Year: 2010

FileMaker delivers FileMaker Go training

Posted by | Dec 8, 2010 | , |

FileMaker, Inc. has announced FileMaker Go training, now available in the updated FileMaker Technical Resource Kit (http://www.filemaker.co.uk/trk/).

The free downloadable kit’s four self-paced training modules include the new FileMaker Go module, which teaches users how to optimize and deploy FileMaker Pro databases on the iPad and iPhone. It also provides recommendations for using calculations and scripts in FileMaker Go, and covers passing data between FileMaker Go and other mobile applications.
 

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Beta of DaisyDisk 2.0 for Mac OS X available

Beta of DaisyDisk 2.0 for Mac OS X available

Posted by | Dec 8, 2010 | , |

The DaisyDisk Team has released a beta of DaisyDisk 2.0 (http://www.daisydiskapp.com), a scanning/mapping system utility for Mac OS X. Just remember: beta software is unfinished software so use with care.

The beta features built-in file deletion, can scan several disks at a time, has brand new UI based on Core Animation, and more. In DaisyDisk, disk contents are displayed as an interactive sunburst map, revealing large files that may no longer be necessary. The sunburst map provides a color-coded overview of disk usage, and can be navigated to preview deeper levels of data.

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Should the iPad count as a mobile computer? Yes!

Should the iPad count as a mobile computer? Yes!

Posted by | Dec 8, 2010 | , |

Recently, “ZDNet” asked, “Should the iPad count as a mobile PC? And I say “certainly.”

After all, DisplaySearch rightfully put the Apple tablet in the computerC category with its Monday release of the “Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report “(http://www.displaysearch.com/cps/rde/xchg/displaysearch/hs.xsl/101206_ipad_effect_continues_as_apple_gains_market_share_in_developed_regions.asp). Do so and Apple is the number one personal computer maker in the U.S. and number three globally.

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Let this Tom Bihn bag be your traveling Co-Pilot

Let this Tom Bihn bag be your traveling Co-Pilot

Posted by | Dec 8, 2010 | , |

As I’ve mentioned before, my goal of using my iMac as my main computer and an iPad with a keyboard as a secondary system for writing articles, checking email, etc., just never panned out. I simply missed having an Apple laptop.

So now I own an 11-inch MacBook Air (standard except that I sprung for the 128GB solid state driver rather than the 64GB model). I use my iPad for media consumption (surfing the web, watching videos, reading ebooks, etc.) and my MacBook Air for creating (writing articles, doing research, responding to email, etc.).

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iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Dec. 7

iPhone/iPod/iPad apps for Dec. 7

Posted by | Dec 7, 2010 | |

Here are the latest iPhone/iPod touch/iPod/iPad apps announced. You can find ’em at the Apple App Store (http://www.itunes.com/appstore/).

The Juno Company has announced Juno’s Musical ABCs, an eBook app that gives children a way to learn and interact with the alphabet. It works with the iPhone and iPod touch and is available free for a limited time.

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