Month: April 2014

Lightroom for iPad lets you do basic photo editing in sync with Lightroom on the desktop, but it requires a subscription and is very limited in features. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

It won’t replace the desktop version for serious financial or scientific work, but Excel for iPad packs a lot of power into a fast, good-looking package. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

Word is beautiful-looking and brilliantly well-designed word processor for the iPad. It’s the only serious choice for any iPad user who also uses Microsoft Office on the desktop. Read the original post by james_melzer@sra.com

You can file doubleTwist’s $10 AirPlay Recorder under Controversial. The tool, originally developed for Android and now available for OS X (10.7.3 and later), was designed for one purpose only: capturing iTunes audio streams for later playback. You mean like tracks from your iTunes library? Not really. After all, you already have […] Read the…

From time to time whenever we run into an issue with an app or software, we have the option of sending in a bug report in hopes that the company will fix it. Read the original post by Ubergizmo

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is amping up their tech game for 2014. Both their iPhone and Android apps have been seen an overhaul for the two-weekend event in California, and while the redesign is nice, it’s the use of iBeacons that really piqued our interest. Read the original post by Derek Kessler

Mac Game Store offers downloads of the Feral Games 6-Game Bundle for Mac for $29.99. That’s $66 under the lowest price we could find for these games sold separately elsewhere. The bundle includes Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year, Tropico 3: Gold Edition, Lord of the Rings: War in […] Read the original post…

Reader Ed Dorroh, like many people, is perplexed by what goes on when moving images out of iPhoto. He writes: When I add a title to a photo in iPhoto and then drag that photo to the desktop, the file name reverts back to its original name—“IMG_0697.jpg” for example. Is there […] Read the original…

A new report from Japan indicates that the 4.7 inch model of the upcoming Apple iPhone 6 will go into production in July while the bigger 5.5 inch variant will only go into production in September. This means that Apple will make the smaller iPhone available first in the markets, […] Read the original post…

Fry’s Electronics offers the refurbished Hisense 55″ 120Hz 1080p LED-Backlit LCD HD Television, model no. 55K610GW, for $497 with free shipping. That’s the lowest total price we could find for a refurb by $43 and the least expensive 55″ Hisense TV we’ve seen. It features a native resolution of 1920×1080 […] Read the original post…

According to Japanese website EMSOne [Google Translate, via G for Games], Apple is planning to begin mass production of the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 in July with the larger 5.5-inch version to enter mass production in September. The report notes that both versions of the next-generation iPhone will go […] Read the original post by Richard…

According to a report from Taiwanese Publication Digitimes, Apple is already receiving samples for flexible circuit boards from Flexium Interconnect, Zhen Ding Technology Holding and Career Technology for the upcoming iWatch. These companies specialize in making flexible PCBs. Continue reading → Read the original post by Valerie Richardson

In a recent story about simplifying your email system, I mentioned nine plug-ins for Apple Mail that I use to transform it from a fair email client into a much more powerful tool. A number of people have asked me what those plug-ins are, so here’s my list. (For even […] Read the original post…

Fry’s Electronics offers the Hitachi GST 4TB Deskstar Coolspin Serial ATA 6Gb/s 3.5″ Internal Desktop Hard Drive Kit, model no. 0S03359, for $139 with free shipping. That’s $16 under our mention from three weeks ago and tied as the best price we’ve seen. (It’s also a current price low by […] Read the original post…

Network security is a topic that makes many people’s eyes glaze over, and I can’t blame them. We all rationally know that we should make sure our information is secure, but for most of us actually doing so is probably one step below flossing, or keeping track of our receipts. That’s […] Read the original…