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BlogsDo we need a Twitter just for jocks?
Should jocks have a Twitter just for them? A place for true sport enthusiasts to express their opinions about their favourite athletes without all...
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BlogsToo many secrets: Three ways Apple could loosen up
I’ve been mainlining Downton Abbey for the last few days, and one line in particular has stayed with me: that moment when the Lady Grantham and...
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BlogsGestures: Hard to use, harder to find
It’s nice that you can tap-and-drag on your Mac’s trackpad, swipe on your iPhone, or pinch on your iPad. These options offer a welcome change...
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BlogsBand-in-a-Box – now even more amazing!
I’ve been using Band-in-a-Box for many years for a number of musical tasks and have enjoyed reporting on its progress to Macworld Australia...
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BlogsHey Joe, check out this Voodoo Chile.
I’ve just been delving into the guitar world of Jimi Hendrix via IK Multimedia’s new app Amplitube Jimi Hendrix for iPad ($15.99 from...
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BlogsApple and the future of design
I blame the floppy disk. For years, it served as the icon for “save,” clearly illustrating to the user that your data would be written to that...
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BlogsWhy I use as few Mac apps as possible
My 11in MacBook Air is the pride of my technological life, an indispensible tool: I write stories and columns on it daily; I edit photos and podcasts,...
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BlogsThrowing the bathtub out with the bath water
The Macalope was shocked earlier this week to hear that The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s high-profile magazine for tablets, would be ending its run...
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BlogsThe iPad mini from the eyes of an educator
FIRST IMPRESSIONS “Its smaller, its lighter: thats about it!” - Tasmanian Teacher / fellow Slide2learn.net co-fonder Deon Scanlon It seems to...
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BlogsSteve Jobs and the 1927 Yankees
It’s pretty much a daily occurrence: I start the morning with my coffee and flip through the news, and there are almost always several stories with...
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NewsTelevision market is ‘Apple’s game to lose’ says ex-CEO John Sculley
Former Apple CEO John Sculley has said that a move into the television market is “Apple’s game to lose.” Sculley, who was in charge of Apple...
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News 2Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Censorship of the internet is ‘a pity’
Inventor of the World Wide Web Sir Tim Berners Lee was interviewed on American TV after the opening of the London Olympic Games. In the interview...
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NewsApple did conduct market research, despite Steve Jobs’ opposition
Despite late Apple CEO Steve Jobs insistence that market research was pointless because people didn’t actually know what they wanted, it turns out...
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BlogsNew round of iPhone 5 rumours for the week
With the recent anniversary of the first iPhone going on sale, the iOSphere celebrates with ever more tenuous and ever more familiar rumors of iPhone...
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BlogsA Mac user’s take on Windows 8
Let’s get a couple of things straight right off the bat. First, it’s absurd to take the opinion of an obvious Apple partisan like me about Windows...
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News 2Mac devs air frustrations at Mac App Store sandboxing debacle
Apple will start insisting that applications distributed via the Mac App Store are sandboxed on Friday June 1. Some developers have already prepared...
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Blogs 1Is Apple to blame for the size of Mac botnet?
Mac OS X may be more secure than Microsoft Windows in some ways, and it certainly has fewer attacks aimed at it, but it’s not invulnerable....
