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Mike Daisey’s "The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" is funny, forceful agitprop

If you're looking for coverage of working conditions at Foxconn and other Apple manufacturing partners, there's plenty to go around. The drumbeat of sharply critical stories continued today with CNN's interview of a Foxconn worker; this follows a sca...

Daily iPad App: Monster Wars is a great addition to Legendary Wars series

I first saw Monster Wars a little while ago at Macworld as Liv Games was just publishing it, but the title has been out for a little while now and I've had a little longer to play with it. Monster Wars is not only another huge content pack for Legend...

Review – Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD in MacBook Pro

by Gerd N., OWC Customer There are very compelling reasons to upgrade your current MacBook Pro. While my MacBook Pro is still a 2011 model with 8GB of RAM, I always felt that it could be a bit faster. Even with the 7200RPM Toshiba drive fitted, IO oper...

Daily iPhone App: NFL Flick Quarterback

If you want to pass like Tom Brady from the comfort of your living room chair, then you should grab a copy of NFL Flick Quarterback for the iPhone. The app is a flick-style passing game that lets you take on the role of an NFL quarterback. The game i...

ZAGGFolio Keyboard Case Is Tough, Stylish And A Delight To Use [Review]

P1020394.jpgIf you do a lot of typing on your iPad, the ZAGGFolio keyboard case should be on your list of things to try. It’s a nice wireless keyboard and solid iPad case combined in one reasonably-priced unit. Let’s take a closer look. What’s good It’s...

Friday Favorite: Optimal Layout brings app switching and window controls to your fingertips

Optimal Layout is a great utility that fundamentally alters the way that I interact with my Mac. In short, it gives me the ability to use my keyboard to quickly change between windows. That might sound like what you're been doing with ⌘ + Tab, but ...

Daily iPad App: Remarks for iPad tops the class in note-taking apps

Two of the things that enchanted me most at Macworld | iWorld 2012 was the Jot stylus and a preview of Readdle's Remarks app. I've spent the past week looking at different note-taking apps to use with my new Jot Pro while waiting for Remarks to come o...

If iBooks Author Is Overkill For Your Simple eBook Project, Try Book Creator For iOS Instead [Review]

bookcreator.jpgApple’s new iBooks Author application for Mac is an impressive piece of work, even more so when you consider that it costs nothing. Although easy to use compared to many other page layout apps, it’s still quite a lengthy and complicated process to produce...

Stuck On Earth, Perhaps, But Not Stuck For Lovely Photos To Look At [Review]

stuckonearth.jpgToday’s Best Thing Ever has to be Stuck on Earth, an app for travellers who haven’t left home yet. The app uses the vast Flickr database of geotagged photos and plots them on a map. Tap on where you want to go in the...

Stuck On Earth, Perhaps, But Not Stuck For Lovely Photos To Look At [Review]

stuckonearth.jpgToday’s Best Thing Ever has to be Stuck on Earth, an app for travellers who haven’t left home yet. The app uses the vast Flickr database of geotagged photos and plots them on a map. Tap on where you want to go in the...

Daily iPhone App: Lingibli

Learning a new language can be challenging, especially when you're not in an environment where that langue is predominant. Lingibli is an iPhone app that'll bridge that gap by helping you learn vocabulary and basic phrases from native speakers. The ...

Daily iPad App: Doodlecast Pro

Last year, we looked at Doodlecast for kids from zinc Roe. It's an iPad app that lets your kids record themselves talking while they draw on the screen. The app records both the audio and the drawing and combines the two into a single video. My kids ...