Buzz: My New Phone App Replacement and Contact Hub
I’m not typically one that likes to replace Apple’s core iOS apps with third-party alternatives, but Savvy Apps’ latest iPhone app, Buzz, allows me to access my contacts faster than Apple’s own Phone software, and I had to leave a spot for it in my Dock. For the past two weeks, I’ve been testing Buzz,...
First non-game apps show PS Vita’s wider potential amidst frustration
These days, it seems, its not enough for a digital device to just play games. To keep up with the smartphones and tablet computers of the world, any game system needs to at least nod...
Storify for iPad Review
Since its release in April 2010, the iPad has been widely regarded as a “consumption device” not really suited for “content creation”. Whilst we have already examined the issue with dismissing the iPad as a device that’s not capable of doing the same things a computer can — and my friend Shawn has a good...
Timbuk2 Command Messenger 2012 Laptop Bag: A Messenger Bag For Jetsetting MacBooks [Review]
The new Timbuk2 Command Messenger 2012 ($140) is nothing like the first Timbuk2 bag I ever owned, some 11 years and 20 pounds ago, back when I was heavily commited to the world of cycling. Timbuk2 called it the Bolo, and it was a...Screens 2.0 Review
I’ve always been a huge fan of Edovia’s take on VNC, Screens. Originally released in late 2010 for the iPad, Screens was also ported to the iPhone and later the Mac, allowing iOS and OS X users to connect to remote machines using standard VNC protocols (Lion logins are also supported by Screens), as well...
Acorn Is A Fine Image Editor For Everyone [50 Mac Essentials #46]
Acorn describes itself as “an image editor for humans”, and that sums it up in a nutshell. What you get inside Acorn are pretty much all the image editing features you’re ever going to need, for a fraction of the price of some of...Alan Wake’s American Nightmare: Meta-repetitive literary horror
In his 2006 expository composition guidebook On Writing Well, William Zinsser writes, "Rewriting is the essence of writing well: it's where the game is won or lost." Prolific authors know this truth by experience, with...
Review: Osfoora for Mac
I have been a heavy user of Twitter for Mac since it was first released over a year ago. While certainly not perfect, for me, it is the gold standard of desktop Twitter apps. As such, it is impossible for me to be objective when reviewing a new client, as I will inevitably end up...
Acme Made’s Clutch Is The Best Bag For The Best Laptop I’ve Ever Owned [Review]
One of the things I have always found interesting about bags is the way they are defined by their intent. There is more to them than their fabric and stitch. To judge a bag, you need to look beyond what it is to what...Feature: The Vita game guide: impressions of 14 launch titles
Sony is launching the Vita with one of the largest launch lineups in console history—25 day one titles running the gamut across genres and styles. It's a lineup dominated by ports and sequels of varying quality, as well as...
Relive the 1980s With Paint FX For iPad [Review]
If you grew up during the 1980s, many of its style tropes will have been burned indelibly into your brain. Shoulder pads, snow-washed...Uncharted: Golden Abyss shows off the Vita hardware perhaps a little too well
As a PS3 trilogy, the Uncharted series has primarily been about three things: traversing lush jungle environments by hanging from a highly unlikely series of outcroppings and ledges; shooting at gun-toting enemies that pop ......
