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It’s time for Apple to phase out the Beats brand
It’s time for Apple to phase out the Beats brand

On May 28, 2014, Apple announced its intention to acquire Beats Electronics for US$3 billion—with $400 million to be paid in Apple stock and the remainder in cash. The acquisition closed on August 1, 2014.  Almost nine years later, I see no reason why the tech...

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Advantages of using Apple gadgets by students

By Michael Fowler As time goes by, more students start using gadgets for educational purposes. Some study remotely and thus entirely rely on devices. Others attend on-campus classes and use gadgets to jot down various ideas voiced during the class.  In both...

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Kool Tools: MacSpeech Scribe

With MacSpeech’s MacSpeech Scribe (http://www.macspeech.com), you can create text documents directly from spoken-word audio files. In other words, it’s a personal transcription solution for Mac OS X 10.6 (“Snow Leopard”).

It allows you to transcribe your recorded voice into written text with up to 99% accuracy. A built-in Recognition Editor helps increase accuracy by letting you correct your text and train your profile as you use the app.

Review: Ristretto for the iPad worth the moolah

Tom Bihn’s Ristretto vertical messenger bag (http://www.tombihn.com) for the iPad is, at US$110, one of the pricer cases for the Apple tablet device. But if you’ve got the moolah, it’s well worth it.

The Ristretto is a vertical messenger bag with a built-in interior padded compartment (10.86 x 7.59 x .98 inches) that protects the iPad. The padded compartment is made with 25-inch open-cell foam laminated with four-ply Taslan on the outside, and features an interior of-soft brushed nylon. The back side of the Ristretto is padded with 1/4-inch closed cell foam.

Kool Tools: PureCM

PureCM Professional, a software configuration management solution from PureCM (http://www.purecm.com) gets more powerful with each release. The latest version (2010-1a) sports a range of beefed-up features to support agile application lifecycle management (ALM).

PureCM’s planning capabilities fully support working with project releases, iterations and backlogs. The app also automates task tracking, which simplifies parallel development by matching tasks to releases and offers context to any code changes you make.

SILICRYLIC for the iPad combines hard shell, silicone

The Incipio SILICRYLIC iPad case (http://www.myincipio.com/product/IPAD_CASE_IPAD-105/SILICRYLIC-Acrylic-Shell-Case-with-Silicone-Core-for-Apple-iPad—BlackBlack.html) is a combination of a hard shell and a silicone. It is basically a two type of case. The interior is silicone while the exterior is a hard shell case.

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