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PowerPage Podcast Episode 128

Jason O'Grady — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:33:42 +0000

Episode 128 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (24.7 MB, MP3).

Panel: Jason O’Grady and Rob Parker

Topics: This week we discuss Apple’s ban of screen film from its stores, new iPad details that have trickled out, the Apple/HTC suit and we play and we play “What’s on your Mac.”

Here’s what’s on our Macs this week:

Jason

All apps this week!
Pool Pro Online 3 ($4.99) – Killer 3D pool game with head-to-head, Internet gameplay
dSLR Camera Remote ($1.99, $19.99 Pro) – View the live viewfinder preview and fire the shutter of your dSLR camera.
AllRecipes Dinner Spinner Pro ($2.99) – Upgrade to the excellent recipe app with shopping lists and account access.

Rob

Sabrent SATA to USB 2.5″ hard drive enclosure ($9.99)
Sushi Guru ($.99) – Sushi Education app

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PowerPage Podcast Episode 127

Jason O'Grady — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:12 +0000

Episode 127 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (24.6 MB, MP3).

Panel: Jason O’Grady, Rob Parker and Tom Hesser

Topics: This week we dissect Apple’s ban on “sexy” apps, Aperture 3.0.1, Nexus One Flash performance and we play “What’s on your Mac.”

Here’s what’s on our Macs this week:

Jason

Retro Recorder (99 cents) iPhone recorder app with distortion free audio zoom-in. Love the retro UI!
Pastebot ($2.99) powerful clipboard app that stores text & images copied from your iPhone/iPod Touch.
Aperture2Twitter (free) – Aperture plug-in that send tweets and images to Twitter, TwitPic and Mobypicture.

Rob

Aperture 3 now supports tethering to many dSLRs
WDTV – HD media player that connects to any TV

Tom

MoodAgent (free) – iPhone app that catagorizes your music into moods.

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PowerPage Podcast Episode 126

Jason O'Grady — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:03:08 +0000

Episode 126 of the PowerPage Podcast is now available. You can either download it from the iTunes Store or directly (36.3 MB, MP3).

Panel: Jason O’Grady and Rob Parker

Topics: We do our post-mortem wrap-up of Macworld Expo 2010 and Apple puts the smack down on iPhone hackers.

Here’s what’s on our Macs this week:

Jason

Thermapak Heatshift – This $25 cooling pad dissipates heat from the bottom of your MacBook and keeps it away from your lap.
NBC Olympics app (free) – Displays live, real-time updates on every event from the games in Vancouver.
SPL Meter (99 cents) – Professional grade sound level meter app.

Rob

Luma Loop ($60) – DSLR quickdraw strap.
Soupy Sales‘ Twitter feed.
Aperture 3 ($99 upgrade/$199 new) – Photo management app.

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PowerPage Podcast Episode 125

Jason O'Grady — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:53:42 +0000

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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PowerPage Podcast Episode 124

Jason O'Grady — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:48:00 +0000

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

Crumpler 8 Million Dollar Home dSLR camera bag ($170) – The best SLR camera bag on the planet

Rob

MotionX GPS Drive 3.0 for iPhone ($0.99) – The best iPhone GPS goin’

Tom

GoodReader ($0.99) – Document file viewer, focused on PDFs
Chromium Dev build of Google Chrome which has extension support
TechCrunch’s Chromium Updater

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PowerPage Podcast Episode 123

Jason O'Grady — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:07:19 +0000

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

TruePower IV Pro ($99) – The best iPhone battery pack
RadTech Omnistand ($79) – Aluminum notebook and tablet stand
Beatles Music Skins ($15) – Licensed vinyl skins for the iPhone and iPod

Rob

CardRescue ($39) – data recovery for media cards

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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PowerPage Podcast Episode 122

Jason O'Grady — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:09:37 +0000

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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PowerPage Podcast Episode 121

Jason O'Grady — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:12:09 +0000

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

Kingston Elite Pro 32GB ($77) – 133x CompactFlash Card
Glidetrack SD ($280) – video camera dolly system that creates smooth tracking shots
Dragon Dictation (free) – iPhone speech recognition/transcription app

Tom

Pastebot ($1.99) – iPhone clipboard management app

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PowerPage Podcast Episode 120

Jason O'Grady — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:03:15 +0000

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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PowerPage Podcast Episode 119

Jason O'Grady — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:15:33 +0000

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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