Opinion: The Tao of the Desktop
People can do all sorts of different things to their desktops. Some are cluttered, some are sparse, there are pictures, designs, photos—pretty much anything you can think of is, at the moment, on someone’s computer background. For the sake of productivity, many people stress the fact that your desktop should be clean—not filled with files that aren’t used—but that probably doesn’t work for everyone. How can you discover your perfect desktop?
Comcast iPhone App: Mobile Done Right
Yesterday, Comcast unveiled their new iPhone and iPod touch application, though the app was in the App Store Wednesday night. Comcast wanted a way for users to bring their services (digital voice, internet services, and TV) into the mobile space. The result: an amazing iPhone app.
Calorie Tracker Review: Calorie Counting on the Go!
While it may not be for everyone, keeping track of caloric intake is a great way for many of us to better understand what we’re putting into our bodies. LIVESTRONG.com is one of the leading online communities where the health conscious come together to track their diets, their fitness, and challenge each other accordingly. If you’re looking to keep tabs on how you’re treating your body, there aren’t many places better. Now thanks to the Calorie Tracker by LIVESTRONG.com iPhone app, you can keep track of those meals and jogging session even when you’re away from your computer.
Books Review: The Virtual Bookshelf
Data entry is a chore. Punching in your credit card information on the web is a drag. Entering passwords and even typing can be a burden when cataloguing information. We’ve come up with barcode scanners, voice-recognition software, biometric fingerprint readers, and everything imaginable to avoid all that manual labor, but don’t you wish you didn’t have to pay for those expensive devices? Books, a cataloguing app, helps users avoid all of that data entry when they bring their bookshelf digital.
doubleTwist Preview: Your Virtual Digital Hub
If you’re like me, then you have a ton of digital devices that you use almost every day to go about your daily digital life. I’ve got my Cell phone, iPod, PSP, digital camera, and video camera that I use all the time. Apple has done a wonderful job developing a suite of apps known as iLife designed to manage your main digital devices. Unfortunately, the range of these devices are limited to an iPod, digital camera, video camera, and an iPhone. Here is where doubleTwist comes in. This app is your middle man for transferring pictures, music, and movies to all of your digital devices simplicity and ease.
Cha-Ching Touch Review: On the Go Financing App
Cha-Ching, for Mac OS X, has been a very popular finance application. But the problem with the desktop app is that you need to remember to add your transactions to Cha-Ching when you get home. Now, with Cha-Ching Touch, you can easily add purchases anywhere with your iPhone or iPod Touch.
When you open Cha-Ching you first have to enter your (optional) four digit pass code. Then the safe opens and you can access your accounts. For each account you can view the current balance and your transactions. You can view your transactions from this month, flagged transactions, search transactions, or view your history. There is also a button to add a transaction. Tap this, choose a payee, and enter the amount to quickly add transactions on the go.
Schoolhouse Review: The App Every Student Should Have
If you’re a student: you need Schoolhouse. You’ll never miss another assignment again. Schoolhouse is the assignment planner you’ve always dreamed of. Separate your subjects, organize your studies, track your grades, and keep digital notes all from one easy-to-use app. You can find our review of a previous version of Schoolhouse here.
News: Boxee Loses Hulu
If you’re a Boxee user who hacked your AppleTV, or even just downloaded the Mac app, you’re likely in an angry mob outside production studios with torches and pitch forks right about now. A few weeks ago Jason Kilar, CEO of Hulu, wrote on the company blog that content providers have asked that Hulu be pulled from the Boxee software. Hulu had been a major reason people adopted Boxee.
TV Forecast Review: Track Your TV Shows
Everyone has a favorite TV show. Whether it’s the latest action thriller, the next riveting medical drama, or that hot new reality show, many people follow at least one TV show regularly. Keeping track of even one show can be difficult, especially when it’s not airing every week. Big Bucket Software has a few solutions for the mac TV junkie looking to keep track of all of their favorite shows.
Img2icns Review and Video: Making Icons Can’t Be Easier
The Mac platform is dominated by icons. There are icons on your dock, icons depicting your file types, even icons in your menubar. A long time ago there used to be an app called Pic2Icon from Sugar Cube Software. This app (now discontinued) allowed you to turn your images into icons that you could copy onto your folders and files. Ever since its long departure from the Mac app world, I have been searching for the perfect app that allows you to create icons from your images. I couldn’t be happier to say that I have found this app! Introducing Img2icns:
