Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine and MacNews) interviews Todd Stellfox of FastSpring at WWDC 2011. Todd was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward.

TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote announcements and how Apple's new technologies will help them and their customers. We'll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.

WWDC Interview: FastSpring originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

A few weeks ago I got stuck for many hours at LaGuardia airport in New York (shocking, I realize, given how smooth air travel is these days). While at the Delta terminal I saw dozens of iPads installed next to small booths, designed for travelers to recharge and possibly play a game or order some food. We knew this was coming, but I was surprised to see them there nonetheless.

While the iPads were physically locked down, iOS was pretty much just stock, with the apps Delta wants you to use on one screen, and all the stock iOS apps (Mail, Safari, etc.) on the other screen. I didn't see anyone swipe to the second screen while I was at the terminal.

As you can see in the screenshot below, the apps Delta has added to the iPad are: Epicurious, Google Earth, SportsTap, Checkers Free HD, CNBC Real-Time for iPad, USA Today, Hangman Classic HD (the one I saw people playing the most, incidentally), Marketboard, Tic Tac Toe Free, The Weather Channel Max, WebMD, Delta's own app (of course), and what appear to be web shortcuts for a feedback form, about the food and beverage company which runs the services at the terminal and a pitch to have your apps on the iPads. Lastly, there's a simple menu app for Crust, which was at the Delta terminal.

Have any of you tried these out? Let us know your reactions in the comments.

The apps on Delta's iPads at LaGuardia airport in New York originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

You may have heard about Google+, the hot new sharing product from Google which went official today, and sounds cool (sounds cool, but remember how cool Wave and Buzz sounded? Let's just say we're reserving excitement so far). But one exciting thing about the new project is how cool and smooth it looks, and TechCrunch has noted the reason for that look, based on Steven Levy's reporting: it's designed in part by Andy Hertzfeld, one of the members of the original Macintosh team back in the 1980s.

Hertzfeld now works for Google, and supposedly he was let free to exercise his creative influence as he liked on the new Google+ system, creating something for the folks in Mountain View that looks like it might have come from the early days of the Cupertino company.

Hertzfeld even credits some of his influence at Google to Apple's own resurgence lately, saying that Apple's sky-high relevance in the tech and mobile industry may have "had a little bit to do" with his chance to help create Google+.

In other words, when you finally get one of those invites that are starting to float around, and finally log in to the system to see what it is and what it's like, take note of any Macintosh-related influences you might see. Odds are, they're Mr. Hertzfeld's work.

Google+ design credited to original Macintosh team member Andy Hertzfeld originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Here's a look at ProtoTap from SeriousApps. Designed to facilitate designing apps for clients, ProtoTap looks like a relatively painless way to get your clients clicking around in a prototype without having to mess with a million emails. ProtoTap isn't available yet, and is still in beta testing.

ProtoTap is full of time-saving features, like pulling graphics directly from Dropbox. When you're ready to go through the app's UI, ProtoTap allows you and a client to go through the app together, but remotely. Check it out in the video below.

Video App Demo: ProtoTap originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

This one is, of course, the sequel to the Don Bluth classic, Dragon's Lair, now presented on the small iOS screen in all of its (let's be honest, somewhat aged) glory. Dragon's Lair 2 is subtitled Time Warp, and sends Dirk the Daring off through time in the hopes of saving the fair Princess Daphne.

Just like the first title, originally made popular on Laserdisc, this one offers branching paths that make up a pretty compelling adventure game, and just like the first iteration of the series on iOS, moves are made by pressing various virtual buttons on the screen. If you played the first Dragon's Lair and didn't get into it (like a fine wine, it does require a little appreciation for the age it was created in), you probably won't find much here to keep your interest.

But if you look back on the Dragon's Lair series with fondness and have been waiting for the sequel to drop, well, here you go. Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp is now available on the App Store for US$2.99.

TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Dragon's Lair 2: Time Warp originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine and MacNews) interviews Ilene Jones of Kitty Code at WWDC 2011. Ilene was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward. Kitty Code makes Hurricane HD, among other iOS apps.

TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote announcements and how Apple's new technologies will help them and their customers. We'll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.

WWDC Interview: Kitty Code originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sat, 25 Jun 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

If you ever played the game "assassin" in school, where you go around pretending to kill human targets, you're familiar with Cloud Assass.in, a new game for iOS coming soon. We got a quick look at the game at WWDC, so check out the demo below. Right now, the game is still in private beta.

Video App Demo: Cloud Assass.in originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

This video for the song named "Undivided" by the band Blush is intriguing. First of all, because it's a pretty solid pop song (with, as far as I can tell, a rare safe-for-work appearance by Snoop Dogg himself). Second, because the simple but beautiful animation was entirely created by animator Shawn Harris on his iPad using the Brushes app.

It's very well done. You can tell that many of the parts are strictly done with fingerpainting, but he's also got some interesting photo editing effects, too. There's a "making of" video to watch as well that goes through some of the techniques used by Harris. Surprisingly, it was all done in the app -- he simply recorded each brushstroke as a frame of video, and used Brushes' own tools to output the final product. Good stuff!

[via Gizmodo]

Music video created with iPad Brushes app originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The Associated Press reports that Apple has yanked ThirdIntifada, a known anti-Israel app, from the App Store. This happened after Yuli Edelstein, Israel's information minister, and Jewish human rights group The Simon Wiesenthal Center complained to Apple.

The app, as seen in screenshots captured by Razorianfly, was used as an information hub for supporters. One of its uses was to organize anti-Israel protests.

Apple spokesman Tom Neumayer told AP, "... it violates the developer guidelines by being offensive to large groups of people."

Apple removed ThirdIntifada from App Store originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine and MacNews) interviews Chris McSorley of WebIS, makers of PocketInformant, at WWDC 2011. Chris was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on WWDC, and how it will affect their plans moving forward.

TUAW and MacTech Magazine teamed up to speak to developers at WWDC 2011 about the keynote announcements and how Apple's new technologies will help them and their customers. We'll bring you those videos here, MacTech.com and MacNews.com. Also, check out the free trial subscription offer for MacTech Magazine here.

WWDC Interview: WebIS originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Tue, 21 Jun 2011 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.