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1) Macworld 2010: TUAW talks with App Cubby's David Barnard
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-tuaw-talks-with-app-cubbys-david-barnard/
Filed under: Macworld, Video, iPhone, App StoreApp Cubby has some of the more popular apps in the App Store. Whether it's Gas Cubby for tracking car maintenance, Trip Cubby for capturing mileage information, or Health Cubby for motivating ourselves to get into better shape, the company keeps customers coming back with well-executed and full-featured software.
We talked with App Cubby's David Barnard at Macworld Expo 2010 to see what's new from the company. While we won't tell you about the new and completely different app he has recently submitted to Apple, David told us a lot about the free version of Gas Cubby -- Gas Cubby by FRAM -- that provides the functionality of Gas Cubby in an ad-sponsored format.
Check out TUAW blogger Steve Sande's video interview with David by clicking the Read More button.
We apologize for the sound quality, which was hindered by interference picked up [...]
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2) Macworld 2010: Hands-on with the 4iThumbs keyboard for iPhone
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/4ithumbs-at-macworld-2010/
Filed under: Macworld, iPhone, iPod touch
I stopped by the 4iThumbs booth to check out their product that would purportedly increase my (admittedly dismal) typing speed on the iPhone/iPod touch. It consists of a plastic overlay that puts small ridges between the letters of the standard iPhone keyboard, available in both portrait and landscape formats. The product comes with some tabs that you affix to the top and bottom of the device, and you can then slip the plastic overlay on and off. You can touch through the overlay and use the phone as usual while it's attached, although the bumps aren't terribly comfortable for swiping. There's a matching set of tabs for the back of the device which can hold the overlay when it's not in use.
I tested it out, and it works. I never texted much on any device other than the iPhone, so I can't make a direct comparison of typing speeds between an [...]
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3) Macworld 2010: TypeDNA
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-typedna/
Filed under: Macworld, Graphic Design
On the last day of Macworld, I caught up with the guys from TypeDNA to take a look at what I soon realized was going to be a revolutionary bit of software magic for designers of any ilk. TypeDNA is a series of plugins for Adobe CS4 applications (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator) which makes finding the right font a simple matter.
It has several methods for navigating font collections, starting with a search by name, which is handy on its own. The functionality expands from there, doing such things as automatically offering suggestions for similar fonts and font harmonies. The harmonies feature is especially interesting, and the suggestions it offered while they were demoing it were very good. You can pick a font from the suggestions and search for similar fonts to find exactly the right typeface for your project. TypeDNA always offers a variety of [...]
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4) Macworld 2010: TUAW livestream from the show floor
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-tuaw-livestream-from-the-show-floor/
Filed under: Macworld, Video, Internet, TUAW Business
TUAW is broadcasting live from the show floor of Macworld 2010. Stay tuned all day long for live video from the show floor, including interviews, demos, and hands-on with vendors, friends, and luminaries. On the schedule today: Blue Microphones, the makers of the Gorillapod, Telltale Games, Shawn King of Your Mac Life, and many more.TUAWMacworld 2010: TUAW livestream from the show floor originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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5) Macworld 2010: Frog Design shows off their iPhone apps
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-frog-design-shows-off-their-iphone-apps/
Filed under: Macworld, Internet, Apple, iPhone, App Store, iPad
Frog Design is here on the show floor at Macworld 2010, and we stopped by their booth earlier in the week to check out what they've been up to on the iPhone. They're a storied design firm (they worked on the Apple II series back in the day) that is diving headfirst into the App Store, with two apps out already and one more on the way.
We've talked about Postcard Express on the site before, but they ran us through the latest version of the app, which has fixed a lot of the problems that users originally had -- the picture size has been tweaked a bit, and the geotagging has been updated and smoothed out to work much better. The most intriguing part of the iPhone app is of course the design -- everything, including emailing out the actual postcard, works completely within the app and is as intuitive as possible. While the [...]
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6) Macworld 2010: Hands-on with Algoriddim's djay 3
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-hands-on-with-algoriddims-djay-3/
Filed under: Macworld, Hardware, iTunes, Music
DJ software tends to be hit or miss -- the ability to make a music player match beats on songs, even with different tempos, has been around for a while. For most software designed to allow you to mix and play music, the interface is the important part. What you want is a nice clean interface that's simple enough for almost anyone to pick up and use, but complex enough that DJs who know their stuff can take advantage of deeper features and functionality. Fortunately, that's exactly what Algoriddim has put together in the newest version of their app, djay 3. The app offers an excellent interface with quite a few nice touches of flash, and also offers up solid functionality for those who know their way around the ones and twos.
The app opens on the standard two-turntable view, with an iTunes interface sitting right on the side of the window. [...]
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7) Macworld 2010 special iPad event liveblog
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-special-ipad-event-liveblog/
Filed under: Macworld, Hardware, Blogging, iPad
We are live from the floor of Macworld 2010, where they're be talking about the iPad in a special event feature Jason Snell, Macworld editor-in-chief, and a panel of industry experts. We have heard that won't be an actual iPad on the show floor, so it's not clear whether we'll get to see the device, but we will hear commentary and insight on what the iPad means for Apple and the world at large.
After the break, find an updating liveblog of the event as it happens, straight from Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Apologies to Dan Moren for misspelling his name, which he made a point of telling us when he stopped by the booth after the session. Whoops! Our bad.
12:49PM They're showing the promotional video that's been playing all week here at Macworld. The public has just been allowed in to see the show, and seats are filling [...]
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8) Macworld 2010: Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite demonstration
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-quickoffice-connect-mobile-suite-demonstration/
Filed under: Apple, iPhone, App StoreIf you've ever had a need to create or edit Microsoft Office documents on your iPhone or any other mobile device, you're probably familiar with Quickoffice. It's a solid app that provides a way to transfer documents to your iPhone, open them, make changes, and then save them back to the device. At Macworld 2010, Quickoffice announced some changes to their iPhone product line.
The app now comes in two flavors -- Quickoffice Connect [Free, iTunes Link], which is a document viewer, and the full Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite [US$9.99 sale price]. Both apps now have a feature that should make almost everyone happy -- integrated access to multiple cloud services including MobileMe, Dropbox, Box.net, and Google Docs.
TUAW editor Steve Sande visited the Quickoffice booth at Macworld Expo 2010 yesterday and was treated to a full demo of the the [...]
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9) Want to argue about Global Warming? There's an app for that
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/want-to-argue-about-global-warming-theres-an-app-for-that/
Filed under: Odds and ends, Freeware, iPhone, iPod touch, App ReviewI'm not sympathetic to the Global Warming skeptics. There's plenty of scientific evidence to contradict them. The trouble is, when you get into arguments about the subject, you're likely to be without facts and the arguments become emotional rather than rational.
Now, at least, you'll have some science to buttress your arguments. All you have to do is whip out your iPhone or iPod touch and tap a free app called Skeptical Science, and from there you can quickly navigate to the various arguments that are offered by the skeptics. 'It's the sun', or 'it's cooling', or 'there is no consensus.'
You tap on the argument, and up comes some scientific info along with links to more information, graphs, definitions and more. No matter what side you take on this subject, there is a lot of useful information. The app is updated [...]
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10) Macworld 2010: Visiting with Verbatim
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-visiting-with-verbatim/
Filed under: Macworld, HardwareThe products on display at the Verbatim booth, not surprisingly, all centered around storage: both solid-state and magnetic devices were featured, including the wicked small "Tuff & Tiny" USB drives, which deliver capacities between 2 and 16 GB in a size more appropriate to a fake fingernail than a portable flash drive.
The company is also offering several portable hard drive models, including the SureFire with Firewire 800 connectivity for best Mac performance. The warranty on most newly-purchased Verbatim drives has been extended to 7 years -- by then, a 500 GB drive will undoubtedly seem very small.
Catch the video below for a brief tour.
TUAWMacworld 2010: Visiting with Verbatim originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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11) Macworld 2010: Solar Walk and Geo Walk from Vito Technology
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/02/13/macworld-2010-solar-walk-and-geo-walk-from-vito-technology/
Filed under: Macworld, Software, iPhone
Our own Mel Martin is a big fan of Vito Technology's Star Walk iPhone app, so when the company's rep stopped by our booth at Macworld this week to show us two apps that they're working on right now, we couldn't refuse.
The first app we saw was called Solar Walk, and while Star Walk will help you find and explore information about the stars, Solar Walk is designed to do the same with planets. The app features a beautiful (and accurate) simulation of the solar system, complete with all of the planets orbiting trails, and an adjustable clock so that you can see where Mars will be in 2029, if you so choose.
The app, which should be out in about a month, we were told, lets you pinch and zoom down on any planet, so that you can even see any moons -- one zoom in to Jupiter, and we could see each of the separate moons placed in their own rings around [...]
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