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Are Android Tablets Doomed for Failure?

by Mike Mansell July 27, 2011

Towards the beginning of the year the tablet-ready 3.0 version of Google’s wildly popular Android mobile operating system, dubbed “Honeycomb” ,was the bees knees in the tech industry. So when the release finally made way into the hands of consumers back in February, a month before the official release of Apple’s second generation iPad, many thought that it would finally help to take Android to new heights in the tablet market.

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Unboxing: Apple 27-inch LED Cinema Display

by Jeff Weisbein July 27, 2011

I just received my brand new Apple 27″ LED Cinema Display and decided to do a little unboxing video for everyone. So far, I love it. Of course, it is slightly smaller than my previous display (the 30″ Apple Cinema Display) but that drawback is outweighed by the other benefits of the 27″ LED display. The 27″ Apple Cinema Display comes with a built-in iSight Camera, 3 USB 2.0 powered ports, and a built-in 2.1 speaker system.

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Will Apple Ever Bring Back the MacBook?

by Mike Mansell July 25, 2011

As Rohan pointed out last week, Apple recently discontinued the production and sale of the white MacBook (not “MacBook Pro”, just “MacBook”) notebook computer amidst the official release of OS X Lion and the unveiling of the company’s new hardware offerings. While some people are critical of this move on Apple’s part, I must say [...]

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Apple to Acquire Hulu?

by Mike Mansell July 22, 2011

Just yesterday I discussed the recently released Roku 2, the second generation of the somewhat popular streaming media device. When going over the third-party services that the device utilized, I even went as far as to say that I myself have been “pondering dumping my satellite provider in favor for the Roku XS along with [...]

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R.I.P: Apple Axes the Plastic MacBook

by Rohan Reddy July 20, 2011

In the midst of the much-anticipated release of Mac OS X Lion this morning, Apple has also made some changes to their hardware side of the Mac. Changes such as removing the optical drive on the Mac Mini, some spec improvements to both the 11-inch MacBook Air as well as the 13-inch MacBook Air, and they [...]

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Apple Working to Expand iPhone Popularity in Chinese Market

by Mike Mansell July 19, 2011

I don’t care what industry you’re in or what product you’re trying to push; if you work in sales you know that a higher number of potential customers leads to a higher number of real customers and ultimately more money in your pocket. That’s a simple common-sense thing and has applied to retail since the [...]

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Why I’m Avoiding the Move to Lion

by Mike Mansell July 15, 2011

I absolutely love my Mac. With the MacBook Pro, along with products such as the iMac, Mac Mini, and Mac Pro, Apple has seriously raised the bar with the quality and grade of materials and components that go into their computers. The aluminum body, backlit keyboard, large glass trackpad, and beautiful display on my MacBook [...]

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Six Mac OS X Applications That I Couldn’t Live Without

by Mike Mansell July 14, 2011

Being somewhat of a new Mac OS X user, one of the things that I find to be great about the operating system is the vast selection of applications that help me to remain be more efficient and productive. Now, I’m not a huge term of the term “power user” because it simply sounds too cliché, [...]

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Dropbox Needs to Step Up Its Game to Compete With iCloud

by Mike Mansell July 11, 2011

When Steve Jobs unveiled the iCloud storage and synchronization platform at WWDC this year, many immediately developed the view that it was a knockoff of the already popular Dropbox synchronization service that allows users to seamlessly synchronize vital files and folders between all of their computers. To an extent, I would say that Apple did indeed implement ideas into iCloud that were first seen in Dropbox.

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Macs Aren’t Customizable? TinkerTool Disagrees.

by Mike Mansell July 10, 2011

One of the first things that Apple critics told me when I purchased my MacBook Pro in March of this year was that Mac OS X, the flagship operating system that Apple develops and runs on all of their computers, was very limited in terms of customization options. Personally, though, the thought of being locked into a simple user interface didn’t bother me in the least; even if the rumors were true.

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