MacVoices #738 – MacVoices at Expo: Recosoft Converts PDF Documents to InDesign
Need to do more with your PDFs? Recosoft has you covered. Paul Chadha talks about both their PDF2Office line of software that lets you extract PDF document data so it can be edited in Microsoft Office and introduces their brand new PDF2InDesign product that does the same thing, but imports the information, fully editable, into [...]
MacVoices #737 – MacVoices at Expo: Still Photography in a Video World, Analog vs. Digital Methods and the Artist’s Tools with Academy of Art University Students and Faculty
The second in our two-part conversation at with a group of students and faculty from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco focuses more on the students and their activities. The group discusses how still photography fits in a video world, the challenges of balancing traditional analog methods with new digital techniques for faculty [...]
MacVoices #736 – MacVoices at Expo: Academy of Art University Students and Faculty Discuss Interaction with the Vendor Community
In the first of a two-part conversation at with a group of students and faculty from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, the members of the group introduce themselves and discuss the challenges of keeping their curriculum current in a discipline and a world that is constantly being re-written by technology. That lead [...]
MacVoices #735 – MacVoices at Expo: Adam Fingerman of Roxio Introduces the New Features of Toast 8
Adam Fingerman of Roxio introduced us to the new, cool features in Toast 8. You might think that everything that could be done with disc burning has been done, and you would be wrong. Toast 8 includes new capabilities to extract recorded programs from your TiVo and process them for burning and/or transfer to your [...]
MacVoices #734 – MacVoices at Expo: LightSpeed Delivers Powerful, Easy-to-Use Point of Sale Sofware
If you’re in the market for a point-of-sale software solution, you need to know about LightSpeed from Xsilva Systems. Ali Noormohamed, the Vice President of Sales and Marketing, talks about the new 2.0 version of LightSpeed and the key improvements that include an iTunes-like interface and their support of both MYOB and QuickBooks to facilitate [...]
MacVoices #733 – MacVoices at Expo: John Wallace of Now Software Introduces Their Next Generation Contact and Calendaring Application, “Codename: Nighthawk”
One of the most popular calendaring and contact solutions in the Mac market is about to undergo a transformation. John Wallace, the president of Now Software talks about how their popular Now Contact and Now Up-To-Date programs are being rewritten from the ground up into a new program currently codenamed Nighthawk. John talks about their [...]
MacVoices #732 – MacVoices at Expo: Greg Brewer of Prosoft Engineering On Data Backup 3 and Jax
In the Prosoft Engineering booth at Macworld Expo, president Greg Brewer, talks about the latest version of their all-important backup program, Data Backup 3. Greg also discuses Jax, their new utility that, “opens the architecture” of iTunes. Jax is a new product direction for Prosoft Engineering, and Greg explains the thinking behind the newest addition [...]
MacVoices #731 – MacVoices at Expo: Hubbert Smith of Silex Discusses the wiDock and Wireless Device Server
Under the heading of “even less wires and cables,” silex technology president Hubbert Smith provides details on the wiDock, their wireless docking solution for the iPod. The wiDock lets your iPod live near your home entertainment system for full integration, yet charge and sync with your Mac in another room via a WiFi connection. Compatible [...]
MacVoices #730 – MacVoices at Expo: TechShell Protects Your Laptop While Looking Good
Techshell makes attractive, form-fitting hardshell cases for your Apple laptop, and Haile Bekele, the President of Techshell describes how they work and the fact that they can be one of the easiest ways to customize your laptop.Choose from colors, textures or designs to create a distinctive look that can be changed in a few seconds [...]
MacVoices #729 – MacVoices at Expo: iMainGo Delivers Portable Sound and iPod Protection
The president of Portable Sound Labs, Tim Jacobus, discusses their new iMainGo, a combination portable speaker system and iPod case that is “portable, powerful and protects.” Tim talks about the high quality sound that comes out of the device, including the ported speaker system that delivers surprisingly deep bass, the durability of the system, and [...]
