Most people wont’ get their hands on an iPhone 5 until later this week, but the early reviews are in. Most critics are enamored with Apple’s latest smartphone: It’s faster, thinner, taller and, even though the camera isn’t a huge upgrade, it’s still an improvement. But one new feature isn’t getting much love: the...
This article is an excerpt from TNW’s full review of Apple’s iOS 6. The land of iOS is not one of drastic change. Just as Apple uses restraint in updating its devices, it also does so with its software. The advantages of this aren’t all that apparent to those of us who wade through devices...
Yahoo’s board hired Marissa Mayer because she is a product visionary. This has left those of us on the outside wondering which Yahoo product Mayer will put her weight behind first. Turns out it’s IntoNow, the TV-watching app for iPhone, Android and iPad. We just clicked on a Yahoo News link from Twitter. Check...
The popular screenshot tool Skitch is launching on the iPhone today and Evernote, which bought the tool about a year ago, also just released version 2.0 for Mac and iPad. With this update, Skitch is also paring down Skitch’s smart but idiosyncratic user interface down to its bare minimum, leaving a lot of functionality...
When your favorite app gets bought by a bigger company, you have good reason to fear for its life. But when that company is Evernote, something different happens. The app sticks around, and it gets better. On Wednesday, Skitch came to the iPhone, and it syncs everywhere through Evernote. Now you can annotate your...
HTC put Nokia on notice with its announcement of two new smartphones running Windows Phone 8 today at an event in New York City. HTC is going after Nokia’s bread and butter with two large-screen devices that come in several colors and feature improved camera and audio capabilities. So begins the fight for third...
Just when you thought you had settled on your preferred news magazine for the iPad (be it Flipboard, Zite, Currents, or something else entirely), another new contender enters the ring. Today, the NewzSocial app is launching its own version of a social news magazine for iPad, but is offering a different take in order...
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Gnip is announcing a new product today that provides access to the full database of public tweets from the beginning of time — or rather, the beginning of Twitter. The company says that’s only available to Twitter, the Library of Congress, and now Gnip customers. President and COO Chris Moody tells me that this...
IAC CEO Barry Diller, film producer Scott Rudin and former Random House UK executive Frances Coady are launching a book publishing company called Brightline. Brooklyn-based digital publishing and software company Atavist will publish Brightline’s ebooks, and Brightline eventually plans to expand to print books as well. According to the press release, “Brightline plans to publish...