Review: Cygnett’s Workmate case for iPad mini is bulky but protective

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict This impact - suck up case will protect your miniskirt from drop and spills . If you ’re distressed about dropping your iPad mini , you may need to place in a arduous - obligation , impact - absorbing face such as Cygnett ’s $ 40Workmate . This strong shell case is made of two unlike cloth — a harder , impact - resistant plastic , and a gentle , daze - absorbing rubber — to help keep your iPad mini from suffering wrong when it falls on knockout surfaces ....

April 17, 2013 · 3 min · 564 words · Brian Myers

Thunderbolt storage drives to strike later in 2013

Intel ’s high speed bolt of lightning interconnect technology , found primarily on Apple ’s side of the computing fence , enjoyed a large workweek at theNational Association of Broadcasters Showin Las Vegas . As the push for higher - resolution video continues to grow , so do the file size , construct the need for faster sustainable throughput ever dandy . Which is why Intel pick out NAB — the yearly get - together for video pros with gamey - last equipment demands — to announce that the next generation of Thunderbolt is coming ....

April 12, 2013 · 4 min · 789 words · Christina Garcia

Review: Boost your iPad’s storage with Seagate Wireless Plus

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict With 1 TB of depot and the ability to plug in to a mobile gadget or computer wirelessly , the Wireless Plus is a ready to hand portable hard drive that ’s great for media Consumption . I make love my iPad , but I made the mistake of buying a 16 GB model — that ’s not enough reposition for all my apps , home telecasting , movies , TV appearance , photograph , and documents ....

April 11, 2013 · 4 min · 782 words · Mary Bates DVM

Remains of the Day: We happy few

Yahoo and Apple may be the latest superhero team - up to hit Silicon Valley , while Apple could be moot plans to blank - ify its retail depot . And Steve Jobs ’s living is translated into yet another writing style . If it be a sinning to covet honour , the end for Wednesday , April 10 , 2013 are the most offending souls alert . Yahoo , Apple Discuss Deeper iPhone Partnership(Wall Street Journal , subscription require )...

April 10, 2013 · 3 min · 553 words · Denise Romero

Repairing your iPad’s network connection

Reader Walt Czeka ’s iPad has suddenly turned a blind middle to his local connection . He writes : After using my iPad for a short clock time this good morning it suddenly would n’t recognize my AirPort web , even after I switched it off and on . I picked up my iPhone and it determine the web utterly well so I do n’t remember it ’s a internet problem ....

April 7, 2013 · 2 min · 405 words · Kevin Edwards

Adobe granting sneak peek at pro video apps to broadcasters conference

Adobe is once again using the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention as a platform to divulge a first look at stigma - new variation of its professional video and audio creation software program . NAB 2013 attendant will get a stool pigeon peep at unexampled versions of Premiere Pro , After burden , SpeedGrade , Audition , Prelude , Media Encoder , and Story Plus . The company is also announcingAdobe Anywhere for television , an enterprise collaborative - workflow platform that allows users of Adobe ’s pro video recording tools — such as Premiere Pro , After Effects , and Prelude — to work together with media and plus across almost any web ....

April 3, 2013 · 6 min · 1144 words · Christopher Miller

Rethinking the iTunes Store

Mark your calendars because the iTunes Store has an anniversary come up up . Apple come out selling music downloads on April 28 , 2003 — a business decision that seems to have worked out pretty well for the company considering that Apple has since sell more than25 billion songs . There ’ll be time enough to reflect on the encroachment of the iTunes Store later this calendar month . In this episode of the Macworld Podcast , I ’m join by executive editor in chief Jonathan Seff and fourth-year editor Dan Moren , as we ruminate on another aspect of the shop ’s stellar growth over the preceding decade — the fact that the iTunes Store itself has gotten a piffling unwieldy in recent years ....

April 3, 2013 · 2 min · 395 words · Marie Jensen

Review: Girls Like Robots is a charming, challenging puzzler with a quirky storyline

Our Verdict Adult Swim’slatest teaser for the iPhone and iPad , the $ 3Girls Like Robots , is just about everything you want in a puzzle game : it ’s refreshing , quirky , cheerful , and challenging . female child Like Robots tells a three - enactment tale of mellow school seating arrangement play . ( Because , apparently , that ’s a affair . ) At its core , this game is a logic puzzle : miss like automaton and hate nerd ....

March 31, 2013 · 3 min · 560 words · Michael Brown

Review: Moshi’s VersaCover Origami for iPad mini is versatile and elegant

Expert’s Rating Our Verdict This ultra - slim case is great for people who desire protection without the bulk . Many folio - elan cases for the iPad mini summate quite a bit of bulk to the gadget — even if those case are touted as “ slim ” or “ skinny . ” But not Moshi ’s $ 50VersaCover Mini Origami for the iPad miniskirt : This lightweight case is slim , elegant , and deceptively simple-minded looking at , look at it offer excellent aegis and has a built - in stand to boot ....

March 31, 2013 · 3 min · 509 words · Christina Lutz

Review: Xhibt Inspiria book-style iPad mini case is pretty, yet flawed

Expert’s Rating Pros Cons Our Verdict Xhibt ’s Inspiria Metallic iPad miniskirt Classic Case is attractive and seems like it offer a becoming amount of protection , but it needs some tweak before it can be a front - runner in the al-Qur’an - style folio family . There are plenty of folio - style iPad mini cases that are project to look like hardcover books , but none are quite as attractive as Xhibt ’s $ 80Inspiria Metallic iPad mini Classic Case ....

March 24, 2013 · 3 min · 597 words · Theresa Macdonald

The Macalope Weekly: That’s one opinion

Everyone ’s ennoble to their opinion , right ? Well , some opinions are more equal than others , it seems . Or should be . The Macalope does n’t believe that Apple dreams up every feature of its products in a void , but how much is the caller really copying Samsung ? And are Windows tablet really doooooming iPads in the bodied blank space ? Finally , that gadget you think you know everything about ?...

March 23, 2013 · 10 min · 2107 words · Richard Smith

Weighing the iPad mini versus the Nexus 7 is no easy task

Recently , I realized it was time to interchange my old iPad 2 . It ’s probably the most perfect opus of technology I ’ve ever owned — my e - reader , play console table , word processor , music studio , photographic camera - in - a - pinch , radio receiver , emailer , calendar , and constant companion — but two years of heavy use have fill their bell : The bezel is cracked and broken in one corner , and the screen is covered in scratches ....

March 17, 2013 · 7 min · 1471 words · Ms. Deborah Giles

Mac Gems: Speedy Net is a simple tool for testing your network performance

Have you ever wondered just how tight your home or workplace networkreallyis ? Or needed to trouble-shoot a web connexion ? There are some solid command - line ( Terminal ) tools , such asiperf , that let you do this , as well as a number of traditional Mac apps . ButSpeedy Net(Mac App Store link ) , which I discovered last yearvia Twitter , is my current pecker of choice ....

March 13, 2013 · 4 min · 731 words · Debbie Lewis