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Review: Crimson Case for iPhone 4

by Jeff Weisbein September 5, 2011

If there is one type of press release or review request I get a lot of, there is no doubt that I would put iPhone accessories towards the top of the list. However, while I do get a lot of them, it’s rare that I take up offer to review the product and/or share the [...]

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Why I Avoid the Mac App Store

by Mike Mansell August 29, 2011

When I first heard that Apple was working to put out an “App Store” for Mac OS X following the incredible success that the company had with a venture of the same name and stature on the iOS platform I was initially very excited. Such an organized system for buying, downloading, and updating software seemed [...]

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7 Reasons I (Finally) Updated to Lion

by Mike Mansell August 26, 2011

I didn’t want to do it. Really, I didn’t. After having bought my first Mac and fallen in love with the clean and crisp user interface of Mac OS X (10.6, Snow Leopard) I was less than eager to update to the latest version (Lion) when it came out last month. Don’t get me wrong, [...]

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I’m Confident Apple Will Continue to Grow, Even Now That Jobs Left the Throne

by Mike Mansell August 25, 2011

Having had been away from my computer for a good chunk of the afternoon yesterday I was pretty surprised to see a pile of unread messages in my Twitter feed that far surpassed the “regular” number of messages I’d see after such an amount of time. “Wow,” I thought to myself, “did the east-coast have [...]

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Should Apple Be Better-Protecting Developer Previews?

by Mike Mansell August 8, 2011

As a user of Apple’s Mac OS X desktop operating system one of the things that I personally find to be most appealing about the entire “Mac experience” is the fact that there are so many independent developers out there who make flat-out fantastic applications for the system. Sure, I love the product that are [...]

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Next Generation iPhone Will Crush the Competition

by Mike Mansell August 3, 2011

In business there is nothing better than winning over new customers. After all, when your product or service is of quality enough to gain serious traction in your industry you can pretty much be certain that you have done something right. However, even winning over a customer isn’t always a surefire guarantee of long-term success. [...]

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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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How To: Show the Library Folder in OS X Lion

by Jeff Weisbein July 22, 2011

In Apple’s latest release of OS X (Lion), the Library folder is hidden and not accessible by default. For some reason (probably to keep users from causing problems by deleting necessary files) Apple decided to hide it, but what about power users? How do you access the Library folder on Lion if it’s hidden? Well, thankfully, there is an easy way to tell Lion to show the Library folder.

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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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