Year: 2010

Investment corporation donates MacBooks to Social Justice High School students

Investment corporation donates MacBooks to Social Justice High School students

Posted by | Jun 9, 2010 | , |

Rothschild Investment Corp. will be donating a MacBook to each of the 22 graduates of Social Justice High School in Chicago who participated in Roosevelt University’s Upward Bound college preparatory program.

Upward Bound is a federal program managed by Roosevelt University that helps first-generation high school students understand the importance of post secondary education. In celebration of its 100th anniversary in 2008, Rothschild gave the program an Apple Mobile Learning Lab complete with laptop computers, printers, scanners and state-of-the-art educational software.

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InvisibleSHIELD now available for the iPhone 4

Posted by | Jun 9, 2010 | |

ZAGG (http://www.ZAGG.com) has begun selling their invisibleSHIELD scratch protection design and ZAGGskins customizable protection for the new iPhone 4.

The invisibleSHIELD is ZAGG’s patent-pending, military-grade film. ZAGGskins are are customized high-quality images and designs fused with the invisibleSHIELD to provide personalized protection. Pricing starts at US$24.99 and $19.99, respectively.

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‘MacVoices’ looks at controlling media on an iPad

‘MacVoices’ looks at controlling media on an iPad

Posted by | Jun 9, 2010 | |

On the new “MacVoices” (http://www.macvoices.com), “Take Control of Media on Your iPad” author Jeff Carlson discusses what is and isn’t optimal in listening to your iTunes library on your iPad, some playlist tricks that are far from obvious, and what he hopes to see corrected soon.

He also covers music and video streaming options, how AT&T’s data plan changes may affect your watching and listening habits, and how the iPad both enables and facilitates both ebook reading and impulse book purchases.

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1Password update for Mac OS X compatible with Safari 5

Posted by | Jun 9, 2010 | , |

Agile Web Solutions has updated 1Password (http://1password.com), a password manager for Mac OS X, to version 3.2. The upgrade is compatible with Safari 5 and includes other usability improvements and bug fixes.

1Password 3.2 is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6. It’s a free upgrade for users of version 3.x. For new users the cost is US$39.95 for a single-user license and $69.95 for a family license (five users).

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