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App GuideAdobe Premiere Elements 11
Adobe Premiere Elements 11 is aimed squarely at the iMovie user who isn’t yet ready for Final Cut Pro X. On the surface, iMovie ’11 and Premiere Elements 11 look and feel the...
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App Guide3 OF A KIND: Security
While last year’s Mac Defender malware attack was a cause to be more alert, it wasn’t quite the Mac apocalypse many expected. Fortunately, there are reliable and free ways to protect...
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App GuideeBay for iOS
The first rule of online auctions is that you need be constantly connected – if not, how will you be able to bid on a desired item last minute if you’re away from your computer?...
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App Guide3 OF A KIND: TV guides
Finding out what’s on TV used to be difficult: you’d either need a newspaper or rely on the TV stations to keep you updated. But over the past year there has been an explosion...
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App GuideEmail Pro for Gmail
The only clunky thing about Email Pro for Gmail 2.1 is its name. This slender app provides a convenient way to get to your Gmail messages directly from your desktop. Essentially...
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App GuideOfficeTime for Mac
OfficeTime is a basic yet useful time tracking and invoicing application that allows you to gather time spent on a project using your Mac or an iOS device. Once collected you can easily...
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App GuideMailPop Pro for Gmail
MailPop Pro for Gmail (Mac App Store only) cheerfully fulfills all the functions of a lightweight Gmail client. But it also adds little to distinguish itself from a passel of similar...
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App GuideSound Uncovered for iPad
Just how much does your brain functionality affect what you hear? Your gut reaction to that question might be “not a lot,” but the staff at the Exploratorium, a hands-on science...
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App GuideShush for Mac
Between Google Hangout video conferences for work, Skype videos and calls for podcasts, and FaceTime chats with family and friends, I use AV-chat apps several times each week. But I’m...
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App GuideSpaceteam for iOS
“Engage hyperjig!” “Oscillate the optical refractor!” “Frog blast the vent core!” Nonsense, right? Wrong. When it comes to the iOS game Spaceteam, these commands are the...
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App GuideNapkin for Mac
At first glance, Napkin, by Aged and Distilled, appears to be a Mac program for sketching and annotation of images. And indeed, it does that. But a closer look reveals the program...
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App GuideDigs by Zillow for iPad
In the old days, my mum used to have a stack of home improvement magazines handy, so she could browse through and daydream about remodeling our house, or even moving into a new house....
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App GuideEndless Space for Mac
Amplitude Studio’s Endless Space is cast in the grand tradition of 4X turn-based strategy games. They’re so-called for their emphasis on four key gameplay elements: explore, expand,...
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App GuideMailbox for iPhone
Mailbox, the free iPhone app that makes managing your email a delight, is now available in the App Store. With any luck, you already made a reservation to gain access to the app,...
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App GuidePassLocker for Mac
These days, it seems that every single website I visit wants me to log in, no matter how trivial the service it offers. Of course, the most basic of cautions dictates that a different...
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App GuideApps we can’t live without: Default Folder X
Software success is fleeting—for every program such as BBEdit that becomes a software staple, you can find countless applications that are all the rage for a year or two and then...
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App GuideShaq Down for iOS
Shaquille O’Neal was the most dominant center in the NBA during his tenure. And there was a period in the 90s when he was one of the most famous celebrities in the world, with a rap...
