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Dropbox: Now Native on Your iPhone

Written on September 30, 2009 by Chris Ryan and 14 people have commented

Of all the file syncing solutions available, one of the most popular is Dropbox. As one of the solutions that is also cross-platform compatible, many Mac users have embraced Dropbox as a more reliable and robust solution than other alternatives, like MobileMe’s iDisk. Diehard Dropbox users can now rejoice as the Dropbox team is at [...]

Backup to Server Based Storage with Chronosync

Written on August 27, 2009 by Nick Santilli and 16 people have commented

Recently the group that I work in was given the opportunity to move from Dell laptops to MacBook Pros. Score! Since the business infrastructure has been 100% percent PC to date, we had to develop something of a business plan for how to deal with having Macs in the workplace. Chief among our concerns was [...]

Two New iPhone Commercials From Apple: Share and Travel

Written on August 04, 2009 by Darrell Etherington and 13 people have commented

Apple recently introduced two brand new TV commercials, currently airing on U.S. cable and network television, that continue the “There’s an app for that” series of ads. The two new spots, called “Share” and “Travel,” both highlight features common to all currently sold iPhone models, instead of just the newer 3GS.
In “Share,” the focus is [...]

Managing Email With Postbox

Written on January 09, 2009 by David Appleyard and 22 people have commented

A number of different email clients are available for the Mac, but a new piece of software announced at MacWorld takes a new and different approach. Postbox is a new way to manage online communication, aiming to let you spend less time managing messages and more time getting things done. Built with powerful search and [...]

Mac By The Numbers: Apple’s Market Positioning

Written on October 14, 2008 by Josh Pigford and 2 people have commented

Apple front-ended their notebook event today with a look at the business side of things.  Their reported sales figures were impressive, having moved 2.5M Macs last quarter alone, and continuing their trend of growing at two to three times the rate of competitors in the same sector.
COO Tim Cook listed a number of reasons why [...]