The newly released iPhone news aggregating app from Zensify not only delivers headlines but analyzes them to highlight the ones that are likely are most importance to users.

Apple has filed for a new patent that would help keep your place in a movie even while switching among multiple devices.

Filed under: Features , Education , Other Events , Freeware , Internet , Apple , iPhone , App Store , iPod touch TUAW is participating in this year’s Blog Action Day on 10/15, an annual event in which bloggers around the world aim to spark discussion and awareness of serious and important issues. This year’s topic is climate change, and fortunately, just like last year , we in the Apple community are in a pretty good place — the company makes it a point to stay as green as possible , they have Al Gore on their board , and they make it safe and easy to dispose of their products in an environmentally friendly way. But there’s always more we can do, from person to person — making the earth a better place to live is going to take all of us working together.

Bad news for those of you who were still expecting AT&T to keep their word on allowing tethering over the iPhone before the end of this year. In our previous post on the topic, we had written that tethering might not be coming anytime soon but was positively expected to…

Filed under: Software , Productivity I wrote about Curio last year , and the past few months have brought quite a few additions to this creative brainstorming and productivity powerhouse. We already saw Evernote integration , and between the last two releases (6.0 and 6.1) Curio has added support for tables, “figure stencils,” better copy-as-text, and a lot more.

Filed under: Software , Cool tools , Odds and ends , Road Tested We’ve mentioned Dropzone before as a Friday Favorite , but I just happened across the app while I was trying to solve a problem. I suspect many TUAW readers find themselves in the same situation that I am in: I use a desktop and a laptop

This game lets you flex your command of English as you and an opponent build words, letter-by-letter, until you can’t build anymore. And who knows — the game just might have some educational value too

Filed under: iPhone , First Look , App Review Zensify announced its latest app, ZenNews [ iTunes link ], this morning. It’s basically an intelligent news aggregator, using algorithms to find “what’s hot” from a variety of sources including the New York Times, the Washington Post, Al Jazeera, the Guardian and more

Our regular readers will be well aware of our stand against iPhone app piracy and we have constantly advocated against iPhone users making use of pirated versions of iPhone apps. But how much piracy actually exists on the Apple App Store? A recent report from iPhone app analytics firm, Pinch..

Long after it original release, Harman Kardon’s SoundSticks II remains a standout speaker system. While missing many features found on other computer speakers, the SoundSticks II offers very good sound and an eye-catching design for a reasonable price.