While you are waiting for the iPhone to be released this July, why not head out to an Apple Store and learn something? The stores in New York provide for plenty of opportunities to become familiar with a number of applications. Myself, I want to know as much as possible about Final Cut Pro becausemy [...]
About a year ago, I mentioned how eventually you could have GarageBand in your pocket thanks to the iPhone. Today, we’re one step closer with Beatmaker and Band, two new applications for the iPhone and the iPod Touch.
There were some critics of this idea since the total capabilities of the iPhone were not fully [...]
I recently attended a workshop about Final Cut Pro at the Apple Store SoHo. To my surprise, immediately following the workshop was a meeting of a a local Apple User Group called the Metropolitan New York Macintosh Alliance or “MetroMac” for short. I stuck around for the meeting since I had never been to [...]
Like many people, I use more than one computer over the course of the day. Keeping my documents folder synced between machines is a high priority. FolderShare is a free program which allows you to sync folders over the internet. While FolderShare was bought by Microsoft over two years ago, they [...]
Many of us traveled this weekend for the holiday, and some of us probably brought along our laptops. Unfortunately, the odds are that a few of us dropped our laptop bags, or worse yet, dropped our laptop directly on the ground. For those owning a MacBook or MacBook Pro, the result may not [...]
Tonight, my wife and I went over the Apple Store in SoHo to pick up Leopard. It was a dark and rainy night, but the line still extended around the block. The store had crowd control (they looked like bouncers to me) so everyone would line up orderly and around the block. [...]
With the announcement of Leopard’s release date, there were plenty of comments that the Leopard upgrade is nothing but a few bells and whistles added to Tiger. Some think that there is no reason to upgrade from Tiger to Leopard. After all, Tiger is a very refined version of OS X. Why [...]
What Roxio says Popcorn 3 does:
Copy DVDs (non-encrypted)
DVD-Video Compression
TiVoToGo (which only works with a TiVo Series 2)
Convert video for lots of devices: iPod, iPhone, PS3, PSP, XBox 360
Supports Turbo.264
Disc labels
Create DVD menus
Create compilation DVDs with 4 hours of video
Batch “Fit-to-DVD” “lets you que multiple DVD-Video folders for DVD-9 to DVD-5 conversion
I tested Popcorn 3 on [...]
Microsoft had their chance at defining a market. They pushed for the creation of the Ultramobile PCs (“UMPCs”). The Windows-based mini-tablets have not found their market. However, the Apple iPhone (and now the iPod touch) is actually the UMPC done right.
The Windows-based UMPCs tried to create a market. The first-generation [...]
I recently moved to New York City, so of course, I went over to the Fifth Avenue Apple Store. I wanted to see if my wife would still like her new LG Chocolate phone after playing with an iPhone. There were plenty of iPhones available to play with even though the store was [...]
With Sony announcing a DVR for the PS3, what are the odds Apple will make a similar move? Sony and Apple are very different companies. What drives Sony may not drive Apple.
These days, Sony seems lost. They missed out on the digital audio player market after being the dominant player in the portable audio market. The [...]
“Oh, it looks like an iPhone.” That was my wife’s opinion when she took a look at the brand new iMac. I thought the black bezel looked out of place on a Mac. I didn’t understand the thought behind the design. When my wife mentioned the iMac’s similarity to the iPhone, I thought she hit [...]
Steve Jobs is on the cover of USA Today with the text “Most influential business leaders” over his shoulder. USA Today ranked the “25 Most noteworthy in business” and Steve Jobs ranked third, only beaten by Bill Gates at first and Alan Greenspan in the number two spot. The list goes [...]
I have recently found myself traveling to new locations that I have never been to before. For these treks, I usually take my Garmin Nuvi 360 GPS which I hook up using my tape adapter. However, this knocks out my normal use of my iPod for music and podcasts on my trip. Perhaps [...]
I have read that Apple is shrinking its 85W Power Adapter for the MacBook Pro to a more manageable size. I remember first getting my MacBook Pro, an upgrade from a TiBook, and noting the size of the power brick. I thought it was laughable that Apple expected users to plug in this brick in [...]
I went into Apple’s Leopard Server site and noticed a feature that seems out of place — something that should belong in the non-server version of Leopard. Apple calls it “Podcast Producer.” So far, I have not seen the program in action. Apple’s site presents an image that shows a very simple “Podcast [...]
Let’s say you’re a budding musician or a podcaster who would like to have some music for your show but you don’t want to run into any potential copyright issues. I had this situation pop up when I had to get some music for my new vidcast, Complicate Life. Using someone else’s work [...]
Steve Jobs has claimed that the iPhone runs a true version of Mac OS X. Third party applications may be limited to web applications on Safari, but Apple can decide to put any program that works on OS X onto the iPhone. What Apple application would be a good candidate for a device [...]
After seeing some screenshots of YouTube officially supported by the Apple TV, I think Apple may be readying the iTunes Store for the Apple TV. According to Apple’s press release, you will also be able to search for specific videos and you can even log-in to your YouTube accounts. Apple has put together a method [...]
Continuing with my “Why Software Companies Support OS X” series, I had a chance to ask some questions to Brian Jacquet, a spokesperson for SlingMedia. As many of you know, SlingMedia recently introduced a new beta of the SlingPlayer which is more Mac-like in appearance.
I asked Mr. Jacquet why SlingMedia supports Mac OS X [...]
