Portable Sound Laboratories (http://www.imaingo.com)’s US$69.99 iMainGo X. is designed to offer “high-end sound quality and amazing light weight portability to customers who use the iPhone, any Apple iPod, the Microsoft Zune, and most other MP3 players.” It does offer better-than-I-would-have-expected sound, though that comes with some added heft to any device you use it with.
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Mac need to be able to accept an AirPlay feed. Right now I can start watching a video on my iPad, then “zap” it to my HDTV. Why can’t I do that with my Mac?
AirPlay lets you stream music, photos and video from your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch directly to the Apple TV. Unfortunately, you can’t stream media from the Apple TV to the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. In an ideal world, I’d like to be able to stream media to and from my Mac, iOS devices and HDTV as I roam from room to room.
Read MoreClass on Demand has announced the latest “Class on Demand Legends Series” weekly training webinars featuring digital media instructor Larry Jordan.
The new webinars, titled “Secrets of the Motion Tab in Final Cut Pro” and “Edit and Trim Faster in Final Cut Pro” can be accessed today in streaming video delivery format through the Class on Demand Learning Platform (http://www.classondemand.com/legends/).
Read MoreThe new “Your Mac Life” episode looks at how not to use a Mac, App Awards and Apple at CES.
You can listen in this and every Wednesday evening from 5:30 to 8 pm (Pacific). Live video is on Your Mac Life! You can watch the show live at http://yml.macosg.com/ — or you can listen in to the plain old audio feed at http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com/QT/stream.mov .
You can join one of the two Chat Rooms that run during the live show — on the live video site or on the dedicated IRC Server at irc.chat-solutions.org in the #yourmaclife Channel.
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Apple has risen to fifth place in the market ranking list for cellphone makers operating in Japan for the first time in the July-September period with its share coming to 12.2%, a market research institute says — as reported by “The Mainichi Daily News” (http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/news/20101214p2g00m0bu021000c.html).
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