Posted by: Jason O'Grady
Date: Friday, February 12th, 2010, 00:42
Category: conference, Macworld Expo, Podcast
Episode 125 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (21 MB, MP3).
Panel: Jason O’Grady, Tom Hesser, Adam Christianson and Victor Cajiao.
Topics: Macworld Expo 2010 opens in San Francisco and our panel reviews the first day of the show including the featured presentations by David Pogue and Kevin Smith and the Best of Show awards.
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Posted by: Jason O'Grady
Date: Thursday, February 4th, 2010, 08:00
Category: Podcast
Episode 124 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (33.4 MB, MP3). Update: the download link has been fixed.
Panel: Jason O’Grady, Rob Parker and Tom Hesser.
Topics: Is the iPad really all that? 27″ iMac problems, smartphone smackdown: Nexus One steps it up, Zune soon to phone home and we play “What’s on your Mac?”
Here’s what’s on our Macs this week:
Jason
Rob
Tom
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Posted by: Jason O'Grady
Date: Sunday, January 31st, 2010, 21:19
Category: Podcast
Episode 123 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (48.4 MB, MP3).
Panel: Jason O’Grady, Rob Parker and Shaun Redmond
Topics: We analyze the brand-spankin-new Apple iPad and we play “What’s on your Mac?”
Here’s what’s on our Macs this week:
Jason
Rob
Shaun
- TruePower battery for MacBook Pro ($99.95) – Affordable and well designed domestically made battery by FastMac
- Ecobee smart thermostat ($469) – Interactive, flexible and remotely accessable smart thermostat with energy monitor option
- Solar Checker (Free) – Powerful app that uses the iPhone’s sensors to calculate the solar production potential of your roof
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Posted by: Jason O'Grady
Date: Friday, January 22nd, 2010, 10:37
Category: Podcast
Episode 122 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (32.6 MB, MP3).
Panel: Jason O’Grady and Rob Parker
Topics: Tablet and iPhone 4.0 rumors reach a fever pitch and we play “What’s on your Mac?”
Here’s what’s on our Macs this week:
Jason
- Firefox 3.6 (free) – Upgrade to the popular Web brower
- Personas (free) – 30,000 free themes for Firefox 3.6
- Data Rescue 3 ($99) – best data recovery software for recovering files from a problem hard drive
Rob
- Hack that enables hidden Quick Look feature for folder content previews
- Oribtal (App Store, $1.99 and free) – stunningly beautiful game that’s addictive
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Posted by: Jason O'Grady
Date: Thursday, December 17th, 2009, 10:09
Category: Podcast
Episode 121 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (30.5 MB, MP3).
Panel: Jason O’Grady, Rob Parker and Tom Hesser
Topics: The resurgence of Web apps, Psystar is toast, Operation Chokehold and AT&T data caps, how Facebook sold you out, Smartphones to outsell notebooks in 2010 and we play “What’s on your Mac?”
Here’s what’s on our Macs this week:
Jason
- Spirited Away (free) – OS X menu bar item that hides background applications automatically
- Isolator (free) – a small menu bar application for OS X that blacks out everything but the foreground application
- Podium by Pivotal ($29) – the ultimate desktop iPhone stand
- Labyrinth 2 ($4.99) – successor to the popular iPhone game
Rob
Tom
- Pastebot ($1.99) – iPhone clipboard management app
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Posted by: Jason O'Grady
Date: Thursday, December 10th, 2009, 13:15
Category: Podcast
Episode 120 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (30.1 MB, MP3).
Panel: Jason O’Grady and Rob Parker.
Topics: Fraudulent App Store reviews, Chrome for Mac officially released, more Apple tablet conjecture, first of their kind broadcasting and dictation apps come to the App Store and we play “What’s on your Mac?”
Here’s what’s on our Macs this week:
Jason
- DJay v3 ($50) – Sexiest and best DJ software out there for Mac OS X
- Midomi SoundHound ($5) – This killer music recognition app beats Shazam
- Flare Scratch ($8) – Top notch vinyl scratching app for the iPhone
Rob
- WireTap Studio ($69) – Record the audio from any application, system audio, or audio input
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Posted by: Jason O'Grady
Date: Thursday, December 3rd, 2009, 10:33
Category: Podcast
Episode 119 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (35.9 MB, MP3).
Panel: Jason O’Grady and Rob Parker.
Topics: More tablet rumors, iPhone on VZW/T-Mobile, AT&T exclusivity, Psystar and a mammoth “What’s on your Mac?” Featuring: Jason O’Grady and Rob Parker.
Here’s what’s on our Macs this week:
Jason
- Data Rescue 3 ($99) – Killer data recovery software from ProSoft Engineering
- QuickBooks 2010 for Mac ($199) – Defacto standard accounting software (which I reviewed on The Apple Core)
- 1Password ($39.99) – Must-have password, login, credential keeper
- Boxcar (free) – iPhone app providing push notifications for Twitter
- Samson G Track microphone (~$120) – My USB microphone of choice
- GoodReader ($0.99) – Larger PDF reader for iPhone
- Documents 2 Go ($9.99) – Edit Word on Excel files on the iPhone
Rob
- RampChamp (free for a limited time) – Fun skee-ball game for iPhone from Icon Factory
- Pixelmator ($59.99) – Easy, fast and powerful image editing software
- Photoshop Lightroom 3 BETA (free in beta) – Digital darkroom software for photographers
- MotionX Drive GPS ($2.99) – Simply the best GPS navigation app for iPhone
- aSmartHUD ($0.99) – Digital dashboard app to display a Heads Up Display on your windshield
- Mi-Fi ($0.99) – App that displays the status of your Mi-Fi’s Internet connection
- Mini DisplayPort to HDMI dongle ($9.35) – Connect your MBP to anything HDMI
- HDRtist ($0.99) – Software for creating High Dynamic Range images
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Posted by: Jason O'Grady
Date: Friday, November 20th, 2009, 23:17
Category: User Group
The Philadelphia PowerBook User Group (PPUG) will meet tomorrow Saturday, November 21, 2009 from 12 noon to 3 p.m. at the Manayunk Brewing Company along the beautiful Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. We usually have lunch (or a brew) while we talk mobile computing.
I’ll be on hand to give a presentation on the white-hot Droid and Android 2.0 a I’m going to demo a couple of my favorite new DJ apps including GrooveMaker and Touch DJ. Rob Parker, Bob Snow, and David Berg be on hand to talk about Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), the new MacBooks and all the latest tablet rumors.
If you’re going to be in the Philadelphia area you’re invited to join us for a great meeting, it’s free and you’re invited to bring a guest. Feel free to bring items to sell or swap as well.
Manayunk Brewing Company
4120 Main Street
Philadelphia, PA 19127
215.482.8220
Posted by: Jason O'Grady
Date: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009, 21:19
Category: Podcast
Episode 118 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (38.3 MB, MP3).
Panel: Jason O’Grady, Rob Parker and Tom Hesser.
Topics: When I’m 64 (GB), Snow Leopard software compatibility, 640GB notebook hard drives, more tablet conspiracies and “What’s on your Mac?”
Here’s what’s on our Macs this week:
Jason
Rob
- RampChamp (skee-ball game) from Ambrosia Software (iPhone $1.99)
- SixtyFourSwitcher – free GUI for toggling the 64-bit kernel in Snow Leopard
Tom
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Posted by: Jason O'Grady
Date: Thursday, August 20th, 2009, 07:48
Category: Podcast
Episode 117 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (27.6 MB, MP3).
Panel: Jason O’Grady, Rob Parker and Tom Hesser.
Topics: Apple’s September 9 event, Snow Leopard and 64-bit, two tablets? fix released for MacBook Pro hard drive issue, GPS iPhone apps and “What’s on your Mac?”
Here’s what’s on our Macs this week:
Jason
- Camera Genius ($1) – iPhone camera app with zoom, image stabilization, timers with voice.
Rob
Tom
- Art ($1) – Artist factbook, gallery, and quiz game for the iPhone.
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