Free Apps of the Day #10
It’s all games, all the time! Okay, not all. But there sure are a lot of ’em, along with a pair of Vooks (book/video mashups), and a few handy utilities that will help you do all sorts of things.
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Base plop SSD Desk Storage – for Those Who Need More
Earlier this year, we featured a beautiful SSD enclosure called plops. The concept is simple, with only a mere push-and-pull action to insert an SSD to expand your storage. The makers of plops have once again put their creative energies into gear and are promoting a new product on Indiegogo. It is just like plops, but…
35 (mostly) Essential Apps for your Mac
I don’t link to a lot of lists, but if you’re a new Mac user (and I know a few of you are), then you’ll probably want to check out this list from Freelance Switch.com. Some of the apps listed are redundant, and others will not apply to you if you’re not self employed, but…
iBetterCharge for Mac: For People Who Forget to Charge Their iDevices
I only know of one person who regularly forgets to charge her iPhone. In spite having a more-than-decent portable battery charger, her phone often still goes dead – simply because she forgets to charge. Now I suppose that there is always an exception to the rule, and I will go out on a limb and…
Apple DOES care about its customers – no matter what ‘Boy Genius’ says
You know, sensationalist headlines are nothing new. There was a time, before blogging became a business, where that kind of thing was frowned upon in the blogging world – but that time has passed. This weekend Ahmed at Tech Soapbox wrote a great piece about just this subject. You can read it here. He’s responding…
MUST SEE! Early Apple Concept Designs from Hartmut Esslinger
How many of you are familiar with Hartmut Esslinger? He’s a German-American industrial designer who is responsible for the look and feel of Apple in the 1980s. In 1982 he entered into a $1 Million dollar a year contract with Apple Computer to create Apple’s design strategy. The result was the Apple “Snow White design…
Apple stock drops after Goldman Upgrade
Yesterday afternoon, Apple’s stock took a 4.5 point drop (or 2.7%) after both a spike that brought the company up over $170 a share, and an upgrade from Goldman Sachs for “across the board” strength in the Mac line. Sachs raised Apple’s target price from $165 to $190 and recommended to their clients that they…
Pogoplug Takes You to the Cloud
So I guess I’m a little bit late in the game here, but I find this concept interesting, so screw it. It’s called the Pogoplug, and it allows you to connect your USB drives to the internet. Just connect a USB drive to the Pogoplug, then connect the Pogoplug to your network either via an…
“The Apple Boogie” – the Apple Album!?!
Wow. Just wow. Sometimes something just has to be HEARD to be believed…and this is one of those times. Apple2.org.za has something online that I can’t seem to find anything about anywhere else. It is an album, an 80s pop album to be exact, that was released by Apple in the late 80s. It features…
Best iMessage Sticker Packs on iOS
[UPDATED SEPTEMBER 2018] Back in September of 2016, Apple released iOS 10. This update to the iPhone operating system include a number of tweaks, but the most notable change was the massive expansion of the Messages app. What was once a limited SMS/MMS messaging application suddenly gained the ability to send messages a variety of text…
Morning Links – Customize Leopard Dock and Mail Stationary
If you like to customize the look and feel of your Mac, then you’ll dig both of these links. The first is for those of you that are unhappy with the new Dock. By replacing 4 images you can change the look of your Dock from bright and reflective to smokey looking and reflective. It’s…
SPECULATION: Apple has been a releasing machine in 2008 – are MBP’s next?
The old rumor mill continues to churn, and Apple has done such a great job of releasing product so far in 2008, that people are now starting to wonder what’s coming out “next week”. So far, there hasn’t hasn’t been a Tuesday yet when Apple hasn’t released something – although last week it was only…