 Sync your Mac Address Book with your Google or Yahoo! e‑mail account to make it available to Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social‑media sites. Many Mac users already make their contacts available everywhere by synchronizing between laptops, desktops, and smart phones, either using MobileMe or third-party utilities. But in Leopard and Snow Leopard (Mac OS X versions 10.5 and 10.6), there’s another very powerful option—synchronize your Mac Address Book with Google (Gmail) and Yahoo! e‑mail accounts. The advantage: these two services have become nearly universal resources for sharing your contact list with social‑media sites.
Here’s how it works …[READ MORE]
Do you ever have trouble retrieving information on your Mac when you need it? Most of us get tons of e‑mail and surf dozens (or hundreds) of web sites every week. We also play—and work—in social-media sites where our friends and colleagues bombard us with quotations, links, images, audio and video files, and more. Lots of this information is interesting, and plenty of it is useful—if you can ever find it again later.
There are a lot of software products available to help you organize information, but Circus Ponies™ Software’s NoteBook is one of the most powerful tools we’ve encountered. It uses the visual metaphor of …[READ MORE]
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 Starting with a well-designed system of computer hardware and software is essential to running an efficient, productive office, whether you’re launching a new business or expanding or replacing your old system. You have the talent and the passion to succeed—now you need the right equipment for the job: enough processing power, storage space, and memory—and the software and peripherals to support the work you do. You’ll save time, stress, and money by putting some planning into your purchasing and setup decisions.
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Sony has announced a challenge to the Amazon Kindle with its new line of e-book readers. Last week at the New York Public Library, Sony unveiled the Sony Reader Pocket Edition (PRS-300, $199) and the Reader Touch Edition (PRS-600, $299), both of which support the EPUB format.
EPUB support is big news because Google has made a million titles available for free in the EPUB format, and the Kindle—until now the market leader in the product category—can’t natively read EPUBs. (Google’s offerings are classics and public-domain titles.) Sony reader users will also be able to “check out” books for free from libraries that offer lending in the EPUB format.
Sony rounds out their reader line with the soon-to-be-available Reader Daily Edition, featuring a 7″ wide screen and 3G wireless, which gives users instant access to newspapers and magazines, as well as all the usual books. Like the Touch Edition, the Daily Edition includes a touch screen.
Read a full review at CNET.
We’re experimenting with another application to capture blog posts to our Facebook business page. We’ll let you know how it turns out.
Apple has announced the release of its next operating system upgrade, called “Snow Leopard” (a.k.a. Mac OS X 10.6). This OS will work only on Intel-based Macs, but as a result of stripping out PowerPC support, it’s much more compact, and it’s supposed to run faster and more smoothly than Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5).
Customers can pre-order now for delivery on Friday, or visit an Apple retail store or Apple Authorized Reseller on Friday. As soon as we get a chance to test-drive Snow Leopard, we’ll post a review here.
Read the full story at Ars Technica.
TUAW is a great resource for people who are new to the Mac. It offers a lot of information to help you get the most out of your Macintosh computer, iPhone, apps, and products. This blog also includes “tips, reviews, news, analysis, and opinion on everything Apple.”
Check out posts in the Mac 101 category, which are especially geared toward “new and novice” Mac users.
Visit TUAW.
For those of you who have been waiting for turn-by-turn navigation for your iPhone, it’s HERE! Right now, only the application is available. Later, TomTom plans to offer a windshield docking station as well.
Read the story at Macworld.
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