MacVoices #1098: Mark Fuccio of Data Robotics on the Speed and Ease of iSCSI, Their MacVoices Group Sponsorship, and a Drobo Contest
Mark Fuccio, the Senior Director of Products & Markets for Data Robotics points out that, even if your Mac doesn’t have eSATA, it probably is iSCSI capable, and compatible with one of Drobo’s fastest interface options. Mark describes just how fast and easy it is to implement this capability, why Drobo has opted to become [...]
MacVoices #1094: Ian Schray Discusses Protecting Your Mac From Theft with GadgetTrak
Three has been plenty of attention to locating your iPhone or iPod with MobileMe, but what about your Mac? Ian Schray has the answer with GadgetTrak, a service that lets you track your Mac laptop if stolen. Ian takes us through some disturbing FBI statistics about laptop theft, and describes how GadgetTrak can help you [...]
MacVoices #1093: Maria Langer on Facebook Privacy, Social Networking Pressures, and How It Happened to Her
If you think the Facebook privacy issues can’t affect you, you need to hear from Maria Langer about her recent social networking experiences. Maria describes how Facebook created a “community page” about her, without her acknowledgement or consent, and invited anyone and everyone to “help.” Facebook’s privacy settings can be a double-edged sword, revealing and [...]
MacVoices #1089: Lucius Kwok Provides a Developer’s Perspective in the iTunes Store and His New Twitter Client, HelTweetica
Developer Lucius Kwok of Felt Tip Inc. recently released his latest app, the free Twitter client, HelTweetica. Why a free Twitter client now? Lucius explains, talks about his history as a Mac developer, and what pushed him into iPhone and now iPad apps. Lucius also has a rather pro-iTunes opinion of Apple’s policies and procedures, [...]
MacVoices #1084: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Getting Work Done on The iPad
Mac expert Joe Kissell is the author of the new Take Control of Working with Your iPad, one of the four Take Control titles focusing on the iPad. Working on your iPad may not be the first think you think of, but Joe helps set expectations, explaining what the iPad is and is not good [...]
MacVoices #1081: James Lee of Tropical Software On How You Can Help Develop TopXNotes for iPhone and iPad
James Lee of Tropical Software is looking for a few good people to help test and suggest for the upcoming iPhone and iPad versions of TopXNotes. Jim talks about the history of their flagship program, where it falls in the note-taking software hierarchy, and why so many users find it easy to understand and adopt. [...]
MacVoices #1080: Steve Scott Talks About What Upcoming NSConference MINI Offers Those Not Going to WWDC
Conference organizer Steve Scott is about to pull off a difficult project: putting together a developers conference in four weeks. We’re talking about the NSConference MINI, and Scotty explains how it came about, who it is for, and why it doesn’t compete with Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference. Scotty has plenty of experience, organizing two versions [...]
MacVoices #1078: Yuri Selukof of Good.iWare Outlines The Long List of The Capabilities of GoodReader for iPhone and iPad
Yuri Selukof, the founder of Good.iWare, profiles one of the most popular applications for the iPhone and iPad, GoodReader. Many think of GoodReader as an app to view PDFs on Apple’s mobile devices, but it goes far beyond that. Yuri covers all the file formats GoodReader will accept and why they decided to make the [...]
MacVoices #1077: Gary-Paul Prince of Peachpit Introduces The Content and Capabilities of Their New Creative Edge
Gary-Paul Prince, Marketing Manager for Peachpit, introduces their new web site, Creative Edge. In an online world of training resources, Creative Edge stands out for a number of reasons. Gary-Paul explains how the site aggregates content from multiple publishers and authors, and includes some of the biggest names in the industry. Not just a digital [...]
MacVoices #1076: Joe Kissell Takes Control of Spam, Apple Mail in Snow Leopard, and Mail on the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch
Mac expert Joe Kissell has reached a new high with the release of three new or newly updated Take Control titles, Take Control of Spam with Apple Mail. Take Control of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard and Take Control of Mail on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. To celebrate, Joe takes us on a [...]
