11-inch MacBook Air review: Tiny awesomeness
Those TUAW readers who watched TUAW TV Live last Wednesday afternoon were treated to a live unboxing last week when an 11-inch MacBook Air arrived at my office. The Air was a replacement for a MacBook that I sold to a client, and since I had previously...
Grappler for Mac Grabs Music and Videos From The Web
I know a lot of people who don’t listen to music through their iTunes library, or a Music folder saved somewhere on their computers. Every time they want to listen to their favorite band, they fire up Youtube. This behavior is particularly common among my friends, who find it “easier” to search for a video...
Lab For iPhone Gives You Detailed Information About Your Photos
They say the best camera is the one that’s always with you, and there’s no question the iPhone has become the best camera for many. The iPhone is with us all the time, whether we’re on the go checking in venues with Foursquare or at home, playing some Infinity Blade. Most of all, the iPhone...
Dropkick: Simple To-Do List App With Cloud Sync
You know we love OmniFocus here at MacStories, and we just can’t get enough of the possibilities offered by OmniGroup’s powerful GTD software. I understand, however, that GTD is not for everyone. Some people are looking forward to having a simple system on their mobile devices and computers, an app to enter tasks in a...
Have yourself a geeky Christmas with iGlo LED’s
With Christmas just around the corner, most of us are setting up our homes ready for the festive season. If you are looking to add some geekery to your festive decorations this year, MEA Mobile’s latest product, the iGlo iPhone controlled LED set could be...Favorites: My Phone App Replacement
Every time I post screenshots of my iPhone homescreen here on MacStories, I get comments and emails asking me about “that blue icon” next to Captio in my dock. Since I wasn’t able to reply to all those comments and emails and I love to talk about apps that change my workflow, I want to...
MoneyTron: Innovative Financial App for iPhone
I remember I installed MoneyTron on my iPhone back in August. Back then I thought it was cool, I gave it a brief spin and decided I would review it on MacStories in a few weeks. Weeks passed, we launched a new MacStories, iOS 4′s folders started getting crowded and I forgot about MoneyTron. Now...
Color Splash Gives A “Dramatic Look” To Your Photos
I downloaded this app last week, but it turns out it’s been around for quite some months in the App Store. Color Splash by Pocket Pixels is a simple iPhone app (iPad version is available, too) that allows you to highlight areas of a photo to make them black & white, or make the entire...
djay: Full-Featured DJ System For iPad With A Gorgeous UI
When the iPad was announced back in January, many of us realized that the device would be perfect for professional DJ software. A large multi-touch surface, a brand new device developed by Apple backed up by the App Store — obviously the iPad was meant for DJ and music applications. Even more than the iPhone...
Spaced: Beautiful App With The Latest News From Space
NASA is holding a press conference tomorrow “to discuss an astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life”, and what better way to check on the coverage of the conference than Spaced app for iPhone and iPad? I found this app in the App Store this morning while I was looking...
Paperless: Customizable Checklist App for iPhone
I’m not really that kind of user who’s into checklists, but I can spot a good app when I see one. I daily depend on OmniFocus and Simplenote for my projects, tasks and notes — yet I can see why many users prefer checklists (or just “lists”) on their mobile devices: they’re simple to play...
