I’m going on vacation next week (David Morgenstern will be holding down the fort here at TAC) and I was hoping to leave my MacBook Air at home. I wanted to bring only my iPad 3 for photo syncin...
I’ve been wanting a Wi-Fi thermostat for my house for a while now and was trying to decide between the Nest Learning Thermostat ($249) and the Ecobee Smart Si thermostat ($215).Although the Nes...
If you missed my talk at ACAMUG on May 11, 2012, don’t fret. Here’s a gallery of my top iPad apps of the moment — Spring 2012 edition — from my presentation.They&rsq...
Tim Cook is on stage at D: All Things Digital for an interview with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg.Cook’s appearance kicks off the annual conference, which runs through Thursday in Rancho Palos...
Apple’s MacBook Air and PC ultrabooks use new solid state drive (SSD) modules. But don’t count on any cross-platform or cross-manufacturer compatibility.While working on a recent AnandTec...
Adobe has long been known for its terrible installation process, both for its productivity applications such as Flash and for its professional creative products. However, with its Creative Cloud serv...
The issue of FORTUNE magazine features an in-depth report on Apple CEO Tim Cook that delves into his leadership style, how it differs from Steve Jobs, his thoughts on Facebook, Apple’s product ...
Did you miss out on VLC Player for iOS?The popular video player port was on the App Store for three months before being removed in January 2011 because Apple’s FairPlay wrapper violated VideoLA...
TiVo fans rejoice! Streaming from the original DVR is finally coming to iOS devices like the iPad and iPhone this summer.During the 2012 NCTA Cable Show which opened today in Boston TiVo announced tw...
A recent MacTech article, a startup guide for the VMware vSphere Hypervisor, makes interesting reading. The author says that the hardware compatibility for providing virtual machines can be a more fl...
One of Apple’s “big brother” features introduced in Mac OS X Lion 10.7 (now called plain ol’ OS X Lion) is the hiding of the user’s Library folder. While this may be a f...
The iRig MIX ($99) is the portable DJ mixer that I’ve been waiting for. Ever since it was announced I couldn’t wait to get my hands on MIX because it’s designed specifically for iOS...
PowerPage Podcast episode 158 (”Here come the wearables”) is now available for your listening pleasure:iTunes PreviewiTunes (opens in iTunes)Direct download (AAC, 28.1 MB)Direct download ...
ZDNET’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes reported on Hardware 2.0 that there’s been a rash of iTunes account hacks recently. Nefarious hackers have compromised iTunes accounts containing credi...
Some things have started to change since the passing of Steve Jobs (witness the Apple dividend) but others not only remain the same, they rage on and even accelerate. Like the holy war between Apple ...
It looks like the venerable MacBook Pro may be going on a diet.It’s no secret that the MacBook Air has been a smashing success for Apple, the razor thin notebooks are projected to contribu...
Last week Apple pushed out a combined OS X Lion and security update. It’s still being pushed out through the Software Update service. While most third-party applications appear to be playing we...
According to a first-look review at AnandTech of the first Thunderbolt-enabled PC desktop motherboard heading to market, there are some driver issues that need to be sorted out as well as featu...
Just a quick heads-up that I’m presenting my favorite iPad apps REDUX tonight, Friday, May 11, live in the meatspace at the Atlantic City Area Mac Users Group (@ACAMUG)...
If you’re like me, you probably wish that iOS had widgets. (Widgets have been on my iOS wishlist for a long time)There are a couple of things that would be convenient to do with one touch, like...
Apple today release Mac OS X 10.7.4 — the fourth maintenance release for Lion. Most critically, the update patches a critical password security hole that was detailed earlier in the week.Availa...
Much has been written about the iOS-ification of Mac OS, but what about the iOS-ification of the Web?It began with features from iOS slowly migrating into OS X on the desktop — like LaunchPad, ...
Apple today released iOS 5.1.1 (build 9B206, 54.4 MB) for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. According to the release notes iOS 5.1.1 addresses the following:Improves reliability of using HDR opt...
About a year ago, Apple told its MobileMe customers that the company would discontinue the service and transition customers to a new service called iCloud. The deadline for most customers is June 30....
There’s a major security bug in the currently shipping version of OS X Lion (10.7.3). ZDNET’s own Emil Protalinski and Ed Bott exposed it after it was first reported by security researche...
I’ve been pretty vocal in my criticism of the Spotify iOS app, chiefly about its lack of a universal version that worked on the iPad. Well all that is water under the bridge, my friend.Today Sp...
Now that WWDC 2012 has been announced (and subsequently sold out in two hours) it’s time to turn our attention to what Apple will be briefing its developers on at its annual developer confab in...
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