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BlogsTypography for all: demystifying text for high-impact messages
Text is incredibly powerful – whether you’re making a business card or a garage-sale sign, you’re sending a message. The look of that message...
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App GuideLyX for Mac
When one thinks of document editors, it’s usually Microsoft Word and Google Docs that come to mind. But in the world of word processors there...
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NewsSamsung infringed Apple patent on text selection, says ITC judge
A handful of Samsung smartphones infringe an Apple patent on text selection, according to the initial determination of a US International Trade Commission...
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App GuideCharacters for Mac
There are plenty of characters and symbols your Mac can produce that you won’t find on your keyboard. Things such as ©, ¢, ™, and, yes, emotions....
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NewsVodafone warns UK customers not to update to iOS 6.1
Vodafone has warned its UK customers with the iPhone 4S not to upgrade to iOS 6.1. Texts were sent out to iPhone 4S handsets on the UK network yesterday...
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Features32 expert tips and tricks for iOS 6
Perhaps you are already an iOS master. Or maybe you consider yourself more of a novice. Either way, we feel confident that at least some of the tips...
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HelpStop squinting: Make text bigger in OS X
When you’re on the other side of 50, as I am, you become less concerned about how fast your Mac is, and more interested in how well you can see...
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HelpMake text more readable on your iPad mini
The iPad mini is, of course, smaller than the 9.7in versions of the tablet. And while that makes the iPad mini more portable, the scaled-down screen...
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Blogs 3Not My Type
As the years go by, and as my visual acuity decreases, I am becoming increasingly sensitive about the way letters appear on computer displays. Granted,...
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HelpHow to extract voice and text messages from an iPhone
Reader Amy Campbell has all the right reasons for extracting data from an iPhone. She writes: A Mac-using relative recently passed away, and there...
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HelpRendering text-to-speech files
Reader Kurt Schwartz prefers some of his text spoken rather than written. He writes: I have several text files that I’d like my Mac to read to me...
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FeaturesHands on with Quark DesignPad
A new iPad app for novice designers has arrived on the scene. With Quark DesignPad, the company that has traditionally catered to the professional...
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HelpNine tips for taming text in Pages
Far more than Apple’s “version of Word,” Pages is full of powerful, time-saving features that help you make great word processing documents...
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App GuideEx Lover Blocker
We’ve all had our hearts broken and been left desperately wondering why and hatching a plan to win back ‘the one’. Then it moves on to obsessive...
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App Guide 1Buzz Contacts
Buzz Contacts takes two of your iPhone’s basic functions – mail and text – and does them better. The app lets you do two things that aren’t...
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App GuideWhirly Word
I have to give credit where it’s due, Whirly Word (for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch) is the best ‘filler game’ of my iOS life thus...
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App GuideBuzz Contacts
Buzz Contacts takes two of your iPhone’s basic functions – mail and text – and does them better. The $2 offering is from App Savvy, the same...
