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Apple Declares No More Uninformed Reviews, App Store Ratings Jump

Written on February 27, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 9 people have commented

Once upon a time, anyone who wanted to could post a review of any app available in Apple’s App Store. You could just drop in on the top paid apps list, prepare a number of scathing single-star reviews based on the outrageous prices of each app, and possibly make a significant dent in their overall [...]

The State of App Store Reviews

Written on December 18, 2008 by Nick Santilli and 16 people have commented

While nothing short of a fantastic delivery vehicle for all things iPhone Application, the App Store still has had its share of nuisances. (Even Apple doesn’t nail everything right out of the gate.) But with the unparalleled popularity of the iPhone and the ability to pair it with 3rd party applications, growth is a necessity, [...]

SoHo Printers On a Moderate Budget

Written on December 08, 2008 by Matthew Bookspan and 6 people have commented

Do you have small office/home office (SoHo)? Is managing your peripherals (printers, scanners, fax machines) a hassle? Well, if you are looking for a new all-in-one (AIO) printer that consolidates these peripherals into one for your SoHo, thankfully, there are many choices available for you today. Compared to the marketplace just a few years ago, [...]

MacBook 13-inch Toffee leather sleeve

Written on January 15, 2008 by Jason Terhorst and 5 people have commented

I recently got the red leather sleeve for the 13″ MacBook from Toffee. Toffee is an Australian company whom I hadn’t heard of until I saw this product. They make a whole array of sleeves like this one, even for the larger MacBook Pro.
Material/Build quality
There’s only so much you can say about leather – [...]

(Re-)building the dream home with Live Interior 3D

Written on October 23, 2007 by Billy Halsey and 1 person has commented

Although I’ve been fortunate, many of my neighbors here in San Diego are now finding themselves without homes because of the wild fires raging through Southern California. Live Interior 3D is a great tool for floorplanning and interior design, whether you’re rebuilding the home you just lost or you’re converting a spare bedroom into an [...]

TextMate: Power Editing for the Mac

Written on September 07, 2007 by Billy Halsey and 5 people have commented

It’s been covered here on TAB before, but not enough praise can be given to my text editor of choice, TextMate, which garners much appeal for its built-in extensibility thanks to Ruby. With that flexibility, though, comes a small feeling of overwhelming panic, like being five miles out in the ocean with nothing but a [...]