MacVoices #853 [11:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Director of Marketing Jean McDonald of SmileOnMyMac talks about what was hot in their booth at Expo. Jean reviews the capabilities of PDFPen, a Best of Show award winner, and why PDFs are becoming more and more important. The other product in demand was DiscLabel 5 and Jean talks about why their customers love the options it offers to create custom labels for their CDs and DVDs, and her recommended method of labeling your media.

 

 MacVoices #852 [6:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

John Chaffee of BusyMac talks about BusySync, an add-on to iCal that lets you sync your calendar over your local network, and now can sync your iCal with Google Calendar. With automatic user recognition, complete control of read and write priveleges, BusySync includes access privileges, SSL encryption, BusySync fills in many of the missing pieces of iCal. John talks about his team’s experience as part of the team that developed another popular Mac calendaring system and also offers MacVoices’ listeners a 20% discount on BusySync…but you have to listen to get the code.

 

 MacVoices #851 [5:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Bob Leeds of Insider Software talks about his surprise at the interest from the enterprise market, especially for Smasher, their “IT manager in a box.”. Bob also explains why you need their Font Agent Pro Server, and how the new version of Font Agent Pro 4 offers a variety of new capabilities, including helping you choose the right font for the right project, helps you find matching fonts, manages font activation and much more.

 

 MacVoices #850 [4:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Tony Lim of Taylor Technologies introduces their wireless charging station for your electronics device, including iPods. The secret is conductive charging - just snap on the adapter for your device on and place it on the charging pad. Taylor also offers a variety of portable devices with USB connectivity built in so power or charging cords are not necessary.

 

 MacVoices #849 [8:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Glen Aspeslagh of ecamm network starts off a review of his company’s products by talking about CallRecorder, the solution to automatically record Skype audio and video calls, iGlasses, their utility to improve the picture from your iSight camera, the affordable iMage web camera that can be used by Mac users who don’t have an iSight-equipped Mac, and iPhone Drive, that lets you mount your iPhone as a hard drive so it can be used as a storage device. Then, Glen talks about some new products being shown at the show, including the uber-geeky iLidz Personal Media viewer, a low-tech solution that hangs your iPhone or iPod touch in front of your eyes,
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 MacVoices #848 [3:55m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Chris Jones of Techshell talks about their hardshell solutions to protect your MacBook and MacBook Pro. Techshell not only keeps your laptop safe, but look good too. Chris reviews the care they take provide cosmetic and structural protection while keeping the eye-candy color options bright. Techshell offers customization options for their products that provide branding options for your company, and just introduced new rubberized covers that have a metallic finish and better gripping surface.

 

 MacVoices #847 [5:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Chano Gomez, Vice President of Technology and Strategic Partnerships for DS2, discusses their chip solutions that power the new generation of PowerLline networking solutions. Need a superior solution to push high quality video signals around your home or office but find running HTMI cables unworkable and wireless insufficient? Chano explains why you should look at the new Powerline HD options, citing some of security and easy set-up advantages.

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 MacVoices #846 [5:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Paul Carnine, the founder of Vara Software, discusses Wirecast, an affordable live production tool that acts as a video switcher, title engine and a streaming video front end. With support for up to 7 camera inputs, chroma key and more, Wirecast is a television studio for your Mac. Paul talks about some of their customers, including their Al Gore connection, and also reviews VideoCue, a teleprompting/recording solution for video productions on the desktop and beyond.

 

 MacVoices #845 [6:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Brady Bargenquast of Audioengine covers how their company started with some Apple DNA, and profiles their new AW1, their wireless solution that works with any speaker system. Brady talks about how the AW1 uses a closed 802.11 network to deliver a superior solution for your home theater with no interference from other devices, including your existing home network. Brady also talks about their flagship A5 speakers that made their reputation as well as the newer A2 multimedia speakers and the AS8 subwoofer that give Audioengine fans a variety of options to choose from.

 

 MacVoices #844 [31:04m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Jim Heid, the author of The Macintosh iLife 08, joins Chuck Joiner for a live taping of MacVoices in the Peachpit Booth on the Expo show floor. Jim shares his impressions of Expo, evaluates the MacBook Air, tells you why the new version of Microsoft Office isn’t the big deal it once would have been, and delivers a shocking confession before launching into a discussion of iLife ‘08. Jim evaluates the new features included in each component of Apple’s creativity suite, spending some extra time on the iMovie ‘08 controversy and why it shouldn’t be one.

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