Disney acquires social game firm Playdom
Filed under: Gaming, Apple, iPadStick with me on this one -- it's not strictly Apple-related, but I think it will have a big effect on the App Store in the future. Last week at Comic-Con, I saw the head of Disney's mobile gaming division, and I had to ...
Chopper 2 out now
Filed under: iPhone, iPad
We've mentioned Chopper 2 a couple of times during development, once to show off the TV out function built into the game, and again when we met up with creator David Frampton at WWDC. Now, development has finally finished, and...
TUAW’s Daily App: The Ultimate Alphabet
Filed under: Education, iPad
Today's app is going to blow your mind. Back in 1986, artist Mike Wilks published a book called The Ultimate Alphabet, which featured 26 different paintings, each filled with items that corresponded to the letters of the a...
Squeeze keyboardist uses iPad on Fallon appearance
Filed under: iPad
Here's a fun treat for your late night tonight -- one of my favorite bands, Squeeze, made an appearance on Jimmy Fallon's show the other night to play the classic "Pulling Mussels (From The Shell)," and the keyboardist was playing bo...
Millennial Media report has Apple with 56% of smartphone market, ad requests up big time
Filed under: iPhone, iPad
Millennial Media has a new report (out this morning) that they sent along, and it's got some interesting research, based on their advertising network, about Apple and its place in the smartphone market. As you can see above, A...
NYC mayor Bloomberg loves his iPad
Filed under: iPad
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg loves his iPad, apparently -- he carries it with him everywhere, uses it for briefings, and even reads speeches off of it, as seen above. He's checking weather in the places he's heading off to va...
TUAW’s Daily App: Osmos for iPad
Filed under: App Store, iPad
I first saw Osmos last year at the IndieCade festival in Culver City, California, and a few months back, (creators) Hemisphere Games shared the news that they were bringing the excellent art title to Apple's platforms. Now...
Please don’t really turn your TV into an iPad
Filed under: iPad
We've posted a lot of wacky Apple-related products here on the site, but I think this is the wackiest I've ever seen. A Russian firm is reportedly selling a series of plastic decals that will make any flatscreen television of a certai...
Fruit Ninja HD gets a trailer and release date
Filed under: iPad
We posted about Fruit Ninja way back when it was first released on the App Store, and since then it's become a qualified hit on the iPhone, with over a million downloads and lots and lots of kiwis and bananas slashed in half. The fol...
Box.net’s 20 iPads arrive at D7 Consulting
Filed under: iPad
A few months back, Box.net launched its effort to deliver 20 brand new iPads to a business that could make use of Apple's tablet and the cloud sharing service in an innovative and interesting way. Box.net eventually chose D7 Consultin...
