PM
Slightly over a dozen protesters from Change.org and SumofUS delivered a petition signed by more than 250,000 people to the Grand Central Terminal Apple Store today. Both organizations are urging Apple to improve working conditions at factories run by its overseas suppliers, particularly Foxconn's massive facility in China. CNET...
NOAA drops BlackBerry, embraces iPhone and iPad
by Steven Sande Feb 9th 2012 1:00PM
The Loop is reporting that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is taking RIM BlackBerry devices off of the list of officially supported mobile devices. What's taking the place of the trusty old BlackBerry? iPhones and iPads running iOS 5 and newer versions of the mobile OS. While a February 3rd memo from NOAA...