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MacVoices #1250: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – MoneyWorks Delivers Secure Cross-Platform Accounting

Chuck — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:45:32 +0000

In the Mac OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Feda Karkour of Cognito Software explains the benefits of MoneyWorks, their cross-platform accounting package that scales up as your company’s needs change. MoneyWorks is a true double-entry system, assuring integrity of your data and a clean audit trail when you need it.

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MacVoices #1249: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – LiveWorship Delivers Live Event Production Capabilities

Chuck — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:45:42 +0000

In the Macworld | iWorld 2012 OS X Zone, Marty Ford of GeekJam demonstrates LiveWorship, a multimedia control application for managing live events such as worship services. Able to draw from collections of graphics, text and media assets on the fly, LiveWorship, can be used for any live presentation situation where flexibility and adaptability are needed.

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MacVoices #1248: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Miraizon Lets You Extract DVD Clips and Convert Video Formats

Chuck — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:30:17 +0000

In the OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, David Salaman of Miraizon discusses his company’s products, including Reframe, a video converter that converts from pretty much any format to any other format, and Cinematizer, a utility that allows you to extract clips from a DVD.

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MacVoices #1246: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Rogue Amoeba Records and Distributes Audio with Piezo and AirFoil

Chuck — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:45:43 +0000

In a very home-like booth on the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba shows off the ease of use of AirFoil for sending any audio, not just iTunes, from your Mac to AirPlay speakers anywhere in your home, and how Piezo will let you record virtually any audio on your Mac with just a couple clicks.

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MacVoices #1247: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Garmin and Navigon Deliver New and Enhanced Navigation and GPS Products

Chuck — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:30:34 +0000

In the Garmin booth at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Johan-Till Broer brings us up to date with the changes that have happened since Navigon and Garmin became one. New offerings include new versions of the Garmin StreetPilot and NAVIGON navigation apps, the Garmin GTU 10 GPS Tracking Unit that can be used for your car, your pet or your child, Garmin Fit that tracks your walking, the new Garmin StreetPilot onDemand that lets you buy navigation services as you need them, social media integration into their apps, and Garmin Pilot My-Cast Aviation Weather and Flight Planning, a flight planning application for pilots that can even file those plans with the FAA.

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MacVoices #1245: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – iSupport Delivers An iPhone Chassis To Improve Moviemaking

Chuck — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:35:57 +0000

From the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jason Evans of iSupport explains how their three different models of iSupport enhance iPhone photography. A chassis that holds your iPhone and accommodates a better lens, with options for more accessories, the iSupport provides an affordable, more stable way to use your iPhone for shooting video. Jason explains the benefits of each model, from the basic to the extreme.

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MacVoices #1244: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – MacKeeper Keeps Your Mac Running Smoothly

Chuck — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:30:58 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jeremiah Fowler of MacKeeper discusses their bundle of sixteen utilities that helps keep your Mac running smoothly, protects you from the bad guys’ efforts and more. Including security system clean-up, optimization, an uninstaller to name a few, consider MacKeeper when making a system utilities package decision.

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MacVoices #1243: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Soonr Scribble Lets You Annotate Any Document

Chuck — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:30:12 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Martin Frid-Nielsen of Soonr introduces us to Soonr Scribble, the app that lets you view, annotate, comment on and mark up virtually any document with just the swipe of a finger or stylus. Not just for Word, Excel, Powerpoint or PDFs, you can also annotate pictures as well.

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MacVoices #1242: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – nivio Gives You Affordable Access to the PC Environment on Your Mac or iPad

Chuck — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:30:26 +0000

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, nivio launches their United States presence with a large booth and exciting capabilities. Paul Chakour explains how nivio puts a virtual PC in your browser and even on your iPad via their subscription service. What makes it more interesting is the ability to subscribe to applications in their service (the Microsoft Office suite, for example) on an as-needed basis. Want to work with a particular application for a project or only a month or two? You can do it in nivio, and affordably too. Find out why this may be one of the best options for running PC programs on your Apple gear yet.

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MacVoices #1241: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Code 42 Software Gets Funding, Improves Enterprise and Individual Backups

Chuck — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:30:10 +0000

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Mike Evangelist of Code 42 Software, makers of CrashPlan, discusses the major funding they recently received, and what it means to both the company and its customers. Code 42 isn’t just for individuals, however. Mike talks about the enterprise presence that you might not know about, and how users in both the personal and business worlds benefit from what they learn from their many classes of customers.

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MacVoices #1240: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – The iHead iPhone Case, a Kickstarter Project, Solves the Earbud Problem

Chuck — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:30:28 +0000

Each year we run into people on the show floor of Macworld | iWorld 2012 engaged in guerrilla marketing. Very few of are interest, but occasionally someone shows something that appears viable. This year, it was Belal Breaga Bakht with his iHead iPhone case, a Kickstarter project (you can find the iHeadCase page here). Nicely designed and with the distinction of solving a problem many of us have, namely: finding a way to take our earbuds with us without having them tangled beyond recognition, the iHead case is worth a look and maybe a pledge. Only a few days remain until the Kickstarter deadline, so if you’re into it, don’t delay.

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MacVoices #1239: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – i4Software’s Video Camera Combines iOS Device Video Sources for Moviemaking

Chuck — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:00:52 +0000

In a crowded i4Software booth at Macworld | iWorld 2012, CEO Michael Zaletel introduces Video Camera
, a groundbreaking video app for iOS that can connect up to eight iOS devices as video sources, record them all, and then edit them together or separately into the same final project, all on your iOS device.

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MacVoices #1238: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Crestron Automates and Controls Your Home From Your iPad

Chuck — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:15:02 +0000

Looking for remote control for your home? Crestron has you covered. At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Steven Ricks outlines what their system can take care of, from thermostat to blinds, music to light and more. With over 200 products already in place and more being added soon, chances are what you want to do is already done, just waiting for you to install and start enjoying control.

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MacVoices #1237: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Recosoft Delivers Enterprise-Level InDesign-To-PDF Conversion

Chuck — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:45:33 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Paul Chadha of Recosoft shows off their latest addition, PDF2ID Enterprise, which delivers InDesign-to-PDF conversions for corporate customers who need to do such conversions on hundreds or thousands of documents on a regular basis.

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MacVoices #1236: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Olloclip Increases Your iPhone Camera’s Versatility With Ease

Chuck — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:00:16 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, “Best of Show” Winner Olloclip had them standing in the aisles. Patrick O’Neill shows us why their 3-in-one iPhone lens system is such a success. With wide-angle, fish-eye and macro options built into a compact, easy-on-easy-off unit, the Olloclip is an iPhone must-have.

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MacVoices #1235: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – BulletTrain Returns With an Improved BulletTrain Express

Chuck — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:15:42 +0000

Last year, BulletTrain was on the show floor without a booth, doing guerrilla marketing. This year at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jake Ehrlich and crew are back with a full booth presence to show off the new version of BulletTrain Express, a chassis that fits an Apple Wireless Keyboard and a Apple Magic Trackpad into an ergonomic, unified surface for controlling your Mac remotely, whether it is in front of you on your desktop or across the room in your home theater.

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MacVoices #1234: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Dane-Elec’s my-Ditto Provides Secure Cloud and Local Storage

Chuck — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:30:25 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Aaron Campbell of Dane-Elec profiles the MyDitto, a plug-and-play hybrid solution that includes both USB and cloud-based storage, as well as the new MyDitto Pro NAS, how they deliver functionality while maintaining the security that is critical in today’s world, and how the whole system works, including backups.

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MacVoices #1233: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – MacPhun Shows Off Some Excellent Mac Photo Applications

Chuck — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:30:47 +0000

In the Mac OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Alex Tsepko of MacPhun delivers a whirlwind tour of three of their Mac photo manipulation applications, Snapheal, FX Photo Studio Pro, and Color Splash Studio. Making sophisticated photo effects both easy and fun, all three applications are both approachable and affordable, regardless of your experience level.

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MacVoices #1232: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Other World Computing Introduces New Products Large and Small

Chuck — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:30:31 +0000

In the Other World Computing booth Macworld | iWorld 2012, Chris Haeffner introduces us to this year’s must-have products, including the Power2UAC/USB In-Wall charging solution, the forthcoming MiniStac Max to beef up your Mac mini’s storage, and for the big boys, the new Jupiter mini-SAS line of enterprise storage solutions.

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MacVoices #1231: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – FileThis|Fetch Retrieves and Organizes Your Paperless Statements

Chuck — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:15:00 +0000

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Brian Berson of FileThis introduces their new product, FileThis|Fetch. Dedicated to integrating paperless statements from your bills (bank, credit card, electric company, gas company, etc.) into your paperless workflow, FileThis|Fetch automatically downloads and presenting the paperless statements so you don’t have to. With a strong emphasis on security, FileThis|Fetch makes sure you won’t be late with your payments and won’t have to remember what comes due when.

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MacVoices #1230: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Rage Software Improves the Ease and Accessibility of Search Engine Optimization

Chuck — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:00:45 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012 in San Francisco, Paul Levine of Rage Software makes good on his promise a few months ago, and shows off SEIntelligence, the new search engine optimization tool that not only delivers valuable information about who is visiting your web site, but also how to manage your tags and content to bring in even more. Paul gives us a demo of the SEO tool that anyone can learn and use by taking advantage of their training videos.

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MacVoices #1228: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Sparrow Gives You A New Way to Manage Your Email

Chuck — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:30:46 +0000

From Macworld | iWorld 2012 in San Francisco, Dom Leca discusses Sparrow , the latest and greatest email program for the Mac. What could be new in an email program? Dom explains the lean and mean approach that Sparrow takes to help you manage your email flood in a fast, efficient and new way that is austere and functional in its approach.

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MacVoices #1227: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Dev-Audio Facilitates Conference Recordings with Microcone

Chuck — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:20:41 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Ian McCowan of Dev-Audio shows off their new product, Microcone, which helps you capture your business meetings in a high-quality recording. With six, yes, six different microphones covering six different directions, Microcone lets you record each participant in a different track for better audio control. With tagging, speech recognition and more as options, your meetings become information resources rather than just pro forma exercises where the information gets lost.

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MacVoices #1226: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – DocMoto Manages Your Documents With Tags

Chuck — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:35:22 +0000

From Macworld | iWorld 2012 and the Mac OS X Zone, Neil Cameron of CHLSoftware profiles their document management system, DocMoto. Based on tagging, DocMoto makes sure you take the time to tag by incorporating it into the data organization process, and can catalog virtually any type of file, including emails.

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MacVoices #1225: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Connected Offers a Step Up In Accounting Software for Business

Chuck — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:15:33 +0000

On the show floor at Macworld 2012, Scott Archer explains what his company’s accounting software offers to businesses that have outgrown entry-level programs and want to step up to a multi-user, auditible system with support for the migration of systems before and after the change.

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MacVoices #1224: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – e3 Software Helps You Get The Word Out with Direct Mail

Chuck — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:58 +0000

From the OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jonathan Hammer, President of e3 Software, talks about their bulk email product Direct Mail. Jonathan explains how the software works, the steps they take to keep your message from being construed as spam, and the control you have over what you send and the information you get back from your email campaigns.

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MacVoices #1223: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Sheep Systems Helps Shepherd Time Machine and Bookmarks

Chuck — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:30:18 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, Jerry Krinock explains how FileGoBack helps you find what you’re looking for faster and easier in Time Machine, and how BookMacster will help you keep keep track of and sync your browser bookmarks across multiple Macs and even with your PC.

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MacVoices #1222: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Splasm Shows Off A Diverse Variety of Utilities for Audio, Video, Finance and More

Chuck — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:00:07 +0000

In the OS X Zone at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Terra Knoble, the Resident Pixie, Communications & Marketing for Splasm gave us a tour of their products that range from the casual to the productive, including CheckBook, CheckBook Pro, Audiobook Builder, Griddle and ViddyUp.

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MacVoices #1221: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – SoftClouds’ eventScan Collects Event Data for CRM Software Integration

Chuck — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:15:53 +0000

At Macworld | iWorld 2012, David Wetherelt of SoftClouds discusses eventScan, their solution for taking event attendee data, collecting it, and integrating it into your customer management realties system, including an iPhone client, and their latest service, mobi2Clouds.

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MacVoices #1220: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Realmac Software Takes the Wraps Off Clear, Their New Things-To-Do App

Chuck — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:00:37 +0000

On the show floor at Macworld | iWorld 2012, Nik Fletcher of Realmac Software talks about their new to-do iOS app, Clear, which sports a super-clean, intuitive user interface, the state of their flagship web site creation tool Rapidweaver
and what to expect in the next version.

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MacVoices #1219: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Karelia Software Takes Web Publishing Tool Sandvox to the Next Level

Chuck — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:48 +0000

At Macworld 2012, Dan Wood of Karelia Software shows off the newest features of Sandvox, their web site creation tool that makes authoring great-looking and fully functional web sites easy. With Lion enhancements, new photo options and more, this is the best version of Sandvox yet.

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A native of California now based in the San Francisco Bay area, Dan Wood is the father of two children, prefers bicycles to cars, and is involved in community groups. His commitments to simplicity, sustainability, and fairness inform his software development philosophy, as does his belief that communication—and making communication easier for more people—is vital to a more informed, active, and productive society. Before forming Karelia Software in 2001, Dan honed his software development skills in several contexts, including “classic” Macintosh and Java development at Bear River Associates and Electronic Arts.Dan can be found on Twitter.

MacVoices #1218: MacVoicesTV #1208: Macworld | iWorld 2012 – Smile Introduces PDFpen for iPad

Chuck — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:00:51 +0000

The Road to Macworld | iWorld 2012 comes to an end and the real fun begins in San Francisco. Philip Goward of Smile takes the wraps off their latest effort, PDFpen for iPad. Boasting iCloud sync capabilities along with all the features of its desktop predecessor, PDFpen for iPad will let you get your work done on the go. Philip talks about why Smile is so excited about this release, and how they work to keep their products approachable.

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Philip Goward is a co-founder of Smile, developers of PDFpen and TextExpander. He lives in San Francisco and has a passion for opera. You can find him on Twitter.

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MacVoices #1217: Road to Macworld – Michael Jardine of Left Coast Logic Shows Off Their Productivity Apps

Chuck — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:30:19 +0000

One of the many new exhibitors we’re talking to on The Road to Macworld | iWorld 2012 is Michael Jardine, co-founder of Left Coast Logic. Michael explains the vision behind their products and how each fits into that vision,including ScrapBook, SmartDay, SmartCal and SmartPlans, why they made the choice to observe standards in calendaring and data sharing, and the unique aspects of their products that will make you want to stop by and see them in action at the show.

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MacVoices #1211: Road to Macworld – Mapdiva Makes Both Cartography and Just Plain Drawing Easy

Chuck — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:25:06 +0000

If The Road to Macworld | iWorld 2012 had a map, it was probably created with Ortelius from Mapdiva. Jill Saligoe-Simmel and Graham Cox talk about their unique cartography application, and why it takes a specialized tool set to successfully draw a map. Mapdiva doesn’t just do maps, however. Artboard is an approachable vector drawing program that comes with plenty of included styles and clipart to get you started.

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Graham Cox is a co-founder and lead developer of Mapdiva. Graham has many years experience as a Mac developer. He developed the MacZoop C++ framework from 1994 until 2002. Graham develops several graphics-intensive applications, including Gradient Panel and GCDrawKit – a complete vector drawing framework on which Artboard and Ortelius are built. Graham resides with his family in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. You can keep up with Graham and his various projects at www.apptree.net.

Jill Saligoe-Simmel, Ph.D. is a co-founder of Mapdiva and professional geographer. She leads Mapdiva’s content, education and business development. She’s worked on dozens projects with not-for-profit groups, local, state and federal governments, private sector, and universities to support their mapping objectives. Jill lives with her family in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A. You can follow Mapdiva on Twitter and Facebook, and her occasional blog on geography at www.drjill.net.

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MacVoices #1210: Road to Macworld – Cliff Miller of Splashtop Previews His IT Conference Session and Discusses Virtual Desktop Software

Chuck — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:16:41 +0000

The Road to Macworld | iWorld 2012 is a long one for some. Cliff Miller, Chief Marketing Officer for Splashtop, talks to us from Beijing about his IT Conference track session, iPads in the enterprise market, and the service department view of IT departments as technology has evolved. Unlike Macs in the enterprise, which were often brought in the back door, the iPad is being carried in the front, and support demanded rather than requested. Chris addresses these developments, and profiles his company’s high-performance virtual desktop software, Splashtop Remote Desktop for iPad.

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Cliff Miller is currently President of Asia Pacific & Chief Marketing Officer of Splashtop. Splashtop’s flagship application is Splashtop Remote Desktop, which allows users of an iPad, iPhone or other devices to run Macintosh and Windows programs, including Microsoft Office, World of Warcraft, Starcraft2 and more. Splashtop works closely with chip manufactures on hardware optimization, enabling multimedia performance that is 3 to 15 times better than competitive remote desktop products. Splashtop Remote has been the #1-ranking application in the Apple App Store in China, the US and many other countries. You can find Splashtop on Facebook, Twitter, and follow their developments on their blog.

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MacVoices #1209: Road to Macworld – Flexibits’ Michael Simmons Reveals Some New Features Coming in Fantastical

Chuck — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:45:49 +0000

As The Road to Macworld | iWorld 2012 gets shorter, everyone gets busier. We had to catch up with Michael Simmons of Flexibits in the car, and he turned off voice directions to give us advance notice on the new features coming in the version of Fantastical to be demonstrated at Macworld | iWorld. Michael talks about their choice to support existing calendar solutions rather than create their own, what they will be giving away at their booth, and more.

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Michael Simmons is a co-founder of Flexibits, the makers of the calendar utility Fantastical. He describes himself as a “UI/UX obsessor and Mac and iOS instigator.” You can follow his adventures on Twitter.

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MacVoices #1205: Road to Macworld – Jean MacDonald and Philip Goward on Smile’s Double-Barrel Macworld | iWorld Presence

Chuck — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:00:22 +0000

Our next stop on The Road to Macworld | iWorld 2012 is to chat with Jean MacDonald and Philip Goward of Smile. Taking a developer’s perspective toward Macworld | iWorld, they explain what Smile gets out of its show floor presence, and it is so much that they will have two different booths at this year’s event. They also profile their flagship products, PDFpen and TextExpander and more.

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Jean MacDonald is a partner and head of Marketing and PR at Smile, developers of PDFpen and TextExpander, as well as an active member of the tech community. A would-be rock ‘n roll star, you can follow all of Jean’s exploits on her Twitter stream.

Philip Goward is a co-founder of Smile, developers of PDFpen and TextExpander. He lives in San Francisco and has a passion for opera. You can find him on Twitter.

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MacVoices #11106: Dan Castles of Telestream Discusses Their Acquisition by Thoma Bravo

Chuck — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:03:23 +0000

Telestream CEO Dan Castles joins us to talk about their acquisition by private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, LLC, and what it means to the future of the company and their products. Dan explains how the acquisition will give Telestream increased flexibility in both organic and acquisition growth for the future and, their place in the digital video market, and the range of their products. From the ubiquitous Flip4Mac WMV to the new enterprise product Vantage, Telestream produces products for all aspects of digital video production; Dan talks about some of those, their business planning process and more.

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A Telestream co-founder, Dan Castles has over 25 years of TV industry executive experience. Under his leadership, Telestream has become the recognized worldwide leader in enterprise-class video transcoding and workflow solutions, addressing the numerous video format and device incompatibilities encountered when delivering video over the Internet or within a facility. Dan was named President of Grass Valley Group (then a division of Tektronix) in 1994, following a sixteen year career at Portland-based Tektronix, where he served as Controller and then as Vice President of the Television Division. Dan holds a B.A. in Business from Washington State University and an MBA from the University of Portland. Follow Telestream on Twitter to stay up-to-date with their products and activities.

Thoma Bravo to Acquire Telestream to Accelerate Business Growth

MacVoices #11105: Oliver Breidenbach of Boinx Software Introduces iStopMotion for the iPad

Chuck — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:15:43 +0000

Oliver Breidenbach of Boinx Software talks about the latest edition to their software catalog, iStopMotion for iPad. With a loyal following on the Mac, iStopMotion will be even more accessible on the iPad. Oliver reveals which class of customer urged them to make an iPad version and why it is the perfect tool for time-lapse as well as stop-motion videos. The free app that brings your iPhone, and its superior camera, into the mix, Oliver’s thoughts on Macworld|iWorld, their presence at the show, and more are included.

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Oliver Breidenbach is the CEO of Boinx Software, headquartered in Puchheim, Germany. When not on the golf course, you can find Oliver on Twitter or Google+.

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iStopMotion for iPad.

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MacVoices #11104: Adam Engst and Glenn Fleishman Discuss the New TidBITS Membership Program

Chuck — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:26:57 +0000

Adam Engst and Glenn Fleishman reveal the reasons and thinking behind the new TidBITS Membership Program. As part of the ongoing process of trying to deliver quality content that readers expect while generating sufficient revenue, TidBITS is now offering a membership option to let loyal readers have something special. Adam and Glenn talk about the “uncomfortable middle,” the inevitable debate about memberships, subscriber-only content, value-adds, give-aways, and how they are trying to strike the balance with an “Apple Scale” based on your contributions. The discussion is lengthy and provides a peak behind the curtains at the debates over these issues, what makes their publication unique, and more, as TidBITS moves into the future.

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Adam C. Engst is the publisher of TidBITS and Take Control Books. He has written numerous books, including the best-selling Internet Starter Kit series, and many magazine articles – thanks to Contributing Editor positions at MacUser, MacWEEK, and now Macworld. His innovations include the creation of the first advertising program to support an Internet publication in 1992, the first flat-rate accounts for graphical Internet access in 1993, and the Take Control electronic book series. His awards include the MDJ Power 25 ranking as the most influential person in the Macintosh industry outside of Apple every year since 2000, inclusion on the MacTech 25 list of influential people in the Macintosh technical community, and being named one of MacDirectory’s top ten visionaries. And yes, he has been turned into an action figure. Want more? Follow Adam on Twitter for 140-character musings on a variety of topics.

Glenn Fleishman is a TidBITS contributing editor and a Seattle journalist who covers technology for publications like The Economist, The Seattle Times, and Ars Technica. Glenn is a senior contributor at Macworld, and writes regularly for BoingBoing. For TidBITS, Glenn builds and runs much of the technology infrastructure. Glenn lives in Seattle with his wife, Lynn, sons Ben and Rex, two iPhones, an iPad, and a dozen Macs of various vintages. You can find out what’s on his mind by following him on Twitter.

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MacVoices #11103: Joseph Ansanelli of ZangZing Profiles Their Elegant Photo Sharing Service
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MacVoices #11103: Joseph Ansanelli of ZangZing Profiles Their Elegant Photo Sharing Service

Chuck — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:20:14 +0000

Joseph Ansanelli, the CEO and co-founder of ZangZing, profiles their photo sharing service for the rest of us. Joseph explains their take on the familiar album metaphor, privacy, security and different levels of sharing, and the new one-click import of your photos from wherever they are on the web. Supported services for the import feature include Facebook, Flickr, DropBox, Shutterfly and more. Especially important as we count down to the MobileMe shut-down is the ability to directly import photos stored there to ZangZing. Joseph covers why their service is free for now and why they don’t like the ad-supported option, and why they don’t engage in “pic napping” the way some sites do. Find out why ZangZing may be the most elegant, approachable photo-sharing option available and give it a try.

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Joseph Ansanelli is CEO and co-founder of ZangZing, a a company dedicated to redesigning photo sharing to be simple and beautifully designed. ZangZing is creating one place for users to share their most important photos. Prior to ZangZing, he has served as CEO and co-founded three companies: Trio Development was his first venture, which was acquired by Apple and became Claris Organizer; Connectify, which was sold to Kana Communications for ~$300 million post IPO; and Vontu, which was acquired by Symantec. Joseph resides in San Francisco, CA and when not at ZangZing, enjoys spending time his his wife in the outdoors and taking lots of photos. Connect with ZangZing on Twitter and Facebook.

MacVoices #11102: Gilles BianRosa of Fanhattan Discusses How They Find The Media You Want…Wherever It Is

Chuck — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:10:05 +0000

With the ever-increasing number of services offering movies, TV shows and more, it can be difficult to find what you want when you want it. Enter Fanhattan. Gilles BianRosa, CEO of Fanhattan, explains how their service locates the movies, TV shows and more that you want to see, tells you how they are available (rent, buy, stream, etc.), and in many cases, lets you start watching right away, especially on an iDevice. Fanhattan goes beyond that, though, and connects you with all sorts of related content and materials to supplement your experience. Gilles covers all that, the future of Fanhattan on our televisions, and more.

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Gilles BianRosa is currently the CEO of Fanhattan. Prior to that, he was with McKinsey and Company in Palo Alto, California, where he led mission-critical initiatives related to product roadmaps and go-to-market strategies for venture-backed and “academy” technology companies including Microsoft, HP, BEA, SAP. Before joining McKinsey, Gilles was instrumental in the launch of Vivendi’s media and services Internet platform for health professionals. Early in his career, Gilles founded MileStone, a software company serving the retail industry. Gilles advises the FCC on internet policies, and is a frequent speaker at leading industry events, including CES, MIP, NATPE. He holds a MS in Computer Science from EPITA School of Engineering in Paris, and an MBA from Harvard University.

Fanhattan for iPad and iPhone

MacVoices #11101: Paul Kafasis of Rogue Amoeba Sounds Off on Piezo and the Mac App Store

Chuck — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:30:35 +0000

Paul Kafasis, CEO of Rogue Amoeba, takes time out from a busy launch of their new audio recording app, Piezo, to talk about how it channels some of the power of their flagship Audio Hijack Pro in a more approachable format. Piezo makes it easy to capture virtually any audio from your Mac’s applications with the click of a button, and save it in a variety of useful format. This is Rogue Amoeba’s first foray into the Mac App Store; Paul discusses the experience, why they wanted to be in the App Store, and their approach to the challenge, and how it worked out. Piezo’s interface design, why it released as 1.0.1, Paul’s thoughts on the state of the App Store, and their presence at are all part of the story.

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Paul Kafasis is the CEO/Lackey of Rogue Amoeba, the makers of award-winning audio software, including Audio Hijack Pro and Airfoil. You can see what he’s thinking on his blog, One Foot Tsunami, and follow him on Twitter.

Piezo in the Mac App Store

Piezo on the Rogue Amoeba site

Audio Hijack Pro from Rogue Amoeba

Airfoil on the Rogue Amoeba site

MacVoices #1198: BlogWorld L.A. 2011 – Livefyre Ignites Your Site’s Commenting Options

Chuck — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 19:30:00 +0000

From BlogWorld Los Angeles 2011, Jenna Langer, Director of Strategy for Livefyre explains how Livefyre replaces your site’s commenting options with a fully-featured, real-time system that includes the ability to pull social media conversations into your blog, sharing options and much more. Jenna discusses the ease of implementation, their adaptive moderation, spam and profanity options and more.

The video version of this episode is available on MacVoicesTV.

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MacVoices #1196: BlogWorld L.A. 2011 – Don McAllister Introduces SCOtutor, An Easy Way to Learn Lion

Chuck — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:28:12 +0000

While attending BlogWorld Los Angeles 2011, Don McAllister took a break to talk about his new app, SCOtutor for Lion. Taking Don’s trademark training to a new level, SCOtutor for Lion adds a variety of enhancements to make it the perfect way for new and experienced users to learn OS X Lion. Don outlines all the app offers, discusses the experience of creating and getting an app approved, and more.

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MacVoices #1190: John Chaffee of BusyMac Discusses the Transition From MobileMe to iCloud for Calendar Syncing

Chuck — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:30:04 +0000

John Chaffee of BusyMac helps us work through the maze of calendar and contact syncing that has arrived with the launch of iCloud and the first steps away from MobileMe. Why separating events and to-do’s is a good thing, the steps to take to successfully migrate your calendar, both with and without BusyCal, changes in to-do handling are all included in the discussion. John also touches on the compatibility of BusyToDo with BusyCal and Apple’s Reminders, Google calendar integration, and how to get your calendar list and mini calendar back.

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John Chaffee is the President and co-founder of BusyMac, who’s products include BusyCal, BusyToDo and BusySync. Follow them on Twitter.

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Upgrading BusyCal to iCloud on the BusyCal blog

MacVoices #1184: Mark Fuccio and Nico Peruzzi Introduce tripleMOJO To Connect Content Creators, Consumers and Sponsors

Chuck — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:30:39 +0000

If you are a podcast producer or blogger, a podcast or blog consumer or a vendor looking to connect with the audiences of these forms of media, then you’ll be interested in hearing about tripleMOJO. Mark Fuccio and Nico Peruzzi explain how their new service will help content producers learn more about their audiences, allow audiences to provide substantive feedback without surrendering their anonymity, and will connect the vendors seeking those audiences. The founders explain how it all works, why you will want to participate, and where the name came from. While you’re listening, fill out the MacVoices’ tripleMOJO survey so we can learn more about what you like and what you want.


Philip Goward	Brian Bucknam


Roustem Karimov	Jean MacDonald	Peter Maurer	Don McAllister


Ben Gotow	Jon Gotow


Paul Kafasis	Mike Ash