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Freshly Squeezed OpEd: First World Problem

I had it all sussed. I was going to lead a completely iPadPro lifestyle. I researched the apps I absolutely needed. They were either already ported to the iPadPro, the developers were planning to, or I found a suitable substitute.

Then reality barged in.

First, there’s the hardware. I was torn between either the 11” or 12.9”. Either way, I have always bought refurbished as I trust them…

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: Sandmarc Hits The Mark

I have the itch to create but my finances are strapped. But I’m still going to try and produce a quality project on a shoestring project.

I’m fascinated with the idea of iPhone filmmaking. As I have a degree in film/video/audio (which has come in handy during the great toilet paper shortage of 2020), I was keen to give it a go.

Every smartphone production I have seen was created on a…

With the start of another year on this paltry orb, people have made a plethora of resolutions: lose weight, eat less, read more, buy only Apple products, etc. I have one friend, in fact, Daniel East, who makes the same resolution yearly and that is to make no resolution whatsoever.

I have personally dispensed with making resolutions as they’re usually disposed of somewhere around the second week…

Product: ZAGGsparq 6000

Author: ZAGG Requirements: AC Outlet; USB2 wire(s) Price: $99.99 Test Rig: 2010 MBP 13-inch, OS X 10.8.2, 8GB RAM, 240GB SSD

Because I mainly write articles and reviews for a living, I tend to do most of my work down at the coffee shop. So as a result, my iPad is pretty much my go to device. Although I do use my iPhone quite often for news/weather/communications. And…

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: And dot’s dot

Product: dot Author: kōgeto <http://kogeto.com/say-hello-to-dot> Requirements: iPhone 4/4S/5, Looker iPhone app (free in the App Store) Price: $39.99 – $49.99 Test Rig: iPhone 4S 32GB, Looker app

As the number of megapixels in iPhones increases. so do the numbers of specialty lenses and accessories created especially for the mobile device.

One of the more unusual lenses I’ve come across is…

By now, I’m sure that you have read or heard that Comcast has swallowed TimeWarner Cable.

Apple had been in discussions for some time now with TWC.This may have been what Jobs was referring to when he said that he had figured out what to do with AppleTV. Some believe that what Apple was trying to obtain was the Holy Grail of wire cutting – video a la carte! That’s to say that you pick what…

Freshly Squeezed Reviews: It’s A Clean Machine

Product: Washing Machine

Developer: Intego

Requirements: Mac OS X 10.6 or higher, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor or higher, 50 MB Free Disk Space

Test Rig: 2012 MacBook Air, 8GB RAM, 256 SSD, 2 GHz IntelCore i7, Mavericks 10.9.1

As with all Apple apps, there’s an overabundance of programs that do similar things. The differentiation comes in how well they perform and do they fill your specific needs…

Freshly Squeezed OpEd: Wait A Tick! I’m My Father’s Mac!

When I first started using computers, it was a lot like my early forays into dating. I was always in the dark and there was a lot of fumbling about. But then I was introduced to the Mac.

The computer for the rest of us. Or, put another way, not your father’s computer (read: IBM).

Since that time, a lot of water has passed underneath the bridge. And a little rust has appeared, simultaneously.

Over…