Checkbook Pro – App Review

If you want a nicely designed, feature-rich checkbook register without all the excess bloat, you should give this app some serious consideration. You can download a trial to see if it fits your needs. An excellent idea.

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PSVita – TechFan Podcast #72

After the last show, Tim gets a PSVita for a first-look review. Then Windows Phone 7 is discussed, and the review of the Lumia 900 by The Verge is talked about. Finally, a new Trojan has appeared on the Mac, and what is one to do?

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BrokeGlass Cell Phone – MyMac Podcast #397

Gaz is back and Guy is so happy he decided to break the glass on his iPhone. Well it wasn’t QUITE like that, but close. Lots of feedback this week from Twitter, FaceBook, and email where the GMen answer some questions about music in the Gazmaz home, the iOSification of the Mac, and what does it take to get your iPad on the big screen in meetings or training sessions. Oh, and yes, Guy changes the way he records the podcast again. The 400th Podcast contest is almost at the close so hurry up and get your FaceBook Likes in before it’s too late.

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Google+ The Missing Manual – Book Review

I’m one of those people who signed up for a Google+ account and then had no idea how to use it. Everyone who’s anyone uses social media these days, and I jumped on the bandwagon. It turns out I’m not the only one who’s confused when it comes to Google+.

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On the State of Chinese Manufacturing Conditions

A big, dirty cloud of dust has been kicked up concerning Apple, manufacturing in China, and Chinese labor practices. Mike Daisey’s NPR misinformation in January helped fuel the fire. I feel compelled to chime in on this subject because as a product development specialist and designer, my career has been spent working directly inside factories in Europe and Asia. During the past couple of decades I’ve worked almost exclusively with manufacturers all over China.

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Kindle Fire: The Missing Manual – Book Review

The days of receiving a manual with a product are over. Some companies supply help by way of a PDF downloaded with an application. Others include a short Get Started guide that gives just the basics of the hardware. Amazon is no different with their Kindle devices, which is why Peter Meyers wrote Kindle Fire: The Missing Manual.

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Apple Releases iDVD for iPad

With very little fanfare, Tim Cook (CEO of Apple Incorporated) and Jonathan Ives (Senior Vice President of Industrial design at Apple Incorporated) gathered with a few well-known tech press pundits at the George R. Moscone Elementary Auditorium to announce their latest software breakthrough for their signature mobile tablet, the iPad.

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