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MacVoices #897: Start Talking to Your iPhone with Fonix iSpeak

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2008-07-10

Want to talk to your iPhone? No, not on your iPhone, to your iPhone? Steve Jones, Sales, Marketing and Business Development, and Lynn Shepherd, Vice President of Product Development, of Fonix Speech talk about their iPhone voice control software, Fonix iSpeak, coming soon to an iPhone near you. iSpeak delivers voice-dialing for anyone in your Contacts list and voice navitation of the songs and playlists on your iPhone. Steve and Lynn talk about their speech recognition technology, how it works with virtually no training necessary for either the software or the user.

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MacVoices #896: Nancy Conner Discusses the Viability of Google Apps

Chuck

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2008-07-09

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Cloud computing is a hot topic, but is it for you. Nancy Conner, the author of Google Apps: The Missing Manual from O’Reilly/Pogue Press, delivers some thoughts on the subject in a look at the software-as-service offerings from Google. Nancy discusses why security isn’t the concern it might be, what is and isn’t missing in the word processing and presentation offerings (for now), and where the online utilities outshine their desktop counterparts. The power of having your productivity applications connected to the web, the sharing and collaboration options and how word-of-mouth is contributing to the spread of Google Apps are all part of why you should take a look at this option for your home or office activities.

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MacVoices #895: Joe Kissell Delivers a Double-Barreled Take Control Update on Backups

Chuck

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2008-07-08

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Joe Kissell has just completed a significant update to his two Take Control titles, Take Control of Easy Backups in Leopard and Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, and made a extra-special effort to tell us about them. Joe talks about how he discovered a hole in his backup strategy, how he’s decided to handle his tracking of the plethora of Mac backup programs out there, an dhow you can tap into that work for free. Joe also covers some of the ways you can evaluate your backup program selection and why the subject of backups is becoming more complex with each new option.

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MacJury #814: The First All-Female MacJury On the iPhone and How the Mac Market Addresses (or Doesn’t) Women

MacJury

Chuck

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2008-07-07

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The first all-female Mac Jury panel provides some thoughts on the impending iPhone 3G release before diving in on what is needed in the Macintosh market from the women’s perspective. The group discusses some software they like, some software that they would like to see developed, and some product design that needs to be expanded with women in mind. These ladies aren’t bashful about their views, and no, they don’t answer to “MacChick.”

The members of the panel include:


Pat Fauquet	Nancy Gravley	Jean MacDonald	Dori Smith	Chuck Joiner (host)

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MacNotables #827: Jim Dalrymple Updates His Album Project, Evaluates the iPhone 3G and Condemns Rogers

MacNotables

Chuck

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2008-07-03

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Jim Dalrymple delivers an update on his album project, laments a lack of pre-amp inputs, discusses the response from readers and admits to the amount of work it involves. Jim then focuses on the iPhone 3G, talking about how it stacks up to the competition, what he expects from the iPhone Apps Store, and why Rogers, the iPhone carrier for Canada, is viewed as taking gross advantage of their customers.

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