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Evernote is taking handwriting seriously – Acquires Penultimate. (via @jkhowland)

by Joshua H. on May 8, 2012 in Apps, News, Social Media

I have always been disappointed in the lack of ink notes in the Evernote iPad app. In fact, it’s the reason I left Evernote for Penultimate and Simplenote. I recently suggested that Evernote should acquire an ink app. Evernote Acquires Penultimate Cocoa Box is the development house behind Penultimate. The app is beautifully simple, and [...]

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Origins of Flashback – Apple screwed up. (via @jkhowland)

by Joshua H. on April 24, 2012 in News, Product Reviews

Apple fans might try to convince you that the ‘Flashback’ virus was no big deal, but this really was bad. One percent of Macs were infected. By comparison, the single largest breakout of a computer virus for Windows hit 0.7%. Apple shouldn’t get off easy on this one. The patch was released long ago, and [...]

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Microsoft Bans Macs and iPads from Campus

by Caleb Hicks on April 3, 2012 in Gadgets

Microsoft is moving towards banning the purchase of Macs and iPads within it’s Sales, Marketing, IT, and Operations groups. Based on an alleged e-mail to nearly 46,000 employees worldwide, employees will no longer be able to use corporate funds to purchase products made by Apple. Here is the e-mail text courtesy of ZDNet: From: Alain [...]

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Best Mac app for Google Voice: GrowlVoice

by Morgan W. on March 30, 2012 in Apps, Product Reviews

GrowlVoice is a wonderful app that brings Google Voice to your Mac for $4.99. If you have a mobile device, you can just use Google’s Google Voice app. But if you’re on a desktop you’ll want to check out GrowlVoice for Mac. Great for texting Now you can send texts with a real keyboard instead [...]

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The new iPad is unbeatable – Retina display, silky smooth response, and 10 hrs battery

by Joshua H. on March 12, 2012 in Gadgets, New Technology, Product Reviews

If you’re an iPad competitor, what are you going to attack? * Media store? Nope. Samsung, Motorola, and Asus don’t have anything like iTunes. * Software? Nope. These are hardware companies. They rely on other guys to make the software. Who’s making iWork (Pages, Keynote, and Numbers) or iLife (Garageband, iMovie, and iPhoto) for Android [...]

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My Mac Blogging Tools: TextWrangler, Markdown and Safari

by Joshua H. on March 6, 2012 in Apps, Product Reviews, Wishful Thinking

Why I’m writing this: I was recently at a blogging meeting and discussed the tools that I use. Everyone seemed to think it sounded complicated. In truth, it is simple, elegant, and makes it very easy to search my blog posts for errors before posting. 3 Steps to Better Blog Content 1 – My first [...]

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Follow The Bubbles: Will there be a home button on the iPad 3? This analysis says yes

by Joshua H. on March 1, 2012 in Gadgets, New Technology, Social Media, Wishful Thinking

We had some feedback, and I thought it best to respond to you all instead of just to the individual. In the post I included this quick image that I took with my iPhone to make the point that the iPad in the invitation is in portrait: My conclusion was doubted, and I received this [...]

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Get a Real Keyboard: The Das Keyboard Model S

by Caleb Hicks on February 28, 2012 in Gadgets, Product Reviews

Keyboards have gotten quite girly in recent years. They’ve gone from strong, durable, utilitarian hunks of metal and plastic to slim, cutesy, chicklet-keyed pedacitos of metal and plastic. Yeah, sure, they look a lot better on your desk and they won’t wake up your sleeping children when you whip out your latest Facebook Status. But [...]

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The hidden features of Mac OS X Preview

by Brett B. on February 24, 2012 in Apps

For years I have owned my Mac and thought that because of its name, Preview was only able to open up PDF files and view pictures. After a bit of playing around I learned it can do much much more. For starters, Preview is able to open most pictures formats and all PDFs. You can [...]

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Tim Cook thinks Apple’s new products will “Blow your mind.” Which ones?

by Joshua H. on February 24, 2012 in Gadgets, New Technology, News, Rumors

I’m a sucker for news headlines like this: Apple Readying ‘Products That Will Blow Your Mind Why? Because it’s something that I want to be true. Tim Cook was recently addressing shareholders for the first time since he officially took his position as CEO. Cook speaking to the investors wasn’t new, and his position wasn’t [...]

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