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Traditional Windows PC notebooks are being clobbered in the market place today, and sales are dropping. Why? What’s going on? Some say we’ve entered the post-PC era where computer users prefer smartphone and tablet. If so, why is it that … Continue »
Every time Apple launches a new version of OS X a few very good Mac apps bite the dust. How so? Because Apple incorporates similar functionality into OS X negating the need and expensive of using a third party app … Continue »
Our company seems equally balanced between engineers and product marketing people. Usually, that’s not a good thing. However, many of the product marketing managers here are former engineers so I’m not scared by the balance. It’s the engineers who helped … Continue »
Touchscreen computers have been around for ages, but thanks to the iPhone and iPad, touch screens have become the norm. Even Windows notebooks have touch screens. Apple is falling behind and failing to innovate the Mac, right? Apple is playing … Continue »
If you’re at all like me then you probably have a couple of folders full of photograph apps on your iPhone. Here’s another one that’s free, highly rated, and almost-but-not-quite guaranteed to let you capture and share your life’s big … Continue »
Something interesting happened to our home and office computing habits when the iPhone and iPad came along. We just don’t use the printer the way we did a decade ago. Printing isn’t obsolete, but I don’t print files or photos … Continue »
Capturing a Mac’s screen as a video couldn’t be much easier or less expensive. Apple puts the screen capture-to-video functionality in QuickTime Player. Open it up, select New Screen Recording, and you’re good to go. Need more features? Ah, that’s … Continue »
Here in paradise we have three Apple stores within a few miles of each other. As is the case worldwide, each store opened to long lines of eager customers. Long lines are still the case when Apple launches a new … Continue »
Do you worry about losing your iPhone or having someone stick a gun in your face and demand that you hand it over? Sure. It’s a growing crime wave and you’d be surprised to know who is more upset about … Continue »
There’s still time for Apple to address a serious problem with iOS 7 before it ships later this year. Otherwise, the company’s latest iPhone and iPad OS may go down in history as the OS for the feminine gender. Clearly, … Continue »
It wasn’t that long ago that retailer Best Buy was on the endangered retail store species list, struggling to trim costs, and eke out a profit. Today, some analysts think Best Buy may have turned the financial corner and the … Continue »
What’s the greatest deterrent to better productivity? It’s the mouse and trackpad. Both Mac devices are easy enough to use, even for beginners and switchers from Windows. Anything you can do with the mouse or trackpad is done easier, faster, … Continue »
Does anyone in this day and age not believe that they’re being tracked online (or, everywhere else)? It’s one thing to have the government capture and dig through your phone calls and emails, but online you’ve become the product and … Continue »
With every new product presentation or keynote show, there’s one thing Apple seldom fails to do. Polarize the tech pundit crowd. For those of us who pay close attention to Apple’s every word, sometimes something seemingly obvious falls through the … Continue »
Why does Microsoft intentionally lie about their products? Why not just built a better product and let the market decide? As it turns out, Microsoft has a problem with building products people want to buy, and a problem sticking to … Continue »
When it comes to graphic designers, tools matter. What if you’re a budding graphic designer and you’re on a budget that is so restrictive that buying or renting anything from Adobe just isn’t in the immediate future? You need these … Continue »
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. If so, why is it so difficult to drop captions onto photos before uploading to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, et al? As it turns out, all you need is 99-cents and the … Continue »
Selling Out: How Apple Loses To Samsung
Technology companies battle one another in the market place in a highly visible war of competing technologies and services. What is less obvious are the insidious battles that are public but less visible. Instead of reporting news and providing unbiased … Continue »