Mach Ball: A Ball Game with a Nifty Twist
Mach Ball ($0.99) is an iPhone game with an interesting twist. In Mach Ball, your job is to get the ball to the goal while...
Slingshot Cowboy is a Time Waster
Slingshot Cowboy (previously $0.99, now free) is a fun game that, if nothing else, helps you kill time. Your job is to use the slingshot...
The patent system is broken, and Nokia Vs. Apple Continues.
I had a couple interesting patent conversations today, both completely unrelated, but both offering me some insights into this Nokia patent fight with Apple. Neither...
Keyboard Madness: What we need from a Keyboard
I’ve had the same keyboard for a long while now. Not long after Apple released their aluminum keyboards, I went out and bought one. I...
The Flip Side: Configuring a Dell With Windows 7
That’s right! Yours truly spent some time with a Windows-based laptop this week. My galpal doesn’t want a Mac (YET!), so I helped her order...
Software to plan trips: Knapsack
Do you travel a lot, or are you the type of person that needs to plan out every aspect of your travel itinerary? If either...
Get a menu on your second monitor with SecondBar
Here’s a quick tip for all you multiple monitor users. Have you ever gotten extremely annoyed that your second monitor doesn’t have a menu bar...
Manage your wine collection with Vinoteka
If you’re planning on entertaining for the holidays, and have any intention of serving up wine from your wine collection, you might want to have...
Christmas Aftermath
So, Christmas is over now, and all of our gifts are exchanged. (Our holiday giveaway is still going until the 31st, by the way.) Now...
Apple releases bundled movies in the iTunes store.
One of the coolest things about the holiday season is all the bundled movies that seem to keep popping up in box stores around the...
If a developer lowers the price of an app are we entitled to a partial refund?
If we’re moving to online commerce solutions, and the AppStore is going to be our medium of application sales for our mobile devices, then shouldn’t...
My three favourite iPhone game developers of 2009
We use the term ‘indie’ pretty lightly these days, but I think the term fits these three development teams. In my book, unless you’re owned...
Can I scan your business card?
Lets face it, as much as vcards and iPhone contact swap apps are really cool, we still haven’t eliminated the basic business card. The hard...
Get information on how to fix your Macs for free
If you haven’t heard of iFixit yet, then you’ve probably been living under a bridge for the last couple of years. These guys put together...
iMacs are portables too. A case cruzer proves it.
Back in the late 1980s when the original Macintosh was all the rage, and government agencies were using the machines in their daily workflows, my...
Throw Down: DVD Vs. iTunes Extras
I am a nut for special features. I listen to every commentary track, watch every featurette, and chuckle at every gag reel. When I purchase...
Trouble in App Developer Paradise? Beta 2 broke development phones.
I received an interesting email today about the 3.0 iPhone software that I thought I would pass along. Some developers are pretty pissed right now,...
Is Apple Going to Buy Twitter?
There have been talks for months about Google possibly acquiring Twitter. You have seen it in blogs, social media sites, and even in magazines. At...