Article Archive for August 2009
Apple MacBooks Are The Older Genrerations Lifeline
A comical look at different generations addressing technological changes and the battle between which is better the PC or the Apple MacBook. For anyone in a quandary concerning the life long question “Should I buy a PC or a MAC”, A.Rieck in his website http://macintosh-laptops.net has given an amusing insight into the pros of owning a MacBook and opportunities to change from using a complicated Windows Based PC to an Apple Macintosh Computer instead. It’s easy to relate to the ... Read More
Parallels Switch to Mac Edition
Parallels has launched a new version of its Parallels Desktop software that comes with a USB transfer cable and tutorials for Windows-to-Mac transition. The Parallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition, which will be available in Apple retail stores, enables PC users to transfer the entire contents of their PC into a virtual machine running inside a Mac via Parallels Desktop 4.0. he package includes a USB cable and Enhanced Parallels Transporter software to provide step-by-step instructions ... Read More
My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition – New from No Starch Press: A Simple, Project-Based, Get-it-Done Guide to Using a Mac
Come this September, new Macs will ship with the Snow Leopard operating system. Apple says this version of OS X is “faster, more reliable, and easier to use” and it probably will be for many. But how about those who find computers (even Macs) just a little bit confusing? Or users making the move from Windows to Snow Leopard? For anyone entering the brave new world of the Macintosh operating system, geek book publisher No Starch Press offers My New Mac, Snow Leopard Edition ... Read More
iSayHello – Travel Dictionary for iPhone and iPod Touch
iSayHello.mobi was designed to be a compact travel phrasebook for holidays abroad. Across 10 lessons, all the important topics–from arrival at the airport, customs, hotels and transport, to money and dining out–have corresponding phrases, all of which can be played back if required. There’s even a lesson entitled “Flirt.” The clearly understandable learning scenarios allow you not only to communicate spontaneously at your holiday destination, but above all provide quick ... Read More
iPhone App That Saves Money on Prescription Medicines
NeedyMeds, the premier source of information on programs that help people who can’t afford their medicine and health care costs, has released an iPhone version of its drug discount card. Simply by showing the pharmacist an image on their iPhones, people can save up to 75% off the price of their prescriptions. The app includes instructions for the patient and pharmacist. The savings are immediate and apply when you fill your prescription. The NeedyMeds Drug Discount Card has helped ... Read More
App Relieves Seasonal Depression, Fatigue and Drowsy Driving
A new iPhone application uses focused blue light to fight seasonal depression and fatigue by fooling the body’s internal clock. The BluWave iPhone app uses Light Emitting Diode (LED) technology to deliver blue light adjustable in specific Nanometers (nm). Blue light therapy has been clinically proven to combat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), depression, fatigue and general body clock issues. While blue spectrum technology is presently used in modern light therapy devices, ... Read More
New Mobile Art Gallery Apps For The iPhone
Featuring the artwork of some of the world’s premier contemporary artists such as Dave Burke, Brian Despain, Charlene Chua, Milen and Gianluca Mattia, these apps open the artists’ work to new audiences through a unique app design. “As fans of many contemporary artists, we wanted to open their artwork to a wider audience than previously available, and to do so in a way that put the art and the artwork first”, say Phil Scales, Founder & CEO of Banzai Labs. ... Read More
Ipadio’s iPhone App Makes Mobile Broadcasting and Audio Blogging a Breeze
Ipadio’s new iPhone app, in the App Store now, gives users the choice between recording high quality audio for publication later or streaming their calls live to the web – on www.ipadio.com or straight to their own web site. For the first time, iPhone users can choose to live stream audio to their own web site or pre-record up to 60 minutes of audio and upload it later. Callers also have the option to use SpinVox voice to text conversion to produce title, tags and a transcript, plus ... Read More
Snow Leopard Early release Rumored
Net rumors say that Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 Apple’s next version of it’s OS may be released early. A Box Set was said to be seen on the Apple store briefly on Wednesday before being removed. The Mac Box Set bundles Mac OS X with iLife ’09 and iWork ’09. A Leopard version was launched in late January at a price of $169, and a similar version will be available for Snow Leopard at the same price point. Apple has noted that the box set will be required for users ... Read More
Wikipedia Launch iPhone App
Wikipedia Mobile, is published by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, and can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store. It aims to give iPhone and iPod touch users quick and easy access to all sorts of information, ranging from historical events to the life and career of US President Barack Obama. The Wikimedia Foundation said the application was easier to use than having to browse the web on their phone to find a specific fact, and also had the advantage of saving the user’s ... Read More
LUXOR Blasts onto the App Store
MumboJumbo, a developer and publisher of critically acclaimed casual games, and Plus+, a publisher of iPhone and iPod touch games, are proud to announce LUXOR is now available on the App Store. In LUXOR, players will face off against the god’s evil minions threatening to ruin the mystical lands of Ancient Egypt. Players must clear chains by color-matching three or more spheres. Intuitive controls utilizing the innovative Multi-Touch user interface and accelerometer of the devices allow ... Read More
Regator New iPhone App Puts The Blogosphere In a Pocket
Like its sister website (Regator.com), Regator for iPhone features a carefully curated collection of thousands of the web’s best blogs as well as a searchable archive of more than three million high-quality posts. It is now available in Apple’s App Store and is the only iPhone app to provide this level of access to top blogs. With the unique new app, users can: Browse posts from over 500 topics as diverse as beekeeping, geology, indie music, pop culture, job hunting, or ... Read More
Aha Mobile Launches Aha Application for iPhone
Aha MobileSM, Inc., the company that keeps drivers informed about the world around them by safely connecting them to each other and to relevant information from the Web, has launched its first consumer experience – the Aha application for iPhone users. The company, which soft launched its application two weeks ago in Los Angeles, San Diego and the San Francisco Bay Area, has expanded road and traffic coverage in the following major metropolitan areas: Dallas and San Antonio, ... Read More
Import m2ts files into Final Cut Express
Welcome to the free Final Cut Express Guide on how to import M2TS into FCE Introduction: Still have problem with your AVCHD Camcorders? Are you looking for a solution, a program or software that is ideal for your AVCHD camcorder to help you convert M2TS files into a much easier edit format and that could create high definition videos? If you paid for a copy of Final Cut Express (latest version) and are now using it to edit footage captured off of your AVCHD camcorder, chances are FCE ... Read More
WD® EXTENDS ITS LINE OF MAC® COMPATIBLE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES
Macworld Expo Booth No. 211 – Broadening its storage solutions for Mac®, WD (NYSE: WDC), the world leader in external storage solutions, today introduced two new external hard drives — the My Passport™ for Mac portable drive and the My Book® Mac Edition external hard drive. Pre-formatted for Mac and offering a simple USB interface, these drives offer the ever-growing Mac community reliable, easy-to-use storage. WD’s latest Mac-ready drives work seamlessly with ... Read More
New iPhone Story Apps from iOrbi Help Parents
iOrbi, LLC, a Chicago-based technology company, has released three new children’s apps for the iPhone that use the smartphone’s record feature to give kids and parents the option to override the default narration and tell the story in their own voice. The story apps developed specifically for kids titled Buddy the Bus #2: A Scary Night, Sophia Wants To Be … A Painter and Warty the Witch and the Vanishing Voice follow the design of iOrbi’s Buddy the Bus #1:There’s Always ... Read More
