iPad App Review – The Elements

The first thing you notice about The Elements is the HD graphics. In a word, they’re stunning. The app opens with Tom Lehrer’s famous Elements song where he sings the names of all of the elements. As the song plays, each element’s native state appears as a rotating high-definition video, filling up the Periodic Table of the Elements as it goes. If you’re interested in science at all, it’s awesome.

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Review – Blast Application

Apparent Software makes working on a Mac just a wee bit easier with its new offering, Blast. This inexpensive application runs on your Mac’s menu bar, providing a quick way to access any file or application you’ve recently worked on. Blast has proven to be a real asset to my daily workflow and productivity.

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Review – Trip Journal

Trip Journal is an app that lets you document and share your travel adventures with family and friends through social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Google Earth, and Picasa. Users can upload photos, notes, and routes in real time, or when the trip is completed.

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Bento for iPad – Review


There are times when I find my life becomes just too busy. Between planning my high school science classes, grading papers, writing reviews for MyMac.com, maintaining a home and running about for our children, I really need to keep track of my constantly changing schedule without being tied to my iMac. The folks at FileMaker have come up with an elegant solution for iPad owners with Bento for iPad.

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PhotoForge for iPhone – Review


Within days after I evaluated and tested the Photogene image editor app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, and published my review on MyMac.com, I stumbled upon an app that beats it, hands-down! And, this app had been out for a bit. I place the blame squarely on myself. For the new year, I swear on my Mac Plus’ grave to forego my everyday activities and watch the iTunes App Store 24/7 for new photography apps.

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Can an iPhone Replace a Laptop on Vacation?


Recently, my husband and I flew across the country to the Napa Valley for a vacation. I don’t usually bring a laptop with me. This time, however, I had an iPhone. Would that be enough to keep me up-to-date and lessen my computer catch-up time when I got home?

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Photoshop.com Mobile – Review


New MyMac.com writer Sandro Cuccia, soon to be Podcasting star, takes the free iPhone app Photoshop.com Mobile around the block for a spin. Worth the download? Is this the full Photoshop experience on the iPhone? For free? Read Sandro’s review to find out!

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MailPlane – Review



MailPlane makes working with Gmail accounts through the web as smooth and comfortable as dealing with email using a standard mail client such as Apple Mail. A review from new MyMac.com writer Scott Willsey!

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Big Words – A Reality

Wouldn’t it be cool if… I wonder how many of the applications we use today, either on the computer or our iPhone / iPod Touch, came to be with those five simple words. Here is the story about one such App, Big Words, and how Tim Robertson came up with the idea and the steps taken to make it a reality!

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