Product Reviews

By Chris Foley The first question out of people’s mouths when they see me hanging out in a café, working with my iPad, after we get past the “Wow that’s heavier/lighter than I expected” and of course, the “Wow, that is just COOL..” has been, almost unanimously “Can I replace my computer or my netbook [...]

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The eight best iPad apps so far

by Chris Foley on April 13, 2010

Inspired by @kenleyneufeld, who posted a photo of his best iPad apps picks on his Facebook page, here is a screenshot of my own iPad, taken just a few moments ago.  These is my home page, and contains the apps I like the most for the iPad. Here’s an excerpt from an article which appeared [...]

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iPad App First Look: Dragon Dictation

by Chris Foley on April 7, 2010

Every once in a while a software application comes along which turns out to be so mind-bogglingly useful that it leaves you scratching your head and wondering how you had ever lived without it. Dragon Dictation for the iPad is one of those applications. First, a lot of users have complained that the iPad keyboard [...]

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Apple's New Magic Mouse – Reviewed

by Chris Foley on October 31, 2009

One very interesting side effect of belonging to this “Cult-of-Mac” is that I suddenly find that I can’t live without a product that didn’t even exist as far back in history as last week. Apple has only just announced their brand new “Magic Mouse,” and already my beloved “Mighty Mouse,” has become horribly obsolete; feels [...]

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NetNews Wire for iPhone

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by Chris Foley on September 28, 2009

Do you use RSS?  Do you know what that is? For those of you who do not know,  Wikipedia defines RSS as a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works – such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video – in a standardized format. In short, there are a bazillion excellent [...]

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Canon Digital Rebel T1i vs. Nikon D5000

by Chris Foley on September 4, 2009

Here’s one I get pretty frequently: What dSLR should I buy, Canon’s Rebel T1i or the Nikon D5000.  Well this excellent post from Mac|Life’s Zack Stern covers the details very nicely. Here’s an excerpt: Coke versus Pepsi. Mac versus PC. Canon versus Nikon. Among these great rivalries, we can only pick out one clear winner. [...]

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