10 Great Charities You Can Donate To Online and Why You Should
Isn’t it amazing that around the holidays it seems like everyone has their hand out for a donation? You can’t give to everyone so how do you choose? I say, go with your passion. What charity really speaks to you? Check out 10 great charities you can donate to online and why you should.
- secure.humanesociety.org: If you are a pet lover this would be a great charity to give to. There are so many people that volunteer their time to help out with this great program. Money is desperately needed to feed and get medical attention for all of the animals that come into the system. But they do much more than care for the animals. The Humane Society lobbies government to get stricter laws on the books in regards to animal cruelty, stopping animal testing and creating animal sanctuaries just to name a few.
Three Reasons Apple Should Fear Google+
One of silicon Valley’s biggest rivalries these days is the one between Google and Apple. Their battlegrounds? Hand-held mobile, cloud computing, and traditional hardware. While Apple has jumped out to an early lead in the mobile devices – and is an established player in traditional hardware – Google is gaining ground in every direction.
While it's nothing new that Apple has challengers, Google's new social network – dubbed “Google+” – represents a fundamental threat to Apple in three key ways:
Final Cut Pro X: What Does the Controversy Mean to You?
You've no doubt heard about Final Cut Pro X by now. About a week ago, Apple discontinued Final Cut Studio, it's line of professional video editing applications which consisted of Final Cut Pro 7, Color, Motion 4, Soundtrack Pro 3, Compressor 3, and DVD Studio Pro 4. These six applications sold for $1,300 from Apple, and represented a standard in many professional video workflows. While Avid systems have remained the king of Hollywood and larger production agencies, Final Cut Pro and its sister applications were preferred by many for their (relative) ease of use, especially among independent filmmakers.
First, and Last, iAd for iPad Debuts Today
Today marks the debut of the first iAd released for use on the iPad, an advertisement for the upcoming Tron Legacy.For the second time in a single year the iAd platform features a Disney film. Last April, Toy Story 3, was used by Steve Jobs, Disney’s single largest shareholder and board member, to demonstrate the potential of iAd for the iPhone.
Despite rumors of a second generation iPad set for release in April(?) the iPad is seen by many media outlets as the “must give” gift for the holidays. It is clear that Apple is interested in showcasing this single advertisement before its use becomes widespread in 2011.
To Jailbreak or Not to Jailbreak
Many people want to know what Jailbreaking your iPhone is, and whether or not they should do it. Simply put Jailbreaking allows complete customization; editing the actual coding of the iPhone itself. Apps on the app store do not allow any editing of the actual phone. Jailbreaking does, however, void the warranty of the iPhone.
Opinion: Apple Mail
All Macs ship with an impressive array of pre installed software. On every computer they ship Apple shows off its programing savvy with photo management in iPhoto, the slick multimedia management/world domination of iTunes, or an amazingly feature rich free home recording studio with Garageband. Why, then, is their Mail application such a disappointment?
Opinion: Idiot Genius?
One of the most interesting features of iTunes is its Genius feature. Starting with music, and since its inception expanding to video and iPhone applications, it takes a song, or the contents of your library, and suggests other things that you might like, in the form of Genius Mixes, or recommended buys. In a recent upgrade to the application, Genius even creates “radio stations” of your music, grouping similar songs together for uninterrupted, flowing listening. This, for me at least, works great. However, every now and then, something comes up that makes me question how smart my Genius really is.
Opinion: Apple, Shape Up Your Changelogs
I recently updated to the most recent release of iTunes. I did this as soon as it came up in my Software Update, as I always try to have the most up-to-date versions of the software on my computer. Newer is better, right? Well, that’s usually been my view, but in addition to some cool new and improved features, there were some things that I was very used to that I now had to learn entirely new ways of doing. This led me to hate the new iTunes, and only after finding ways to recreate old features, which took me some time, could I really accept it as an improvement.
Opinion: An Updater’s Chronicle
Today, I upgraded my operating system to Snow Leopard. I knew that it would be worth it in the end, but every time I do this I am petrified. Of all my files disappearing (this happened once to me); of the upgrade stopping partway through, leaving me with no operating system (this too has happened); of my programs not working after the upgrade because they haven’t been upgraded themselves. Luckily for me, however, none of these happened when I upgraded today. I write this not only as a story of my installation, but also as a reassurance to you that Snow Leopard will not become despite its namesake a sharp-toothed beast with untold powers of destruction. This cat is surprisingly tame.
Opinion: Apple and the Cats
The release this past Friday of the newest Mac operating system codenamed “Snow Leopard” added one more to a slowly increasing list of big cats that Apple has used to name its software. And this got me to wondering why are all of the systems named after these animals? It doesn’t seem like computers have too much in common with man-eating, furry giants. But then I thought about it some more, and realized that perhaps the choice isn’t as peculiar as it might seem.
