Recently, I was at my aunt and uncles house for a family gathering. They had purchased Disneys Frozen through FIOS OnDemand for the kids to watch. The kids loved it, but it made me consider the question of whether or not you should purchase video content through your cable provider. Why? Isn’t it the same as buying through iTunes or Amazon? I would argue it is not. Here’s why.
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I have had the pleasure of reviewing the past few releases of Corel Painter for MyMac.com and the one thing I always applauded Corel for was the fact that they didn’t release a new version every year, but they waited about two years. This allowed the software to have more features due to the longer gap between releases. It also makes it easier on the wallet. However, with Painter 2015, Corel has strayed from that pattern and released a new version within about a year. When I read they had a new version I had to reread and check the website because I didn’t believe it. Is it still worthy of the high praise and your money? Read on.
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With the wearable tech market on the rise, and now that Apple is definitely entering the market, there is one place that I can see the smartwatch being a real problem- the classroom. Teachers already have it hard fighting the battle against cell phone and texting in class (of course texting can happen on computers now too). The smartwatch will only make that battle even harder.
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That’s the phrase I am hearing more and more from people when discussing apps on the iPad. I bring up a cool app that costs a couple of dollars and the person immediately states the above sentence. It seems as if buying apps is becoming more and more of the thing not to do. It is as if buying apps is a sin. Why buy apps when there are hundreds of free ones?
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The Penclic mouse is a mouse that looks like a pen. When I first heard about it I wasn’t sure what to expect. A mouse that is in the shape of a pen? I had to try one and see how it worked. Would it be better than a traditional mouse? Would it be better than a drawing tablet for drawing? Read on to learn more.
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Have you ever been in a hotel that only had a wired connection for the Internet? Maybe the hotel had Wi-Fi , but only the wired connection was free? Believe it or not, there are still hotels and resorts that are like this. I recently took a trip to such a resort where the only free Wi-Fi was in the lobby. You either had to pay for Wi-Fiby the day or use a wired connection in your room.
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At first glance iPad Animation How to Make Stop Motion Movies On The iPad with iStopMotion, GarageBand, and iMove by Craig Lauridsen looks like a giant advertisement or manual for the iPad app iStopMotion by Boinx Software. However, as you get further into the book it is much more. It is a great book on stop motion animation that has tips and techniques that can be used with any software, even though iStopMotion is the software used and explained in the book.
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The AEGIS Series case for the iPhone 5 (fits a 5S also) is a dual layer case for your iPhone made of a silicone inner shell and a polycarbonate outer shell. It is lightweight and provides great protection for your iPhone device.
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One of the big trends I am seeing these days in iOS cases is the dual layer approach. In these cases you have a silicone inner shell with a hard outer shell to go on top which is suppose to add extra protection for your device.The Trident Kraken is one of those types of cases with a little more.
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Unibox Company: eightloops Price: $9.99 App Store Link One of the latest trends is reinventing email. There are a bunch of email clients for
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I have been a long time user of the Wacom drawing tablet line. I have been using the tablets all the way back to the Graphires and they have alway worked great. In the past there were two lines of tablets. Graphire, and most recently Bamboo, for the consumers/hobbyists, while the Intuos line was the line targeted at the pro market.
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About every two years Corel releases a new version of Painter, their fantastic natural media program for artists. I’ve been fortunate enough to review the last few releases and each time I have been happy to say the wait was worth it. Once again Corel has released a new version of Painter- X3, and I once again I can say the wait was worth it. I’m also happy to say they have decided to stay away from the subscription bandwagon for this release.
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Ember Company: Realmac Software Price: $49.99 in the Mac App Store As a writer here at MyMac and other sites, I am constantly taking screenshots
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For as long as I can remember I have been amazed by animation. Growing up I would read any animation book I could find, watch every Disney movie released in theaters. I even did an animation themed independent study in college where I made my own animated cartoon (by hand-no computers).
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For a while now Griffin and Crayola have been teaming up on iOS accessories from apps to cases to interactive drawing accessories. The Light Marker is one of these interactive accessories. It is a “marker” for the iPad that interacts with your iPad through the front facing camera and a specific Crayola app available for free in the App Store.
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When I first saw Flame Painter by Escape Motions I didn’t know what to make of it. Is it a paint program? Is it an effects program? Well, after playing with it for several weeks I’m leaning towards more of an effects program, although there are some fantastic examples of it as a paint program on the company website.
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What does a father do when he can’t find the app he wants for his child in the App Store? Well, there are three
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Painter Lite Company: Corel Price: $69.00 For many years Corel released a “lite†or consumer version of its professional painting program Painter called Painter
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Pixa Company: Shiny Frog Price $30 Mac App Store Link (20% off until the end of 2012) Are you an artist that wanted to organize
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Nomad Flex Company: Nomad Brush Price: $29.00 The one thing missing about painting on an iPad with your finger or a stylus is the
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