The new QuickTime Player in Snow Leopard has added the ability to make screen recordings that are very high quality. They can be shot either with or without audio, and they have full HD resolution. In this screencast I show the programs and utilities that I … Read More »
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Did Snow Leopard leave your old AppleTalk printer out in the cold? Grab a hot cup of cocoa and warm your printer up with some of these handy tips to continue to use your classic AppleTalk printer with your state of the art operating system. Print Via … Read More »
This week Gmail went down and you would have thought the world stopped. The reaction all over the web was overwhelming, and Twitter became nearly useless if you wanted to hear about anything else. I mean, come on, it’s only email, not the end of … Read More »
The upcoming MMS update for the iPhone may be the big news, but another update already available might be more useful. The folks behind Quickoffice, the iPhone productivity suite that makes it possible to work with Office documents, have just added the ability to … Read More »
Pocket Informant fans who use iPhones better get ready. Version 1.1 is coming soon and based on a preview of the new version, it looks stellar. The new version adds a lot of new features to PI: –Configurable tasks in Month, Week, List views. –Automatic sync –Push … Read More »
As we expected, July was a mega-month for online video. According to comScore’s latest numbers, 158 million U.S. Internet users watched more than 21 billion videos last month, both of which were all-time highs for the online video world. Online video is prone to breaking … Read More »
The BlackBerry has always been known for its great email support and Gmail users get an upgrade that makes it even better if you’re using IMAP. The updated support is not the Gmail Mobile suite for the BlackBerry — this is the support for the … Read More »
Friday the 21st was the day Apple, Google, and AT&T had to hand in their long form essay responses to a series of questions from the FCC. Surprisingly, Apple published its entire response here, and Engadget has both AT&T’s and Google’s. I found the … Read More »
Google Wave is an incredible technology that is hard to fully understand. It is messaging, email and real-time web collaboration all rolled into one, and the implications are far-reaching. I have been trying to imagine the full ramifications of using Google Wave on a team basis, … Read More »
PC Mag’s Sascha Segan posed an intriguing question the other day: “If you put a smartphone in a dock, it could replace a netbook. So why hasn’t anyone succeeded at doing that?” Good question. Now that I’ve been thinking about it, the idea of a dock into … Read More »
A lot of folks found my custom Gmail setup to be helpful, and one of the most common questions I received was which theme I was using when the image was made (Dusk). It reminded me that the way a program looks is very important, … Read More »
I have been working in several locations today, a rare treat. I needed a change of scenery from Mobile Tech Manor, but still wanted to beat the insane heat wave in Houston. That meant heading out to coffee shops and the like and that’s where I’ve … Read More »
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