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Run Windows on Your iPad

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Bruce Keener

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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The Audacity of Apple and Google

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Bruce Keener

I love several of Apple’s and Google’s products. For example, Apple’s new iTunes U app is a great way to learn from the best universities, and Google’s Gmail has become a necessity for me. (I think its new interface sucks, … Continue reading →

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How Much of Your Data do You Really Want in The Cloud?

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Bruce Keener

With WikiLeaks and The Gawker Incident so fresh in our minds, many of us are wondering just how secure supposedly secure data really is. (If you are not up-to-speed on what happened with Gawker, see my previous post and its … Continue reading →

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

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Bruce Keener

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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Fixing a Slow-Responding Finder in OSX

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Bruce Keener

A couple of months ago, the Finder on my iMac began responding very slowly whenever I would select a file and choose “Open With.” Whereas it used to respond almost instantly with a list of apps for opening the file, … Continue reading →

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Learn from Steve Jobs via John Sculley

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Whether you like Steve Jobs or not, you do yourself a disservice if you are not open to learning from him. He took a company that was on the verge of going under, Apple, and catapulted it to overtake Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Using Your iPad and iPod Touch as a Phone

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Bruce Keener

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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A Multitasking iPad and Some Cool Apps

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Bruce Keener

As a member of the Apple Developer Program I have access to a beta version of the 4.2 operating system for iPad. I installed the beta last night and thought I’d give a quick summary of my impressions. I also … Continue reading →

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Is Google More Controlling Than Apple?

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Bruce Keener

After reading Paul Carr’s TechCrunch piece this morning, I decided to kill off some of my social media connections. The first two that came to mind were Google Buzz and FriendFeed (also owned by Google), because they generally just repeat … Continue reading →

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If You Have an iPad, Does a Kindle Make Sense?

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Bruce Keener

A month ago, I would have answered this question with a solid NO, because I found the reading experience on the iPad to be adequate for my needs. But, now that Amazon has reduced the price of its Kindle to … Continue reading →

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