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Should Apple Give Away the Apple TV to Kick Start a Streaming Video Service?

by Mar 23, 2011

Amazon’s foray into the video streaming business proves not only how much demand there is by consumers, but also how lucrative streaming can be. Amazon’s not the only one jumping on the bandwagon to compete with Netflix, a lot of the cable and satellite industry heavyweights have announced plans to release apps and services to…Continue Reading

iPad 2 Buying Advice From an iPad Owner

Mar 10, 2011 1 Comment

With a little over 24 hours to go, you may find yourself debating which iPad 2 model you will actually buy. Don’t worry, about a year ago  I was in that same position when I first purchased the iPad and after having used it for almost a year, I have a couple of buying tips…Continue Reading

Should Twitter Remove Trending Tweets Because of #RIP Black Folks?

Feb 17, 2011 3 Comments

Today I was surprised to see that one of Twitter’s Trending Tweets was #RIP Black Folks. At first I was a bit surprised that something as insensitive as this would be one of the trending tweets, but I decided to look into because it caught my attention. As I read the tweets there appeared to…Continue Reading

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Giveaway: Get Blu-ray Decrypter to Help Safely Backup Your Blu-rays

If you’re building up an extensive collection of movies in the new Blu-ray format, chances are that you’ve spent a couple of bucks putting it together. To help protect that small fortune that you call a movie collection, there are a couple of apps out there that will help you backup these discs so that…Continue Reading

Giveaway: Take Your Favorite Movies to School with BDlot Video Converter

If you are looking for a quick, easy and FREE method to convert your favorite movies and TV shows to a format you can take with you anywhere, you need to check out BDlot Video Converter. BDlot Video Converter is part of a greater suite of applications that allows you to convert videos to any…Continue Reading

iTunes Match Beta Available for Developers

With the imminent launch of iOS 5 for the iPhone and the iPad, Apple is moving forward with its new music offering for iTunes, Match. iTunes Match stores your entire music library in iCloud (another new service from Apple debuting this fall). When you store your music in iCloud you can access it from anywhere…Continue Reading

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How to Hide Morning and Night Hours in Google Calendar

One of the settings I always enjoyed in Outlook is the ability to customize work hours so that my available time (work time) would appear on the calendar as a reminder not to schedule anything past a certain time. Google has taken this concept event further and now allows users to hide those morning and…Continue Reading

How to Print iCal Calendars in Mac OS X

Just the other day I needed to print a monthly calendar in Mac OS X and realized that I had never done it before. When I opened the print dialog box I was amazed at the number of options available to print a calendar in iCal. So I decided to write this guide to help…Continue Reading

How to Create a Smart Folder in Mac OS

Have you ever found yourself looking for a particular set of files that are either named similarly or are of the same file type? Rather than perform a search in Mac OS to locate these files each time you want to access them, you have the option of creating a Smart Folder to simplify this…Continue Reading