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BlogsWhy I hope Apple never buys Dropbox
During the Q&A portion of a Macworld/iWorld session last week, an audience member asked: “What not-from-Apple utility do you use the most during...
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BlogsCrazy Blind Date diaries: Dating via iOS
For almost one month, I’ve been using Crazy Blind Date, an app for iOS made by popular online dating service OKCupid that sets you up on a (relatively)...
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BlogsTim Cook grabs spotlight, lifts Apple’s sagging image
Apple CEO Tim Cook is having a good week. Cook attended the State of the Union address as a guest of First Lady Michelle Obama and got a verbal fist-bump...
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BlogsHands-on with ClipWrap 2.6
A problem I have working with AVCHD files from my Sony cameras is converting the .MTS file format into something that Final Cut Pro X can deal with....
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BlogsThree wishes for a better App Store
I love the App Store. In the nearly five years since its launch, it has brought me apps and games of all kinds at a fraction of the price — and...
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Blogs 1iPad 5 rumour roundup for the week
The most recent iPad 5 rumours draw fresh hope from newly announced Apple patents, from unnamed industry sources, and from pure wishful thinking....
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BlogsLooking for Disruption? It’s here
Over the past year, some Apple enthusiasts have called for the next big disruption from Apple. In the same way that Apple completely changed the way...
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Blogs 1Why Apple Drives People Crazy
What is it about Apple that drives people insane? I ask because, though the company is doing quite well, I still regularly read that it’s not just...
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BlogsIs it a camera? Is it a Swiss army knife? Hands on with Sony HXR NX30P
It’s been over three years now since I upgraded my video camera to a CX 350 handycam. Read all about it here. I was very happy with the picture...
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Blogs 1Why I continue to jailbreak
Much as I think of myself as an honourable person, I admit that I occasionally break the rules when I believe that doing so harms no one and enhances...
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BlogsiPhone 6 rumour rollup for the week ending 1 February
The iOSphere was assured this week that it now knows the details of one of the Next iPhones, though this one is said to be not the iPhone 6 or even...
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Blogs 2So much better than Apple
As if you needed any more evidence, the Macalope this week brings you three tales of how Apple’s competitors are once again smoking the company...
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BlogsWhy I still prefer Instagram to Flickr
I never meant to ditch Flickr for Instagram. From some time in 2005 until a year or so after the iPhone got a truly decent camera, Flickr was where...
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Blogs 1Has Apple finished innovating? Not yet
The conventional wisdom about Apple is coalescing, and the Washington Post is there: “Does Apple have an innovation problem?” Ah, yes. [Steeples...
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Blogs 1The best of both worlds
Two-and-a-half months; that’s all it took for Apple to fix the mapping ‘debacle’ in iOS. Strangely enough, it was Google which came to the rescue....
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BlogsiPhone 6 rumour roundup for the week
The combination of intense cold gripping much of the U.S. and feverish iPhone speculation is creating extreme rumouring conditions, threatening...
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Blogs 2Why I dread going to the Apple Store
Who doesn’t love going to the Apple Store? Well, me, for one. Sure, I’ve waited in line at an Apple Store opening—I got a t-shirt!—and I’ve...
