Bungie co-founder starts new mobile studio

You know Bungie, the game studio that developed Marathon and Halo? Well, one of its founders, Alex Seropian, is now working on a new mobile-focused project. He’s one of the brains behind Industrial Toys, a start-up development studio that intends to f…

Umami TV companion app gets a big social update

Those of us who watch hours of the Food Network know that Umami is one of the five basic flavors. iPad users might be more familiar with the word from the Umami TV companion iPad app (free), which today received an update that adds social aspects for…

Serial Killer: Arthur Gary Bishop

Victims Alonzo Daniels, 4 Kim Peterson, 11 Danny Davis, 4 Troy Ward, 6 Graeme Cunningham, 13 Wikipedia: Arthur Gary Bishop Arthur Gary Bishiop Murderpedia: Arthur Gary Bishop Serial Killer Central ‘Quiet, friendly’ Arthur Bishop knew 3 of 5 young victims Disturbing portrait emerges of ‘quiet’ Arthur Bishop Motions heard in Bishop case Man is charged [...]

Will Apple dump the iPhone’s aging 30-pin connector?

The 30-pin dock connector featured on every iPhone and iPad ever sold by Apple, as well as a huge number of iPods, may be headed for history’s dustbin. Apple is reportedly considering a move to a smaller connector on the next iPhone.

Shop til you drop (calls): How iPhone users shop in stores

Nielsen released a study that found just about a third of smartphone users turn to their device for shopping-related activities. But the study highlights that while not everyone is using their phone in this way, many more would like to.

Report: Apple’s iOS accounts for 35% of mobile ad impressions

Apple’s share of the overall mobile market seems to be heading dramatically upward, at least according to inMobi. The company measures how ads they serve (almost 100 million ads deployed each month) are filtered onto mobile devices. The figures are s…

Meaningful Partners: Microsoft Office for iPad & Apple’s iPad 3

If the speculation is true that Microsoft is prepping Office for the iPad, it’s worth asking where it will save documents. Would Office for iPad save docs to Apple’s iCloud? Or would it use some Microsoft technology like SkyDrive, Office365 or Sharepoint servers?

Daily Update for February 24, 2012

It’s the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You’ll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what’s happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today’s Apple s…

Games for the weekend: Beat Hazard Ultra

Beat Hazard Ultra is an asteroid-style, shoot-from-the-middle, space arcade game for iOS that can satisfy the most extreme, old-school Galaga addictions. What makes Beat Hazard Ultra stand out is the fact that game play is set to your own music library.

How to enable iCal’s debug menu

ZDNet (via Macgasm) has posted a couple of neat iCal tweaks that should make your life a bit easier: Enabling the debug menu and showing two weeks worth of appointments at once. The trick involves a couple of Terminal commands. To enter debug mode, us…