Category Archives: Software

Run Windows on Your iPad

With Apples Pages and Numbers and Keynote supporting iCloud, iPad users could feel that there is no longer any need to use any Microsoft Office products. But, you may occasionally wonder “wouldn’t it be nice if I could open this … Continue reading

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Apple Cofounder Wozniak Likes Android

Although Woz still prefers an iPhone for most of his smartphone use, he also likes Android, and even says that Android is ahead of iOS in some areas. I keep postponing getting a new phone. For one thing, even if … Continue reading

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Harsh Words for Android and Google

I pay close attention to what Danny Sullivan and Paris Lemon have to say. So when both recently spoke very critically of Android, I put off any intention I had of getting an Android phone. Danny’s article mocks the supposed … Continue reading

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Instapaper: My Favorite App

Because I have so many interests, I read a lot. A huge chunk of this reading is of web pages that have been formatted by Instapaper. Basically, whenever I come across an article that I want to read later, I click on … Continue reading

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From Yojimbo to Evernote to Yojimbo to … (Mac)

In my recent reading of some of Michael Hyatt’s articles on Evernote, it occurred to me that maybe I should give Evernote another try. I signed up for premium access to it when it first came out, but then got … Continue reading

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Chrome Preventing Macs from Entering Sleep Cycle

Google’s Chrome has become my favorite browser for my iMac. It does have one problem, though, at least on my Mac (an almost 5-year old iMac, 20-inch display, 2 GB RAM, 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, running Snow Leopard … Continue reading

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Book Review: O’Reilly’s “Best iPad Apps” by Peter Meyers

I’ve been wondering if there are some cool iPad apps I’ve missed out on. So, when the opportunity opened for me to review O’Reilly’s Best iPad Apps, I jumped on it. I knew I’d landed a good book when its … Continue reading

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Yojimbo: An Organizer for Mac Folks

When I got my iMac around Christmas 2006, I began searching for the most popular Mac software. Within a couple of weeks, I purchased Yojimbo 1.3 (Jan 2, 2007), because the reviews indicated that it was one of the Mac … Continue reading

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The Technology the Pro’s Use

If you’d like to know what technology leading entrepreneurs, developers, writers, and researchers use, a site called The Setup (or usesthis) is a must read for you. I have already spent a couple of hours looking through the software and … Continue reading

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Using Your iPad and iPod Touch as a Phone

You are probably already aware that the 4th Generation iPod Touch will let you do video calls via FaceTime, using a WiFi connection. As Apple says Video calling is in full effect on iPod touch. Now your friends can see … Continue reading

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