Archives for February 2013

Thursday, February 28, 2013

Google: Your Smartphone Is ‘Emasculating’

Smartphone users are wimps. That according to Google co-founder Sergey Brin as he anointed Google's high-tech Glass as the next insanely great thing. From Chris Gayomali in The Week:Is this the way you're meant to interact with people? Is the future of connection just people walking around hunched... Read More »

How The Pain Of Creating Secure Passwords Is Solved By A Free Password Generator App For The Mac

You're reading this so you're using the internet, and using the internet means login IDs and passwords. Passwords are one of the annoyances of modern life on the information superhighway. Make a password too easy to guess and your private information could be at risk. Make a password too difficult to... Read More »

Waze: The Silver Lining To Apple’s Maps

If necessity is the mother of invention, then it's likely that Apple had a necessity to create their own Maps, displacing Google Maps from iOS. The only problem, of course, is that Apple's Maps data has a few problems (so does Google Maps, but, obviously, fewer).Apple's Maps in iOS 6 caused millions... Read More »

What Every Mac User Wants And Needs: More Holidays! Add These Holidays To Calendar Or iCal

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

How many holidays are there in the world? Most of us would say, 'Not enough!' I share the sentiment even though I don't celebrate many holidays, but having time off from work is a reward by itself. How can a Mac user find more holidays to celebrate?The Holidays app.Simply drop Holidays country... Read More »

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Apple vs. The Enterprise

According to conventional wisdom, Apple is a consumer electronics maker, while Microsoft owns the enterprise by supplying businesses with Windows, Office, server and developer applications. But when it comes to smart phones and tablets, Apple owns the enterprise. Good's latest Device Activation Report.This... Read More »

Bored With The Mac’s Dock? Got The Finder Blues? Here’s A Cool New Way To Launch Apps And Files

Color me a little old school but I still launch apps and find files on my Mac the old fashioned way. I use a launcher (specifically, DragThing).Yes, it's point and click, but I'm not into remembering keyboard shortcuts to do my bidding so I rely on an app that launches and navigates, and I've been... Read More »

Monday, February 25, 2013

The Joy of Google Glasses

With every futuristic product comes an eventual dose of reality. From The Joy of Tech:... Read More »

Why You’ll Like Using A New Mac Database App That’s Simple, Fast, Powerful, And Affordable

Friday, February 22, 2013

Way back in the day Mac databases were all the rage and there were plenty available. Today, most database on complex relational monstrosities with capabilities far beyond the domain of mere mortal Mac folk. MySQL is free but you're required to build your own app. FileMaker runs on Mac, iPhone, and iPad,... Read More »

Thursday, February 21, 2013

The 261-mpg Beetle

My first car was a Volkswagen Beetle. It averaged well over 20 miles per gallon. This new VW Beetle is rated at 261-mpg (on diesel). Does this look like a Beetle?From Justin Hyde in Motoramic:Power comes from a two-cylinder, 0.8-liter diesel — essentially half of VW's standard 1.6-liter... Read More »

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Give your Mac's Finder new super powers, manage files and folders faster, control it all with Path Finder. Get full keyboard navigation in a Finder-like app with dual pane view, folder sync, and a long list of tools.

2 Reasons You Need This Utility That Probably Is Not On Your Mac Right Now

Anyone who slaves over a Mac or Windows PC keyboard all day knows the problem. Pain. It starts with a little stiffness in the fingers or wrist. Then stiff becomes tender, and tender becomes painful, and painful begets anti-inflammatory medicine, which becomes a visit to a doctor to work on another case... Read More »

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Is China Helpless Against American Hackers?

From sensationalist digital rag Business Insider comes the headline 'America Is Basically Helpless Against The Chinese Hackers.'Chinese army hackers have systematically stolen secrets from U.S. corporations for at least seven years, according to an extensive report from Cybersecurity firm Mandiant.So,... Read More »

Bigger, Stronger, Better

And probably ugly. Baseball season is on the way and about time (big drought between the Super Bowl and baseball season). New this year is baseball's bigger, stronger, better helmets. From Ken Belson of The New York Times:Introduced last year, it is fractions of an inch larger and an ounce or so... Read More »

How Do You Manage Audio Recordings? Here’s A Better Way. The Audio Studio Manager For The Mac

For any Mac user who records audio-- music sessions, studio sessions, voice overs-- there's one problem that Apple doesn't address in Garageband, Logic, or Final Cut Pro X. Studio Management. For all the details required to keep recording projects going-- status, clients, estimates, costs, rates, equipment,... Read More »

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Make It Up On Volume

Apple took a huge risk by opening their own retail stores (over 400). Microsoft is doing it, too (over 30), and now comes word that Google wants their own retail stores.Matt Egan in Fox Business:The new stores would sell Google-branded hardware, perhaps including Android-powered smartphones,... Read More »

Here’s A Cheap Mac App You Didn’t Know You Need, But Once You Get It, You’ll Need It

More than a few of my Mac-using friends have observed that I seem to be a magnet for one-trick-pony apps. There might be some truth to that, as my Mac is home to a few hundred utilities probably not found on any of my friend's Macs.Here's a simple 99-cent app you probably never heard of, probably... Read More »

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Archives for February 2013

Google: Your Smartphone Is ‘Emasculating’

How The Pain Of Creating Secure Passwords Is Solved By A Free Password Generator App For The Mac

Waze: The Silver Lining To Apple’s Maps

What Every Mac User Wants And Needs: More Holidays! Add These Holidays To Calendar Or iCal

Apple vs. The Enterprise

Bored With The Mac’s Dock? Got The Finder Blues? Here’s A Cool New Way To Launch Apps And Files

The Joy of Google Glasses

Why You’ll Like Using A New Mac Database App That’s Simple, Fast, Powerful, And Affordable

The 261-mpg Beetle

If Superman Used A Mac

2 Reasons You Need This Utility That Probably Is Not On Your Mac Right Now

Is China Helpless Against American Hackers?

Bigger, Stronger, Better

How Do You Manage Audio Recordings? Here’s A Better Way. The Audio Studio Manager For The Mac

Make It Up On Volume

Here’s A Cheap Mac App You Didn’t Know You Need, But Once You Get It, You’ll Need It

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