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Apple’s New Budget 16GB iPod Touch: 4-inch Retina Screen, $230

Apple has just quietly launched a budget-friendly new iPod touch: a 16GB model, with a 4-inch Retina display and a price tag of $230. Replacing the last-gen 3.5-inch version, which hung around Apple’s store for a while, the new budget offering loses some of the more advanced features found on the more expensive models—such as…

Jamstar Acoustics: A Guitar Learning App That Won’t Hold You Back

Learn-to-play-guitar apps are a dime a dozen, and to be honest, most of them aren’t worth the data they take to download. Light up fretboards are great—until you try to move over to a real, non-illuminated guitar. JamStar, though, works more like a real live, actual guitar teacher would to help you get better on…

Ive’s Influence: Can a Great Product Designer Also Design Great UI?

With iOS 7 a little over a week away, it’s worth taking stock of the fact that this is Jonathan Ive’s first WWDC as Apple’s Head of Human Interface (HI). But what does it mean for an industrial designer—someone who works with atoms in three dimensions—to be put in charge of a team that works…

You Can Get 1Password For 50 Percent Off Right Now

If you’re usually too cheap for security, maybe this will be enough to tempt you: 1password is offering 50 percent of its apps for iOS and OS X. 1password’s pretty much the gold standard in terms of rock-solid digital security. The app act as a vault for your digital credentials—site log-ins, bank details, all that…

Over 153,000 iPhone users who were denied warranty coverage for water damage are in for a payout: Apple was just forced to officially settle a case which will see them pay out $53 million to those whose iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPhone 3GS was affected.

Tim Cook on iOS 7, Jony Ive, Google Glass and Opening Apple Up

Confirming what we’ve already heard about iOS 7, Tim Cook just told Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher and the rest of the tech world that Jony Ive has been “really key” to iOS 7. Cook also had a few choice words about Google Glass and other topics. https://gizmodo.com/bloomberg-jony-ive-ios-7-changes-are-so-major-theyre-486198913 Cook is currently doing his annual walk around…

This Proximity-Sensitive Volume Adjuster Needs to Exist

Apple has just scored a patent with the the US Patent and Trademark Office that’s one of the most simple yet ingenious ideas we’ve seen in a while: a proximity-sensitive volume adjuster on a phone. The patent, “Adjustment of acoustic properties based on proximity detection”, describes how a number of phone sensors could be used…

A Pendant-Locked Secret Diary For a Generation Raised on Tablets

Long gone are the days when kids would keep their innermost thoughts and secrets hidden away in a diary. For the most part they’re happy to share everything on Facebook and Twitter these days, and in the rare event they’d actually want to keep something secret, there’s now an iPad app that protects their private…

The iPad Cleverly Detects This Connected Picture Book’s Page Turns

The arrival of the iPad had many predicting the device would wipe out books, magazine, and newspapers once and for all. But their doomsday predictions were a little premature, and as the folks at engageLab demonstrate with this fantastic conceptual app, tablets and books can live in perfect harmony. The Bridging Book isn’t commercially available,…

Receiving A Gold Plated iPad At Hotel Check-In Is Normal, Right?

You know the drill. You pull up to a Super 8 Motel with the vacancy light on, you argue with the attendent about getting a room away from the ice machine, you whip out your AAA card for extra savings and then you take the 24-karat gold-plated iPad the attendant hands you and head off…

A Working Apple I Computer Just Sold For $671,400 at Auction

The Apple 1 is a little piece of history, the first in a lineage that’s taken the world by storm since its birth in 1976. And that piece of history is worth a lot. An anonymous collector just picked up a still functioning(!) one of the suckers at auction for a cool $671,400. And you…

Bondsy, Drops First Aid, Bamboo Loop, and More

Hear that? It’s the long weekend calling your name. The week leading up to a holiday always feels that much longer. And you deserve a break. Kick back, relax, and browse through this week’s cornucopia of iPhone app goodness. Bondsy: Craigslist’s bartering section is a wonderful concept, sure, but the fact of the matter is…

Mailbox, Forecast.io, and More

The long weekend is finally here. And what’s better than spending a holiday enjoying the warm weather with family and friends? Well, how about having a few iPad apps that help you stay connected and ready for whatever Mother Gaia has to throw at you—just in case. Lucky for you, we’ve got them right here.…

What Is Flat Design?

With the release of iOS7 just around the corner, clamor over the changes Jony Ive will institute is growing. The general consensus—on this site and elsewhere—is that Apple is about to get a flat makeover. But for the uninitiated, “flat design” can be a confusing term. So let’s talk it out, shall we? Flat design…

Get $50 Off an iPhone at Best Buy From Sunday

From Sunday, Best Buy is knocking $50 off the price off the price of iPhones for four weeks. The deal applies to the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 on two-year contracts with Verizon, AT&T or Sprint. So, if you’ve been umm-ing and ahh-ing, now might be the time to stump up some cash.…

Bondsy: The Best Way to Barter Between Friends

Craigslist’s bartering section is a wonderful concept, sure, but the fact of the matter is that, when you’re making deals with total, unverified strangers, there’s an inherent set of risks that comes along with it. But with Bondsy, which launches today, you can exercise your bartering skills and finally get rid of junk that’s been…

Mailbox, the app that was supposed torevolutionize email so long as you were willing to stand in a 250,000+ wait list, has just released its first iPad-optimized version. And the best part? No virtual waiting in line required.

Haha, Microsoft Uses Siri to Make Fun of the iPad in a Commercial

Microsoft, which has been trying to force Windows Phone into the Android and iPhone conversation in its recent commercials, is going head on against Apple in its latest spot. That’s not surprising (as Samsung loves to pick at Cupertino all the time), but what’s hilarious is that Microsoft is using Apple’s own Siri to do…

Drops First Aid: Knowledge You Need to Save a Life Right in Your Pocket

Of all the things you never leave home without, your phone is usually somewhere near the top of that list, ready to whip out at a moments notice. You keep all your most vital information on it: birthdays, important meetings, reminders, beloved images, what have you—but all of this is worthless without the people behind…

Drive Awake iOS App Can Tell When You’re Drowsy, Directs You to Coffee

Is there anything wrong with a chain of coffee shops trying to drum up a little extra business while they’re ensuring drowsy drivers don’t end up swerving off the road? Thailand-base Cafe Amazon certainly hopes not. Working with BBDO Proximity, the chain created an iPhone app that monitors drivers for signs of sleepiness, and when…