Last week's popular and featured articles on TUAW you don't want to miss

Last week was a busy one with your favorite TUAW writers posting some excellent How-To guides, commentary and other useful articles. Here's a quick roundup of our recent feature worthy posts you may have missed:

• Tips to help you optimize your Wi-Fi network

• Samsung's smartphone woes mean little to Apple, and that's by design

• Crowdfunding Roundup: MiKey, SandPiper, Vaavud, and more

• Using the iPhone or iPod touch to introduce photography to children

• Rumor Roundup: The knife-proof iPhone 6

• Games are dominating the App Store economy even more than you thought

• Mac 101: Use zoom to magnify an item on your Mac

• Most World Cup teams used Mac-only software from Sportstec to improve game performance

• How much does Metal matter to iOS developers? A ton, apparently

• Rumor Roundup: 'Rather naive'

TUAW will be back next week with another round of handy features, so be sure to drop by to see what's new and what's useful.