Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Features, Internet Tools, iPhone, App Store We're at a new juncture in the course of iPhone development, I believe. Twitter has basically monopolized the "text exporting" function of your iPhone -- if you want to broadcast text from a mobile device, most of...

Filed under: Online, Meta (about Joystiq), MMO It's PTR time in the World of Warcraft, which means we're all checking out the next content patch before any of the changes go live (or are actually finalized). So now's the time for crazy stuff, whether it be testing out brand new bosses, seeing Warrio...

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Internet, Apple, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch Jonathan Zdziarski, who has appeared on this pages before for other iPhone-related hijinx, has written an open letter to Apple about the AMBER Alert iPhone app he's written. Apparently he's work...

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Apple, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch Here's an interesting idea for the App Store. Gizmodo posts that the new Blackberry "App World" has set a minimum price on its apps, asking no less than $2.99 for whatever you buy in there. At first glance, that's pretty...

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Hardware, Humor, Peripherals, Apple, Mac mini, MacBook, Mac Pro As Macworld notes, this is it for the ol' Firewire 400. With the introduction of the new Mac mini the other day and the refresh of the Mac Pro and iMac lines, the old version of Firewire is left only on ...

Filed under: Gaming, Developer, iPhone, App Store, iPod touch Toy Bot Diaries is a fun little series of platforming games with a physics twist -- you probably saw it on those early iPod touch gaming commercials. It features a little robot jumping around levels with a grappling hook and some magnetic...

Filed under: Online, Meta (about Joystiq), MMO Lots of new information on Joystiq's WoW-obsessed site WoW Insider this week. There's a new PTR, a new patch on the way, and lots of new tidbits and insights about what's going to be new in Azeroth in a little while. Having trouble staying on top of all...

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Odds and ends, Developer Friends! Gmail users! Countrymen! Lend me your ears! For too long our Google contacts have slaved away under their Gmail masters, confined to the tyranny of the browser, and chained to their own accounts. For too long, we have stood...

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Gaming, OS, Software, Odds and ends, Freeware, Apple Our good friends at Joystiq recently spoke to id games' John Carmack (the man behind games like Quake and Doom, and fervent supporter of Mac gaming), and heard that id's new product, Quake Live, is headed to our OS...

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Humor, Apple, The Woz ABC has released a promo picture of Woz and his dancing partner in the upcoming series of Dancing with the Stars, and it is amazing. Woz is looking good. I thought about photoshopping a pimp hat and a cane into his hands, but frankly, he doesn't...